.........When...............have you been playing the flute? Since 1992
When have you been playing the flute ?
didn't call her up 2 days ago.
I haven't
Did you finish the test an hour ago?
Have
I started playing tennis last year.
I've
I haven’t seen him for a week
It’s
When did you first see her?
How long
She didn't learn hard in 2005.
She hasn't
He has used the computer since he was 19
He began
Peter has watched that film since last month
It’s
The boys began playing soccer a year ago.
The boys have
Has Dad worked here since I was born?
Did
The last time We saw her was 2 months ago
We haven ‘t
Tom did not work here when I met him on the street
Tom has
This is the first time he forgot his bag
He has
Haven’t you used this car for a long time ?
Did you
Is it the first time your father drunk that wine
Is your father?
This car is the most mordern I’ve used
I’ve
It’s four years since I learnt in Hoa Lien school
I have
She last wore that dress at her sister’s wedding
she hasn’t
When did you start working in that factory?
How long
Nam hasn’t written to his friend since 2005
It is
It is the first time I have heard about that
I have
They have’t played volleyball since last year
It is
Mr Nam has worked in this factory for years
Mr Nam started
Hoa hasn’t met me since she went abroad
Hoa last
Mr Lam started learning French on september 2nd
Mr Lam've
He has used this car since he bought a new house
He began
She didn't learn hard in 2005.
She hasn't
Peter watched this film when he came home.
Peter has
It's a week since I last saw her.
I haven't
The boys began playing soccer a year ago.
The boys have
Did Dad start to work here when I was born?
Has
When did you first see her?
How long
The last time We saw her was 2 months ago
We haven ‘t
Tom did not work here when I met him on the street
Tom has
This is the first time he forgot his bag
He has never
Children began to play games at 9pm
Children have
When did you first know her ?
How long
I have never tasted the cake before
This is the
I haven’t played tennis since 1990
The last
I haven’t been to Briton for three years
The last
I have never met such a famous person before
It’s
I’ve never eaten this before
It’s
Write questions with How long ...? Then write true answers with for or since
Ex:
1 you/ be
Write questions with How long ...? Then write true answers with for or since
Ex:
1 you/ be
Write questions with How long ...? Then write true answers with for or since
Ex:
1 you/ be/ in this class?
How long have you been in this class?
I've been in this class since September.
2 your teacher/ know/ you?
3 you/ live/ in your house or flat?
4 you/ study/ English?
5 you/ have/ your shoes?
I . complete the sentences , using since and for
1. I've known my english teacher ........ september
2. They have lived here ............. last year
3. Her brother has been a doctor ........ 5 years
4. he has lived in London .......... two years
5. they have not taken part in the festival ........ 2000
6. we have not been to the Great Wall ............... last summer
7. mark has given up smoking ............... 5 months
8. I have seen this play of Shakespeare ............. 1998
9. Mary has waited for you ................. 10 minutes
10. the policeman has questioned him ................. yesterday
I. Find the OPPOSITES of these adjectives to complete the sentences
Absent/professional/mean/optimistic/patient/polite/quiet/authentic/unfriendly/unkind
1. It was very .......................... of you to help me with my homework.
2. Was Mary.......................... at the tennis game last Sunday?
3. It's....................... to talk with your mouth full.
4. Sally isn't very ............................ She prefers to listen to other people.
5. Mark is very ......................... He always thinks things will get worse!
6. All the student were very .......................... towards me on my first day at my new school.
7. The match was between two ........................... teams.
8. He decided not to buy the ......................... watch and wait until he had more money.
9. After waiting over half an hour for the bus, Ben began to get ........................
10. It was very ........................... of you to pay for my coffee.
II. Rewrite the following sentences
1. Daisy types really fast -> Daisy is ........................
2. You have worked very hard. -> This has ...................
3. There was almost nobody in the cinema -> There was hardly .........................
4. She speaks English fluently -> She speaks a ............................
5. My brother cycles slowly. -> My brother is ....................
III. Choose the best answer
1. Where ......... you at 9:00 last night, Mr.Green?
a. have been b. were c. will be d. are
2. I ................................. the dishwasher on when I heard the shot
a. am turning b. turned c. was turning d. turned
3. Now I ......................... for what I said about you. It wasn't true and I shouldn't have said it
a. do apologize b. apologized c. was apologized d. apologizing
4. Tim was tired. He ......................... hard all day
a. has been studying b. studies c. studied d. had been studying
5. She ................ music all day. Now she feel tired
a. has been playing b. is playing c. played d. plays
6. I was sad when I sold my car. I ............................... it for a very long time
a. am running b. were running c. had been running d. have been running
7. ..................... a car when they were living in London?
a. Have they b. Did they have c. Were they having d. Have they had
8. I think you should have that coat ...................... soon
a. cleaned b. being cleaned c. cleaning d. to clean
9. Ted and Amy ...................... for 24 years
a. have been married b. married c. were married d. has been married
10. When the first child was born, they ............................. married for three years
a. have been married b. had been married c. will been married d. will have been married
Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa không thay đổi
1. She bought that house in 1973.
=> She has ___________________________
2. How long have you been engaged ?
=> When did __________________________
3. What a beautiful home you have ?
=> You have __________________________
4. I last saw An six months ago .
=> I haven't ___________________________
5. Hoa hasn't written to me since June last year .
=> The last time _______________________
Bài tập viết lại câu thì hiện tại hoàn thành và quá khứ đơn
How long is it since you rode a bicyde?
When _______________________________________________________________
How long is it since he wrote to ỵou?
When _______________________________________________________________
When did he last talk to you?
How long ___________________________________________________________
When did you last telephone him?
Hong long ___________________________________________________________
We have never eaten this kind of food before.
It’s the ______________________________________________________________
This is the fìrst time I have seen this fìlm.
I have never __________________________________________________________
This is the first time he went abroad.
He hasn’t ____________________________________________________________
She started driving 1 month ago.
She has ______________________________________________________________
We began eating when it started to rain.
We have _____________________________________________________________
I last had my hair cut when I left her.
I haven’t _____________________________________________________________
The last time she kissed me was 5 months ago.
She hasn’t____________________________________________________________
It is a long time since we last met.
We haven’t___________________________________________________________
When did you have it ?
How long____________________________________________________________
This is the first time I had such a delicious meal .
I haven’t____________________________________________________________
I haven’t seen him for 8 days.
The last_____________________________________________________________
I haven’t taken a bath since Monday.
It is________________________________________________________________
It`s 2 years since I had a punture.
I have ____________________________________________________________________
It`s 2 months since he earned any money.
He has ___________________________________________________________________
He last shaved the day before yesterday.
He hasn’t _________________________________________________________________
I last drank champagne at my brother`s wedding.
I haven’t __________________________________________________________________
It`s 2 years since I was last in Rome.
I haven’t __________________________________________________________________
I saw Tom last on his wedding day.
I haven’t __________________________________________________________________
I last ate raw fish when I was in Japan.
I haven’t __________________________________________________________________
It`s years since Mary last spoke French.
Mary hasn’t ________________________________________________________________
It`s ten weeks since since I last had a good night sleep.
I haven’t __________________________________________________________________
He last paid taxes in 1970.
He hasn’t _________________________________________________________________
I last ate meat 5 years ago.
I haven’t __________________________________________________________________
It`s 3 months since since the windows were cleaned.
The windows haven’t ________________________________________________________
It`s years since I took photographs.
I haven’t __________________________________________________________________
I last watched TV on new years`s day.
I haven’t __________________________________________________________________
It`s 3 months since he wrote to me.
He hasn’t _________________________________________________________
The last time I was aboard was in the summer of 1978.
I haven’t __________________________________________________________
It`s ten years since that house was lived in.
That house ________________________________________________________
I haven`t seen him for 2 months.
I last _____________________________________________________________
I haven`t been to a concert for over a year.
The last time ____________________________________________________
The last time I really enjoyed myself was your birthday party.
I haven’t ________________________________________________________
It`s nearly 20 years since my father saw his brother.
My father hasn’t __________________________________________________
When did you learn to drive?
How long is it ____________________________________________________
The last time I went swimming was when we were in Spain.
I haven’t ________________________________________________________
You haven`t tidied this room for weeks.
It’s weeks _______________________________________________________
We started looking for a flat 2 months ago and we are still looking.
We have ________________________________________________________
This is the first time I`ve been to a night club
I haven’t ________________________________________________________
They have never heard such a thing before.
This is the first time ________________________________________________
Noone has challenged his authority before.
This is the first time ________________________________________________
She left university 2 years ago
It is _____________________________________________________________
My mother was the most warm-hearted person I`ve ever known.
I have ___________________________________________________________
I haven`t been able to see them for over a year.
It is _____________________________________________________________
It stared to rain at 2 o`clock.
It has ____________________________________________________________
I have never been to the ballet before.
It is ______________________________________________________________
John and Mary moved to Edinburgh twenty years ago.
It is ______________________________________________________________
The police started looking for him two months ago.
For two months now the ______________________________________________
I have never seen a dirtier-looking dog.
This is ____________________________________________________________
Mary rang hours and hours ago.
It it hours ___________________________________________________________
It is ages since Alan visited his parents.
Alan _______________________________________________________________
Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box below ( There are more words and blanks ).
[ regarded pollution shaped colouring skyscrapers clumsy native ] [ fantastic achievement capital exhibition teased ]
1.Have you seen the Picasso ........................... ?
2.How long have you been ......................... your hair?
3. His ...................... fingers couldn't untie the knot.
4. It was a remarkable ....................... for such a young player.
5. Capital punishment was ...................... as inhuman and inmoral.
6.l used to get ..................... about my name.
7.His ideas had been ..................... by his experiences during the war.
8. Troop are stationed in and around the .....................
9. He found himself approaching a forest of ........................
10. It is a long time since he has visited his .................... Chile.
1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living
2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. don't see B. haven't seen C. didn't see D. hadn't seen
3. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving B. left C. has left D. had left
4. Jack ______ the door.
A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D. painting
5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.
A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked
6. I ______ Texas State University now.
A. am attending B. attend
C. was attending D. attended
7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.
A. ten years ago B. since ten years
C. for ten years ago D. for ten years
8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.
A. discovered B. has discovered
C. had discovered D. had been discovering
9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run
10. We _______ there when our father died.
A. still lived B. lived still C. was still lived D. was still living
11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play
12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. will have been working B. will work
C. have been working D. will be working
13. I _______ in the room right now.
A. am being B. was being
C. have been being D. am
14. I ______ to New York three times this year.
A. have been B. was C. were D. had been
15. I'll come and see you before I _______ for the States.
A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave
16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.
A. has happened B. happened
C. had happened D. would have been happened
17. John ______ a book when I saw him.
A. is reading B. read C. was reading D. reading
18. He said he _______ return later.
A. will B. would C. can D. would be
19. Jack ________ the door.
A. has just opened B. open
C. have opened D. opening
20. I have been waiting for you ______.
A. since early morning B. since 9 a. m
C. for two hours D. All are correct
21. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.
A. leave B. left C. leaves D. had left
22. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.
A. wrote B. writes C. has written D. had written
23. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week.
A. was reading B. wrote C. was written D. had written
24. I couldn't cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.
A. broke down B. has been broken
C. had broken down D. breaks down
25. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
26. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left B. he left C. he has left D. he was left
27. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had B. had had C. have has D. have had
28. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.
A. will have learned B. will learn
C. has learned D. would learn
29. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.
A. walking B. walked C. walks D. walk
30. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going B. went C. has gone D. did go
31. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.
A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing
32. I will be glad if he _______ with us.
A. had gone B. did go C. went D. goes
33. Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.
A. finish B. has finished C. finished D. finishing
34. Turn off the gas. Don't you see that the kettle ________?
A. boil B. boils C. is boiling D. boiled
35. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. leave B. are leaving C. leaving D. are left
36. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.
A. go B. is going C. goes D. going
37. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.
A. working B. works C. is working D. work
38. I ______ to the same barber since last year.
A. am going B. have been going C. go D. had gone
39. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.
A. dies B. died C. has died D. had died
40. Last week, my professor promised that he ________ today.
A. would come B. will come C. comes D. coming
