Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous? Choose the correct verb form: 1) I ___ at my report all day. I’m exhausted. a) have worked b) have been working. 2) I ___ six letters today. a) have written b) have been writing. 3) Alice ___ English in Spain for some years and doesn’t want to come back home. a) has taught b) has been teaching. 4) They ___ software for the last ten years. a) have solved b) have been selling. 5) How long ___ Jane ___ for the tour agency? a) has ... worked b) has ... been working. 6) The Prime Minister ___ just ___ that voting is postponed till tomorrow. a) has ... announced b) has ... been announcing. 7) The police ___ people all week. a) have questioned b) have been questioning. 8) So far the police ___ nobody. a) has charged b) has been charging. 9) The economic situation in the country ___ over the last few years. a) has improved b) has been improving. 10) Unemployment ___ gradually. a) has ... fallen b) has been ... falling. 11) Export figures ___ their highest level. a) have reached b) have been reaching.

Перевод задания: Present Perfect или Present Perfect Continuous? Выберите правильную форму глагола.

1. b) have been working — I have been working at my report all day. I’m exhausted. (Я весь день работаю над докладом. Я измотан(а).) Подчёркнута длительность действия.
2. a) have written — I have written six letters today. (Сегодня я написал(а) шесть писем.) Указано количество законченных писем.
3. b) has been teaching — Alice has been teaching English in Spain for some years and doesn’t want to come back home. (Элис уже несколько лет преподаёт английский в Испании и не хочет возвращаться домой.) Действие продолжается.
4. b) have been selling — They have been selling software for the last ten years. (Они продают программное обеспечение последние десять лет.) Речь о длительной деятельности.
5. b) has ... been working — How long has Jane been working for the tour agency? (Как долго Джейн работает в туристическом агентстве?) Вопрос о длительности.
6. a) has ... announced — The Prime Minister has just announced that voting is postponed till tomorrow. (Премьер-министр только что объявил, что голосование отложено до завтра.) Just указывает на недавно завершённое действие.
7. b) have been questioning — The police have been questioning people all week. (Полиция всю неделю допрашивает людей.) Подчёркнута продолжительность.
8. a) has charged — So far the police has charged nobody. (Пока полиция никому не предъявила обвинение.) So far указывает на результат к настоящему моменту. В нормативном британском английском police обычно согласуется с have: “the police have charged nobody”.
9. b) has been improving — The economic situation in the country has been improving over the last few years. (Экономическая ситуация в стране улучшается последние несколько лет.) Описывается постепенное изменение.
10. b) has been falling — Unemployment has been falling gradually. (Безработица постепенно снижается.) Подчёркнут постепенный процесс.
11. a) have reached — Export figures have reached their highest level. (Показатели экспорта достигли своего наивысшего уровня.) Представлен достигнутый результат.