Упражнение. Раскройте скобки, используя Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect или Present Perfect Continuous. Затем исправьте ошибки в предложениях.

33. I (study) hard of late. I've got exams next week. 34. It (get) harder and harder to find time. 35. Jimmy always (have) cold and chest problems. 36. You're very late. - I (talk) to Henry and he just goes on and on. 37. It is the first time he (clean) his own boots. 38. Why are my books all over the floor? - Helen (look) at them. 39. Older people (become) more isolated now. 40. I know that since January he (be) in charge of the marketing division. 41. Katia says she (be) very tired recently. She (work) almost sixty hours a week for the past month. 42. My daughter-in-law (try) to find a job since she graduated from university. 43. How long you (be) a hairdresser? 44. The police (investigate) the break-in at the college since last September. 45. She always (be) obsessed by her appearance. 46. They are so scruffy because they (camp) all week. 47. I'm fed up. I (wait) for the bus since three o'clock. 48. Carol already (make) ten phone calls and it's only nine o'clock. 49. She's obviously very unhappy. She (sit) alone in her bedroom for most of the day. 50. Paul and Jean (go out) together for about a year now. 51. I can smell something nice. What you (cook)! 52. He always (argue) or (fight). 53. I'm afraid my nails are a bit dirty. I (work) in the garden. 54. I'm afraid I (break) one of your glasses. 55. You look exhausted. What you (do)! 56. Since I last stayed at this hotel, they (put) their prices up. 57. The police (arrest) the man who is suspected of committing the murder. 58. Since I (broke) my leg I (depend) on my daughter to see to the shopping and housework. 59. He (apply) for jobs without success for months now. 60. The hall (hold) 300 people on some occasions, though you'd hardly believe it. 61. Sorry about the mess! The workmen (install) a new boiler in the bathroom all morning. 62. The success of the agricultural show (depend) very much on the weather in recent years. 63. Up to now the discount (apply) only to children under 10. From next month we (plan) to extend it to children under 16. 64. Food prices (rise) so rapidly in the past few months that some families have been forced to alter their eating habits. 65. Although Max (cook) for many years, he still doesn't know how to prepare French foods in the traditional marfner.

3. All these sentences contain errors. Correct them.

1 When have you left school? 2. How long is she feeling unwell? 3. I've met such a nice person before never. 4. I'm waiting for you since four o'clock. 5. She never wrote a letter by hand since she had bought a computer. 6. I wonder where have you been all this time. 7. I am learning English during five years. 8. You never know how he has been going to react. 9. She has tripped over the cat and fell nearly over. 10. Look! I found a ten-pound note! - Where have you found it? .11. Margaret has been taking driving lessons now. 12. In recent years terrorism has been becoming a greater threat. 13. The rain has come suddenly and has soaked all the washing. 14. Ever since we have met, you have never asked me what I prefer to do.

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