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Practice - SINCE AND FOR WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT
Practice - SINCE AND FOR WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT
Use the vocabulary as a tool to help you make and understand easily the exercises.
VOCABULARY
Each other El uno al oto Chess Ajedrez
Die Morir Dream of Soñar con
Busy Ocupado(a) Construction worker Trabajador de
Business Negocio High school Escuela secundaria
Spring break Vacaciones de primavera Spend Pasar - Gastar
Honeymoon Luna de miel The past few months Los últimos meses
About Acerca de - alrededor de - Be on a diet Estar a dieta
PART 1 - Writing exercises
Follow the example below, make the questions and complete the answers by taking into account the clue
words. Use Please, use "How long" to make the questions and give long answers with the short form of the
Presente Perfect.
8. You - Be in London
Q: How long have you been in London?
A: I've been in London for the last 6 years.
Complete the following story by putting in the blanks the missing words. Take into account the given words
to complete the text, some of them might be used more than once.
Remember to put the verb in PAST PARTICIPLE.
Have - has - since - for - have (verb) - work - dream - talk - be - take
Amy and Randy
Amy and Randy (1) have lived in New York (2) since 1998. Amy works at a university in New York.
She's (3) worked there (4) for three years. She's (5) been too busy and tired (6) for about five
months. Randy is a construction worker. He (7) has been in the construction business (8)
since he graduated from high school.
It's spring break at the university, so Amy (9) has not (10) have to work (11) for a week
now. She'd like to spend more time with Randy, but he (12) has not (13) taken a vacation (14)
since their honeymoon. Amy and Randy have (15) talked about this (16) for the past few
months. Amy has (17) dreamed of traveling (18) since she was very young, but Randy isn't
interested in visiting new places.