Question

Task 2.

Read the situations and write two sentences using the words in brackets. Put the verbs into the Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.

1) Tom started reading a book two hours ago. He is still reading it and now he is on page 53.

(read/for two hours)

(read/53 pages so far)



2) Linda is from Australia. She is travelling round Europe at the moment. She began her tour three months ago.

(travel/for three months)

(visit/six countries so far)



3) Jimmy is a tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was ten years old. This year he is a national champion again for the fourth time.

(win/the national championship four times)

(play/tennis since he was ten)



4) When they left college, Mary and Sue started making films together. They still make films.

(make/ten films since they left college)

(make/films since they left college)

Answer 1

1 Tom has been reading for two hours.

Tom has read 53 pages so far.

2 Linda has been travelling for three months.

Linda has visited six countries so far.

3 Jimmy has won the national championship for four times.

Jimmy has been playing tennis since he was ten.

4 They have made ten films since they left college.

They have been making films since they left college.