Present Perfect Continuous, Filling the gaps Fill in the gaps with for or since 1) Fred has been playing football ___ he was a small boy. 2) She’s been driving the car ___ ten years. 3) They have been planning their vacation ___ spring. 4) Kate has been talking on the phone ___ half an hour. 5) My uncle has been having a rest in this place ___ many years. 6) I have been feeling sick ___ Monday. 7) My friends and I have been watching the film ___ fifty minutes. It’s really a cool film. 8) Margie has been studying at the University ___ last year.

Spring is the most beautiful time of the year, everything starts to bloom, flowers appear and it is possible to walk with friends at least nights. In my spring break I will help my mother to clean the apartment, if I do not need help, I'll go for a walk.

But the weather has definitely failed me. Winter did not want to leave, even at the end of March it was very frosty.

But still, vacations are a vacation and my mood was festive every day.

I managed to go several times to the cinema, a couple of times I was visiting friends that I rarely meet in my daily life - they live far away and after school they do not go to visit them comfortably, and on weekends they always find something for me, caring parents .

I spent the spring break just fine. There have been many interesting events. For example, I went to the movies with my sister, I really liked it, and we will definitely go there again. And, my friend had a birthday, and we celebrated it in a cafe. Then we twice went to competitions in the Palace of Sports that would cheer for our team

There are not many theatres in my town, but they are all very popular with the public. I am a theatre lover, too. As for me, I prefer drama to all other theatres, but I also like opera and musical comedy.

I’ll never forget my first visit to the Opera and Ballet Theatre. My friend and I wanted to see the famous ballet “Swan Lake” by Tchaikovskyi. We bought the tickets in advance and came to the theatre half an hour before the show. At 7 sharp the performance began. From the very first minute I was deeply impressed by everything I saw on the stage. The costumes were fine. The dancing and music were thrilling. The ballet seemed to me a fairy-tale. I had never seen anything more wonderful. My friend also enjoyed every minute of it. When the curtain fell at the end of the performance, there came a storm of applause. It seemed that it would never end. The dancers received call after call. They were presented with large bouquets of flowers. We also applauded enthusiastically. The performance was a great success.