Complete the text with the correct from of verbs in brackets Use contractions where necessary. ДО ІТЬ ів!

1. She has been playing poker scince morning.
2.What have you done for 2 hours already?
3.John was working on this problem for a week when the delegation of foreign experts arrived at the institute.
4.How long have you been fishing here? Have you caught anything?
5.My mother have been grown this sort of tomatoes for 5 years already.
6.I have been reading this book for a week before i returned it to the library.
7.That strange man has stood at the corner since early morning.
8. How long this man was waiting for you at the station before you met?
9. I have been studing English for 2 months before the following exam.
10. I was shopping in the supermarket for half an hour when i lost my wallet.

1) In fact the monarch reigns but doesn’t rule.

2) A bill becomes an act of Parliament even without the royal assent.

3) The monarch makes appointments to all important offices of state, excluding judges and

leading positions in the Established church.

4) The monarch doesn’t have the power to cede territory or declare war.

5) The legislative power in the UK belongs to the House of Commons.

6) The executive power in the UK is exercised by the prime minister and the Cabinet.

7) There is only one leading party in Great Britain.

8) The judicial power in the UK is independent of other branches of the government.

9) The judges of the Supreme Court of the UK are appointed by the Queen.

10) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a constitutional monarchy,

because there is a written constitution in this country.