66 Tenses: present perfect PEG 185

A: When did you last write to Peter? B: Oh, I haven't written to him for ages.
A: When did you last ride a camel? B: Oh, I haven't ridden one for ages.
(When the object has the form: a/an + noun, use one in the answer.)

When did ...

1. you last see Tom?
2. you last make a bad mistake?
3. you and Bill last eat out?
4. he last do a good day's work?
5. you last sleep well?
6. she last read a book?
7. he last take part in a competition?
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8. you last hear from them?
9. you last fly a plane?
10. you last speak to Bill?
11. he last teach?
12. he last pay you?
13. he last write to you?
14. he last go to the theatre?
15. you last catch a fish?
16. he last shave?
17. he last have a job?
18. you last sell a picture?
19. you and Peter last discuss this matter?
20. you last win a race?

67 Tenses: present perfect continuous PEG 191

A: I live here.
B: How long have you been living here?
A: I'm looking for a job.
B: How long have you been looking for a job? Keep the nouns unchanged. 1. I
work here. 2. I'm learning Greek. 3. I'm waiting for Peter. 4. I sleep badly. 5.
I'm economizing. 6. He drives a bus. 7. I check their accounts. 8. I pay his
school fees. 9. He cooks. 10. She does two jobs. 11. I feel depressed. 12. He's
blackmailing me.
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13. He sends anonymous letters.
14. I collect fossils.
15. He receives stolen goods.
16. They meet secretly.
17. I'm losing weight.
18. I help Peter with his homework.
19. I live in a condemned house.
20. They are squatting in an empty block.

68 Tenses: past perfect PEG 194B, 195

A: Were you in time to stop Tom telling Ann?

B: No, when I arrived he'd just told her. Were you in time to stop Tom ...

1. posting the letter?

2. resigning?
3. accepting the conditions?
4. ringing Ann?
5. signing the contrast?
6. confessing?
7. admitting his guilt?
8. refusing the job?
9. leaving?
10. taking the pills?
11. buying the shares?
12. selling his car?
13. cancelling the booking?
14. telling his boss?
15. showing the letter to the police?
16. proposing to Mary?
17. starting?
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18. cutting the tree down?
19. burning the documents?
20. shooting his wife?