He hasn't seen this interesting film before.
=> He hasn't seen a more interesting film than this film before.
He hasn't seen this interesting film before.
=> He hasn't seen a more interesting film than this film before.
Fill in the gaps with “yet, ago, ever, last night, for or since”
1. My father went to Italy five days ______.
2. He has known her _______ 2001.
3. Have you _________ seen an elephant?
4. She hasn’t finished her work ________.
5. He has lived in Madrid _______ ten years.
6. We went to bed at 11 o’clock ________.
I. Fill in the blank with "have" or "has"
1. During the five years, John ________ had fifteen different jobs.
2. He ________ worked in banking sector.
3. Teddy ________ been a teacher since 2004.
4. I ________ been on holiday for six days
. 5. I and Kate ________ started our own company this year.
6.________ your mother learned how to drive?
7. They ________ never been to Madrid
. 8. ________ you ever met anyone famous?
II. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect tense.
1. Tom (see) _________________ this film before.
2. I (finish) ________________________ my exercise already.
3. They (live) __________________ here since 1990
. 4. Mary (never/ be) _____________________ to Hanoi.
5. The students (discuss) ___________ the question recently.
6. Your mother (ever/wash) _________________ her car?
III. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. Peter _____________ to that museum twice.
A. have been
B. was
C. will be
D. has been
2. We __________ to Da Lat several times. It’s a foggy city. A. were B. have been C. were being D. had been
3. Huy ___________ learnt English for 5 years. A. have B. to have C. having D. has
4. This is the most interesting novel _____________
A. I have to read B. I had read C. I’ve never read D. I’ve ever read
5. This is _______ expensive dictionary I have.
A. more B. most C. the more D. the most
6. My parents ____________ abroad for a week
. A. have be B. have been C. having be D. having been
7. Je _______ London 2 years ago and I _______________________ him since then.
A. left/ hadn’t seen B. left/ haven’t seen C. was leaving/ haven’t seen D. left/ didn’t seen
8. John usually _________ swimming with my friends on the weekends
A. go B. went C. goes D. has gone 9. Have you ever _________ of that? A. hear B. heard C. hears D. hearing
10. That is the most interesting film I ___________.
A. has ever watched B. has ever watch C. have ever watched D. have ever watch
2. That/ is/ the/ film/ boring/ I/ seen/ most/ ever/ have.
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Put the verb in the bracket into the past simple or present perfect tense.
1. My brother is a writer. He (write) _____ 10 books.
2. I (not have) ______________ a holiday in 2012.
3. He (play) _______________ badminton yesterday.
4. __________________ (she/be) to Sa Pa? -Yes, she has.
5. Dalat is the most beautiful city I (visit) __________ .
6. What time (you/go) ____ to the beach yesterday afternoon ?
7. Sa Pa is great. ____ you (be) ___________ there?
- Yes, I have.
8. Where _______ (you/go) _______ there?
- I (go) ______ there last month.
9. How long _______ Tina (be) ______ in Italy?
10. What (you/watch) ____________ on TV last night?
IV. Rewrite the sentences with the same meaning.
1. The last time we saw her on Christmas Day.
→ We haven’t ……………………………………………………………………….
2. I have never eaten this kind of food before.
→ This is …..……………………………………………………………………….
3. It started to rain an hour ago.
→ It has …………………………………………………………………………….
4. They haven’t visited their grandparents for two months.
→ The last time ……………………………………………………………………
5. We have studied English since we were in grade 3.
→ We began ……………………………………………………………………….
6. My sister hasn’t seen her best friend for nearly two years.
→ It’s ……..……………………………………………………………………….
7. When did you start learning English ?
→ How long ……………………………………………………………………….?
8. We started living here fifteen years ago.
→ We have ..……………………………………………………………………….
9. The last time she visited me was five years ago.
→ She hasn’t ……………………………………………………………………….
10. I last wrote to my cousin in February.
→ I haven’t …………………………………………...…………………………….
11. It’s long time since we became close friend.
→ We have ……………………………………………………………………….
12. Ba began to collect stamps in 2010.
→ Ba has ….……………………………………………………………………….
V. Complete the sentences with “for” or “since”.
1. It has been raining …………….lunchtime.
2. She has lived in London …………… 1990.
3. I have known her ………………January.
4. His father has worked in this company …………. 20 years.
5. Have you learned English …………..a long time ?
6. I haven’t seen Tom ……………we left school.
7. The roon is very dirty. Nobody has cleaned it …………years.
8. We’ve already waited …………five minutes.
VI. Complete the sentences with a suitable word below.
for since before never ever
1. I haven’t seen my best friend for many months.
2. Sue has ___________ tried Indian food before.
3. Haven’t you seen Pepper Pig _______ ?
4. Mike has studied English _______ 2015.
5. Has Joe __________ told you his brother’s story?
6. We have known Bob ____________ a long time.
7. Tom hasn’t played football ___________ he broke his leg.
8. I haven’t a film ___________ I moved here.
rewrite these sentences.
1,this is the most difficult exercise i've ever done.
=> i've.................................
2,peter is the most intelligent student i have ever met.
=> no one................................
3,mary drinks more milk than daisy.
=>daisy drink..........................................................
=>daisy does..................................................
4, this is the second time he tried this fruit
=>he is.............................................
5,do you like making models?
=>are..........................................................
6,my sister has more toys than me.
=> i have.......................................................
=>i don't...........................................................
Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) that is closets in meaning to the root sentence.
1. He is the tallest man I've ever seen.
A. I've never seen a taller man than him.
B. I've ever seen that he is a tall man.
C. I've seen the man who is tall.
D. I've seen someone who is taller than him.
2. Korea is colder than Vietnam.
A. Vietnam is colder than Korea.
B. Vietnam and Korea are cold.
C. Vietnam is not so cold as Korea.
D. Korea is the coldest country.
3. The rule of this class is not speaking Vietnamese during the tasks.
A. You should speak Vietnamese during the tasks.
B. You shouldn't speak Vietnamese during the tasks.
C. You must speak Vietnamese during
the tasks.
D. You mustn't speak Vietnamese during the tasks.
4. The Imperial City is Hue's greatest attraction.
A. in Hue the Imperial City attracts the most tourists.
B. The Imperial City is in Hue
C. The Imperial City is an ancient ruin.
D. Hue can't attract tourists without the Imperial City.
5. We shouldn't buy fireworks.
A. Buying fireworks is fun.
B. It's a good idea not to buy fireworks.
C. It's important to buy fireworks.
D. A lot of children like fireworks.
complete the second sentences so that it means the same as the sentences before it
1,i find flying kites exciting.
-i think...................
2,this is the first time i have ever seen a real lion.
-i have..................
3,trong started collecting stamps when he was thirten years old.
-trong has..............................
4,she loves watching cartoons.
-she is really.....................,....
5,he does't have enough money ,so he can't finish the work.
-unless...............
1. This is the first time he went abroad.
=> He hasn’t …………………………………………………………………………………….
2. My house is quite near the bank.
=> My house …………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
=> It’s ……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Do you have a shorter ruler than this?
=> Is this ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. I don’t have enough money, so I can’t buy a new computer.
=> If ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
1. This is the first time he went abroad.
=> He hasn’t …………………………………………………………………………………….
2. My house is quite near the bank.
=> My house …………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
=> It’s ……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Do you have a shorter ruler than this?
=> Is this ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. I don’t have enough money, so I can’t buy a new computer.
=> If ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. The population of Viet Nam is about 97 million people.
=> There ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. Ha likes going on a picnic with her friends at weekends.
=> Ha is interested ………………………………………………………………………………………..
8. Are there four chairs in your room?
=> Does …………………………………………………………………………………………………...
9. I usually walk to school every day.
=> I usually go ……………………………………………………………………………………………
10. They intend to make this beach a clean and beautiful place again.
=> They plan ……………………………………………………………………………………………...