Underline and then correct the mistakes (if there are any) in these sentences:


Ex. How nice to see you again! I didn’t see you for ages!          haven’t seen

1.      It’s six years since their eldest son has been born.

2.      What a delicious Indian meal that was - did you cook it yourself?

3.      Where have you bought that marvellous Persian rug?

4.      I couldn’t look up the word because I lost my dictionary.

5.      That’s the funniest story I ever heard.

6.      It was a long time since I wrote to my friends in Mexico.

7.      I didn’t finish yet, can I have a few more minutes, please?

8.      By 1965 most African countries will have become independent from colonial rule.

9.      He was having three cups of tea by the time I arrived.

10.  We were worried because she hadn’t arrived by 11 o’clock.





KEY:

1.      It’s six years since their eldest son has been born.

2.      What a delicious Indian meal that was – did you cook it yourself?           OK

3.      Where have you bought that marvellous Persian rug?

4.      I couldn’t look up the word because I lost my dictionary. ..........have/had lost

5.      That’s the funniest story I ever heard.

6.      It was a long time since I wrote to my friends in Mexico.       It’s been

7.      I didn’t finish yet, can I have a few more minutes, please?

8.      By 1965 most African countries will have become independent from colonial rule.
had become

9.      He was having three cups of tea by the time I arrived.           had had

10.  We were worried because she hadn’t arrived by 11 o’clock.        OK