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ENGLISH Grammar IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE

xi. HOW LONG HAVE Y'all (BEEN) …?

A	Study this example situation: Dan and jenny are married. They got married exactly xx years ago, and so today is their 20th wedding anniversary. They accept been married for 20 years . We say: They are married. (present) just How long have they been married? (present perfect) (not How long are they married?) They take been married for 20 years . (non They are married for twenty years) We use the present perfect to talk well-nigh something that began in the past and still continues now. Compare the present and the present perfect: Paul is in hospital. But He 's been in hospital since Monday . (=He has been ...) (not Paul is in hospital since Monday) Do you know each other well? But Take you known each other for a long time ? (not Do yous know) She's waiting for somebody. Just She 's been waiting all morning. Do they take a car? But How long take they had their auto?
B	I take known/ had/ lived etc . is the nowadays perfect simple. I have been learning /been waiting /been doing etc. is the present perfect continuous. When we enquire or say 'how long', the continuous is more usual: I 've been learning English for six months. Information technology 'due south been raining since Lunchtime. Richard has been doing the same chore for 20 years. ' How long have you been driving ?' 'Since I was 17.' Some verbs (for example, know/like/believe ) are not ordinarily used in the continuous: How long have you known Jane? (not have you been knowing) I 've had a pain in my stomach all mean solar day. (non I've been having)
C	You can use either the present perfect continuous or simple with alive and work: Julia has been living / has lived here for a long time. How long take yous been working / have yous worked here? But utilise the simple ( I've lived /I've washed etc.) with always: I 've always lived in the country. (not always been living)
D	We say 'I haven't washed something since/for .. .' (present perfect simple): I oasis't seen Tom since Monday. (= Mon was the last t ime I saw him) Sarah hasn't phoned for ages. (=the last time she phoned was ages ago)

EXERCISES

11.1	Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct them where necessary. 1 Ben is a friend of mine. I know him very well ____ OK_____ two Ben is a friend of mine. I know him for a long time. ____ I've known him ____ 3 Sarah and Adam are married since July. _____________________ iv The weather is awful. Information technology's raining again. _____________________ v The weather is awful. It's raining all solar day. _____________________ six I like your house. How long are y'all living at that place? _____________________ seven Gary is working in a shop for the last few months. _____________________ 8 I don't know Tom well. Nosotros've only met a few times. _____________________ 9 I gave up drinking java. I don't drink it for a twelvemonth. _____________________ 10 That's a very quondam bike. How long exercise you take it? _____________________
11.2	Read the situations and write questions from the words in brackets. ane A friend tells y'all that Paul is in hospital. Yous ask him: (how long /be /in infirmary?) ____ How long has Paul been in hospital?_____________ 2 Yous meet a woman who tells yous that she teaches English. You inquire her: (how long /teach /English language?) ___________________________________ 3 Y'all know that Jane is a good friend of Katherine'south. You ask Jane: (how long /know /Katherine?) ___________________________________ four Your friend'southward brother went to Commonwealth of australia some time ago and he'due south even so at that place. You ask your friend: (how long /be /in Australia?) ___________________________________ 5 Tom always wears the same jacket. It's a very quondam jacket. You ask him: (how long /have /that jacket?) ___________________________________ 6 Y'all are talking to a friend most Joe. Joe now works at the airport. You lot ask your friend: (how long /work /at the drome?) ___________________________________ vii A friend of yours is having guitar lessons. You ask him: (how long /take /guitar lessons?) ___________________________________ viii You encounter somebody on a plane. She says that she lives in Chicago. You ask her: (always /alive /in Chicago?) ___________________________________
xi.3	Complete B'south answers to A'south questions. A B 1 Paul is in hospital, isn't he? Yes, he _____has been ____ in hospital since Monday. 2 Practice you see Ann very often? No, I __ haven't seen ____for 3 months. 3 Is Amy married? Yeah, she _______________ married for ten years. 4 Are y'all waiting for me? Yes, I _______________ for the concluding half hour five Y'all know Mel, don't you? Yes, we _______________ each other a long fourth dimension. six Do you still play tennis? No, I _______________ tennis for years. 7 Is Joe watching Television receiver? Yes, he _______________ TV all evening. 8 Exercise y'all lookout man TV a lot? No, I _______________ Boob tube for ages. 9 Exercise you take a headache? Yep, I _______________ a headache all morning time. 10 Adrian is never ill, is he? No, he _______________ ill since I've known him. eleven Are you feeling sick? Yes, I _______________ ill all day. 12 Sue lives in Berlin, doesn't she? Yeah, she _______________ in Berlin for the last few years. 13 Practise y'all go to the movie theatre a lot? No, I _______________ to the movie house for ages. 14 Would y'all like to get to New York ane day? Yes, I_______________ to go to New York. (use e'er I want)

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