Sentence Transformation: Present Perfect
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Use the word in bold or a form of the word in bold to make sentence (b) have a
similar meaning to sentence (a).
You must use between 2 and 5 words. If you use fewer than 2 words your answer will be wrong.
If you use more than 5 words your answer will be wrong.
Example:
(a) Tigger ate lunch an hour ago. (EATEN)
(b) Tigger ���has eaten�� �lunch.
1. ������� (a) Mr. Phelps is a swimmer. He started swimming when he was five years old. (BEEN)
(b) Mr. Phelps a swimmer since he was five.
2.�������� (a) Jane knows Tom. They first met at a party 23 years ago. (FOR)
(b) Jane has known Tom .
3.�������� (a) Mr. Diamond lives in Abu Dhabi. He moved there in 2010. (SINCE)
(b) Mr. Diamond has lived in Abu Dhabi .
4.�������� (a) Lucky Goldstar makes mobile phones. They started making them in 1994. (MAKE)
(b) Lucky Goldstar mobile phones since 1994.
5.�������� (a) Ali has a car. He bought it five years ago. (HAD)
(b) Ali his car for five years.
6. ������� (a) Jam-Jam is still working on his homework. (FINISHED)
(b) Jam-Jam his homework yet.
7. ������� (a) Poupon arrived a few seconds ago. (JUST)
(b) Poupon has .
8. ������� (a) Bai-Lin spoke to Rupert last week. (ALREADY)
(b) Bai-Lin has to Rupert.
9. ������� (a) Babs has never traveled to Bhutan, but she would like to. (GONE)
(b) Although she would like to, Babs to Bhutan.
10. ����� (a). Mee-Geung and Da-Lei ate snake, camel and ostrich on their trip last year. (EATEN)
(b) Mee-Geung and Da-Lei strange foods such as snake, camel and ostrich.
