Circle the correct word or phrase.
1. You've written / been writing that e-mail for over an hour. How long is it going to take you?
2. Have you talked / been talking on the phone since eight o'clock?
3. Have the boys played / been playing computer games since this morning?
Complete using the words in the box.
already | ever | for | just | never | since | yet |
1 I haven't listened to their new CD......................... . Is it any good?
2 We've been waiting for you................ over an hour. Where have you been?
3 Have you.................. been to the UK before?
4 I'm afraid we've ...................... made plans for this weekend, so we won't be free.
5 Pedro has been having English lessons.......................... he was five years old.
6 It's strange that you mention the flim Crash. I've .................... been reading about it in the paper.
7 I've ......................... heard of a 'sudoku' . What is it?
describe a city you have ever been and compare it with HCM city? which city do prefer? why?
11/ Where did you go last night, Nam?, said Hoa
A. Hoa said to Nam where had he gone the night before
B. Hoa said to Nam where he had gone the night before
C. Hoa told Nam where he had gone last night
D. Hoa asked Nam where he had gone the ight before
12/ What were you doing last night, Mr John? The police asked
A. The police asked what were you doing last night, Mr John
B. The police asked Mr John what he had been the night before
C. The police asked Mr John what had he been done the night before
D. The police asked Mr John what he had done the night before
13/ Some one was wondering if the taxi _______ yet
A. Had arrive B. arrived C. arrives D. had had arrived
14/ The government has announced that taxes ______
A. Would be raised
B. Had been raise
C. Were raised
D. Will be raise
C1: Complete the following text, putting the verbs into the gerund or to- infinitive
1. I’m afraid of flying. When a plane begins( move) ... down the runway, my heart starts ( race)... oh-oh! The plane is beginning ( move) and my heart’s starting ( race)...
2. I prefer (drive).... rather than (take)...
3. What did you forget ( do) before you leave for class every day?
4. I’ll never forget ( carry) my wife over the thresshold when we moved into our first home?
5. I can’t ever forget ( watch) our team score the winning goal in the last seconds of the game to capture the national championship.
6. Don’t forget ( do)... your homework tonight!
7. I regret ( inform) you that your loan application has not been approved.
Giúp mị vs :[[
Choose the correct forms of the verbs in parentheses.
1. I see that Tom (writes/ is writing) his composition.
2. He says that he (looks/ will look) for a job next week.
3. They think he (was/ would be) here last night.
4. He tells us that he (was/have been) to the mountains before.
5. I hope that he (will be/ would be) able to attend.
6. H wants to do it before his father (will come/comes).
7. People have sad that the sun (rise) in the East.
8. He says he (does/will do) it some time.
9. He asked the guard what time the train usually (starts/started).
10. He told me the morning that he (is going/was going) with us the following day.
11. He says that he (finished/will finish) the project by May.
12. I realized that they (are/were) older than they looked.
13. I hear that Kate (accepted/has accepted) a new position.
14. They told me they (have never seen/ had never seen) her before.
15. We know that you (move/will move) to France next year.
16. In Britain, the weather ks is very varied. People (never know/ has never known) what it (is/will be) like the next day.
17. He (is/had been) I'll for a long time before he died.
18. She didn't tell me the reason why she (didn't come/ hadn't come) to school the day before.
19. I had no map, that's why I (got/get) lost.
20. I hope it (does not rain/ will not rain) when we start early tomorrow.
PET Writing part 1A: Fill in the gaps with no more than 3 words
1. I haven't been to a concert for a long time.
It's a long time since ................................................. a concert.
2. Why don't you learn a musical instrument?
If I were you, ..........................................learn a musical instrument.
3. If you don't practice the piano every day, you won't improve.
You won't improve unless ......................................the piano every day.
4. There are only a few concerts this month.
There aren't very........................................... concerts this month.
5. This room is too small for us to play music in.
This room isn't .................................................. for us to play music in.
PET Writing part 1B: Fill in the gaps with no more than 3 words
1. I prefer playing the guitar to playing the piano.I like playing the guitar ........................................... playing the piano.
2. It took them a long time to decide which concert to go toThey spent a long time............................ which concert to go to.
3. We could not take our instruments on the plane.We were not ......................................... take our instruments on the plane.
4. The neighbor complained the music at our party was too loud..We had to play the music more ....................................because the neighbourcomplained.
5. I've never been to this place before.It's the ................................................... I have ever been to this place.
TAG-QUESTIONS
1. She isn't a teacher,.......?
2. You aren't Mr. Jonathan,.......?
3. He wasn't able to do this difficult exercise,.....?
4. They weren't responsible for the problems,.....?
5. Daisy and Jack cannot speak four languages,......?
6. Mary has not been in Paris for years,.....?
7. They don't have a good view of the village from the top of the hill,.....?
8. You had not been a teacher before 2002,.....?
9. Nam and Ngan will not come here in time,....?
10. They do not do their morning exercise every day,...?
11. They have a child,....?
12. You did not talk to Nam last night,....?
13. You have not traveled around Europe,....?
14. We shall not give them a way,.....?
15. I am not late,.....?
16. I am allowed to do this legally,....?
17. Mary did not go to Moscow last week,....?
18. She does not make a tour of Vietnam every year,....... ?
19. Peter does not do her homework very well,......?
20. Shs doesn't have a very good-looking face,.....?
21. David and Alice do not go camping every summer,....?
Peter, your British penfriend, is coming to stay with your family for 3 weeks next month. He has never been to VN before. Write a letter about 100 - 150 words to tell him about the social customs/ traditions or Tet in VN
EXERCISE
1. Jane's eyes are red. She.....
A.cried B.has cried C.had been crying D.had cried
2. This room is dirty. Someone....in here
A.smoked B.has smoked C.had been smoking D.have been smoking
3. They will have gone home before you.....to meet them.
A.came B.come C.will come D.are coming
4. I have been waiting for you......
A.since early morning B.since 9 a.m C.for two hours D.all are correct
5. My sister......for you since yesterday.
A.is looking B.was looking C.has been looking D.looked
6. The train.....half an hour ago.
A.has been leaving B.left C.has left D.had left
7. We......Doris since last sunday.
A.don't see B.haven't seen C.didn't see D.hadn't seen
8. Before the prime Minister leaves New Your he......several talks.
A.will have had B.would have C.will be having D.has
9. We had just got out of car when it......to set fire.
A.has begun B.had begun C.was beginning D.began
10. As soon as he......a certificate in English, he will apply for a job.
A.would get B.got C.gets D.will get