1 From the text, we can infer that the term "

1.is your mother a housewife? yes, she is

2.is your father a doctor? no,he isn't

3.is your brother a student? yes, he is

4.is your sister a singer? no, she isn't

перевод:

1.твоя мама домохозяйка? да

2.твой папа доктор?   нет

3.твой брат студент? да

4.твоя сестра певица? нет

1. c) to stay

2. a) to have

3. b) stay 

4. c) listening

5. b) is

6. b) for

7. c) no, a) some

8. c) was

9. b) since

10. c) did

11. a) she said she was having breakfast.

12. a) the

13. c) will/-

14. a) the/the

15. b) in

16. a) wants

17. b) off

18. d) in

19. d) shorter

20. b) was already started

21. c) to wake him up

2.they have been living in edinburg for two years

3. he has been waiting for mary more than an hour.

4. they have benn sitting in the garden since dinner time

5. he has been playing tennis since 10 a.m.

6. i have benn learning spanish for 5 years.

7. he has been working for the same company since he left school.

во всех случаях на present perfect continuos указывает промежуток времени и предлоги for, since.

as  cool as a cucumber,as strong as a horse,as cool as a cucumber.,as deaf as a bat,as bling as a post,as clear as a crystal ,as sly as a fox,as slow as a tortoise,as sweet as a honey,as mad as a hare.