Schaum Chapitre 1 "Special Uses of the Present"

Nous attendons les billets depuis une semaine.
1. We are waiting for the tickets since a week.
2. We had been waiting for the tickets for one week.
3. We have been waiting for the tickets for a week.
4. We waited for the tickets for one week.
Je viens de rentrer de France.
1. I am coming back from France.
2. I have just returned from France.
3. I am returning from France.
Voilà deux mois que nous habitons en Floride.
1. Here are two months that we have lived in Florida.
2. We lived in Florida for two months.
3. We are living in Florida for two months.
4. We have been living in Flordia for two months.
Je suis en train de réfléchir à la question.
1. I'm busy reflecting on the matter.
2. I am on a train reflecting on the question.
3. I am in the act of thinking about the question.
Les juges d'instruction sont arrivés il y a deux jours.
1. The judicial prosecutors have been arriving for two days.
2. The judicial prosecutors arrived two days ago.
3. The judicial prosecutors are arriving over two days.
Je t'attends depuis une heure.
1. I waited an hour for you.
2. I have been waiting for you for one hour.
3. I have been waiting for you since one o'clock.
4. I am waiting for you since one hour.