Exercise 9. a) Say how long something has been happening. Use the present
perfect continuous tense and the prepositions for, since.
Models:
1. A young man is looking for a job. He began looking for it six
months ago. He has been looking for a job for six months.
2. Alex is working in London. He started working there on Octo-
ber 20. Alex has been working there since October 20.
1. Charles is interviewing a young man. He started interviewing him
at 11 o'clock.
2. Charles is acquainting his new colleague with his duties, He started
it half an hour ago.
3. I'm waiting for my friend. I started waiting for him at 7 o'clock.
4. It
k. It's raining now. It began raining two hours ago and it is still
raining.
5. I'm learning English. I started learning English three years ago.
6. Charles and Alex are discussing a new project. They started to
discuss it two weeks ago.
7. Mary is baking an apple pie. She started baking it at 5.
8. Charles' colleague is expecting a promotion. He expected to be
promoted in November.
9. Alex is writing a paper. He started writing it a week ago.
10. Bobby is reading for his exams. He started reading for his exams
in April.

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She is a teacher. we are friends. it is a dog.

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