FOR or SINCE

1. She has been preparing for her exams _____ the last two months.

2. We have not been to the seaside _____ last June.

3. It hasn't rained in this region _____ at least five months.

4. I have collected stamps _____ the age of ten.

5. She has been in London _____ last summer.

6. They have been playing tennis _____ breakfast.

7. He has been a party member _____ ten years.

8. I haven't seen this film _____ ages.

9. I have known him _____ childhood.

10. She has been doing her homework _____ seven.

11. She has been an English teacher _____ 1989.

12. We have been playing poker ______ the greater part of the night.

13. We have been waiting for you _____ your phone call.

14. Their flat has not been redecorated _____ the last five years.

15. He has been a tennis player _____ 1989.

16. She has not appeared here _____ Christmas.

17. They have been skiing _____ lunch.

18. She has been singing _____ two hours.

19. She hasn't spoken English _____ her last holidays in the USA.

20. They have been quarrelling ____ midnight.

Ćwiczenie 1 - used to / be used to

1.     Ma aunt ....... dinner on Sundays.

2.     a) used to cook

3.     b) used to cooking

4.     I didn't use to .....

5.     a) read

6.     b) reading

7.     I was used to ......to school

8.     a) walk

9.     b) walking

10. Are you used to .......?

11. a) speak

12. b) speaking

13. Did you .... drink tea?

14. a) use

15. b) using

16. She ... collage

17. a) used to attend

18. b) used to attending

19. John used to .......my best friend

20. a) be

21. b) being

22. Didn't you use to .......

23. a) dance

24. b) dancing

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They built a house


Our uncle takes Susan to hospital


We have cleaned the car


The policemen helped the children


A robber has broken the window of the shop


Mr Jones is watching the film

Someone has stolen my car


Has anyone done the homework?


They are building a new house


I have lost 35 quid


You should have taken an umbrella

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses (active or passive voice).

1. In the year 122 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian (visit)
   his provinces in Britain.

2. On his visit, the Roman soldiers (tell)
   him that Pictish tribes from Britain's north (attack)
   them.

3. So Hadrian (give)
   the order to build a protective wall across one of the narrowest parts of the country.

4. After 6 years of hard work, the Wall (finish)
   in 128.

5. It (be)
   117 kilometres long and about 4 metres high.

6. The Wall (guard)
   by 15,000 Roman soldiers.

7. Every 8 kilometres there (be)
   a large fort in which up to 1,000 soldiers (find)
   shelter.

8. The soldiers (watch)
   over the frontier to the north and (check)
   the people who (want)
   to enter or leave Roman Britain.

9. In order to pass through the Wall, people (must go)
   to one of the small forts that (serve)
   as gateways.

10. Those forts (call)
    milecastles because the distance from one fort to another (be)
    one Roman mile (about 1,500 metres).

11. Between the milecastles there (be)
    two turrets from which the soldiers (guard)
    the Wall.

12. If the Wall (attack)
    by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets (run)
    to the nearest milecastle for help or (light)
    a fire that (can / see)
    by the soldiers in the milecastle.

13. In 383 Hadrian's Wall (abandon)
    .

14. Today Hadrian's Wall (be)
    the most popular tourist attraction in northern England.

15. In 1987, it (become)
    a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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