1 Tom started reading a book two hours ago. He is still reading it and now he is on page 53. (read / for two hours) He has been reading for two hour.. (read / 53 pages so far)He has read 53 pages so far.

2 Linda is from Australia. She is travelling round Europe at the moment. She began her tour three months ago. (travel / for three months) She........................................................................................................................

3 Jimmy is a tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was ten years old. This year he is national champion again - for the fourth time. (win / the national championship four times) ...........................................................................................

4 When they left college, Mary and Sue started making films together. They still make films. (make / ten films since they left college) They...........................................................................................

10.2 for each situation, ask a question using the words in brackets.

1. You have a friend who is learning Arabic. You ask:

(how long / learn / Arabic?)How long have you been learning Arabic?

2. You have just arrived to meet a friend. She is waiting for you. You ask:

(how long / wait?) .......................................................................................................................

3. You see somebody fishing by the river. You ask:

(how many fish / catch?) ..............................................................................................................

4 Some friends of yours are having a party next week. You ask:

(how many people / invite?)................................................................................................................

5 A friend of yours is a teacher. You ask:

(how long / teach?) .......................................................................................................................

6 You meet somebody who is a writer. You ask:

(how many books / write?) .............................................................................................................

(how long / write / books?) ...............................................................................................................

7 A friend of yours is saving money to go on holiday. You ask:

(how long / save?)..........................................................................................................

(how much money / save?) ..................................................................................................................

10.3 Put the verb into the more suitable form, present perfect simple (I have done etc.) or continuous (I have been doing etc.).

1 Where have you been? ....Have you. been .playing... (you/play) tennis?

2 Look! Somebody ............................................................................ (break) that window.

3 You look tired............................................................................. (you/work) hard?

4 '............................................................................ (you/ever/work) in a factory?' 'No, never.'

5 'Jane is away on holiday.' . 'Oh, is she? Where .................................................................... (she/go)?

6 My brother is an actor. He ........................................................................... (appear) in several films.

7 'Sorry I'm late.' 'That's all right. I............................................................................ (not/wait) long.'

8 'Is it still raining?' 'No, it............................................................................ (stop).'

9 I......................................... (lose) my address book........................................... (you/see) it anywhere?

10 I.........................................(read) the book you lent me but I......................................................

(not/finish) it yet.