1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
1 We haven’t been to a beach party for over a year.
The last time we …went to a beach party…… was over a year ago.
2 Your wedding was the last time I wore a long dress.
I ……………………………… since your wedding.
3 It’s nearly twenty years since my father saw his brother.
My father ……………………………… for nearly twenty years.
4 James went to Bratislava last Friday and is still there.
James has ……………………………… to Bratislava.
5 When did you learn to drive?
How long is it ……………………………… to drive?
6 The last time I went scuba diving was when we were in Egypt.
I haven’t ……………………………… we were in Egypt.
7 You haven’t cut the grass for weeks.
It’s weeks ……………………………… the grass.
8 We started looking for a flat two months ago and we’re still looking.
We’ve ……………………………… a flat for two months.
9 This is the first time I’ve been to a spa.
I ……………………………… to a spa before.
10 Kim lost her job a year ago and is still trying to find one.
Kim ……………………………… a job for a whole year.
Answer
2 haven’t / have not worn a long dress
3 hasn’t / has not seen his brother
4 gone
5 since you learnt/learned
6 been scuba diving since
7 since you cut
8 been looking for
9 haven’t / ’ve never / have not been
10 hasn’t / has not had
2. Use your own ideas to complete the sentences. Use the present perfect simple, the present perfect continuous or the past simple.
1 Since we bought this car, …we’ve done lots of trips round the country. ………
or … we’ve been doing lots of trips round the country. ………
2 … My colleague was ill, so I had to work overtime …….. last week.
3 ……………………………………………. for several years.
4 ……………………………………………. since yesterday.
5 When I was a child, ……………………………………………. .
6 ……………………………………………. five minutes ago.
7 It’s three weeks since ……………………………………………. .
8 For the past three weeks ……………………………………………. .
9 ……………………………………………. in 2016.
10 ……………………………………………. since I came into this room.
11 Last December ……………………………………………. .
12 ……………………………………………. since I got up this morning.
Answer
3 I’ve been working from home for several years.
4 I’ve had a cold since yesterday.
5 When I was a child, I went swimming every day.
6 I started this exercise five minutes ago.
7 It’s three weeks since I saw my girlfriend.
8 For the past three weeks she’s been working abroad.
9 I left school in 2016.
10 I’ve been feeling cold since I came into this room.
11 Last December I passed my driving test.
12 I haven’t felt well since I got up this morning.