The present perfect tense or the present tense
Hello everyone. I have a couple of questions regarding the following dialogue:
Andrew: I don't know why, but I've been very tired lately.
Sandra: What's the matter? Have you slept well?
Andrew: Not really. I got a new video game and have been playing it until late every night.
Q1 Does "Have you slept well" in Sandra's remark sound natural? How about "Do you sleep well?" instead?
Q2 Is Andrew's last remark natural? What do you think of the idea of replacing it with "I got a new video game and play it until late every night"?
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Andrew: I don't know why, but I've been very tired lately. Sandra: What's the matter? Haven't you been sleeping well?
- Andrew: I don't know why, but I've been very tired lately.
- Sandra: What's the matter?
- Haven't you been sleeping well?
- Andrew: Not really.
- I got a new video game and I've been playing it until late every night.
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Andrew: I don't know why, but I've been very tired lately.
Sandra: What's the matter? Haven't you been sleeping well?
Andrew: Not really. I got a new video game and I've been playing it until late every night.
Q1 Does "Have you slept well" in Sandra's remark sound natural? How about "Do you sleep well?" instead? See my edit. Continuo
0Andrew says "I've been very tired lately". This suggests just recently..
If Sandra says "Do you sleep well?" it sounds like she is asking about more than just the recent period.
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