1.What are you doing how? - l'm waiting for a bus. How long have you been waiting for it? - l've been waiting for it for two minutes. 2. l had been sleeping for an hour when he came. 3. It has been raining since the morning. 4. He said that he had been staying there all day. 5. I've been packing my things for an hour and half. 6. The pupils have been discussing the novel which they will read next month for half an hour. 7. The teacher said that she had been correcting our dictations for 2 hours. 8. Since when have they been building this house? 9. I had been looking for my copybook for half an hour, before I found it under the newspaper. 10. The children have been skating for an hour.
My friend Nick is very busy and he doesn't have much time to spare. But he's got a lot of hobbies and interests.Five years ago Nick was fond of collecting stamps. His hobby helped him to learn a lot about other countries and other peoples' traditions, the world's flora and fauna. Maybe that's why he was good at geography and biology at school.He used to bring the albums to school and we examined his stamps with great interest and envy. Sometimes he exchanged stamps with his schoolmates.When Nick was in the tenth form his parents bought him a compact disc player and Nick decided to collect compact discs. Today, he has got more than one hundred CDs of his favourite groups and singers! I think that he is very proud of his collection.Every time Nick buys a new CD he carefully studies the information printed on disc booklets. He also tries to find out everything about the singers he likes. That's why he reads a lot of specialised magazines and books on the history of rock.Nick never misses MTV shows — he thinks he must keep up with the news in the world of music. He says he likes all types of music except "rave".He even writes letters to some fan-clubs in other countries, so he has to brush up his English. Nick never misses a concert of his favourite group. He brings his compact discs to the concert and asks the singers for their autographs.But in spite of his new hobby, Nick sometimes sits in his room and looks through his albums of stamps (with his earphones on, of course)
2. l had been sleeping for an hour when he came.
3. It has been raining since the morning.
4. He said that he had been staying there all day.
5. I've been packing my things for an hour and half.
6. The pupils have been discussing the novel which they will read next month for half an hour.
7. The teacher said that she had been correcting our dictations for 2 hours.
8. Since when have they been building this house?
9. I had been looking for my copybook for half an hour, before I found it under the newspaper.
10. The children have been skating for an hour.