Cover of the textbook English File Pre-Intermediate - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9B - Fearof.net for the textbook English File Pre-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Jerry Lambert from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Complete the conversations with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible.
  2. Rewrite the sentences and correct the mistakes in bold phrases.
  3. Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in brackets and for or since. Use contractions where possible.

Answer

a)

  1. hasn't been
  2. 've had
  3. have you lived
  4. 's worked
  5. haven't heard
  6. 've had

b)

  1. How long have you had your dog?
  2. Gill's hated spiders since she was a child.
  3. How long has your brother been an actor?
  4. We've been married for ten years, and we're very happy.
  5. My cousin's been in the USA since February.
  6. He's had the same job for eight years.
  7. I've had this bike for a long time.

c)

  1. 've known each other for
  2. 've only had him since
  3. hasn't rained for
  4. 've been together for
  5. hasn't been on holiday for
  6. 've lived here since
  7. haven't eaten anything since
  8. 's played in the band for