Прочитайте разговор студентов и скажите, как долго каждый из них выполняет свою работу.
Например:Gary has been throwing away rubbish for an hour and a half.
Adam: What are you doing, Gary?
Gary: Throwing away rubbish. I started at half past ten, and it’s twelve o’clock now, look.
Melanie: I’m washing up. I’ve been doing it since half past eleven.
Adam: Sadie and I are tidying up. We started at half past ten.
Lisa: Has anyone seen a bucket? I’ve been looking for one since ten to twelve.
Gary: I think Alison and Jason had a bucket. They’re working in the garden. They’ve been there since nine o’clock.
Lisa:What’s Don doing?
Adam: He’s cleaning the stairs. He’s been doing that since Melanie started washing up.
Emma: And I’m repairing this toaster. I started at eleven o’clock, but it still won’t work.
Adam: Trevor’s mending the door bell. He began the job at about twenty to twelve.
Melanie: Daniel and Rebecca are brushing carpets. They started at ten.
Gary: Let’s all go out and have some lunch soon.
Adam: Good idea.
Answers & Comments
1) Melanie has been washing up for 30 minutes.
2) Sadie and Adam have been tidying up for an hour and a half.
3) Lisa has been looking for a bucket for 2 hours.
4) Alison anf Jason have been working in the garden for 2 hours.
5) Don has been cleaning the stairs for 30 minutes.
6) Emma has been repairing a toaster for hour.
7) Trevor has been mending the door bell for 20 minutes.
8) Daniel and Rebecca have been brushing carpets for 2 hours.