The document contains 20 sentences describing various events and situations that have occurred over different periods of time in the past, ranging from a couple being married for 25 years to dolphins living in BC waters for millions of years. Many of the sentences are incomplete as they are missing words indicating when the actions took place in relation to the present.

1. They've beenThey've been
married ________married ________
twenty-five years.twenty-five years.

2. Maya has been aMaya has been a
professional singerprofessional singer
________ 1989.________ 1989.

3. So far, it has rainedSo far, it has rained
________ five hours.________ five hours.

4. The Canadian two-dollarThe Canadian two-dollar
coin (orcoin (or toonietoonie) has been) has been
in circulation ________in circulation ________
1996.1996.

5. First Nations people inFirst Nations people in
British Columbia haveBritish Columbia have
told stories about thetold stories about the
eagle ________eagle ________
hundreds of years.hundreds of years.

6. Mary has kept a diaryMary has kept a diary
________ she was________ she was
ten years old.ten years old.

7. Cougars have almostCougars have almost
disappeared from thedisappeared from the
Victoria areaVictoria area
________ humans________ humans
settled heresettled here

8. Jo has been aJo has been a
student herestudent here
________________
March.March.

9. The beaver has been anThe beaver has been an
emblem of Canadaemblem of Canada
________ many years________ many years

10. I haven't beenI haven't been
snowboardingsnowboarding
________ last________ last
winter.winter.

11. DolphinsDolphins
________ in BC________ in BC
waters forwaters for
millions of years,millions of years,
and are stilland are still
common today.common today.

12. I ________ my binderI ________ my binder
yesterday, but myyesterday, but my
brother found it thisbrother found it this
morning.morning.

13. The Titanic ________ in 1912.

14. We ________ this TV setWe ________ this TV set
since 1968, and it stillsince 1968, and it still
works!works!

15. This wine ________ in theThis wine ________ in the
cellar for 15 years. Whencellar for 15 years. When
we take it out and openwe take it out and open
it, it will taste beautiful!it, it will taste beautiful!

16. He ________ when hisHe ________ when his
girlfriend left him, but he'sgirlfriend left him, but he's
OK now.OK now.

17. I ________ some newI ________ some new
shorts, but I don'tshorts, but I don't
think I like them.think I like them.
Maybe I'll take themMaybe I'll take them
back to the store.back to the store.

18. Junko ________ bacon inJunko ________ bacon in
her life! She's a trueher life! She's a true
vegetarian.vegetarian.

19. I ________ these bootsI ________ these boots
to go hiking yesterday.to go hiking yesterday.

20. The children ________ allThe children ________ all
the orange juice! We'llthe orange juice! We'll
need to get some more.need to get some more.