The family, warm and joyful holiday is the New year. Everyone is waiting for the new year magic. Many believe that the new year night fulfills all desires. Especially looking forward to this holiday children, because they Ded Moroz brings a lot of interesting items. People send Christmas cards to their relatives and friends, and make each other surprises.
The whole city is preparing for this magic holiday. Winter streets are decorated with colourful garlands and flags. Everywhere hear the tinkling of bells. In the houses decorate the Christmas trees, which together with father frost and snow Maiden are the main characters of the New year. Bound threads of beads in the festive tinsel and shining balls, they decorate every family. On top necessarily burn bright asterisks.
Kids diligently write to Santa Claus their requests on the gifts would like to get. They believe that the Grandfather frost and his granddaughter snow maiden come from the forest on a sleigh pulled by Troika fastest horses. Everybody enthusiastically preparing for the long-awaited holiday. Guys make yourself costumes of various fairy tale characters, and the beasts of the forest. Kids tell Santa Claus and snow maiden poems, sing songs, folk dances of decorated Christmas beauties tree, get a well-deserved gifts from Santa Claus.
Celebration of New year does not end here, but continues in the family circle. 31 December whole family gathers together at a celebratory table. Another plus of the New year is that it is the most delicious feast with different dishes. All people look forward midnight, when the chime of bells real fun begins. In these minutes, with bated breath, all make their wishes. It is very important to believe that they will certainly come true.
<span>All begin to congratulate each other, wish health, happiness and success. After all the New year is a fabulous holiday. He gives all of us faith in something new, bright and interesting. All of the bad old and unnecessary, remains in the past year. Early in the morning every child finds under the Christmas tree welcome gift and regrets that again accidentally overslept visit Grandfather Frost.
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Look at these conversations and put in the correct form of the verb.
Use the Present Perfect Continuous or Simple.
* Sarah: I feel really tired.
Mark: It's because you've been doing (you/do) too much.
Sarah: Well, at least I've finished (I/finish) that report now, and I can relax.
1. David: Someone ______HAS LEFT______ (leave) the ladder outside, look.
Harriet: I expect that's Mike___HAS BEEN CLEANING_____(he/clean) the windows. I don't think ____HE HAS FINISHED___ (he/finish) yet.
2. Laura: You've got mud on your shoes.
Trevor: It's all right , I'll take them off ____I HAVE BEEN WORKING______ (I/work) in the garden.
Laura: Yes, it looks a lot tidier. Well done___YOU HAVE DONE______ (you/do) a good job.
3. Tom: ___I HAVE HEARD____(I/hear) that you and Harriet are building a garage. How long ___HAVE YOU BEEN DOING___ (you/ do) that?
Mike: Oh, for about a month now. (we/ do) ____WE HAVE DONE____ about half of it.
B I have been doing or I have done? (1)
What would you ask in these situations? Use the Present Perfect Continuous or Simple.
* Your friend is wearing glasses. You've never seen him with glasses on before. Ask him how long ...
How long have you been wearing glasses?
* Nick is playing computer games. Ask him how many ...
How many computer games have you played?
1. You meet a group of people walking across country. Ask them:
How many miles…HAVE YOU WALKED………
2. Some workmen are digging up the road outside Sarah's house. Ask her:
How long……HAVE YOU BEEN DIGGING (UP THE ROAD)? ………..
3. Laura is taking lots of photos of you and your friends. Ask her:
How many ……PHOTOS HAVE YOU TAKEN? ………
4. You have just woken up from an afternoon sleep and seen that it is raining. Ask your friend:
How long...HAS IT BEEN RAINING...?
C I have been doing or I have done? (1-2)
Complete the conversation. Put the verbs in the Present Perfect Continuous or Simple.
Laura: What are you doing, Trevor? You’ve been (you/be) in here for ages. You're making an awful mess.
Trevor: (1) _____I HAVE BEEN CLEARING____ (I/clear) out this cupboard most of the afternoon.
There's a lot of old stuff in here. (2) ____I HAVE FOUND_____ (I/find) these, look.
Laura: (3) ____YOU HAVE BEEN SITTING_____ (you/sit) there staring at those old boots for the last five minutes. (4) ____I HAVE BEEN WATCHING____(I/ watch) you. (5) _____YOU HAVE BEEN ______ (you /be) in a dream.
Trevor: They're football boots. (6) _____I HAVENT HAD _____ (I / have) them since I was about sixteen. (7) ____THEY HAVE BEEN ____ (they/be) in here for years.
Laura: Well, throw them away. And what about that tennis racket? Is that yours?
Trevor: No, it must be yours. (8) ____I HAVE NEVER HAD ____ (I/never/have) a tennis racket.
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