t there on my own. 12. I'll call back later. 13. Could I leave a message? 14. I understand we should have invited you a few days ago. 15. Will you speak up, please. 16. Your invitation came at very short notice. 17. Sorry. I'm engaged. 18. That suits me perfectly. 19. It is a credit card call. p align="justify"> Task 11. Extend an invitation by phone. p align="justify">. to a reception. 2. to the theatre. 3. to an International Book Exhibition. 4. to a luncheon. 5. to your place. 6. to a cocktail party. 7. to your University.EXERCISESRevision:
В· Present Perfect
В· Present Perfect Continuous
В· Prepositions at/on/in (time)
Exercise 1. Put verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Tense. p align="justify"> 1. Where is your father? - I do not know. He just (go out). 2. She never (lose) her temper. 3. The news (spread) like fire. 4. She (be) here several times, but she never (Buy) anything. 5. I (know) you for many years, but I never (hear) you speak like that before. What (happen)? 6. I (send) him a letter, but he (not/answer) me yet. 7. Where ___ you (be)? - I (be) shopping. 8. ___Jack (Move) into his new house yet? - I do not know. I (not/see) him lately. 9. ___you (finish) those letters yet? - I (do) the first letter already, and now I am doing the second, but I (not/start) the one to Mr. Brown yet. p align="justify"> Exercise 2.Put verbs in brackets into Present Perfect Continuous Tense
1. I (not/sleep) for twelve hours. 2. She (have) a toothache since morning. 3. They (play) football for 2 hours. 4. She (dance) since yesterday evening. 5. Where ___ you (work) all this time? 6. She (tell) a lot of lies about me, I am sure. 7. She (not/work) in the library for the last five weeks. p align="justify"> Exercise 3. Make the following sentences negative and put questions to the underlined words. p align="justify"> 1. Million students have graduated from high school this year. 2. The Association of American Colleges has issued a report. 3. They have set up colleges to train ministers. 4. Americans have always had a stake in "making the system work". 5. But they have been criticizing emphasis on admissions examinations in the United States for the last years. p align="justify"> Exercise 4. Use Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous Tense. p align="justify">. He knows Africa well because he has been travelling/has travelled a lot there. p align="justify">. You have been writing/have written this composition for two hours and can not complete it. p align="justify">. John is still repairing his car. He must be tired. He has repaired/has been repairing it all day. p align="justify">. Alice promised to come, but she s absent. Something has been happening/has happened to her.
. The children are drawing. They have been drawing/have drawnthey came home. p align="justify">. Have they been telling/Have they told anything about their summer plans? p align="justify">. My aunt has always been having/has always had the big house in the country.5. Put verbs in brackets into Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous Tense. p align="justify">. She ___ (walk) in the park since morning. It s time to have dinner, but she ___ (not/come) yet. 2. He ___ (drive) to London for six hours. How many miles ___ he ___ (cover) by now? 3. How long ___ you ___ (learn) French? I ___ (learn ) since I was ten, but can t avoid mistakes. My parents know French. They ___ (talk) French to me since I don t remember what time. . 4. Don t tell me any more lies. I ___ (listen to) you too long? 5. I hear Gerry s footsteps. He ___ (come) back. I m going away. I don t want him to see I ___ (cry). 6. Since when ___ you ___ (sit) here? How long ___ you (wait)? I don t know how long I ___ (wait). I ___ (sit) and ___ (look) at the people passing by since I came here. 7. Jack and Tony ___ (play) chess since they are here. Tony ___ (win) six times already, but Jack ___ (win) only twice yet.
