my father hasnt seen my uncle for nearly 20 years
the last time my father saw my uncle was nearly 20 years
my father last saw my uncle nearly 20 years ago
REWRITE SENTENCES
PRESENT PERFECT
1. We last went to the beach 10 years ago.
It’s _____________________________________________________________________
2. My father has driven a truck for that company since 2010
The last time _____________________________________________________________
3. My uncle began teaching English in 2005
My uncle has ______________________________________________________________
4. How long is it since he started playing the piano?
How long has ______________________________________________________________
5. It’s many years since Linda last talked to me
Linda hasn’t ________________________________________________________________
6. This is the first time I have been late for school.
I have ______________________________________________________________________
1. Phil (just find) …………………….a new job.
2. We (already read) …………………….that book.
3. This is the first time he (drive) ………………………a car.
4. We (visit) ……………………. China twice.
5. My father (not smoke) …………………….. since last year.
6. They (know) ……………………. each other for a long time
7. I (not meet) ………………….. that man before.
8. ………………. you (hear) …………………… from George recently?
9. ………………………….. you (see) ……………………. my dog? I can’t find it anywhere
10. Her mother (be) …………………..ill for two days
VII. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown , so the meaning stays the same:
We have learnt English for 4 years.
We ……………………………………………………………
My father started to give up smoking last year.
My father has ………………………………………………………
They have worked in that factory since 2001.
They started ……………………………………………………….
Lan hasn’t written to Maryam for a month.
Lan didn’t ……………………………………………………………
He has lived in Hanoi since he was 12.
He started …………………………………………………………...
I haven’t seen her for a long time.
I didn’t…………………………………………………………………
How long have you learnt English?
How long ago ……………………………………………………….
When did you start to listen classical music?
How long……………………………………………………………..?
I last saw her 10 years ago.
I haven’t ………………………………………………………………
How long have you bought this car?
When did ……………………………………………………………...
He would go hunting when he was in Africa.
He used ……………………………………………………………….
It’s a pity that you aren’t here now.
I wish ………………………………………………………………….
His dog is called Tony.
They …………………………………………………………………..
Tom and Mary have learnt English for 5 years.
It is _______________________________________.
I haven’t eaten this kind of food for 2 years.
It is _______________________________________.
I haven’t seen my form teacher for a year.
It’s ________________________________________.
I haven’t seen that man here before.
It is ________________________________________.
I have never been to a concert before.
It is ________________________________________.
She has never drunk coke before.
It is ________________________________________.
She hasn’t heard from him since 1998.
The last time ________________________________.
It hasn’t rained for 2 weeks.
The last time _________________________________.
Tom began playing the piano 4 years ago.
Tom has _____________________________________.
I started cooking for the party 2 hours ago.
I have ________________________________________.
My sister started living here.
My sister has ___________________________________.
They bought this computer in 2003.
They have _____________________________________.
She put on warm clothes so that she couldn’t catch cold.
She put on warm clothes in ________________________.
“ You ought to learn the lesson carefully at home”.
My teacher said _________________________________.
No one helps me to cook dinner.
I have _________________________________________.
She intents to be home late tonight.
She’s ___________________________________________.
Why don’t you put all chemicals and drugs in locked cupboard.
I think ______________________________________________.
Leaving medicine around the house is unsafe.
It is _________________________________________________.
Mary is too weak to say a word.
Mary isn’t ____________________________________________.
We couldn’t carry this suitcase because it is too heavy.
The suitcase isn’t _______________________________________.
Matches are very dangerous, so children musn’t play with them.
Because _______________________________________________.
Children shouldn’t play in the kitchen.
Children ought __________________________________________.
My father doesn’t smoke any more.
My father used __________________________________________.
Tom often flew a kite when he was young.
Tom used _______________________________________________.
1. She hasn’t gone out with him for 5 months. à The last time …………………………………..
2. We haven’t seen such a cruel mother before. à This is the first ……………………………….
3. It’s two years since we last saw Mr. Jones. à We haven’t ……………………………………..
4. This is the first time I have visited the USA. à I haven’t ………………………………………
5. I have learnt English for 10 years now. à I began ……………………………………………..
6. She moved to London 20 years ago. à She has ………………………………………………..
7. The Pikes haven’t visited Paris for 2 years. à The last time …………………………………..
8. I stopped writing to him a week ago. à I haven’t ……………………………………………..
9. Mary has leant French for 6 years. à It’s ………………………………………………………
10. When did your father buy that car ? à How long ………………………………………………
11. I didn’t see her again for 3 years. à Three years has …………………………………………..
12. The last time I saw John was when he was leaving for Edinburgh.
à John hasn’t …………………………………………………………………………………..
13. They haven’t liked ice-cream since they ate too much and was sick.
à They didn’t ………………………………………………………………………………….
14. John’s career as a television presenter began five years ago.
à John has ………………………………………………………………………………………
15. My uncle has been a worker in that factory for 10 years.
à My uncle started ……………………………………………………………………………..
16. How long have your family read Tuoi Tre Newspaper ?
à When did your ………………………………………………………………………………
17. My old friend started working on that farm in 2005.
à Since 2005, …………………………………………………………………………………..
18. When did he start teaching Physical Education in this school ?
à How long ……………………………………………………………………………………..
19. My mother has had this washing machine for a long time.
à My mother ……………………………………………………………………………………
20. My father stopped drinking champagne ten years ago.
à My father hasn’t ………………………………………………………………………………
21. Jane’s grandma hasn’t planted trees in the garden for 5 months.
à Jane’s grandma stopped ……………………………………………………………………...
22. I have never met a more warm-hearted person than my mother is.
à My mother is …………………………………………………………………………………
23. I have never seen such a bad film as that one in the cinema.
à That is the …………………………………………………………………………………..
24. We haven’t seen Mary since we left the university.
à We last ……………………………………………………………………………………….
25. The last time I went swimming was when I was in Spain.
à I haven’t ……………………………………………………………………………………..
VIII. Present perfect Tense:
1. She hasn’t gone out with him for 5 months. à The last time …………………………………..
2. We haven’t seen such a cruel mother before. à This is the first ……………………………….
3. It’s two years since we last saw Mr. Jones. à We haven’t ……………………………………..
4. This is the first time I have visited the USA. à I haven’t ………………………………………
5. I have learnt English for 10 years now. à I began ……………………………………………..
6. She moved to London 20 years ago. à She has ………………………………………………..
7. The Pikes haven’t visited Paris for 2 years. à The last time …………………………………..
8. I stopped writing to him a week ago. à I haven’t ……………………………………………..
9. Mary has leant French for 6 years. à It’s ………………………………………………………
10. When did your father buy that car ? à How long ………………………………………………
11. I didn’t see her again for 3 years. à Three years has …………………………………………..
12. The last time I saw John was when he was leaving for Edinburgh.
à John hasn’t …………………………………………………………………………………..
13. They haven’t liked ice-cream since they ate too much and was sick.
à They didn’t ………………………………………………………………………………….
14. John’s career as a television presenter began five years ago.
à John has ………………………………………………………………………………………
15. My uncle has been a worker in that factory for 10 years.
à My uncle started ……………………………………………………………………………..
16. How long have your family read Tuoi Tre Newspaper ?
à When did your ………………………………………………………………………………
17. My old friend started working on that farm in 2005.
à Since 2005, …………………………………………………………………………………..
18. When did he start teaching Physical Education in this school ?
à How long ……………………………………………………………………………………..
19. My mother has had this washing machine for a long time.
à My mother ……………………………………………………………………………………
20. My father stopped drinking champagne ten years ago.
à My father hasn’t ………………………………………………………………………………
21. Jane’s grandma hasn’t planted trees in the garden for 5 months.
à Jane’s grandma stopped ……………………………………………………………………...
22. I have never met a more warm-hearted person than my mother is.
à My mother is …………………………………………………………………………………
23. I have never seen such a bad film as that one in the cinema.
à That is the …………………………………………………………………………………..
24. We haven’t seen Mary since we left the university.
à We last ……………………………………………………………………………………….
25. The last time I went swimming was when I was in Spain.
à I haven’t ……………………………………………………………………………………..
Change into passive
1. They will hold the meeting before May Day.
------->The meeting ............
2. Somebody has taken some of my books away
--------> Some of my book .............
3. They have to repair the engine of the car.
-------> The engine of the car ...........
4. They may use this room for the classroom.
---------->This room ...............
5. The teacher is going to tell a story.
------------A story ...........
6. John used to visit his parents at weekends.
----------> His parents ............
7. They use milk for making butter and cheese.
-------->Milk clothing. ............
8. They have provided the victims with food and clothing
-----> The victims ............
9 . People speak English in most every corner of the world .
------>. English ............
10. The students are writing the lesons now .
------> The lesson
11. Her teacher taught her how to apply this theory
------>She ..............
12. Someone will tell him that news.
------> he ..........
EXERCISE: Complete the sentences with "for" or "since":
1. We haven't heard from them _________ ages
2. They waited for you _________ two days
3. They haven't met him _________ he left the room
4. We have bought the new car ________ 1999
5. Haven't you seen him ____________ Christmas?
6. It was not rained __________ May
7. I haven't written to him ________ five months.
8. She has spoken to them _______ this morning
9. We have listened to music ________ 8a.m
10. The house been built __________ last year
EXERCISE: Use simple past or present perfect to complete the following sentences:
1. Her English ( improve) ___________ recently
2. How many pages _________ you (read) _________ so far?
3. We (finish)________ our homework two hour ago
4. __________ you(be)__________ to Rome?
5. I (see)____________ him several times on TV
6. What _______you (do)__________ last night?
7. This is the first time I (visit)______ the city
8. They (buy)__________ the garden some days ago.
9. I (learn)________ English since I (be)__________ 11 years old
10. Be careful! I (just clean)________ the floor
11. The meal (already be)_______ ready
12. I ( never read)________ an interesting story like this before
EXERCISE : Rewrite the following sentences with the words given
l. Minh last wrote to his pen al five months ago
-> Minh hasn't
2. The last time we visited Kuala Lumpur was 3 years ago
-> I haven't
3. When did you study English?
-> How long
4. They began building this house 2 months ago
->They have
5. My father started to work in this factory last week
-> My father has
6. How long has he worked in the garden?
->When
7. How long ago did you learn music?
-> How long have
8. He started living in Ho Chi Minh city when he was 8
-> He has
9. He learnt English when he was 18
-> He has...
10. They have worked in that factory for five years
-> They began
ll. My father stopped smoking two years ago
-> My father hasn't
12. We have learnt English for four years.
-> We started.
13 My father started to give up smoking last year
-> My father has
14. They have worked in that factory since 2001
-> They started.
15. Lan hasn't written to Maryam for a month.
-> Lan didn't.....
16. He has lived in Ha Noi since he was 12.
-> He started.
17. I haven't met her for a long time.
-> I didn't.
18. How long have you leamt French ?
-> How long ago
19. How long have you bought this car -> When did
20. When did you start to listen to classical music ?
->How long
21. I saw her 10 years ago.
-> I haven't
VIII. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION:
A. CAUSATIVE ACTIVE:
I asked Jack to polish my shoes.
I had
John will ask the mason to build his house.
John will
My father will tell the mechanic to repair his car.
My father will
They must tell the painter to paint our house soon.
They must
She told the police to catch a thief.
She
My father asked me to clean those chairs.
My father
The old man will tell Peter to buy him some food.
The old man will
Will you ask her to wash up after dinner?
Will you
I asked someone to paint the gate last week.
I
The family asked someone to paint the house for Tet
The family
B. CAUSATIVE PASSIVE:
Mary often asks the postman to mail her letter.
Mary often has
The boss has had the servant wash his car.
The boss has had
Mr Baker asks the workers to decorate his room.
Mr Baker has
Mr green told the electrician to repair his electric-fan.
Mr Green had
He had the tailor make a new shirt.
He had
They are going to ask the painter to paint the gate.
They’re going to have
Jack asked his father to fix the ball.
Jack had
He has just had a mechanic check his motorcycle.
He has just had
He was told to redecorate this old house by the manager.
The manager
The students were told to hand in test paper by the supervisor.
The supervisor
Rewrite sentences, using the provided word keep meaning as that of
the root one
1. I last saw her three years ago.
I haven't..............................................................................
2. The teacher will explain the lesson until all the students understand it.
The lesson.............................................................................
3. You draw very badly.
I wish I..................................................................................
4. They sell jeans all over the world.
Jeans...............................................................................
5. People are going to build a new library in the area.
A new library........................................................................
6. The clown made us laugh a lot.
We.......................................................................................
7. You live very far from school.
We wish we.........................................................................
8. My father used to take us to the circus when we lived in the city.
We.........................................................................................
9. I usually got up late last year, but this year I often get up early.
I used to................................................................................
10. You have to finish your homework on time.
Your homework.....................................................................
IV.Put in the present perfect or past simple of the verbs in brackets
1.I ____________(have) there shoes since my eighteen birthday.
2.We ________ (live) in Newcastle for three years mow and like it a lot
3.The last time I ______(go) to Brighton was in August.
4.When my parents were on holiday, I______(stay) with my grandparents for two weeks
5.I _______(not see) Rachel for ages. She _______(not visit)us sice July
6.Martin ________(be) to Greek five time . He loves the place
7.I_____(work)for a computer company for a year .That was after college.
8.We ________(move) here in 1993 . We _______(be) here for a long time now
9. It is a very good party. Most people _______(already/go) home
10.It was so hot today that I.................(wear)short and a T-shirt at work
11.My wife and I..........(move)there times since we .............(get)married
12.:So far this week there ...........(be) there burglaries in our street
13:When I was youngerI...................(play)badminton for my local team
14.In the past few years,it.............(become)more and more difficult to get into university
