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Exercises

7.1 In this exercise you have to write questions with how long and when.

Example: It is raining. (how long /it / rain?) How long has it been raining? .

(when / it / start / raining?) When did it start raining? .

1. Ann is learning Italian.

(how long / she / learn / Italian?) ……………………………………………………

(when / she / begin / learning Italian?) ………………………………………………

2. I know Tom.

(how long / you / know / Tom?) …………………………………………………….

(when / you / first / meet / Tom?) …………………………………………………...

3. Bob and Alice are married.

(how long / they / be / married?) …………………………………………………….

(when / they / get / married?) ……………………………………….……………….

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7.2 In this exercise you have to put in sinceorfor.

Example: Tom and I have known each other for six months.

1. It's been raining ............................................... I got up this morning.

2. Tom's father has been a policeman ........................................ 20 years.

3. Have you been learning English ....................................... a long time?

4. ....................................... Christmas, the weather has been quite mild.

5. Ann has been on holiday ................................................... three days.

6. That's a very old car. I've had it .................................................. ages.

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7.3 This time you have to make a new sentence beginning in the way shown.

Examples: I know Tom. I first met him six months ago. I have known him for six months.

It's been raining since 2 o'clock. It started. raining at two o’clock. .

1. Tom's ill. He became ill three days ago. He has ………………...………………….

2. We have been married for five years. We got ………………………………………

3. Jim has a beard. He grew it ten years ago. He has ………………………………….

4. He has been in France for three weeks. He went …………………………………...

5. He has had his new car since February. He bought ………………………………....

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7.4In this exercise you have to imagine that two people are talking. You have to make sentences with It's ... since ...

Example: A: Do you often go on holiday? (no / five years)

B: No, it’s five years since I went on holiday. .

1. A: Do you often eat in restaurants? (no / six months)

B: No, it ……………………………………………………………………………

2. A: Does it often snow here? (no / years)

3. B: No, ………..........................................................................................................

Exercises

Present and past

Put the verb into the correct form, present simple (I do), present continuous (I am doing), past simple (I did) or past continuous (I was doing).

1. We can go out now. It is not raining (not/rain) any more.

2. Ann was waiting (wait) for me when I arrived (arrive).

3. I ………………. (get) hungry. Let's go and have something to eat.

4. What …………… (you do) in your spare time? Have you got any hobbies? …………

5. What speed ……………. (the car/do) at the time of the accident?

6. Mary usually ………… (phone) me on Fridays but she … (not phone) last Friday.

7. A: - When I last saw you, you ……………………….. (think) of moving to a new flat

В: - That's right, but in the end I (decide) to stay where I was.

8. What's that noise? What ……….. (happen)?

9. It's usually dry here at this time of the year. It (not rain) much.

10. ………………………………. Yesterday evening the phone (ring) three times while we ……………………………………… (have) dinner.

11. ………………………………... Linda was busy when we (go) to see her yesterday. She ………………………………….. (study) for an exam. We ………….. (not want) to disturb her, so we ……………… (not stay) very long.

12. ……………………………….. When I first ………………………. (tell) Tom the news, he ……………………………………………………………… (not believe) me. He ………………… (think) that I …………………….. (joke).

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