it is raining now.it began raining two hours ago.so it........for two hours
Exercises
10.1 Read the situations and write two sentences using the words in brackets.
1. Tom started reading a book two hours ago. He is still reading it and now he is on page 53.
( read / for two hours ) ......He has been reading for two hours..... .
( read / 53 pages so far ) .......He has read 53 pages so far....... .
2. Linda is from Australia. She is traveling round Europe at the moment. She began her tour three months ago.
( travel / for three months ) ......She............................ .
( visit / six countries so far ) ...................................... .
3. Jim is a tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was ten years old. This year he is national chapionship fourth time.
( win / the national championship four times ) ........................................... .
( play / tennis since he was ten ) ....................................... .
4. When they left college, Mary and Sue starteed making films together. They still make films.
( make / ten films since they left college ) ......They............................. .
( make / films since they left college ) ............................................... .
Chia động từ
1. I ( move )...........to HN in 2000. I ( be )..............three a long time now.
2 . It was so cold today that I ( wear )............a sweater at school.
3 . So far this month there ( be )...........three robberies in this street.
4. When I was young I ( meet )............him three times.
5 . Since I ( be )........in this city I ( not see ).........him.
6 . She ( work )...........in a bank two years ago.
7. I ( go )............to town yesterday and I ( buy )............. a new book.
8 . He ( work )...........here since August.
9 . I ( read )........that book already.
10. I ( walk )..........to school every day last night.
11. We ( not be )..........three lately.
12. When I live in HN, I ( work )............in a bank.
13. She ( play )...............tennis since she was eight.
14. It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. It ( rain )............for two hours.
15. Ann is looking for a job. She began looking six months ago. She ( look )...........six months.
16. The Sound of music ( become )...............a timeless film classic.
17. Laura ( never / win ).............a beauty contest.
18. I ( not / listen )............to the new Tom Waits CD yet.
19. You ( see )...........any good films recently?
20. The population of India ( increase ).............since 1992.
Chuyển đổi câu mà nghĩa không thay đổi He spends two hours a day doing my homework => It...
1.Peter spends two hours a day learning English
A.It took Peter two hours to learn Englisha day
B.It takes Peter two hours a day learning English
C.It takes Peter two hours a day to learn English
D.It took Peter two hours a day to learn English
2.This festival is the most exciting one in this area
A.There are no festivals in this area which are more exciting than this one
B.This festival is the less exciting than the others in this area
C.This festival has more games than the others in this area
D.This festival has attracts the most visitors
3.She is the kindest person I've ever met
A.I never meet a kind person
B.She is the kindest person in the world
C.She is very kind to me
D.No one I've met could be kinder than her
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IX. Finish the second sentence in such a way that has the same meaning with the first one
41. Lan’s parents gave her a bike for her birthday
-> Lan received……………………………………………………………………………………….
42. It takes me about two hours each day to do my homework
-> I spend…………………………………………………………………………………….
43. Hoa is a hard student
-> Hoa …………………………………………………………………………………..
44. An drives dangerously
-> An is………………………………………………………………………..
45. How long have you bought this car?
-> When did……………………………
help me
Đi you spend two hours doing your homework lát night?
-> Did it..............................
Rewrite the sentences without change their meanings:
7, I get to work in half an hour.
-> It takes ………………………………………………………………………….
8, I spend two hours playing games.
-> It takes ………………………………………………………………………..
9, He spent 15 minutes doing the washing.
-> It took
10, It takes him 20 minutes to walk to school.
-> He spends...........................................................................................................
11, She spends one hour cooking evryday.
-> It takes .............................................................................................................
12, It takes me ten minutes to cook dinner.
-> I spend ………………………………………………………………………….
13, Do you have a cheaper computer than this ?
-> Is this ………………………………………. ?
14,How much is this dictionary ?
-> How much ………………………………. ?
15. How much does this coat cost?
-> How much ……………………………… ?
16,What is the price of this face mask ?
-> How much ……………………………………… ?
1. She has a one-hour journey to work every day.
Her journey ______________________________________________________
2. I had to spend two hours finishing my assignment.
It took ______________________________________________________
3. We spent three hours opening the door.
It took ______________________________________________________
4. He washed his car in one hour.
It took ______________________________________________________
5. They built that bridge in three years.
It took ______________________________________________________