1. Read the comic strip. What tense(s) can you think of? Give examples of: a permanent state, expressing anger or irritation at a repeated action; an action which started in the past and continues up to the present with emphasis on the duration; an action that happened at an unstated time in the past. What other uses of these tenses can you think of? Give examples.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте комикс. Какие времена вы можете назвать? Приведите примеры: постоянного состояния; выражения гнева или раздражения из-за повторяющегося действия; действия, которое началось в прошлом и продолжается до настоящего времени, с акцентом на его длительность; действия, произошедшего в неопределённое время в прошлом. Какие ещё случаи употребления этих времён вы можете назвать? Приведите примеры.

English: The tenses are the Present Simple, the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect Continuous and the Present Perfect.

1. Permanent state — Present Simple: She lives near the school. (Она живёт рядом со школой.)
2. Anger or irritation about a repeated action — Present Continuous: You are always losing your keys! (Ты вечно теряешь ключи!)
3. An action that began in the past and continues up to now, with emphasis on duration — Present Perfect Continuous: I have been waiting for an hour. (Я жду уже час.)
4. An action at an unstated time in the past — Present Perfect: I have lost my keys. (Я потерял ключи.)

Other uses: The Present Simple is used for habits and general truths: Water boils at 100°C. (Вода кипит при температуре 100 °C.) The Present Continuous is used for an action happening now: She is reading now. (Она сейчас читает.) The Present Perfect Continuous can describe a recently stopped activity with a present result: You are wet because you have been walking in the rain. (Ты промок, потому что гулял под дождём.) The Present Perfect can describe life experiences: Have you ever visited London? (Ты когда-нибудь бывал в Лондоне?)