Present Perfect English exercises - answers

1. Bad roads have been in that country since the Middle Ages.
2. Bad roads have been in that country for centuries.
3. Our neighbours have refused all invitations since their divorce.
4. Our neighbours have refused all invitations for the last two years.
5. Leeds has been the centre of the woollen trade for many years.
6. Leeds has been the centre of the woollen trade since the nineteenth century.
7. There hasn't been a civil war here for centuries.
8. There hasn't been a civil war here since the Restoration.
9. Our people have had wide access to education since the end of war.
10. Our people have had wide access to education for the last ten years.
11. I think she has never been the same since he went away.
12. I think she has never been the same for last few months.
13. There hasn't been any traffic in this town since the great fire.
14. There hasn't been any traffic in this town for twenty years.
15. We haven't had a single rainy day since we came here.
16. We haven't had a single rainy day for two weeks.
17. Englishmen have been seamen for ages.
18. Englishmen have been seamen ever since there was England.
19. We have differed in our opinions since childhood.
20. We have differed in our opinions for fifty years.