Question

Choose the correct form of the verbs 1.My sister has been / was interested in medicine ever since shehas been / was a child. 2.Where have you first met / did you first meet your husband? 3.Is this the first time you’ve cooked / you cooked pasta? 4.We have wanted / wanted to go to the theatre last night, but therehaven’t been / weren’t any seats. 5.Oh, dear. What can we do? I’m sure something dreadful has happened / happened: we’ve been waiting / we waited over an hour and hehasn’t phoned / hasn’t been phoning yet. 6.We have posted / posted the parcel three weeks ago. If you stillhaven’t received / didn’t receive it, please inform us immediately.

Answer 1

1.My sister has been interested in medicine ever since she was a child.
2.Where did you first meet your husband?
3.Is this the first time you’ve cooked pasta?
4.We wanted to go to the theatre last night, but there weren’t any seats.
5.Oh, dear. What can we do? I’m sure something dreadful happened: we’ve been waiting over an hour and he hasn’t phoned yet.
6.We posted the parcel three weeks ago. If you still haven’t received it, please inform us immediately.

Answer 2

1. My sister has been interested in medicine ever since she was a child.

2. Where did you first meet your husband?

3. Is this the first time you’ve cooked pasta?

4. We wanted to go to the theatre last night, but there weren’t any seats.

5. Oh, dear. What can we do? I’m sure something dreadful has happened: we’ve been waiting over an hour and he hasn’t phoned yet.

6. We posted the parcel three weeks ago. If you still haven’t received it, please inform us immediately.