1. Aren’t you about to finish with the dishes? You (wash) the dishes for thirty minutes or more. How long can it take you to wash the dishes? 2. We (go) to the Steak House restaurant many times. The food is excellent. 3. A: What is that sound? B: A car alarm (ring) somewhere down the street. It (drive) me crazy — I wish it would stop! It (ring) for more than twenty minutes. 4. Can you translate this note from Stockholm? I understood Swedish when I (be) a child, but I (forget) it all. 5. What’s that dent in the side of the car? You (have) an accident? 6. I’m sorry, John’s not here; he (go) to the dentist. He (have) trouble with a tooth for some time. 7. Your Italian is very good. You (study) it long?

1. Aren’t you about to finish with the dishes? You have been washing the dishes for thirty minutes or more. How long can it take you to wash the dishes?

2. We have been to the Steak House restaurant many times. The food is excellent.

3. A: What is that sound? B: A car alarm is ringing somewhere down the street. It is driving me crazy — I wish it would stop! It has been ringing for more than twenty minutes.

4. Can you translate this note from Stockholm? I understood Swedish when I was a child, but I have forgotten it all.

5. What’s that dent in the side of the car? Have you had an accident?

6. I’m sorry, John’s not here; he has gone to the dentist. He has been having trouble with a tooth for some time.

7. Your Italian is very good. Have you been studying it long?