Let's go fishing.
Why don't we go fishing?
We have learned English for four years. We started four years ago.
We started learning English four years ago and have been learning it for four years.
He spent two hours a week sorting out stamps.
Sorting out stamps took him two hours a week.
I have never read such a good book before.
This is the first time I have read such a good book.
We spent five hours getting to London.
It took us five hours to get to London.
I haven't seen her for a long time.
It has been a long time since I last saw her.
I last saw her ten years ago.
I haven't seen her since ten years ago.
He drives very carefully.
He is a very careful driver.
Lan is a better cook than Hoa.
Hoa is not as good a cook as Lan.
The bridge was so low that the lorry couldn't go under it.
The lorry couldn’t go under the bridge because it was too low.
He wrote the letter in two hours.
It took him two hours to write the letter.
It is ages since Alan visited his parents.
Alan hasn’t visited his parents for ages.
The last time I saw him was in 2012.
I haven’t seen him since 2012.
It took us three hours to open the door.
We spent three hours opening the door.
They moved here four years ago.
They have been living here for four years.
They’ve been living here for six years now.
They started living here six years ago.
They have worked in that factory since 2012.
They started working in that factory in 2012.
How long have you had this car?
When did you buy this car?
The test was so difficult that we could not do it.
The test was too difficult for us to do.
She doesn't go to China with us.
We wish she would go to China with us.