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Speaking

A. Read and act out the following conversation.

Pemba : I've heard that Susan is retiring from
her job next month.

Durgesh : Really? How long has she worked for
the company?

Pemba : She has worked there for more than 25
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years.

Durgesh : That's a very long time. She has contributed greatly to the
company.

B. Work in pairs. Ask questions with 'how long…' and answer
them with for or since.
a. Sumit/do his homework (2 hours)

b. Deepa/read a novel (last Monday) Curriculum Development Centre 78-CEHRD

c. Dhanu/wait for a bus (hours)
d. Siddhartha/watch movie (5 o'clock)

e. Deepak/live in Japan (2010)
f. It/rain (long time)

g. Sonali/paint the house (this morning)
h. She/not eat any junk food (several months)

i. Raman/plough the field (10 o'clock)

j. The telephone/ring (a few minutes)
Grammar I

A. Complete the sentences with the present perfect or present
perfect continuous forms of these verbs.

watch rain play do

water wait clean

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