Expand the brackets; put verbs in the form of simple perfect or perfect long tense: 1. i (make) cakes for the party all morning. - how many cakes you (make) ? - i (make) 200. 2. that boy (eat) seven ice creams. 3. what you (do) - we (pick) apples. - how many you (pick) - we (pick) ten baskets. 4. what a lovely smell! mary (make) jam. (clean) my shoes all morning and i (not, clean) them yet. 6. why you (be) so long in the garage? - the tyres were flat; i (pump) them up. i (pump) up three tyres. would you like to do the fourth? 7. you to (hear) the news? tom and ann are engaged! - that's not new. i (know) it for ages. 8. peter, you (talk) to the student on your right for the last five minutes. you (help) him with his exam paper or he (help) you? 9. why you (make) such a awful noise? - i (lose) my key to wake my wife by throwing stones at and i (try) already. i always start at 6 a. m. 12. she just (sell) stones at the wrong her window. - you (throw) window. you live next door. 10. why you (not, bring) me the letters for signature? you (not, write) them yet? 11. i (do) housework all morning and mine i (not, finish) yet. - i (do)​

1. I have been making cakes for the party all morning. - How many cakes have you made? - I have made 200. To expand the brackets and put the verb in the form of the simple perfect tense, we change "i (make)" to "I have made." This tense indicates that the action started in the past and is still ongoing. 2. That boy has eaten seven ice creams. To put the verb in the form of the simple perfect tense, we change "that boy (eat)" to "that boy has eaten." This tense indicates that the action started in the past and is now completed. 3. What have you been doing? - We have been picking apples. - How many have you picked? - We have picked ten baskets. To expand the brackets and put the verb in the form of the perfect long tense, we change "what you (do)" to "what have you been doing" and "we (pick)" to "we have been picking." This tense indicates that the action started in the past and is still ongoing. 4. What a lovely smell! Mary has been making jam. I have been cleaning my shoes all morning and I haven't cleaned them yet. To put the verb in the form of the perfect long tense, we change "Mary (make)" to "Mary has been making" and "I (clean)" to "I have been cleaning." This tense indicates that the action started in the past and is still ongoing. 6. Why have you been so long in the garage? - The tires were flat; I have been pumping them up. I have pumped up three tires. Would you like to do the fourth? To expand the brackets and put the verb in the form of the perfect long tense, we change "why you (be)" to "why have you been" and "I (pump)" to "I have been pumping." This tense indicates that the action started in the past and is still ongoing. 7. Have you heard the news? Tom and Ann are engaged! - That's not new. I have known it for ages. To put the verb in the form of the simple perfect tense, we change "you to (hear)" to "have you heard" and "I (know)" to "I have known." This tense indicates that the action started in the past and is still relevant at the present time. 8. Peter, you have been talking to the student on your right for the last five minutes. Have you been helping him with his exam paper or has he been helping you? To put the verbs in the form of the perfect long tense, we change "you (talk)" to "you have been talking," "you (help)" to "you have been helping," and "he (help)" to "he has been helping." This tense indicates that the actions started in the past and are still ongoing. 9. Why have you been making such an awful noise? - I have been losing my key, waking my wife by throwing stones at her window, and I have been trying already. I always start at 6 a.m. To put the verbs in the form of the perfect long tense, we change "why you (make)" to "why have you been making," "I (lose)" to "I have been losing," and "I (try)" to "I have been trying." This tense indicates that the actions started in the past and are still ongoing. 12. She has just sold stones at the wrong window. - Did you throw the window? You live next door. To put the verb in the form of the simple perfect tense, we change "she just (sell)" to "she has just sold." This tense indicates that the action started and finished very recently. 10. Why haven't you brought me the letters for signature? Haven't you written them yet? To put the verbs in the form of the simple perfect tense, we change "you (not, bring)" to "you haven't brought" and "you (not, write)" to "haven't you written." This tense indicates that the action should have been completed by now. 11. I have been doing housework all morning and mine haven't finished yet. - I have been doing. To put the verb in the form of the perfect long tense, we change "I (do)" to "I have been doing." This tense indicates that the action started in the past and is still ongoing.