What have you eaten today? - Correct. Action is about unfinished time 'today', A window was broken and the door was open. Someone broke in. - Wrong. 'Someone had broken in'. This happened before you noticed the open door.  , You look tired. What did you do? - Wrong. 'What have you been doing?'. We are interested in the action that caused the present result, not whether or not it is complete. , I’ve learned English since I was at kindergarten. - Wrong. 'I've been learning English since I was at kindergarten'. This action is not complete as you are still learning. , Mark and Tina have dated for six months. - Wrong. 'Mark and Tina have been dating for six months.' The focus is on the repetition and the duration. , Before my son was born, I’d never been thinking I’d enjoy being a mother. - Wrong. 'I'd never thought I'd enjoy'. 'Think' is a state verb here., She's been making cakes all morning. - Correct. The focus is on the repetition and the duration., What have you been doing at work this morning? - Possible. The continuous tense put the focus on the action. 'What have you done?' is also possible if you want to focus on the result. , Careful where you put your feet. I’ve broken a bowl and there’s glass everywhere. - Correct. This is a recent action with a present result. The focus is on the completion.  , We’ve been going to the same restaurant on Sundays since I was a child. - Correct. The focus is on the repetition and the duration. , I was exhausted. I was working since 7 a.m. - Wrong. 'I had been working'. The action 'work' happened before and explains why you are exhausted. , I had gone to the shops before I came to the lesson. - Wrong. I went to the shops before I came to the lesson. Time in clauses linked with 'before' and 'after' usually use past simple unless we really really need a different tense., By the time I woke up, my sister already left for work so I couldn’t tell her the news. - Wrong. 'My sister had already left'. My sister left before I woke up. , I’ve been making over twenty calls today. - Wrong. 'I've made over twenty calls'. We use present perfect simple to talk about how many of something we have done. , Oh no! The photocopier has broken down again. That’s the third time today. I've told them to get a new one for ages. - Wrong. 'I've been telling'. This is a repeated action., By the time the waiter took our order, we had been waiting half an hour. - Correct. 'By the time' is used to show that something was delayed or took a long time., How many hours had you worked last week? - Wrong. 'How many hours did you work last week?', Her eyes were red and it was clear she had cried. - Wrong. 'it was clear she had been crying'. Use the past continuous because it focuses on the action instead of the result. , Where had you worked before you had started this job? - Wrong. 'Where did you work?'. Time in clauses linked with 'before' and 'after' usually use past simple., How do you think everyday life will improve by the time you are seventy? - Wrong. 'How do you think everyday life will have improved'. Time clauses with 'by' are often used with perfect tenses., How do you think your English will have improved by the end of this course?   - Correct. Time clauses with 'by' are often used with perfect tenses., Which places had you visited by the time you were 18? - Correct. Time clauses with 'by' are often used with perfect tenses., This time next year I will have worked here for 10 years.   - Correct. 'I will have been working' is also possible., By the time the emergency services arrived, the boat had sunk and half the passengers had drowned. - Correct. 'By the time' is used to show that something was delayed or took a long time. ,

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