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hirashin

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Dear native English speakers,
would you please check my sentences with the present perfect tense?
My students haven't studied the present perfect progressive tense yet.

1
① I have visited this temple five times.

② "Has Mike gone to America yet?" "Yes, he has."

③ Tom has studied Japanese for eight years.

④ "Have you eaten lunch yet?" "Yes, I have."

⑤ "Have you ever been to Tokyo?" "Yes, I have."

⑥ Nancy has started learning Japanese recently.

⑦ My father has lived in New York since 1990.

2 現在完了形を用いて英訳しなさい。
①私は3回アメリカへ行ったことがあります。(7語)(goneは用いずに)
① I have been to America three times.

②私の妹はさっき学校へ行ってしまいました。(7語)
② My sister has just gone to school.

③私たちは約3年間英語の勉強をしています。(8語)
③ We have studied/learned English for about three years.

④私は1980年から京都に住んでいます。(7語)
④ I have lived in Kyoto since 1980.

⑤あなたはもうこの本を読みましたか。(6語) はい、読みました。(3語)
⑤ Have you read this/the book yet? Yes, I have.

3① My mother has just gone out.
② My grandfather has lived in Australia since 1998.
③ I have been to the park three times.
④ Have you ever seen a whale? Yes, I have.
⑤ Have Tom and Mary gone back to America yet ? Yes, they have.
⑥ I haven't eaten beef recently.
⑦ How long has Tom studied Japanese?
⑧ I have been here once before.

4
①私は3回オーストラリア(Australia)へ行ったことがあります。(7語)(goneは用いずに)
I have been to Australia three times.

②私の母はさっき買い物(shopping)から帰ってきたところです。(8語)(come backを用いて)
My mother has just come back from shopping.

③彼は約5年間イタリア語(Italian)の勉強をしています。(8語)
He has learned/studied Italian for about five years.

④私の祖父は1990年からパリ(Paris)に住んでいます。(8語)
My grandfather has lived in Paris since 1990.

⑤あなたはもうそのお城(castle)に行きましたか。(goを用いず6語) はい、行きました。(3語)
Have you visited the castle yet? Yes, I have.

⑥私は最近マイクと会っていません。(短縮5語)
I haven't seen Mike recently/lately.

⑦私はもうその映画を見ました。(短縮5語)
I've seen/watched the/that movie.

⑧あなたはどのくらいここにいるんですか。(be 動詞を用いて6語)
⑧How long have you been here?

⑨私は一度その大きな犬を見たことがあります。(短縮6語)
⑨I've seen that big dog once. / I've once seen that big dog.

⑩私は、まだその本を読んでいません。(短縮6語)
⑩I haven't read that/the book yet.

Thanks in advance.

Hirashin
 
I'd add:
⑥ I haven't eaten any beef recently.

Also, where you have studied/learned, I'd choose studied in both cases.
 
Thanks for the help, mdchachi.
>He has learned/studied Italian for about five years.
>Nancy has started studying/learning Japanese recently.
Do you think you can use both "study" and "learn" in each sentence?
 
If you use study and learning in the pres.perf.continuous then they would both be fine, but I don't think you could say "He has learned Italian for about five years," because, if the action of learning has been completed, it would obviously not be continuing for 5 years. You can continue studying for as long as you like though, so you could say "I've studied ....... for 5 years" but personally I would prefer pres.perf.continuous for study aswell.
 
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