1. My brother wrote his first novel when he was 20 years old. Now he has
been working on his second book for two years.
2. I have been dieting for a week and I hope I have lost 2 kilos.
3. What are they doing now? – They are working in the reading room. They have
been working there for three hours already.
4. Did you take any photographs while traveling in the south?
5. The girls often do their homework together, but today they have not done
their homework properly!
6. I have been doing housework all morning and have not finished yet.
7. We are working on a new project. We started last week and since then I have
hardly ever slept more than 5 hours.
8. Where is he now? – He is in the garden. He is playing volleyball with his
friends. They have been playing since breakfast time.
9. My cousin is looking for a job, but he has not found a job yet.
10. I have not seen him for ages. I wonder where he might be.
11. What are you doing here? — I am writing a letter to my friends.
12. This is the factory where my father works. He has been working here for
fifteen years.
13. What is that sound? A car alarm is ringing somewhere down the street. I
wish it would stop! It has been ringing for more than twenty minutes.
13. Michael knows German rather well. He wants to know English, too, but he has
little time for it now.
14. I have been working for this company for ten years. I started to look for a
better job last month but haven't found anything yet.
15. At the moment Barbara Cartland holds the world record for the amount
of books she has sold.
16. Have you found your notebook? – No! I have still been looking for it for
two hours, but have not yet found it.
17. Johnny, who has finally found a new job, is giving a big party.
18. Have you read this book?
19. have you been here before? - We spent our holidays here last year.
20. Since then she has written over 450 books, and all of them are about love.
21. Lena is a very good girl. She always helps her mother about the house.
Today she has been helping her mother since morning. They have already washed
the floor and dusted the furniture. Now they are cooking dinner together.
22. Where is your luggage? — I have left it at the station.
23. He is wearing a T-shirt and shorts today.