Underline the eine rudeerbials in the sentences from the online forum on page 69. 1 And it has paid off so far because it's cheap, quick and easy. 2 I've been writing songs all my life. 3 We've being doing a lot of busking in the streets lately. RULE: We use the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous with time adverbials. Some of them refer to the recent past, e.g. just, recently, 2 3 for (a long time). Others refer to the present too, e.g. until now, up to now, ever (in questions), yet (questions and negatives).
1. Nobody has ever climbed this mountain. 2. She told me that they had carefully put away those newspapers where they would not lose them. 3. Why have have you put these cups in this cupboard? 4. They had evidently told Nick to go home at once when I gave him the things his mother asked for, for he refused even to take a cup of tea. 5. They have sent invitations to all the old pupils to be present at the schools thirtieth anniversary. 6. All the passengers in the bus were listening to the story of the boy whom the quickness of the driver had saved from drowning.
2 She told me that somebody had carefully put those newspapers away where they would not lost.
3 Why have you put these cups here in this cupboard?
4 Evidently I had told to Nick to go home at once when I gave him the things his mother had asked for, for he refused even to take a cup of tea
5 We have sent invitatuons to all the old pupils to be present at the schools thirtieth anniversary.
6 All the passengers in the bus were listerning to the story of the boy who savers have saved from drowning be the quickness of the driver.
7 We finished the work in time.
8 Mother takes care of the child.
9 When did you do it?
10 What museums did you visite last year?
11 Have you handed compositions in?