Ex 6. Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa không đổi:
1. The last time we saw her was on Christmas day.
We haven’t ..................................................................................................
2. I haven’t eaten this kind of food before.
This is...........................................................................................................
3. It started raining an hour ago.
It has.............................................................................................................
4. We haven’t visited my grandfather for two months.
The last time.................................................................................................
5. I have studied English for three years.
I began..........................................................................................................
6. My brother hasn’t seen his best friend for nearly five 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 uncle in July.
I haven’t ......................................................................................................
11. It’s long time since we became close friend.
We have .......................................................................................................
12. Minh began to collect stamps in 2000.
Minh has......................................................................................................
Write sentences with the cue words
1. They /buy /the new house/ September
2. My family /be /here/Chirstmas
3. We /not see / each other /10 years
4. Mr.Nam /work / in the bank /a long time
5.Tom and Jerry / love / each other/ a long time
6. My sister/start /a new job/ yesterday
7. Mr.Robinson/teach /in his school/1997
8. I/write /this letter/six o'clock
9.We /leave/our hometown/ since /I/be /a child
1. The manager asked me ............................. for him outside his office.
A. wait B. waiting C. to wait D. waited
2. She hasn’t written to me ........................................
A. already B. yet C. never D. any longer
3. Would you be ................................ to hold the door open?
A. kind enough B. too kind C. as kind D. so kind
4. Take the number 7 bus and get ......................... at Forest Road.
A. up B. down C. outside D. off
5. They have never come ............................ such a beautiful village before.
A. off B. along C. at D. across
6. Surely David’s not going to drive, .......................... he?
A. does B. isn’t C. is D. will
7. What can we do to prevent people ______ throwing drink cans away?.
A. in B. of C. on D. from
8. We have not seen each other ______last Sunday.
A. for B. since C. on D. in
9. Excuse me! I am doing my homework. ______ turning down your radio a bit?.
A. Would you please B. Can you C. Could you D. Would you mind
10. You should work ______ for the coming exam.
A. hard B. hardly C. more hardly D. more hard
11. He found a watch when he ______ in the street.
A. walked B. has been walking C. was walking D. has walked
12. My uncle used to live ______ a farm when he was young.
A. in B. at C. during D. on
13. Millions of Christmas cards ______every year.
A. send B. are sent C. are sending D. was sent
EXERCISE 1: Use the correct form of verbs in brackets.
1. In all the world, there (be) __________ only 14 mountains that (reach) __________above 8,000 meters.
2. He sometimes (come) __________ to see his parents.
3. When I (come) __________, she (leave) __________for Dalat ten minutes ago.
4. My grandfather never (fly) __________ in an airplane, and he has no intention of ever doing so.
5. We just (decide) __________ that we (undertake) ____________ the job.
6. He told me that he (take) __________ a trip to California the following week.
7. I knew that this road (be) __________ too narrow.
8. Right now I (attend) __________ class. Yesterday at this time I (attend) __________class.
9. Tomorrow I'm going to leave for home. When I (arrive) __________at the airport, Mary (wait) __________ for me.
10. Margaret was born in 1950. By last year, she (live) __________on this earth for 55 years .
11. The traffic was very heavy. By the time I (get) __________to Mary's party, everyone already (arrive) __________
12. I will graduate in June. I (see) __________ you in July. By the time I (see) __________ you , I (graduate) __________.
13. I (visit) __________ my uncle's home regularly when I (be) __________ a child.
14. That book (be) __________ on the table for weeks. You (not read) __________ it yet ?
15. David (wash) __________ his hands. He just (repair) __________ the TV set.
16. You (be) __________here before? Yes, I (spend) __________ my holidays here last year.
17. We never (meet) __________ him. We don't know what he (look) __________ like.
18. The car (be) __________ ready for him by the time he (come) __________tomorrow.
19. On arriving at home I (find) __________that she just (leave) __________a few minutes before.
20. When we (arrive) __________ in London tonight, it probably (rain) __________.
21. It (rain) __________ hard. We can't do anything until it (stop) __________
22. Last night we (watch) __________TV when the power (fail) __________.
23. That evening we (stay) __________up to talk about the town where he (live) __________for some years.
24. I (sit) __________down for a rest while the shoes (repair) __________.
25. Half way to the office Paul (turn) __________round and (go) __________back home because he (forget) __________to turn the gas off.
26. London (change) __________a lot since we first (come) __________ to live here.
27. While we (talk) __________on the phone the children (start) __________fighting and (break) __________a window
28. He used to talk to us for hours about all the interesting things he (do) __________ in his life.
29. You know she (stand) __________looking at that picture for the last twenty minutes.
30. I (spend) __________ a lot of time travelling since I (get) __________this new job.
31. When we (be) __________ at school we all (study) __________Latin.
32. When I (meet) __________ him , he (work) __________as a waiter for a year.
33. After he (finish) __________ breakfast he (sit) __________down to write some letters.
34. She (have) __________a hard life, but she's always smiling.
35. I think Jim (be) __________ out of town.
EXERCISE 4: Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one.
1. Eight years ago we started writing to each other.
A. We have rarely written to each other for eight years.
B. Eight years is a long time for us to write to each other.
C. We wrote to each other eight years ago.
D. We have been writing to each other for eight years.
2. The boy was so lazy that he couldn't stay up late to learn his lessons.
A. The boy was lazy enough not to stay up late to learn his lessons.
B. The boy was too lazy to stay up late to learn his lessons.
C. The boy was lazy enough but he stayed up late to learn his lessons.
D. The boy was lazy enough to stay up late to learn his lessons.
3. My father is tired of seeing any violent films.
A. My father hasn't seen a violent film.
B. My father has enjoyed all the violent films he has ever seen.
C. My father is worried about missing the next violent film.
D. My father never wants to see another violent film.
4. As soon as he waved his hand, she turned away.
A. He saw her turn away and he waved his hand.
B. No sooner had he waved his hand than she turned away.
C. She turned away because he waved his hand too early.
D. Although she turned away, he waved his hand.
5. John wishes he had remembered to send Mary a Christmas card.
A. John regrets not to send Mary a Christmas card.
B. John regrets forgetting not to send Mary a Christmas card.
C. John regrets not remembering sending Mary a Christmas card.
D. John regrets forgetting to send Mary a Christmas card.
6. My father hasn't smoked cigarettes for a month.
A. It's a month since my father last smoked cigarettes.
B. It's a month ago that my father smoked cigarettes.
C. It's a month that my father hasn't smoked cigarettes.
D. It's a cigarette that my father smoked a month ago.
7. Having finished their work, the workers expected to be paid.
A. The workers expected to be paid because they had finished their work.
B. Having their work finishing, the workers expected to be paid.
C. Having expected to be paid, the workers finished their work.
D. Having been finished their work, the workers expected to be paid.
8. Mr. Brown bought this car five years ago.
A. Mr. Brown started to buy this car for five years.
B. It has been five years when Mr. Brown has bought this car.
C. Mr. Brown has had this car for five years .
D. It is five years ago since Mr. Brown has bought this car.
9. John used to write home once a week when he was abroad.
A. John doesn't write home once a week any longer.
B. John enjoyed being written home every week when he was abroad.
C. John never forgot to write a weekly letter home when he was abroad.
D. When he was abroad he remembered to write home every week.
10. I haven't enjoyed myself so much for years.
A. It's years since I enjoyed myself so much.
B. It's years since I have enjoyed myself so much.
C. It was years since I had enjoyed myself so much.
D. It has been years since I have enjoyed myself so much.
I am used to __________ for him for 15 minutes as he is always late.
A. wait B. waiting C. be waited D. to wait
I (1) _____________ (be) a ski instructor for many years now. I took up the sport when I was at school. I still remember the first time I (2) ______ (try) to ski. I (3) _____ (slip) on the ice and (4) ________ (break) my ankle. Thankfully, I haven’t had a serious accident since then. Last year, I (5) ______ (try) ice-skating for the very first time. I (6) ________ (slip) on the ice rink a couple of times since then but I (7) ________ (not/ break) anything. Two years ago, I (8) _______ (take) snowboarding lessons. I didn’t like it because I (9) ____ (find) it a little dangerous. I (10) ________ (not/ play) ice - hockey yet. There’s a game tomorrow. I can’t wait to go!
1. A. was | B. were | C. have been | D. has been |
2. A. tried | B. have tried | C. has tried | D. did try |
3. A. sliped | B. slipped | C. have slipped | D. has slipped |
4. A. broken | B. have broken | C. have broke | D. broke |
5. A. tryed | B. has tried | C. tried | D. have tried |
6. A. sliped | B. slipped | C. have slipped | D. has slipped |
7. A. hasn’t broken | B. didn’t break | C. haven’t broken | D. haven’t broke |
8. A. taken | B. took | C. have taken | D. has taken |
9. A. found | B. have found | C. did find | D. has found |
10. A. didn’t play | B. hasn’t played | C. haven’t played | D. haven’t play |
write questions for the underlinded part
1 I have English three time a week
-....................
2 I like learning English because I want to communicate with foreigners
-.............
3 My sister often listens to music in her free time
-............................
He ( serve ) in the army for three years and then went to university.
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She listen to music three time ( one / a / two ) week .
The photo copy is ( next to / near to ) the bookstore .
they use ____ to keep their meat fresh for a long time , so they are never hungry