How long do you have your current cell phone / mobile phone?
have you had
Where is your brother living in the last 5 years?
Where has your brother lived / has your brother been living for the last 5 years?
Do you decided where are you going on vacation next summer?
HAVE you DECIDED / DID you DECIDE where YOU ARE going ...
I am smelling smoke. Something must be burning in the kitchen.
smell
People usually does not know the answer to this.
do not
How long do you work in your current job?
have you worked / have you been working
I usually do the shopping on Saturdays, but the supermarket will be closed this Saturday. That is why I do the shopping this afternoon.
That is why I am doing / I will do / I will be doing / I am going to do the shopping
The company has selling this product since 2018.
has been selling
Are you usually playing tennis every Tuesday?
Do you usually play
Do you make some new friends recently?
Have you made
His car has broken down, and it is at the shop now. How long was it there?
How long has it been there?
How many Ferraris have you been seeing this week?
have you seen
Water is boiling at 100 degrees Celsius.
Water boils
Your friend that he lives in Singapore, is visiting you next week.
Your friend who/that lives
Dinner is ready! Come and eat, everyone! I am cooking for the last 2 hours.
I have been cooking
I have been called her non-stop for the last 30 minutes.
I have been calling her
I played the guitar 2 hours before I ate a apple.
I had been playing the guitar for 2 hours before I ate an apple.
Please pronounce these 2 sentences correctly: 1. I enjoy it a lot. 2. I enjoyed it a lot.
Please differentiate between present and past.
I had called my friend to thank her because she gave me a gift.
I called / have called .... she gave / she had given
Do you read this book? Do you know what it is about?
Have you read this book? / Did you read this book?
First we have finished our homework, then we went to play outside.
we had finished OR we finished
He has broken his leg 3 years ago.
He broke
I called him all afternoon but there was no answer at all.
I was calling him
How long do you use your current laptop? Is this the same one your sister bought you 3 years ago?
How long have you been using / have you used
How long do you know Angela?
How long have you known Angela?
How many emails do you send so far, today?
have you sent
When we leave home yesterday, it was rained.
When we left home yesterday, it was raining.
She shop in the supermarket for the last 3 hours.
She has been shopping in the supermarket for the last 3 hours. / She has been grocery shopping for the last 3 hours.
The company has been sold this product between 2015 and 2017.
The company was selling
Where are you living? (your permanent address)
do you live
Tell me what happened. I listen to you now.
Tell me what happened. I am listening to you now.
I played football/soccer when my mum/mom was calling me.
I was playing ... when my mum/mom called me.
Where are your parents living?
Where do your parents live?
Where are you living? (permanently, not temporarily.)
Where do you live?
I read a book when I was getting a text message.
I was reading a book when I got a text message.
She wrote an email when she was dropping her phone in her coffee.
She was writing an email when she dropped her phone in her coffee.
What do you do next weekend?
are you doing OR will you do OR will you be doing
I was watched TV yesterday when you were called me.
I was watching TV yesterday when you called me.
Have you got a hold of this client? = A or B? A.) Have you been calling this client without being able to talk to them? B.) Have you called and talked to this client?
B.
What do you do right this moment?
What are you doing
What have you done yesterday?
What did you do yesterday?
I worked for this company for 2020. What I mean is that I started working here in 2020 and I am still working here.
I have worked / I have been working for this company since 2020.
Have you been booking a meeting room for us for tomorrow?
Have you booked
Please, pronounce the following: 1. I enjoy it. 2: I enjoyed it. 3: I look at it. 4: I looked at it. 5: LinkedIn. 6: I like it. 7: I liked it.
Please, differentiate between the present and the past in the relevant expressions. LinkedIn: note the difference in pronounciation between Spanish and English
I try to book a meeting room for the last half an hour now but none of them are available for our meeting tomorrow.
I have been trying to book
The dog what grew up in the pink house has 6 years old.
The dog THAT grew up ... IS 6 years old. / The dog, WHICH grew up ... ,IS 6 years old.
Grandpa have told us the same joke since we were kids.
has been telling us
Where have you first met your best friend?
Where did you first meet
Did you liked playing tennis the day before yesterday?
Did you like playing ...
What is your profession? I mean, what are you doing for a living?
what do you do for a living
I have made dinner every day last week.
I made / I was making
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