jow tong nave you ... 7 (present perfect questions) Read the information about Cathy Atkins. Ask Cathy some questions with How long...? + the present perfect simple. Then complete Cathy's answers with for and since, ‘My name is Cathy Atkins and (1) Llve in London. (2 [im married to aul and we havea year-old baby grt Rta.) We alo havea newdog. 1) Lwork asa hairdresser (s) Pauli a train driver (o Myparents lve with us and 7) my mother loots after the baby She also looks after my father) Hes i yYoU_Y\. caTHY How long have you lived in London Since 2008. more than five years. last week. {eft school about nine months. along time Rita was born. the beginning of this year. PY MAH Rene Complete the sentences with for (for ten minutes ete), since (since 5 o’lock etc) or ago (two hours ago etc). Use your own ideas. 1. You can't be hungry. You had lunch 2. Jane is fed up. Her friend is late. She's been waiting 3 I dont lve in London now. moved to Pars 4 I now live in Paris. I've been here 5 Tomi grandfather died 6 Maggies gor fu Shes been in bed 7 Sueand Richard got married and their st child was bom 8 like Mary’ hair She's had ic in that style half an hour ag for an hour / since 3 o'clock to these questions. Use for, since and ago. y What about you? Write your own short answers How long have you lived in the place where you'e living now? When did you last play a sport? How long have you had this phone? When did you start doing this exercise? How long have you been a student? ‘When did you last buy a pair of shoes? How long have you been able to speak English? 10 n n 3 4 1s Essential Grammar in Use Supplementary Exerc PY} Re ——“—s—sHow long have you ... ? on Complete the posteard with the present perfect simple, the present perfect.continuous oF the past simple. Weg arrived (arviee) here in Cape Tow six days (be) hove since ast ag tant believe we 2) we've dane sat a fa, Atte moment were ig Sway fora ut to ake as a mip road the hart: Bat it late weay (it) or: about af at how in.2 hors ag, bt he () avid fe in bed sine he avvved. He's gota horrible cold — he o (uve) or awk, The weathers abit strange — nin for five days but toda the suis shining, t © (shine) since we got up this moring, Two days ago we @) (go) to visit my uot Nina — she (6) (live) here for more than 20 years. She @) (get marred) a year «ago. She (10) (low) Ale (that’s his name) for years ~ so fue gota new uncle Hey grt! The oat has arrived. Bye for now. Krston Write a sentence for each situation. Use the present perfect continuous (has/have been doing etc) + for/since. 1 Sam and | arranged to meet at the library at 4 otlock.l arrived on time but tm still waiting for Sam to arrive. 1....'ve been waiting for Sam since 4 o'clock. 2 John started his phone call 20 minutes ago and he's stil talking John 3 Olga and Peter ae tired, They started walking six hours ago and they're still walking. They 4 You started watching TV at 9 o'clock this morning and you'r still watching it. You = - 5 Laura felt sick at lunchtime today and she's still feeling sick. Laura _ 6 Fred got on the Trans-Europe express train on the 28th of June. Today it’s the 30th of June wwavelling. Fred. aaa and hes stil 7 \ hhate this weather. It started raining 12 hours ago and it’ still raining. It 32 Essential Grammar in Use Supplementary Exercises