Brian: Oh it has rained up to now!
Linda: How long have you been living here? It is very nice!
Brian: I have been living here for 2 years and I have been studying for 1 year.
Linda: And how long has your father been here?
Brian: Dad has been working for 15 years in London and he has been married to his
new wife for 13 years! Oh look, the new vase just broke. The dog hit it.
Linda: You have a dog!
Brian: Have you ever had a dog?
Linda: I have never had a dog, but I had a cat for 5 years !
Brian: Tssss... I have not had the vase long. I just bought it... for you!
Linda: Oh, that is very nice! But look, the flowers are still in the vase!
Brian: Oh, but the dog has also hidden my glasses. Now I cannot see at all...
Linda: You wear glasses?
Brian: I have been wearing glasses for 2 weeks at home! I got them for Christmas!
Can you help me look for them? ...
Linda: We already have been looking for ... hmmm ... for 2 hours now. Maybe you
forgot them at work?
Brian: No, I always leave them at home... I have never taken them to work, because
I only need my glasses in the morning and in the evening. And I saw them at noon.
Linda: We have been looking for them since 8! In the cabinet, over the couch, under
the couch, beside the couch, on the couch, on the shelf on the wall, in the corners....
Brian: You’re right, we began to search at eight o'clock. I am sorry. I still have not
offered you a drink.
Linda: It does not matter, I am actually rather tired.
Brian: Do you have to work tomorrow?
Linda: No, I do not have to work on Fridays.... Have you already checked in the
bedroom, my sweet mole?
Brian: Oh, good idea. Hahaha... Come on, the bedroom is up-stairs...
Exercise 8A:
Fill in the correct present perfect form of the verb. Choose from this box:
been been been been been been been been been had had had has
has has has has have Have have have have have have have have
have hidden living living looking looking married rained studying taken
wearing working
Brian: Oh it ________ ________ up to now! Linda: How long________you
________ ________ here? It is very nice! Brian: I ________ ________ ________
here for 2 years and I________________ ________ for 1 year. Linda: And how
long ________ your father ________ here? Brian: Dad ________ ________
________ for 15 years in London and he ________ ________ ________ to his new
wife for 13 years! Oh look, the new vase just broke. The dog hit it. Linda: You have
a dog! Brian: ________ you ever ________ a dog? Linda: I ________ never
________ a dog, but I had a cat for 5 years! Brian: Tssss... I ________ not
________ the vase long. I just bought it... for you! Linda: Oh, that is very nice! But
look, the flowers are still in the vase! Brian: Oh, but the dog ________ also
________ my glasses. Now I cannot see at all... Linda: You wear glasses? Brian: I
________ ________ ________ glasses for 2 weeks at home! I got them for
Christmas! Can you help me look for them? ... Linda: We already ________
________ ________ for ... hmmm ... for 2 hours now. Maybe you forgot them at
work? Brian: No, I always leave them at home... I ________ never ________ them
to work, because I only need my glasses in the morning and in the evening. And I
saw them at noon. Linda: We ________ ________ ________ for them since 8!
Exercise 8B:
Fill in the correct preposition, or leave blank if no preposition is needed. Choose
from this box:
at at at at beside for for In in in in in on on on on over since under up-
stairs to
Linda: We already have been looking ________ ... hmmm ... ________ 2 hours
now. Maybe you forgot them ________ work? Brian: No, I always leave
them________home... I have never taken them ________ work, because I only
need my glasses ________ the morning and ________ the evening. And I saw
them ________ noon. Linda: We have been looking for them ________ 8!
________ the cabinet, ________ the couch, ________ the couch, ________ the
couch, ________ the couch, ________ the shelf ________ the wall, ________ the
corners.... Brian: You’re right, we began to search ________ eight o'clock. I am
sorry. I still have not offered you a drink. Linda: It does not matter, I am actually
rather tired. Brian: Do you have to work tomorrow? Linda: No, I do not have to work
________ Fridays.... Have you already checked ________ the bedroom, my sweet
mole? Brian: Oh, good idea. Hahaha... Come on, the bedroom is ________...
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