Grammar. Task: Open the brackets using the verbs in Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Simple. 1• Aren’t you about to finish with the dishes? You _______ (wash) the dishes for thirty minutes or more. How long can it take you to wash the dishes? 2• We _______ (go) to the Steak House restaurant many times. The food is excellent. 3• A: What is that sound? B: A car alarm _______ (ring) somewhere down the street. It _______ (drive) me crazy —I wish it would stop! It _______ (ring) for more than twenty minutes. 4• Can you translate this note from Stockholm? I understood Swedish when I _______ (be) a child, but I _______ (forget) it all. 5• What’s that dent in the side of the car? You _______ (have) an accident? 6• I’m sorry, John’s not here; he _______ (go) to the dentist. He _______ (have) trouble with a tooth for some time. 7• This cassette recorder is broken. You _______ (play) about with it? 8• Your Italian is very good. You _______ (study) it long? 9• Do you mind if I clear the table? You _______ (have) enough to eat? 19 • Ann never _______ (go) camping. She _______ (not sleep) in a tent. 11 • Frank, where have you been? We _______ (wait) for you since 1 p.m. 12 • I’m not surprised he _______ (fail) that exam. He _______ (not / work) hard recently.

1. Aren’t you about to finish with the dishes? You have been washing the dishes for thirty minutes or more. How long can it take you to wash the dishes? 2. We have gone to the Steak House restaurant many times. The food is excellent. 3. A: What is that sound? B: A car alarm is ringing somewhere down the street. It is driving me crazy —I wish it would stop! It has been ringing for more than twenty minutes. 4. Can you translate this note from Stockholm? I understood Swedish when I was a child, but I have forgotten it all. 5. What’s that dent in the side of the car? You have had an accident? 6. I’m sorry, John’s not here; he has gone to the dentist. He has been having trouble with a tooth for some time. 7. This cassette recorder is broken. You have been playing about with it? 8. Your Italian is very good. You have been studying it long? 9. Do you mind if I clear the table? You have had enough to eat? 10. Ann never has gone camping. She has not slept in a tent. 11. Frank, where have you been? We have been waiting for you since 1 p.m. 12. I’m not surprised he has failed that exam. He has not been working hard recently.