Exercise on past tenses

Exercise on TENSES
Possible Tenses: PAST TENSE - PRESENT PERFECT (both SIMPLE or CONTINUOUS)

Fill in all the gaps with the verbs given in brackets, then press "Check" to check your answers. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for clues!

(1) How long (? you, learn) English?
(2) I (know) Mrs Winter since 1960.
(3) He (learn) English and French for three years and then, in 1974 he (start) to learn Russian. So he (study) Russian for two years now.
(4) The house (be) in the possession of the family for generations. His parents (live) there for 30 years, and he and his family (live) there since his mother and father (die)
(5) While she (set) the table, he (write) a letter.
(6) (? you, play) football when the thunderstorm ? (begin)