Present perfect continuous and simple
10.1 Read the situations and write two sentences using the words in brackets.
1. Tom started reading a book two hours ago. He is still reading it and now he is on page 53.
(read/for two hours) He has been reading for two hours.
(read/53 pages so far) He has read 53 pages so far.
2. Linda is from Australia. She is travelling round Europe at the moment. She began her tour three months ago.
(travel/for three months) She ---
(visit/six countries so far) ---
3. Jimmy is a tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was ten years old. This year he is national champion again--for the fourth time.
(win/the national championship four times)
(play/tennis since he was ten)
4. When they left college, Mary and Sue started making films together. They still make films.
(make/ten films since they left college) They ---
(make/films since they left college)
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2. she has been traveling for 3 months (если британский вариант, то в слове traveLLing 2 l будет)
she has visited 6 countries so far
3. he has won the national championship 4 times
he has been playin tennis since he was 10
4. they have made 10 films since they left college
they have been making films since they left college
2. She has been travelling for three months. She has visited six countries so far.
3. He has won the national championships four times. He has been playing tennis since he was ten.
4. They have made ten films since they left college. They have been making films since they left college.
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Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the conditional sentences in this article. Use modal verbs if you think they are appropriate.
No pain, no gain?
It's January 1st. You're on the bathroom scales, groaning. If you (1) (eat) that. last piece of Christmas pud, perhaps you wouldn't have put on that extra kilo. Never mind, you can lose it and get fit at the gym!
Or is that the right thing to do? If you're unfit, you (2)........ (stand) a huge: chance of injuring yourself in the gym or on the squash court. You must take care before launching yourself into a vigorous exercise routine: if you don't treat your body with respect, it (3)........
(not/function) as you want it to. The knee, in particular, can cause untold problems. We (4) (not/have) problems with our knees if we still (5)........ (walk) on all fours, but they're not up to a vertical pounding on the treadmill for an hour a day. All of our joints can cause problems; if you (6)........ (want) to play football safely, make sure you wear the right boots to protect your ankles. Decent coaching (7)......... (be) essential if you're going to take up a racket sport: something as simple as a wrong-size grip can cause tennis elbow.
Many sports injuries are caused by insufficient warm-ups. If everyone spent a few minutes stretching their muscles before exercising, they (8)......... (experience) much less pain during exercise itself. But people can be stubborn
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about pain when exercising. The phrase 'no pain, no gain' is rubbish. Should you feel pain when you're exercising, you (9)........ (stop) at once!
Sport has so many other hazards, though. Golf, you would think, ist relatively harmless. Not so for Anthony Phua, a Malaysian golfer who was killed by getting in the way of his partner's swing. Now, if he hadn't taken up that particular form of exercise in the first place, it (10)........ (happen).
What can you do if you (11) ......... (not/want) to risk sport, but you still want. to lose weight? Well, it's not all bad news for couch potatoes. If you're happy to lose calories steadily but slowly, just (12)......... (stay) at home: sleeping burns 60 calories an hour, ironing 132 and cooking 190. Just don't eat what you cook!