Step by step. Кочетова Л.А. - 73 стр.

      Prompts: be a teacher — for five years, own this car — for
three years, be interested in computer technology — for a long
time, have a headache — since morning, be here — since afternoon,
like jazz — since I was a teenager.
     Model 2: How long have you been waiting?
              I have been waiting for two hours.
      Prompts: translate this article — an hour and a half, play tennis
— an hour, learn English — a year, live in this house — a month,
type letters — half an hour, clean the flat — all day, iron clothes —
all morning, talk on the phone — all evening, look for keys — two
hours, play the piano — five years.

     Exercise 2. Make up dialogues as in the model.
     Model: What are your neighbours doing?
            They’re arguing.
            Have they been arguing for a long time?
            Yes, they have. They have been arguing all day (all
            morning, all afternoon, all evening)
      Prompts: Laura — wait for the bus, Mr. Williams — plant flowers,
Dr. Anderson — see patients, Mary — bake cakes, Ricky — talk to
his girl-friend, John — write letters, Jack — study English, Mrs.
Smith — wash the windows.

     Exercise 3. Make up dialogues as in the model.
     Model: What’s Bill doing at the moment? (read a book).
            He’s reading a book.
            How long has he been reading it? (for five hours).
            He has been reading it for five hours.
     Prompts: 1. What’s Susan doing? (wait for Kate — since five
o’clock). 2. What are they doing ay the moment? (dance — for three
hours). 3. What’s your father doing at the moment? (watch television
— seven o’clock). 4. What are you doing at the moment? (iron clothes
— since morning). 5. What is she doing at the moment? (play the
piano — since afternoon). 6. What’s your mother doing at the
moment? (have a rest — since lunch).


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