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1. The train has arrived at time and we were not late at the concert.
2. He has been living in Moscow for 10 years and then moved to the countryside.
3. it took (a?) several hours
4. She tried to enter Theatre Institute 3 times, now she is (a?) famous actress.
5. - Who has said this? - I've said.

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CalifJim · Accepted Answer

1. The train has arrived at time and we were not late at the concert.
2. He has been living in Moscow for 10 years and then moved to the countryside.
3. it took (a?) several hours
4. She tried to enter Theatre Institute 3 times, now she is (a?) famous actress.
5. - Who has said this? - I've said.

You have some errors. Study the corrections below and ask further questions if you need to.

1. The train arrived on time, and we were not late for the concert.
2. He lived in Moscow for 10 years and then moved to the countryside.
3. it took several hours
4. She tried to enter the Theatre Institute three times. Now she is a famous actress.
5. - Who has said this?
6. - I've said. (I assume this was another item on your list.)

If the last two are supposed to be a dialog, then it should go like this:

— Who said that?
— I did.

CJ

Menoli Jeevas · Answer

i'm sorry, "He lived in Moscow for 10 years", why not "he has lived"?
the rule is "with for + a period of time, or by considering itsstarting point, with since + a point in time. FOR and SINCE can also both be used with the past perfect. SINCE can only be used with perfect tenses. FOR can also be used with the simple past." so does it mean here we can use present perfect and past simple both?

and can you explain why " a famous actress"? because i always have problems with articles..

Fivejedjon · Answer

Menoli Jeevas I'm sorry, "He lived in Moscow for 10 years", why not "he has lived"?

The ten-year period ended in the past.

CalifJim · Answer

Menoli Jeevas"He lived in Moscow for 10 years", why not "he has lived"? the rule is "with for + a period of time, or by considering its starting point, with since + a point in time. FOR and SINCE can also both be used with the past perfect. SINCE can only be used with perfect tenses. FOR can also be used with the simple past." so does it mean here we can use present perfect and past simple both?

Here is what you wrote: He has been living in Moscow for 10 years and then moved to the countryside.

You need to pay attention to three things here:

1. has been living
2. and then
3. moved

Here's what those things mean:

1. has been living means "until now". That's always true for the present perfect continuous tense.

Where X is the present moment, that is, the moment when you say the sentence, it's like this:

.................[ has been living - - - - - - - - - - - ]X
.................< - - - - - - - ten years - - - - - - - >

2. and then means later, after the ten years.

.................[ has been living - - - - - - - - - - - ]X[ This time here is later than the 10 years ........

.................< - - - - - - - ten years - - - - - - - >. . . [So this time is in the future, the time of the move.]

3. moved is in the past tense

................[moved] ........................................X
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Note the contradiction. The event "moved" can't be AFTER the present moment and BEFORE the present moment at the same time.

So the sentence is impossible.
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But if you say "lived ... and ... moved", it's like this:

.................[ - - - - lived - - - - ] then [moved] ............X
.................< - - ten years - -> ..................................

Now we can make sense of the time of the move being after the time of the living.
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Another way of making it work is like this:

He has been living in Moscow for 10 years, but he will be moving to the countryside next month.

.................[ has been living - - - - - - - - - - - ]X .................... [will be moving]
.................< - - - - - - - ten years - - - - - - - > < one month >

CJ

Menoli Jeevas · Answer

oh thank you very much! i even cant explain how grateful I am

CalifJim · Answer

Menoli Jeevas can you explain why " a famous actress"? because I always have problems with articles.

We use "a" when we state someone's profession.

He is a teacher. / She is an actress. / She is a famous actress. / He is a good teacher. / Larry is a chemist. / Louise is a computer programmer. / Harold is a carpenter. / Jake is a salesman. / Diane is a good doctor.

Get the idea?

CJ

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