thew di ant enter paris a pe ! BEA Write a sentence for each situation. Use present perfect continuous (has/have been doing, etc.) + for orsince. 1 John started his phone call twenty minutes ago and he is still talking. John .has. been talking. for. trventy minetes. Sam and I arranged to meet at the cinema at 7.00 p.m. | arrived on time but [’m still waiting for Sam to arrive. Barbara and Kevin are tired. They started walking six hours ago and they're still walking. » 3 They 4 You started watching TV at 9 o'clock this morning and you're still watching it. YOU ivi nsinninssnse nnn sinus 5 [hate this weather! It started raining last week and it’s still raining, It hunni 6 Laura felt sick at hinchtime today and she is still feeling sick. Laura 7 Six months ago Colin and | started building our own house. We're still doing it. We 8 Fred got on the ‘Trans-European express train on June 28th. Today is Ist July and he is still travelling. Fred Ihave done and | did (present perfect Te and past simple) Write questions. Use the present perfect or the past simple. Look at the answers before you write the questions. How long / Sarah / live / in France? How. Jonge has. Sarah lived. in France? Since 1990. When /fohn / lose his job? nu Snsnnn vs 2 3.weeks ago. When / the last time / you / have / a holiday? e 2 Last year. * How long / Jill / have a cat? sn nen soma? — Since January. ‘What time / you / finish work? 2 At 9.00 pam. o How long / you / watch TV / last night? 2 Allevening. ~ ‘When / Chris / go out? Lansiamaninninmmmnnommmmennanenenenaned — ‘Ten minutes ago. How long / your father / in hospital? ca 2? Since Monday.a 1 26 Write complete sentences. Use the present perfect and the past simple. You / be / tired / all day. What time / you / go to bed / last night? You've. been tired. all day. What. time. did you. ge. to, bed last 2. Erancis / leave / home / 6 o'clock this morning. He / drive ce then. Francis. left home at. 6 o'clock. this morning, He. has been driving since. then, Brasilia / the capital of Brazil / since 1960. Before 1960, Rio de Janeiro / the capital, v e 4 Carol / move / to Oxford / in 1975. She / live / in Oxford / since 1975, a T/ not / see / the new manager / yet. When / she / start working for the company? a You / speak / good French / on the telephone / yesterday. How long / you / learn / it? ~ Palla and Laurence / be / married / since last year. They / meet / at university. Peter / never / try / Japanese food, He / go Japan / last year but he / eat / hamburgers. oo © > E & 5 g g z Ke 8 2 g = 5 a > 2 2 g e ai 2 2 8 z 3 a 10 My brother / be / a professional footballer / since 1994. But when he / be / younger he / not / like / sport very much. : Put the verb in the present perfect or the past simple. Here is the six o'clock news from ITC, on Monday the 25th April. Our reporter in Nepal « felephoned... (telephone) us ten minutes ago and q Said... (say) that Jane Tomkins and her partier, Ann Beckett, are on top of the world today. They o sovmsnsnsnnnne (teach) the top of Mount Everest half hour ago. Our reporter spoke to another climber on the expedition. REPORTER: Are Jane and Ann still on the top of Mount Everest? cumper: No, they (start) their return journey. REPORTER: How long «6 they (spend) up there? CUIMBER: About 10 minutes. They (take) some photographs of each other. : REPORTER: Are they in good health? CLIMBER: Well, they're both tired, but they're fine. But there is one problem: the weather a (change). There is more cloud and the wind is quite strong.Last night, Manchester United (8) .....000 (win) the football league championship. The team 0)... (win) the championship three times now — the first time (10) “(be) in 1986. In their final game yesterday, Bryan Riggs a) (score) the winning goal. Riggs «2) (be) with the team since he (15 (leave) schoo! ‘The President of Volponia, Madame Fernoff, (14 (arrive) in Britain last night. Madame Fernoff (5) (be) President since 1985. She said she was very happy to be in Britain, At yesterday's meeting of European finance ministers, Jack Delaney, the Irish Finance Minister, 6 (ay), ‘Tam going to leave my job soon. [ o (work) very hard and I want to spend more time with my family? Mr Delaney 1s) (be) Irish Finance Minister for 5 years. And the weather, We 117 (have) a lot of rain over the country since the beginning of the week and unfortunately this will continue until the weekend. For your information, last week a. (be) the wettest April week for 100 years. HET] Complete the dialogues. Use the present perfect or the past simple of the verbs-in brackets ( ). 1 crane: Have. you Seem... (see) John? COUN: No, why? cLaRE: He. broke (break) his leg, COLIN: Really? When did. he do,, (do) that? CLARE: Yesterday. , 2 ADAM: Oh nO! L suosssesmnn ov (lose) my car keys. Tony: When YOU ]A8t sas ($00) them? ADAM: — This morning when I (eave) the house. 3 MARY: — Alan's going to sell his car. : SIMON: Really? He only (buy) it last month. MARY: — I know, He loves changing cars. SIMON: How many cars he (have) in his life? MARY: At least 20! 4 wen: Can I look at the newspaper, please? vat: Ina minure. | (not / finish) with it yet BEN: You're very slow. You (start) ic chis morning after breakfast! , 5 JULIA: There was a good programme on TV last night about elephants. sebicanennne, YOU (see) it? SARAH: Yes, it was wonderfl. .. 6 YOU €VEF ssounsnnns ($00) a five elephant? youa: Yes and 1: (touch) one, too. sana: When (be) thar? JULIA: ‘Two years ago when I i (be) on holiday in Kenya. 6 PATRICK: Connie looks really fed up. What's the matter? JOSIED She wa (fail) her drivi PATRICK: Not again! How many times she (ely? Josie: [think it four.