Ex 1. Choose the correct answer

1. llan........a shower at the moment, so could you call back in about half an hour?

A. takes B. is taking C. has taken D. has been taking

2.............to lpswich before?

A. Do you ever B. Are you ever going C. Have you ever been D. Have you ever been going

3. I.............to all the local newspapers and TV station to comlain

A. already write B. already writing C. have already written D. have already been writing

4. ............TV for the last four hour? Turn it off and get some exercise!

A. Do you watch B. Are you watching C. Watched you D. Have you been watching

5. Eric,.............hockey competitively or just for fun?

A. Do you usully play B. Are you usually playing C. Have you usually played D. Have you usually been playing

6. That's the first time.........an answer right today!

A. I get B. I am getting C. I have got D. I have been getting

7. Jessica has.........left, I am afraid.

A. already B. yet C. still D. so far

8. Dan..............in the living room while we redecorate his baedroom.

A. sleep B. is sleeping C. has slept D. does sleep

9. Unfortunately, Simone........a day off very often

A. doesn't get B. isn't getting C. hasn't got D. hasn't been getting

10. Actually, I.........a cup of tea first thing every morning but then I switch to coffe

A. do drink B. am drinking C. have drunk D. have been drinking

Ex 2: Correct the following sentences

1. Someone are interviewing Mr John at the moment..........

2. How long are you studying English?- For six months........

3. I shall contact you as soon as they will phone me.............

4. How many times did you see him?- Many times..............

5. The match has been going on since two hours..........

6. They have lived here since they have come to HCM city..............

7. He learns English at a Foreign Language Centre at the moment................

8. When has she bugun learning French?.................

9. My brother hasn't played football for last year..............

10. George has not comleted the assignment yet, and Mari hasn't neither...........

11. I recently visited a school where I used to studying five years ago..............

12. She is looking forward to go to Europe after she finishes her study at the university.................

1, We haven't been to this restaurant for two months ,

-> It is ...

2, When did you begin to write this book ?

-> How long ....... book ?

3, How long have you learnt how to drive a car ?

-> When .....?

4, How long is it since Mr Ba bought this flat ?

-> When ... ?

5, I've never talked to the headmaster before .

-> It's ....... 

6, How long is it since she wrote an e-mail ?

-> When .....

7, That's the worst film I've ever seen .

->I've never ....

8, Have you gone to school late before ?

-> Is this ...?

9, He last came back to his home village five months ago.

-> It's.........

10, It's three years since I last spoke to her .

->The last time ......

1.He hasn't written to me for two months. -->It has been.........

2. When did people first you the telephone? --> How long is it ...............

3. When did you start saving money? --> How long ........................

4. I last talked to her in 2004. --> I haven't .......................

5. We need to ______________ our standards of life. ( well) *

6. George's ____________ for pink clothes was well known. ( fond) *

7. Primary is free and _____________ for aall children six and eleven in Viet Nam. ( compell) 

8. She is old enough to live ___________ (depend).

9.We enjoyed the__________ atmosphere in Hue (peace)

10.The scores of those students are always _________ high. (IMPRESS)

Fill in the gap with since/ for

1) Lost of things have happended.......I last wrote to you

2) I'm hungry. I haven't eaten anything.........breakfast

3) It's nice to see you again. We haven't seen each other..........along time

4) -How long has it been raining.........two hour. -It has been raining...........hours.

5) Where have you been? -I've been looking for you.......the last half four.

6) Pete Sampras is very good tennis player. He's been playing............he was eight.

7) Every morning they meet in the same cafe. They've been going there...........years.

8) The snow started twos hour ago. It's still snowing now. It's been snowing..........two hours.

9) We have known each other.........along time.

10) Marry is in hospital, isn't she? -Yes, she has been in hospital................Monday.

Fill in the blanks with ''for'', ''since''

1 I got here an hour ago. - What ! You mean you've been waiting .................an hour ?

2 I have not seen him ............he was 16. 

3 I've known raining .............ages

4 Things have changed a lot .................our previous meetings.

5 It've been raining .............four o'clock

6 I'm sure he's been watching us ...........we came in.

7 He'd been here ...............over an hour when we arrived

8 I've been trying to fix this computer..............early this morning.

9 He hasn't had anything to eat ....................nearly a week.

10 It's three years..............he started learning German

11 He's been collecting stamps ...........the past twenty years.

12 Nobody has seen him................last Friday.

13 It has been foggy ..............some days.

14 He has been fishing ..................six o'clock

15They've been living in France......................eight years.

16 The pilots have been on strike .................two months.

17 We've had terrible weather .................Saturday

18 I've know Tom ..................1990

19 We have been waiting for the bus.................half an hour 

20 She hasn't lost a match .......................April

21 Things have changed ...................she's become headmaster

22 The police have been looking for him..............a month

23 Our dog has been ill ....................two days

24 I've been looking for this book .,.................a long time

25 I've been working .................I got up

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or B on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 37.

  Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing at least 5,000 years, but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings. When writing developed, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even today, there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal man cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write; in the past, many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so imperfectly.

  To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not to disparage the later. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.

The word “doubtless” in the passage mostly means  _________.

A. “almost uncertainly”

B. “almost certainly”

C. “almost impossibly”

D. “almost doubtly”

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or B on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 37.

  Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing at least 5,000 years, but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings. When writing developed, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even today, there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal man cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write; in the past, many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so imperfectly.

  To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not to disparage the later. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.

The word “disparage” in the passage mostly means _________.

A. “think that something is more important” 

B. “make something seem more important” 

C. “think about something carefully” 

D. “suggest that something is not important or valuable”

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or B on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 37.

  Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing at least 5,000 years, but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings. When writing developed, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even today, there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal man cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write; in the past, many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so imperfectly.

  To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not to disparage the later. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.

The word “acquire” in the passage mostly means _________.

A. “help somebody learn something by giving information about it” 

B. “gain something by our own efforts or ability” 

C. “become aware of something by hearing about it” 

D. “develop a natural ability or quality so that it improves”

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing at least 5,000 years, but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings. When writing developed, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even today, there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal man cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write; in the past, many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so imperfectly.

To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not to disparage the later. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.

The word “doubtless” in the passage mostly means _______ .

A. “almost uncertainly”

B. “almost certainly”

C. “almost impossibly”

D. “almost doubtly”