1.Samuel started keeping a diary in 1997.
Samuel has ___kept a diary for 1997 years___
2.We started leaming English fìve years ago.
We have ___learned E. for 5 years_____
3.I began living in Ho Chi Minh City when I was 8.
I have ___lived in HCM city when I was 8____
4.She has taught the children in this remote village for five months.
She started ________teaching the children in this remote village 5 months ago_______
5.He has written to me since April.
The last time ____he wrote me was April__________
6.She hasn’t had a swim for five years.
She last ______had a swim 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 1999_________
9.She hasn’t written to me for years.
It’s years _______since she wrote to me.__________
10.Robert and Catherine have been married for ten ỵears.
It’s ten years ____Robert and Catherine have married__________