Interactive English Grammar Exercises and Practice

2012 He _______ his hometown for twenty years. He really misses it! A. has been away from B. left C. has left D. is away from

A for+ A C leave leave be away from A

C ( ) 1. Excuse me, where is Mr. Brown's office? Sorry, I don't know. I _____ here for only a few days. A. work B. worked C. have worked D. will work D ( ) 2. My grandmother ______ a lot of changes in Tianjin since she came here. A sees B. can see C. will see D. has seen

( ) 3. I _______ many new friends since I came here. A. make B. made C. will make D. have made D C ( ) 4. My aunt is a writer. She _____ more than ten books since 1980 A. writes B. wrote C. has written D. will write

D ( ) 5. I ______ Mr. Smith since he moved to Shanghai. A. didn t hear from B. don t hear from C. won t hear from D. haven t heard from C ( ) 6. Not only Jam but also his parents _______ a few interesting places since they came to China. A. will visit B. has visited C. have visited D. visited

B ( ) 7. Look at these stamps. I _____ them for five years. Wow, they are wonderful. A. kept B. have kept C. have bought A ( ) 8. He _____ for ten years. A. has been married B. married C. got married D. has married

B ( ) 9. My sister has learnt English _____. A. for twelve years ago B. since she was four C. twelve years ago D. at the age of four B ( ) 10. She _______ the book _______ two days ago. A. has borrowed; since B. has kept; since C. kept; for

forsince 1. Jill is in Ireland now. She arrived there three days ago. She has been there for three days. 2. Jack is here. He arrived here on Tuesday. been here since Tuesday He has ______________________________. 3. I know Sue. I first met Sue two years ago. I ve ___________________________________ known Sue since two years ago. / for two years ____________.

4. I have a camera. I bought it in 1989. I have had the camera since 1989 _________________________________. 5. Dave plays the piano. He started when he was seven years old. __________________________________ Dave has played the piano since he was seven years old ________________.

Exercises 1. She _______ this book for nearly three weeks. A. has borrowed B. has lent C. has bought D. has kept 2. Ten years has passed ____ the CCTV event People Who Moved China took place in 2002. A. when B. while C. before D. since

1.I borrowed the library book two days ago. I _______ _______the library book________ two days. have kept for 2.The meeting started ten minutes ago. has been on A. The meeting________ _________ _________ _________ten minutes ago. since B. The meeting________ _________ ___________ ________ten minutes. for has been on

3.My brother joined the Party last year. has been A. My brother _________ _________ ___in_____the Party since last year. B. My brother__________ ________ _______ has been a party member since last year. 4.He left Nanjing two years ago. He_________ _________ ________ ________ has been away from Nanjing for two years.

5. That dog died last month. That dog_______ ________ ________since last month. has been dead 6. He has had the bike for two years. A. Two years______ _______since he ________the bike. has passed bought B. It s ______ __________since he_________ the bike. two years bought C. He _______the bike two years__________. bought ago

1They have been here since 2000. ( ) ________ _________ have they been here? How long 2 The old man _______ last year. (die / dead) died has been dead He ______ _______ ______ for a year. (die / dead) 3 This factory opened twenty years ago.( ) This factory _____________ for twenty years. has been open

4Miss Gao left an hour ago. ( ) has been away for Miss Gao _____ ____ _____ _____ an hour. 5 Her mother has been a Party member for three years . joined Her mother _______ the Party three years ________ . ago