Present perfect simple/continuous or past simple 1). i’m sorry for her, she (have) bad luck all her life. 2). i (want) to be a doctor until i was fifteen. 3). he (be) unemployed ever since he left school. 4). how long (you live) in this town? 5). i (not work) very hard when i was at university. 6). he was ill before christmas, but he (be) fine since then.7). i (have) trouble sleeping all this week. 8). i (learn) a lot in this job. 9). i (have) trouble sleeping all last week. 10). i (not learn) much in that job. 11). my boyfriend and i (know) each other for ages. 12). he (live) in durban for a year before he got married. 13). i (spend) three days in hospital last month.