1. Have I been lying in bed thinking about getting up when the doorbell rang? 2. Have I been doing housework
1. Have I been lying in bed thinking about getting up when the doorbell rang?
2. Have I been doing housework all day today? Have I cleaned every room in the house?
3. Has a train crashed near Birmingham? According to eyewitnesses, did it hit a concrete block which somebody had put on the line?
4. Did Paul turn around halfway to the office and go back home because he had forgotten to turn off the gas?
5. Have I been playing a lot of bridge recently?
6. Was it not surprising?
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Пояснение: Present Perfect Continuous tense is used to talk about actions or situations that started in the past and are still happening at the time of speaking. It emphasizes the duration of an action or state. This tense is formed by using the auxiliary verb "have/has" in the present tense followed by "been" and the present participle (-ing form) of the main verb.
1. Например: No, you have not been lying in bed thinking about getting up when the doorbell rang. The action of lying in bed thinking about getting up happened in the past and is not continuing until now. You were lying in bed thinking about getting up when the doorbell rang.
2. Например: No, you have not been doing housework all day today. This action of doing housework started in the past and is not continuing until now. You did housework earlier today, but it is not happening anymore. However, it is possible to say that you have done some housework today.
3. Например: We don"t know whether a train has crashed near Birmingham or not. According to eyewitnesses, it hit a concrete block which somebody had put on the line. This is a past event, and the tense used in the question does not fit the situation. The correct tense would be past simple: "Did a train crash near Birmingham? According to eyewitnesses, did it hit a concrete block which somebody had put on the line?"
4. Например: We don"t know why Paul went back home halfway to the office. The action of turning around halfway and going back home happened in the past. The correct tense to use in the question would be past simple: "Did Paul turn around halfway to the office and go back home because he had forgotten to turn off the gas?"
5. Например: No, you have not been playing a lot of bridge recently. This action of playing bridge started in the past and is not continuing until now. You played bridge earlier, but it is not happening anymore. However, it is possible to say that you have played bridge recently.
6. Например: Yes, it was surprising. The question is in a negative form, so the answer should agree with it. By saying "Yes, it was not surprising," you agree with the negative form of the question. So, the answer means that it was not surprising.