Question

Ex. 15. (8, c) open the brackets. use the present lndefinite, the present continuous, the present perfect or the present perfect continuous. 1. andy, you (hear) me? i (talk) to you for a minute already. 2. i want to see how much the place (change) since i was there last. 3. we (not/see) them ever since. 4. i don't want to take a cure at all. i am perfectly happy. all my life i (be) perfectly happy. 5. here's my key. i (leave). 6. i (go) to the shops, (not/begin) cutting the material until i (come) back. 7. wait till you (see) moose and (talk) to him. 8. the children (live) with their aunt since their mother (be) ill. 9. i must not let my eyes get all red and swollen, or henry'll know i (cry). 10. the train (not/arrive) yet but a lot of people (stand) on the platform. 11. i (know) him very well. we (know) each other since i came to live in this house. 12. he says he (listen) to the same tunes for fifteen years.

Answer 1

1. Andy, do/can you hear me? I have been talking to you for a minute already.

2. I want to see how much the place has changed since I was there last.

3. We haven't seen them ever since.

4. I don't want to take a cure at all. I am perfectly happy. All my life I have been perfectly happy.

5. Here's my key. I am leaving.

6. I am going to the shops, don't begin cutting the material until I come back. 7. Wait till you see Moose and talk to him.

8. The children have lived (have been living) with their aunt since their mother has been ill.

9. I must not let my eyes get all red and swollen, or Henry will know I have been crying.

10. The train hasn't arrived yet but a lot of people are standing on the platform.

11. I know him very well. We have known each other since I came to live in this house.

12. He says he has been listening to the same tunes for fifteen years.