Jill Brand

Perfect and Perfect Progressive Tenses pp. 29-31

Practice 5

2. two months ago, January 1^st (actually, January 2^nd), two months
3. two weeks (14 days), Valentine’s Day (teacher’s note: I don’t think his girlfriend really likes him)
4. nine years, nine years, 2000

Practice 6

1. b) We have known her since last month.
2.  a) They have lived there for 16 years. b) They have lived there since 2001.
3. a) I have liked foreign films since 2012 (slang: since 5 years ago).    b)I have liked foreign films for five years.
4. a) Jack has worked there for a year. b) He has worked there since last year.

Practice 7

2. has         3.is    4. is     5. has     6. is     7. has     8. is     9. has

Practice 8

1. became   2. has been   3. has been     4. has rained   5. lived   6. have lived  7.worked   8. haven’t worked

Practice 9

2. agreed, have agreed
3. took, has taken
4. has played, played
5. wrote, has written
6. sent, have sent
7. has flown, flew
8. overslept, has overslept