EX 1:
1. They have been living in Madrid ________ 1972.
2. He has been in prison ________ four years.
3. He has known about the fact ________ a long time.
4. Conditions have changed a lot ________ we were children.
5. Our teacher has been very ill ________ the last month.
6. I haven’t eaten anything ________ twenty-four hours.
7. In fact he is always very rude. We have been waiting for him ________ half an hour.
8. I haven’t seen him for three years. It is because I haven’t been there ________ I left school.
9. I have been trying to mend this old fashioned car ________ hours.
10. One of my friends has been teaching in Tokyo ________ three years. I haven’t met him since last year.
11. I haven’t enjoyed myself ________ two weeks since I heard that my final exam grades were low.
12. I know that you have never seen a lion ________ you were born. Then now I say that we can go to the zoo and see one.
13. The police have been looking for him for two weeks ________ he escaped from the prison.
14. He hasn’t spoken to me even a word ________ the last meeting.
15. I haven’t phoned him ________ a week.
16. He has been the principal of our high school ________ 1988.
17. Dean has been learning Japanese ________ two years.
EX 1:
1. They have been living in Madrid since 1972.
2. He has been in prison for four years.
3. He has known about the fact for a long time.
4. Conditions have changed a lot since we were children.
5. Our teacher has been very ill for the last month.
6. I haven’t eaten anything for twenty-four hours.
7. In fact he is always very rude. We have been waiting for him for half an hour.
8. I haven’t seen him for three years. It is because I haven’t been there since I left school.
9. I have been trying to mend this old fashioned car for hours.
10. One of my friends has been teaching in Tokyo for three years. I haven’t met him since last year.
11. I haven’t enjoyed myself for two weeks since I heard that my final exam grades were low.
12. I know that you have never seen a lion since you were born. Then now I say that we can go to the zoo and see one.
13. The police have been looking for him for two weeks since he escaped from the prison.
14. He hasn’t spoken to me even a word since the last meeting.
15. I haven’t phoned him since a week.
16. He has been the principal of our high school since 1988.
17. Dean has been learning Japanese for two years.
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