Students work in pairs and open the corresponding tabs above. One student reads a sentence to their partner, and the other student changes the sentence to the Present Perfect, keeping the same meaning. Students need to use the Present Perfect Simple or Continuous.
Student One
- Reads first sentence aloud to partner
- "We started standing in this line an hour ago".
Student Two
- Changes the sentence read aloud by Student One
- "We have been standing in this line for an hour".
Student One
- Checks answer on Student one tab.
- "We started standing in this line an hour ago".
- "We have been standing in this line for an hour".
- "correct"
- We came to class at 8:30am.
- We have been in class since 8:30am.
- It started raining a long time ago.
- It has been raining for a long time.
- She got her new car last week.
- She has had her new car since last week.
- The last time I saw a movie in a theatre was two months ago.
- I haven't seen a movie in a theatre in / for two months.
- I started studying English six months ago.
- I have been studying English for six months.
- We started this activity five minutes ago.
- We have been doing this activity for five minutes.
- I put on these shoes this morning.
- I have been wearing these shoes since this morning.
- When did he buy that TV?
- How long has he had that TV?
- When did you get married?
- How long have you been married?
- When did you start working as a teacher?
- How long have you been working as a teacher?
- How long have you been a teacher?
- I started waiting for you an hour ago.
- I have been waiting for you for an hour.
- She started staying at that hotel on Monday.
- She has been staying at that hotel since Monday.
- I didn't start studying English a year ago. I started studying English two years ago.
- I haven't been studying English for a year. I have been studying English for two years.
- I last saw him two weeks ago.
- I haven't seen him in / for two weeks.
- The last time I ate a hamburger was in January.
- I haven't eaten a hamburger since January.
- I started using Skype a long time ago.
- I have been using Skype for a long time.
- He got sick a while ago. He's still sick now.
- He's been sick for a while.
- You didn't start wearing glasses last year.
- I haven't been wearing glasses since last year.
- She went to the fourth floor five minutes ago.
- She's been on the fourth floor for five minutes.
- She last came to school last week.
- She hasn't come to school in / for a week.