Ex. 27 In your notebook, rewrite the following passage, making all the necessary tense changes

Part A

Ex. 26 Some more examples of the present perfect and the present perfect continuous

Ex. 25 Start with some example sentences

I've lived in London for five years. I lived in London foe five years. I've chopped the onions... I've been chopping onions...

Contrast the difference, explain the two situations, then write a number of similar sentences about yourself.

A: I haven't seen your brother lately. Has he gone away? B: Yes, he's/he has been sent to America. A: When did he go? B: He went last month. A: Have you had any letters from him?

B: I haven't, but his wife has been hearing from him regularly. A: Does she intend to go out and join him? B: They've been thinking about it but haven't quite decided yet. Unfortunately they've had a lot of expense lately and perhaps haven 7 got the money for her fare.

TOM: What have you done with my knife? (Where have you put it?)

ANN: I put it back in your drawer.

TOM (taking it out): But what have you been doing with it? The blade's all twisted¹. Have you been using it to open tins?

A: Do you see those people on that little sandy island? They've been waving handkerchiefs for the last half hour. I wonder why.

B: They need help. The tide's coming in and very soon that little island will be under water. Have you been sitting here calmly and doing nothing to help them?

A: I've never been here before. I didn't know about the tides.

Part B

Jane	Alan
Have you read any good books recently?	Well, yes I have, as a matter of fact.
Oh, well, which books have you read?	I've read 'Wonderful Life' and 'The Language Instinct'.
Really? And what did you think of them?	They were very good. I'd recommend them.
Have you been to the cinema recently?	Well, yes I have, as a matter of fact.
Oh, what film did you go to see?	I went to see Seven.
Really? What did you think of it?	I thought it was OK.

Example: it was 10 o'clock at night. The offices of 'The Daily Hewe' were buzzing with excitement.

It's 10 o'clock at night. The offices of 'The Daily News' are buzzing with excitement. The deadline for the paper is in half an hour and they are frantically trying to finish the front page. Everyone has been working all evening without a break. Some of the journalists have been at the office since early morning. They have all been trying to get an exclusive story, to find out something that no other journalist has discovered. The main story is a big one. The Prime Minister has resigned. Everyone knows that his government has had lots of problems in the last year but his resignation is nonetheless a big surprise. Rumours have been going round all day about the real reasons for the announcement. Some say that he has been involved in some financial scandal. Others say that he has been seeing another woman. All the papers have been working all day to get the best story. And they've been doing their best to find out what the other papers have said. The whole day has been very tense. Suddenly the editor asks everyone to be quiet. There is a telephone call from the Prime Minister's office.

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