I've lived in Washington _____ 1997.

Ben has studied English _____ three years.

They haven't visited their grandparents _____ months.

Julie's ill. She's been in bed _____ Tuesday.

My dad has had his car_____ sixteen.

It's been ten years_____ we moved to Oxford.

All these days he _________ (talk) about his new plan.

Here is Mrs. Brown who we ____________ (speak) about for a long time.

You ___________ (watch) TV too long.

He ___________ (sit) here all the time.

I ... (to have) breakfast before I went to work.

He went to meet his friends after he ... (to do) his tasks.

By 8 o'clock the rain ... (to stop) yesterday.

Alice was late because she ... (to miss) the bus.

She went to the post-office after she ... (to write) the letter.

Sally ___________ (type) this text for 3 hours before Mark came.

Anthony _________ (wait) for his airplane for 3 hours when its delay happend.

I saw many huge puddles (лужи). ______ it_______ (rain) hard?

Sam did not even realize what a hard time Molly ______ (have).

Rita _______ (train) for a year and she was very fit when her ex-boyfriend met her.

Paul and Molly ___________ (talk) on the phone for an hour when the line broke.

How long ____________ you_________ (watch) TV before you decided to go to bed?

Zina __________ (try) to find her mother for years but she failed.