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Exercise 1

1          a) I have lived in this area since I was born.
            b) I have been living in this area since I was born.
            c) I live in this area since I was born.            x

2          a) I thought you knew Jonathan before.                   x
 b) I thought you have been meeting Jonathan before.
c) I thought you had met Jonathan before.

3          a) You’re wasted here. Have you ever been thinking about finding a new job?
b) You don’t seem to like office work. Have you ever thought about finding a new job?
c) Did you ever think about finding a new job when you were younger?               x

4          a) Too late! Dad has already spoken to Mum.
b) Too late! Dad has already been speaking to Mum.         x
c) Too late! Dad had already spoken to Mum.

5          a) Hurry up! We wait for an hour.      x
b) We waited up for an hour before he arrived.
c) What have you been doing? We have been waiting for an hour.

6          a) He has never worked in an office before.
b) He had worked in an office before.
c) He has never been working in an office before.  X

Exercise 2

a) He had already bought a new mobile phone when he had found his old one.
b) I have no voice – I have been talking all day.
c) I’m sorry you have lost your job – what are you going to do now?
d) My dad was sure he had parked his car in front of the bank.
e) Somebody has used my car – the tank is totally empty.
f)By the time she met Tim, she had already married three times.
g) You look upset. Have you been crying?
h) She got really scared on the plane because she had never flown before.

Exercise 3

a) has been studying
b) had not studied
c) has been helping
d) had tried
e) had never seen
f) had never helped
g) have been working
h) had not had
i) have been learning

Exercise 4

a) I have been studying English for ten years.
b) Yes, I had.
c) I had been studying the vocabulary about “films and reviews”.
d) No, I haven’t.
e) Yes, I had. I have watched “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”.
f) Yes, we had.

Exercise 5

a) Non sono mai stati all’estero prima.
b) Hanno giocato a tennis insieme per anni.
c) Siamo stati fortunati, il tempo era bello.
d) Lei non aveva mai visto niente di simile a quello.
e) Non l’ho ancora incontrata. È simpatica?
f) Per quanto tempo hai vissuto in quella casa prima di trasferirti?
g) Ti eri appena sposato quando decisi di trasferirmi in Spagna.
h) Mio padre ha lavorato per l’Alitalia per 30 anni.

Exercise 6

a) Marco has been living in Paris for a year.
b) We have never been in Greece.
c) Have you already meet the new secretary?
d) I have never seen anything like this.
e) Sally and Peter have been working together for many years.
f) Last Saturday we went to Carlo and Daniela’s.
g) When I knew Mike, he had just moved in Miami.
h) My son was born in this house.

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Exercise 1

a) I’ve been living here for three months.
b) Sophie … to the shops.
c) I’ve been studying French since March.
d) I haven’t finished reading this book yet.
e) Paul has just been living the room.
f) I haven’t gone to the cinema for ages.
g) I have never eaten snails before.
h) I’ve forgotten Helen’s phone number.

Exercise 2

a) I’ve been receiving lots of junk email since I registered with that website.
b) I’ve received Tony and Barbara’s wedding invitation. I didn’t know they were getting married.
c) The doctor has been visiting patients all morning.
d) The doctor has visited five patients so far.
e) Tom’s been seeing Meg for almost a year now.
f) Tom has seen Meg only in a photograph.
g) Lee’s been watching video since he woke up.
h) Lee’s watched at least three videos since he woke up.
i) Who’s been eating my chocolates? There are none left.
j) Who’s eaten my chocolates? There are only two left.

Exercise 3

a)         A: The new Harry Potter film is on at the multiplex cinema. Have you seen it?
            B: No, not yet. Shall we go? I’ve been looking forward to seeing it for ages.

b)         A: What’s the matter? You look very tired!
            B: I am! I’ve been studying all day, and I haven’t finished yet.
            A: Oh well, time for a break.

c)         A: I have been phoning Carol all day, but there’s no reply.
            B: I expected she has gone swimming with her friends.

d)         A: Have you heard the news?
            B: What news?
            A: Someone has robbed the bank at the end of the road.

e)         A: Why is your leg in plaster?
            B: That’s a silly question! I have broken it, of course.