1. Samuel started keeping a diary in 1997.
→ Samuel has kept a diary in 1997
2. We started leaming English fìve years ago.
→ We have …………………………learnt English for 5 years………………………
3. I began living in Ho Chi Minh City when I was 8.
→ I have ……………………lived in HCM city since I turned 8……………………………
4. She has taught the children in this remote village for five months.
→ She started…teaching …the children in this remote village five months…ago…………………………………………
5. He has written to me since April.
→ The last time………he wrote to me was in April…………………………………………
6. She hasn’t had a swim for five years.
→ She last ……………………………………………time she swam was 5 years ago……
7. They last talked to each other two months ago.
→ They haven’t………………………………………talked to each other for 2 months…………
8. The last time she saw her elder sister was in 1999.
→ She hasn’t ……………………………………………seen her elder sister since 1990……
9. She hasn’t written to me for years.
→ It’s years………………………………………since she last wrote to me…………
10. Robert and Catherine have been married for ten ỵears.
→ It’s ten years since Robert and Catherine maried