Упр.3 Проверь себя Unit 1 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ Enjoy English 8 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Биболетова, Бабушис 8 класс, Дрофа: 3 Choose and underline the correct option.
1. We have been searching/searched (13) for your cat for three hours already. I’m cold and hungry. Let’s go home. The cat has been waiting/is waiting (14) for you there, probably.
2. Do you really like my presentation? I’ve made I’ve been making (15) it since the morning and it’s almost ready. I just want to add a few slides about space exploration. I’ve already designed/ already designed (16) them but they need some animation effects.
3. We were monitoring/have been monitoring (17) the patient’s temperature and blood pressure since midnight. He’s much better now. We have contacted/have been contacting (18) his family and they are going to be here very soon.
*Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

1. We have been searching for your cat for three hours already. I’m cold and hungry. Let’s go home. The cat is waiting for you there, probably.

2. Do you really like my presentation? I have been making it since the morning and it’s almost ready. I just want to add a few slides about space exploration. I have already designed them but they need some animation effects.

3. We have been monitoring the patient’s temperature and blood pressure since midnight. He’s much better now. We have contacted his family and they are going to be here very soon.

Explanation: use Present Perfect Continuous for actions that started in the past and are still continuing, and Present Perfect for finished actions with a result now. In sentence 1, is waiting is correct because it describes the cat’s current state.