Exercise 1: Complete the second sentence so that it expresses the same meaning as the original one. 1. I started working for the company a year ago. I have been 2. It is one hundred years since the birth of D.H Lawrence, the famous novelist. D.H Lawrence ……………… 3. How long have Catherine and Henry been engaged? When………………………………? 4. I last saw him when I was a student. I haven’t…………………… 5. It is ages since Alan visited his parents. Alan hasn’t……………… 6. We will not see each other again before I go. This will be the last time ……………………………. 7. The train left before he got to the station. By the time ……………………………..... 8. The school was founded ten years ago. It is ten years……. ………………........... 9. She hadn’t had a relapse for six months. It was ........................................... 10. I haven’t forgone a meal for two years. The last time ........................................... 11 No-one has challenged his authority before. This is the first time …………………… 12. I was surprised at how easy he was to talk to. I hadn’t expected ...................................... 13. It’s almost nine months since I stopped subscribing to that magazine. I cancelled ……………………………… 14. My decision to get up and dance coincided with the band’s decision to stop playing. When ......................................... 15. After seeing the film for himself, my father has stopped criticising it. Since ................................................ 16. John hasn’t done any revision since spring term. The last time .................................................... Hộ vs ạ

1. I started working for the company a year ago.
I have been working for the company for a year
2. It is one hundred years since the birth of D.H Lawrence, the famous novelist.
D.H Lawrence is the famous novelist who was born one hundred years ago
3. How long have Catherine and Henry been engaged?
When were Catherine and Henry engaged ?
4. I last saw him when I was a student.
I haven’t seen him since i was a student
5. It is ages since Alan visited his parents.
Alan hasn’t visited his parents for ages
6. We will not see each other again before I go.
This will be the last time we see each other before i go
7. The train left before he got to the station.
By the time he got to the station, the train had left
8. The school was founded ten years ago.
It is ten years since the school was found
9. She hadn’t had a relapse for six months.
It was six months since she had a relapse
10. I haven’t forgone a meal for two years.
The last time i forwent a meal was 2 years ago
11 No-one has challenged his authority before.
This is the first time his authority is challenged
12. I was surprised at how easy he was to talk to.
I hadn’t expected that he was easy to talk to
13. It’s almost nine months since I stopped subscribing to that magazine.
I cancelled subscribing to that magazines for nine months
14. My decision to get up and dance coincided with the band’s decision to stop playing.
When i decided to get up and dance, the band coincidentally decided to stop playing
15. After seeing the film for himself, my father has stopped criticising it.
Since seeing the film for himself, my father has no longer criticised it
16. John hasn’t done any revision since spring term.
The last time John did a revision was spring term