| E.g. | Tom started reading a newsparer half an hour ago. He's still reading it and he's on page 20. |
| (read/for half an hour) | He's been reading for half and hour. |
| (read/twenty pages so far) | He's read twenty pages so far. |
| 1 | Linda is from Canada. She's travelling around Australia at the moment. She began her trip four weeks ago. |
| (travel/four weeks) | |
| (visit/Sydney and Melbourne so far) | |
| 2 | Johnny is a football player. He began playing football when he was six years old. This year he is part of the county team again - the third time. |
| (make the county team three times) | |
| (play / football / since / six) | |
| 3 | When they left university, Malcolm and Steve started making records together. They make records. |
| (make ten records since / leave university) | |
| (make / records since / leave university) | |
| 4 | You have a friend who is learning Portuguese. You ask: |
| (How long / learn / Portuguese?) | |
| (How much grammar / learn) | |
| 5 | You've just arrived to meet a friend. She is waiting for you and smoking. You ask: |
| (How long / wait?) | |
| (How many cigarettes / smoke?) | |
| 6 | Some friends of yours are having a party. You ask: |
| How long / plan this party?) | |
| (How many people / invite?) | |
| 7 | A friend of yours is a teacher. You ask: |
| (How long / teach?) | |
| (How many children / teach?) | |
| 8 | You meet a writer. You ask: |
| (How many books / write?) | |
| How long / write? | |