Read again and answer the questions. 1 What's the best place to get fresh water?
2 Why should you make a fire?​

1. This room is a mess! What HAVE YOU BEEN DOING all day?

2. Look at that man over there. He HAS BEEN STANDING there for hours.  

3. He HAS BEEN CLEANING the windows and he HASN'T FINISHED yet.  

4. The magazine HAS (ALREADY) PUBLISHED a report on English-speakers. It’s excellent!  

5. The teacher was late. When he arrived, the students said “We HAVE WAITED for you for half an hour, teacher!”.  

6. The teacher was late. When he arrived, someone told him “The students HAVE BEEN WAITING for you for half an hour and then they have gone! You were so late!”.

7. They HAVE BEEN LIVING there for ages but they moved last week.  

8. They HAVE LIVED here for ages and they love this place.  

9. Peter HAS FINISHED his book at last.  

10. They HAVE BEEN QUEUING since midday and they are still waiting for their turn.  

11. She HAS BEEN WAITING for one hour but she has left because they had to go to work.  

12. He HAS BEEN PLAYING golf for ten years but then he stopped due to health problems.

STATIVE VERB: It's a verb that cannot change its base form to -ing such as like, wish, promise, etc.

My Collection
Hobbies in most people’s lives occupy important place. In this case I’m not an exception. My hobby from the very early age is collecting stamps and coins from different countries. Most of the samples were given to me by my father who in his turn liked collecting them when he was younger. His collection was full of celebrity pictures, football players, museums of the world, etc. He was a real philatelist. Even though I occasionally fill this collection up, I still haven’t got as many stamps as he had. The collection of coins is my next hobby. It all started when my parents brought me some foreign money from their trip to Rome. After that I asked all my friends and relatives who traveled to other countries to bring me some authentic coins. At the moment my collection is rather impressive. I have eurocents, Australian cents, Chinese yuans and many other coins. You can say I’m an amateur collector, but those who collect coins on professional level are called numismatists. And yet it’s not all that interests me. Two years ago I started collecting cute spoons from different cities and countries. They are usually silver- or golden-plated and contain tiny inscriptions or jewels on them. To be honest it’s the most beautiful collection at my home. My first spoon was from England. I bought it when we were on school trip there with our class tutor and school headmaster. After that wherever I saw a nice teaspoon with symbolic meaning, I bought it. Besides, my parents brought me some from different angles of the world. At the moment I have already twenty-six spoons in my collection.