Use the right form of the verbs in brackets

1. Good gracious, Kit, whatever you (do)? You seem to have all the paint on yourself that there is in the world. 2. I (think) about you all day, Emma. 3. What you (do) since we last (meet)? 4. - You look hot. - Yes, I (play) tennis. 5. I (work) in a bookshop now. I (work) here for about six weeks. 6.1 (do) so for thirty years and I'm not going to change my ways. 7. She (have) toothache since she (get) up this morning. 8. How long you (know) Susan? 9. We (write) invitation cards all morning. We (write) eleven already. And we still not (finish) them all. 10. Mary (go out) with Steve for a year now, and they (plan) to get married soon. 11. I (keep) a watch on the road for the last few days, trying to catch a glimpse of you as you passed. 12. And now, gentlemen, I want to know what (go on) here and how long it (go on). 13. He (chase) this girl for half a year but she wouldn't even look at him. 14. They (think) a lot about this situation these past few days, since they (be) home. 15. There's something I (want) to ask you for the last couple of hours.

5. Work in pairs. Decide which of the options (A) or (B) best describes the information in the sentences (1–8). There is an example at the beginning.

Ex.: Ann has been learning English since she went to school.

A. Ann stopped learning English

B. Ann still learns English

1. The students have been writing the test for an hour

A. The test is finished

B. The test is not finished yet

2. She looked at the boys’ red faces and said, ‘They’ve been running’

A. The boys are still running

B. The boys stopped running a short while ago

3. It has been snowing since yesterday

A. It is still snowing

B. It stopped snowing a short while ago

4. Her latest book has been selling like hot pies

A. People are still buying her book

B. The popularity of her book is over

5. We’ve been walking for hours

A. We’ve stopped walking

B. We’re still walking

6. She’s been here for 15 minutes

A. She’s still here

B. She’s not here any more

7. His hands are dirty as he has been painting the door

A. He’s still painting

B. He’s not painting any more

6. Work in pairs. Choose the correct verb form in the sentences below.

1. John has never seen / had never seen anything like that before it happened.

2. I have known / had known him since we were kids.

3. James has gone / went to London. He is not here now.

4. My brother was scared as he never flew / had never flown by plane before.

5. Tom is still translating the article as he has not finished/ did not finish it yet.

6. When I returned, Alice was trying / tried to crib the answers from the textbook.

7. The company gave Claire a bonus because she had worked / worked hard.

8. Lee has managed/ had managed to gather wealth by the time he turned forty.

9. Tim was exhausted as he was writing/ had been writing all night.

10. The policeman stopped her because she crossed / had crossed the street in the wrong place.

11. As soon as they have reached / had reached consensus they managed to adopt the law.