1 I started doing homework two hours ago. -> I have

2 I started working in this company five years ago. -> I have

3 She started writing this novel 3 months ago. -> She has

4 Lan began playing the piano ten years ago. -> Lan has

5 They started learning English 2 weeks ago. -> They have

6 My sister began teaching English 20 years ago. -> My sister has

7 .It began raining half an hour ago. -> It has

8 They began building this house one month ago. -> They have

9 He started having his breakfast 1 hour ago. -> He has

10 Mr. Ba began talking to our teacher an hour ago. -> Mr. Ba has

1. Tom began playing the piano 5 years ago.

 Tom has played the piano for 5 years.

2. I started cooking for the party 4 hours ago.

 I started cooking for the party 4 hours ago.

3. She started working as a secretary 2 years ago.

 She started working as a secretary 2 years ago.

4. My sister began to study English a year ago.

 My sister started learning English a year ago.

5. Scientists began to fight against AIDS in 1980.

 Scientists have fought against AIDS since 1980

6. It started raining 2 days ago.   

 It started raining 2 days ago.

7. Jack and Jill started learning to drive for 2 weeks.

 Jack and Jill started learning to drive 2 weeks ago.

8. She started to give up smoking last year.

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 She gave up smoking last year.

9. I started to live in Hue when I was an eleven-year-old girl.

 I lived in Hue when I was an eleven-year-old girl.

10. John began collecting stamps when he was 5.

 John collected stamps at the age of five.

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Rewrite the sentences, simple pastpresent perfect 1 tom began playing the piano 4 years ago=>tom....... 2 she started working as a secretary 5 years ago=> she...... 3 I have studied English for three years=>I began......... 4 Jack last visited his hometown 8 months ago=>Jack has..... 5 The last time I met Sue was at Christmas=>I have........ 6 She has never had such a delicious cake before=>This is a first time....... 7 This is a first time the children have been taken to the zoo=> the children..... 9 I haven't taken a bath since Monday.=>It is..... 10 the boy last had his hair cut last month.=> The boy hasn's ..... 11 I have never seen such a beautiful building=> It's the.......

1. We began eating when it started to rain.

2..I started doing homework two hours ago.

3. I started working in this company when I came back from Paris.

4.  I started writing this novel 3 months ago.

5. She began to play the piano 5 years ago

6. We began eating when it started to rain.

7. She started driving 1 month ago.

8. ) I began living in Ho Chi Minh City when I was 8.

9. Samuel started keeping a diary in 1997

10. She began to teach the children in this remote village  five months ago.

11. She began doing the washing up  an hour ago.

12. She began living in Danang when she was a child.

13. I started visite my grandparents  5 years ago.

Rewrite the following sentences 1.Tom began playing the piano 4 years ago. 🡪Tom has…………………………………………………………….. 2. I started cooking for the party 4 hours ago. 🡪I have…………………………………………………………………….. 3. She started working as a secretary 2 years ago. 🡪She………………………………………………………………………….. 4. My father is reading a newspaper. He started 2 hours ago. 🡪My father……………………………………………... 5.My sister began to study English a year ago. 🡪My sister………………………………………….. 6.Scientists began to fight against AIDS in 1980. 🡪Scientists have…………………………………………………... 7.The Browns have lived in London for 20 years. 🡪The Browns began……………………………………………………………. 8. John has worked for this electronics firm since 1999. 🡪John started……………………………………………………….. 9. Women have fought for their rights since the middle of the 20th century. 🡪Women began………………………………………………………….. 10. Jack and Jill have learned to drive for 2 weeks. 🡪Jack and Jill started…………………………………………………………... 1.Tom has not had his hair cut for over 3 months. 🡪It’s………………………………………………………………. 2.M father hasn’t been to Hanoi for 2 years. 🡪It is……………………………………………………………………. 3.I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for years. 🡪It is………………………………………………………………….. 4. I haven’t eaten this kind of food for 2 years. 🡪It is………………………………………………………………... 5.Mary hasn’t rung for hours. 🡪It is………………………………………………………………. 6.We haven’t seen him for 4 years. 🡪It is……………………………………………………………………………. 7.It’s over a year since I last went to see them. 🡪I haven’t………………………………………………………….. 8.It’s more than ten years since I last played football. 🡪I haven’t……………………………………………………………….

Read the text and choose the correct answer.

                                       Playing a musical instrument

Playing a musical instrument is a great hobby to have. I started playing the piano when I was five years old and still really enjoy it now: it’s a perfect way to relax and cheers me up when I’m feeling down. When I lived at home with my parents, we had a lovely reddish brown piano in the house and I had piano lessons every week. However, when I went to university, I had to leave my family, my home and my piano behind.

I missed playing the piano so much that I spent all the money I got for my eighteenth birthday on a brand new electric piano. It was quite difficult getting it from the music shop to my house: I had to take a friend with me to get it into a taxi and then carry it to the door. I am very glad I bought it though. I was able to play whenever I wanted, using headphones so that I wouldn’t disturb my flatmates. When I was studying or writing an essay, I used to take a break to play something energetically. It really helped ease my frustration! When I was feeling a bit homesick, playing music that I learned on my old piano made me feel better.

1. What is the passage about? 

      A. the writer’s hobby     B. the writer’s favorite subject                    C. a musical instrument

2. When did he start playing the piano?

      A. five years ago                        B. when he went to university                   C. when he was five

3. The word closest in meaning to “feeling down” is…

      A. tired                             B. unhappy                                       C. excited

4. What did he buy with all the money he got for his eighteenth birthday?

      A. a lovely reddish brown piano          B. a new electric piano       C. headphones

5. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

      A. He played music when he was homesick.

      B. He used headphones in order not to disturb his flatmates.

      C. Playing the piano didn’t help him with his study.