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MISTAKE: Tom is a nice guy. We have been best friends for many years, but after high school we drifted apart.
we were best friends ('have been' means that you're still friends but it's not the case here)
A: Wow! You look great! Did you work out? B: Oh, thanks! As a matter of fact yes. I joined a TRX group a couple of months ago.
Have you been working out (we have a result now so we need a PERFECT tense for sure, and CONTINUOUS cuz it's a long action)
Don’t worry, I’ll talk to Mason. I will have a meeting at Smith’s tomorrow anyway.
am having a meeting (100% plan = arrangement = present continuous)
When I arrived, the meeting was already started, but one of the senior executives hasn`t arrived yet.
had already started; hadn't arrived yet (actions that happened BEFORE another action in the pas -> PAST PERFECT)
A colleague told me that the executive is getting stuck in the traffic jam.
had got stuck (action in the past that happened BEFORE a colleague TOLD me)
You have supposed to finish cleaning the house by the end of the day. You didn’t.
were supposed to finish
The pizza delivery guy haven`t delivered pizzas yet, but there’s still time.
hasn't
The diamond on her engagement ring was huge. I never saw anything like that before.
had never seen (BEFORE)
The view was amazing, but I didn’t take any pictures because I had left the camera in a hotel.
the hotel (it's not a random hotel, it's that hotel where I was staying)
I started working as a sales agent since last year.
have been working (SINCE - signal word + a long action)
My parents have been getting married for 30 years!
have been married ('have been getting married for 30 years' means that their wedding party started 30 years ago and is still happening :)))
This book is great. I haven`t read anything better ever.
I have never read anything better. / It's the best book I have ever read.
There’s a huge gap between a rich and a poor.
the reach, the poor (as a group with the same characteristic: all reach people, all poor people in the world)
She went to prison to visit her husband who had been imprisoned unfairly. I’m so sorry for her.
to THE prison (to prison - means you are a criminal, you're punished to be in prison; to the prison - means to go to a building of the prison)
You’re running late again – third time this week. The boss isn't liking it!
is not going to like (prediction based on evidence + LIKE is a STATE VERB -> like, love, want, understand ... -> don't use CONTINUOUS)
Today I have been running 10 km. That’s my best workout so far.
have ran (we stress on the RESULT here, not the DURATION)
