Progressive aspect

I.Explain the meaning of the progressive aspect in:

“I was hoping you could lend me $10 tomorrow.”

II-Explain the difference creating an appropriate context for each.

(a) She has interviewed a 100 women/She interviewed a 100 women.

(b) I have been teaching for 25 years/I have taught for 25 years.

III-Provide original sentences to illustrate the following terms.

(a) Present perfect continuous………………………………………………..

(b) Temporary situation……………………………………………………………

(c) Timeless present………………………………………………………………….

(d) Habitual past………………………………………………………………………..

IV-Why are the following sentences ungrammatical?

(a) Are you studying French for long?

(b) Mary lived in this same house since she was a girl.

V- Explain why the forms which are underlined in the excerpts below were used.

(a) I love traveling in the country, but I don´t like losing my way. I went on excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected.

(b) My friend Herbert has always been fat, but things got so badly recently that he decided to go on a diet.

(c) At last firemen have put out a big fire in California.

(d) Geoffrey Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties.

(e) The Hatfield Puffin is a modern airplane, but its designer, Mr John Wimpenny, is finding it difficult to get it off the ground.

VI-Choose the right form.

(a) Oh, dear. What can we do? I´m sure something dreadful (1) has happened/happened: (2) we´ve been waiting/we waited over an hour and he (3) hasn´t phoned/hasn´t been phoning yet.