PAST TENSE AND PRESENT PERFECT It has been years since we last traveled abroad We haven’t I haven’t watched TV for a week The last We bought this house two years ago We have We have never met him before It’s the It started to rain at p.m It has When did you start working here? How long Dave has written a composition for two hours Dave started How long have you been learning English? When Keith started driving a car five years ago Keith has 10 This is the first time I have ever eaten this kind of food I have 11 The last time I played chess was in 2000 I have not 12 I have never met such a famous person before It is 13 My friend’s mother has been teaching English in this school for a long time My friend’s mother started 14 She has never been so angry before This is 15 The last time it snowed here was six years ago It hasn’t 16 He hasn’t visited his parents for a year It is 17 John and Mary moved to Edinburgh twenty years ago It is now 18 John began playing the piano ten years ago John has 19 I have never read such a romantic story This is 20 They last visited me five years ago They haven’t 21 He hasn’t been back to his homework for 20 years now It is 22 It’s nearly twenty years since my father saw his brother My father ` 23 When did you last ride a bike? How long 24 We haven’t been to London since 1998 The last 25 My wait in the queue has lasted forty minutes so far I 26 I’ve never seen such a bad film as that one That’s 27 The last time Nancy came here was in 1986 Nancy hasn’t 28 How long have they lived in this city? How long ago 29 When did you first know him? How 30 Philips went on a trip around the world three years ago It is 31 I’m asking you this question for the third time This is 32 After that she never got in touch with him That was the 33 We haven’t had a party since last Christmas The last time 34 She began playing the piano six years ago She has 35 When did you last meet him? How long COMPARISON Helen is young and Lily is young, too Lily is Nam is twenty and Minh is twenty-two Minh is This film is not as interesting as the film last night The film last night No one in this class is as beautiful as Susan Susan This house is higher than all of the houses in this town This house is the Minh studies better than his brother used to Minh’s brother never used to He visits his family more frequently than she does She doesn’t My mother doesn’t cook as well as my father My mother cooks John drives more carefully than his brother John’s brother doesn’t 10 Mary sings the most beautifully in her school No one in Mary’s school 11 My house isn’t as large as yours Your house is 12 This road isn’t as narrow as that one That road 13 My bicycle is cheaper than yours Your bicycle 14 Peter plays the guitar better than Jack Jack doesn’t 15 This white armchair isn’t as comfortable the yellow one The yellow armchair 16 David is a better runner than Paul Paul is not 17 Nobody in the class is taller than Carol Carol is the 18 I haven’t written as much as you You’ve written 19 We expected the play to be better The play wasn’t 20 Jane’s hair isn’t as long as Helen’s Helen’s hair is 21 No student in the school is noisier than I am I am the 22 This exhibition is much more interesting than the last one The last exhibition was not 23 This is as fast as the car can go The car can’t 24 This bike is not as expensive as the green one The green bike is 25 Kate ate less than George did Kate didn’t 26 Sarah can swim further than I can I can’t 27 I thought that learning to drive would be difficult, but it isn’t Learning to drive is 28 I am not as good a tennis player as John I don’t 29 Computers used to be more expensive than they are now Computers are 30 No one in the class plays chess as well as Betty Betty is 31 Tom is a more careful driver than Peter Peter doesn’t 32 The road I told you isn’t as far as this road This road 33 Mary’s sister doesn’t cook as well as her mother Mary’s mother is better 34 Lan is the best student in our class Nobody 35 This is the faster way to get into the center of the city There is 36 Clemens is the best guitarist in the world No one 37 I have never read such an excellent story This is 38 Mr Smith is the wisest m ember of the family No member 39 Catherine is the most intelligent student in our class Nobody ... drive would be difficult, but it isn’t Learning to drive is 28 I am not as good a tennis player as John I don’t 29 Computers used to be more expensive... Nobody in the class is taller than Carol Carol is the 18 I haven’t written as much as you You ve written 19 We expected the play to be better The play wasn’t... the third time This is 32 After that she never got in touch with him That was the 33 We haven’t had a party since last Christmas The last time