Task 4. Use THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
to fill in the blanks:

23. Tom is reading a book. He started two hours ago and he is on page 53. He ……………………………… (read) for two hours.
24. I …………………………………………………. (write) my friends at least a dozen letters since I left home and come home.
25. The telephone …………………………………………….. (ring) four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate.
26. A: ………………. you ……………….. (see) Jane recently?
B: No, I ……………………………. (see) her for a long time.
27. Susan …………………………. (do) her homework before 10 o’clock but Jane ………….…………….. (not /write) a word until now.
28. Sally is writing a letter to her boyfriend. She ………………………………………. (write) it since she got home from class. It’s going to be a long letter.
29. I …………………………………………………. (not / be) able to reach my boss on the phone yet. I ………………………………………………………. (try) for the last twenty minutes.

My favourite singer is Paul McCartney. He comes from Great Britain, Liverpool. I love his songs and I admire his amazing voice. He is a famous composer, a brilliant singer-songwriter, an excellent bass-guitarist, a well-known poet and a wonderful artist. He can play the bass guitar, guitar, keyboard, percussion, mandolin, bass, block-flute, melodica, cello, violin, sitar and even trumpet.

Paul McCartney was one of the founders of world-known The Beatles. He has repeatedly included in the Guinness Book of records, as the most successful musician and composer of contemporary history because 60 his disks have "gold" status.

My favourite song "Yesterday" holds the first place in the number of its recorded versions, "Mull of Kintyre" (Wings), created in 1977, has reached two million marks, and it still tops the list of Britain's best-sellers of all time.

16 times Paul McCartney received the Grammy awards, the Chevalier of the order of the British Empire (MBE) (1965).

In 2011, he was recognized as one of the best bass players of all time according to a survey conducted by the magazine Rolling Stone.

Paul McCartney is the best!

Hello, my reader. i want to tell you about my favorite singer. my favorite russian singer is nikolai baskov. his amazing songs leave no one indifferent! i love the creativity of this man, it seems to me that this is the only worthy singer of russia! his songs have a deep meaning, and some are very funny! for example his song "nikolai, nikolai, kolya! " i like the fact that she is sung with such a positive that the mood immediately rises. even baskov has songs about love, about pain and about parting. in nicholas, a very large number of albums, and even more-fans. as i have already said, i really like the baskov. i advise you to listen to his masterpieces. перевод , мой читатель. я хочу рассказать о моём любимом певце. мой любимый певец - николай басков. его потрясающие песни никого не оставляют равнодушными! мне нравится творчество этого человека, мне кажется, что это единственный достойный певец россии! его песни имеют глубокий смысл, а некоторые забавные! например, его песня «николай, николай, коля! » мне нравится, что ее пели с таким позитивным настроем, что настроение сразу же поднимается. даже у баскова есть песни о любви, о боли и прощании. у николая большое количество альбомов и еще больше поклонников. как я уже сказала, мне нравится басков. я советую вам послушать его шедевры!