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Exercise 2.4

Read the letter. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect Simple or Continuous.

Dear Arthur,

I was glad to get your letter yesterday. Things at home (1) … (be) the same so far. Your mother (2) … (work) hard. I (3) … (not hear) from Tim. Probably he (4) … (revise) for the exams recently. Amanda (5) … (just/pass) her driving test. Your father (6) … (repair) his old Toyota for the past few weeks. I think it will be ready next week. Our grandmother (7) … (not feel) very well recently. She (8) … (visit) the doctor three times since you left. I hope you enjoy your stay in South Africa. (9) … (you/be) to a football match yet?

Hope to hear from you soon.

Love,

Mary.

Part III

The Present Perfect Continuous and various tenses

Exercise 3.1

Write sentences about these situations with since or for. Use the Present Perfect Simple, the Present Perfect Continuous, the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

1. I run a small business. I started it in 1998.

I’ve been running a small business since 1998.

2. Jake plays the cello. He started two years ago.

3. My brother lives in Bern. He moved there last year.

4. It started raining at six o’clock. It’s still raining.

5. I started cooking at eleven. Lunch was ready an hour later.

6. My granny wears glasses. She started wearing them ten years ago.

7. I drive a car. I got it for my birthday.

8. Gary plays football. He started several years ago.

9. Harold got a job as a sales manager in 1987. He retired five years later.

10. Mary is a nurse. She got her diploma in April.

11. The kids are playing computer games. They started right after lunch.

12. Sam has got his own sports club. He bought it three years ago.

13. In 1980 Ronald Reagan won the presidential election. Nine years later he left office.

14. I’m an assistant surgeon in a local hospital. I got this job a week ago.

15. My sister is talking on the phone with her boyfriend. She started when I came home.

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