1)
a) It has been there since five thirty .
b) It has been there since 1995 .
c) It has been there since last Monday .
d) It has been there since she called .
e) It has been there since January .
f) It has been there for two months .
g) It has been there for three weeks .
h) It has been there since the end of the war .
i) It has been there for three centuries .
j) It has been there for ten minutes .
k) It has been there since last month .
l) It has been there since I was born .
2)
a) Last year , 50% of the employees were on strike for 6 weeks .
b) The negociations between the management and the workers lasted for three days .
c) But nothing has really changed since then .
d) The unions have been claiming for better working conditions for ten months by now .
e) Our salaries have not increased since 1987 .
3)
a) Je dirige cette entreprise depuis quinze ans .
b) Judith Brown est ma comptable depuis 1998 .
c) Je l'air rencontré pendant mes vacances en Grèce en 1996 .
d) Notre siège social est à Londres depuis 1997 .
e) Mais nous sommes restés à Leeds pendant dix ans .
f) Nous avons également une succursale à Edimbourg depuis deux ans .
4)
a) How long have you been using this word processor ?
b) I have had it since March 1999 .
c) Before that , I had a typewriter for ten years .
d) I learnt how to use a computer during my work experience in England .
e) My work has been much faster since my manager bought these computers .
5)
a) Brian has been on the phone to Mr West for twenty minutes .
b) We have had a photocopier since 1999 .
c) Suzie has been a personal assistant for four years ( since she was 21 ) .
d) Claire has been writing business letters for one and a half hour ( since 2.000 ) .
e) Our new offices have been in Manchester for one year ( since last year ) .
6)
a) Jenny has been employed by our firm since March .
b) We had been looking for someone like her for months .
c) Jenny has been a temp since 1998 .
d) She has already worked in for two years .
e) She has been studying Japanese since 1996 .
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