1. I ________ play with dolls when I was small.
A. enjoyed B. hated C. started D. used to
2. He has been out of work________ a long time.
A. since B. for C. when D. in
3. ________ the traffic was bad, he arrived on time.
A. Although B. In spite of C. Despite D. Even
4. Most of the town is modern. There are ________ old buildings.
A. many B. few C.much D.more
5. ‘Whose phone is this?’ ‘________’
A. It’s beautiful. B. It’s new. C.It’s hers. D.It’s expensive
6. ‘Nice weather, isn’t it?’ ‘________’
A. Yeah, couldn’t expect more. B. Do you like nice weather?
C. We’re going out tonight. D. We are busy, unfortunately.
7. The city library is closed ________ Monday. Then you can borrow this book.
A. on B. until C.for D.before
8. The teacher was angry because ________ students came to the class rehearsal.
A. many B. a little C.a few D.few
9. My English is not as good as ________. I need to try harder.
A. she B. her C.she’s D.hers
10. We will use more ________ energy in the future.
A. solar B. sunny C.sun D. sunlight

V. Complete the sentences with “more, less or fewer “.
1. She likes apples so she always buys __some_________ apples than oranges.
2. Ba spends ___less/more________ money on books than Susan.
3. They are very tired. They can do ____more_______ exercises this evening.
4. I am very tired, too. I will do ___less________ work tonight.

5. There are ___fewer________ trees along the streets in the new town.

PAST SIMPLE TENSE + PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (3) Exercise 1: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences

1. There _________ a serious food in this area last year.

A. was B. has been C. were D. have been

2. She _________ me good health and success on my last birthday.

A. wished B. wishes C. has wished D. wishing

3. The last time they __________Ha Noi was in 2008.

A. visit B. visited C. visiting D. have visited

4. She __________her project yet.

A. hasn’t finished B. has finished C. finished D. didn’t finish

5. I __________English since I was a child.

A. have learn B. has learnt C. learnt D. have learnt

6. Last week, I ___________Ha Long Bay with my family.

A. visited B. visit C. am visiting D. have visited

7. She ___________five novels so far.

A. have written B wrote C. writes D. has written

8. They first __________each other in 2009.

A. meet B. met C. will meet D. have met

9. We have been good friends since we________at School.

A. are B. were C. have been D. was

10. There ________an outbreak of coronavirus in the world lately.

A. were B. was C. has been D. have been

Exercise 2: Rewrite the following sentences using past simple and present perfect tenses.

11. I began watching TV three hours ago.

A. I have watched TV for three hours.

B. I have watched TV for three hours ago.

C. I have watched TV since three hours.

12. The last time she ate fast food was in January.

A. She has eaten fast food since January.

B. She hasn’t eaten fast food since January.

C. She hasn’t eaten fast food for January.

13. He has played soccer since three o’clock.

A. He started to play soccer at three o’clock.

B. He started to play soccer three o’clock ago.

C. He started to play soccer three o’clock before.

14. I haven’t met her for a long time.

A. It’s a long time since I have met her.

B. It’s a long time since I haven’t met her.

C. It’s a long time since I last met her.

15. Tuan started to do his homework ten minutes ago.

A. Tuan has done his homework since ten minutes.

B. Tuan has done his homework for ten minutes.

C. Tuan have done his homework for ten minutes.

16. When did you study English?

A. How long have you studied English?

B. How long did you study English?

C. How long has you studied English?

17. They began building this house 2 months ago.

A. They haven’t built this house for 2 months.

B. They have built this house for 2 months ago.

C. They have built this house for 2 months.

18. My father started to work in this factory last week.

A. My father has worked in this factory in last week.

B. My father has worked in this factory for last week.

C. My father has worked in this factory since last week.

19. How long has he worked in the garden?

A. When has he worked in the garden?

B. When did he start to work in the garden?

C. When did he started to work in the garden?

20. How long ago did you learn music?

A. How long have you learnt music?

B. How long have you started to learn music?

C. How long did you learn music?

a) I haven t seen Gerry for/since a long time. How is he?
b) It's ages ago/since I last went to a football match.
c) I've written to Deborah last week/recently.
d) What have you been doing today/yesterday?
e) Have you eaten Italian food before/already?
f) I've been living here in/since the end of last year.
g) Actually I had dinner with Sue last night/lately.
h) I ve been trying to get in touch with David ages/for the last time.
i) Terry hasn t been to Edinburgh since/when we went there together.
j) I can t remember how long/when I ve had this watch.

Underline the most suitable time expression.
a) I haven t seen Gerry for/since a long time. How is he?
b) It s ages ago/since I last went to a football match.
c) I ve written to Deborah last week/recently.
d) What have you been doing today/yesterday?
e) Have you eaten Italian food before/already?
f) I ve been living here in/since the end of last year.
g) Actually I had dinner with Sue last night/lately.
h) I ve been trying to get in touch with David for ages/for the last time.
i) Terry hasn t been to Edinburgh since/when we went there together.
j) I can t remember how long/when I ve had this watch.

1) She was tired. She.................. for a long time

A. Has been learning B. had been learning C. learned D. was learning

2) Before the prime Minister leaves New Your he............ several talks.

A. will have had B. would have C. will be having D. has

3) We had just got out of car when it................ to set fire.

A. has begun B. had begun C. was beginning D. began

1) She was tired. She.................. for a long time

A. Has been learning B. had been learning C. learned D. was learning

2) Before the prime Minister leaves New Your he............ several talks.

A. will have had B. would have C. will be having D. has

3) We had just got out of car when it................ to set fire.

A. has begun B. had begun C. was beginning D. began

 Choose the correct answers.

1. A drought happens when there_________ no rain in a place for a long time. A. is B. was C. has been D. had been

2. A flood_________ when a large amount of water covers the land.

A. occurs B. is occurred C. is occurring D. has occurred

3. The size of earthquakes_________ on the Richter scale.

A. measures B. measured C. is measuring D. is measured

4. Hurricane Dorian_________ the Abaco Islands as a category 5 hurricane on September 1.

A. strike B. struck C. had struck D. was struck

5. At least 200 people_________ after rivers burst their banks in Colombia mudslides.

A. killed B. had killed C. were killed D. are being killed

6. Since Monday, more than a dozen tornadoes_________ down across Oklahoma.

A. touches B. touched C. have touched D. were touched

7. Hurricanes and heavy rains_________ with the help of technology.

A. predicted B. are predicting C. will predict D. can be predicted

8. A tornado watch is issued when there is a possibility that a tornado

.A will touch B. is touched C. touched D. had touched 

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C

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