Perfect VS Continuous (Present / Past)
Mauro ............ (live) in Bologna since 2010.
Mauro has lives / has been living in Bologna since 2010.
We ....... (eat) by 3.00, so we can meet you after that.
We’ll have eaten by 3.00, so we can meet you after that.
He (plan / meet) us at the venue, but his car broke down.
He was planning to meet us at the venue, but his car broke down.
(suggest) that people who have a varied diet have a lower risk of getting cancer.
(suggest) that people who have a varied diet have a lower risk of getting cancer.
Try (drink) green tea if you have a stomachache
Try drinking green tea if you have a stomachache
I’m afraid she ....... (leave) the office
I’m afraid she has left the office
I ....... always (bake) my own bread.
I’ve always baked my own bread.
Raj (expect / join) his father’s company, but his father took on someone else instead.
Raj was expecting to join his father’s company, but his father took on someone else instead.
In the 4th century BCE, (think) that the Earth was at the centre of the solar system.
In the 4th century BCE, it was thought that the Earth was at the centre of the solar system.
Remember (feed) the dog!
Remember to feed the dog!
I suddenly ........ (remember) I .......... (not call) my mother
I suddenly remembered I hadn’t called my mother
Don’t call me at 8.00 because the band ........ (play).
Don’t call me at 8.00 because the band will be playing.
I (suppose / call) her to arrange an appointment, but I forgot.
I was supposed to call her to arrange an appointment, but I forgot.
(report) that insomniacs are the best employees because they never oversleeping
It has been reported that insomniacs are the best employees because they never oversleeping
I remember going to school for the first time when I was five.
I remember (go) to school for the first time when I was five.
I was exhausted because I ........... (study) all night.
I was exhausted because I’d been studying all night.
I ......... (find out) that they .......... (offer) the job to someone else.
I found out that they had offered the job to someone else.
They (plan on / stay) in a hotel, but they found a holiday cottage instead.
They were planning on staying in a hotel, but they found a holiday cottage instead.
(believe) that particular part of our nightmare can warn us about future
(believe) that particular part of our nightmare can warn us about future
I passed my exams by (work) hard.
I passed my exams by working hard.
He .......... (live) there for three months before he ....... (meet) his neighbour.
He’d been living there for three months before he met his neighbour.
We .......... (should / complete) the project by the end of next week.
We should have completed the project by the end of next week.
She (consider/switch) careers, but she changed her mind.
She was considering switching careers, but she changed her mind.
(believe) many children do not get enough sleep nowadays.
It is believed (that) many children do not get enough sleep nowadays.
I stopped (watch) TV two years ago.
I stopped watching TV two years ago.