Question

Past simple - present perfect. B: hello, darling. how are you? is everything okay?A: i'm fine. i 1) 've been (be) very busy since you 2) ____ (leave). B: i 4)___ (do) the painting, i 5) ___ (mend) the bookshelf and i 6) ___ (build) a cupboard.​

Answer 1

A: I have been .. since you left
B: did, mended, built

Answer 2

Here are the correct verb forms to complete the conversation using past simple and present perfect tenses:

B: Hello, darling. How are you? Is everything okay? A: I'm fine. I've been very busy since you left.

B: I did the painting, I mended the bookshelf, and I built a cupboard.

Explanation:

1. "I've been" (present perfect) is used to indicate that the speaker has been busy from a point in the past (when the person left) up to the present.
2. "left" (past simple) is used because it's a specific past action that happened before the present moment.
3. "I did" (past simple) is used to describe completed actions in the past.
4. "mended" (past simple) is the correct past tense form of "mend."
5. "built" (past simple) is the correct past tense form of "build."