1.Melinda began learning to play the violin ten years ago.

 Melinda has ____________________________________________.

2.My father started to give up smoking last year.  

 My father has ___________________________________________.

3.I last saw her 10 years ago. 

 I haven’t _______________________________________________.

4.When did you start learning English? 

 How long ______________________________________________.

5.She last talked to him 2 weeks ago.  

 She hasn’t _____________________________________________.

6.He has lived in Hanoi since he was 12. 

 He started _____________________________________________.

7.Lan hasn’t written to Maryam for a month. 

 Lan didn’t ______________________________________________.

8.He last painted his house 5 years ago. 

 He has_________________________________________________.

9.When did you first know this bamboo forest? 

  How long ______________________________________________.

10.She first moved into that house in 1989. 

   She has _______________________________________________.

11.She began to work for this company in 1989. 

 She has_________________________________________________.

12.Nga last phoned me on my 25th birthday. 

 Nga hasn’t ______________________________________________.

13.I haven’t seen him since he was a child.

The last time _____________________________________________.

14.She started working as a secretary 4 years ago.

She has _________________________________________________.

15.Harriet and Gladys started working here two weeks ago.

Harriet and Gladys _________________________________________.

16.Is this the first time you have been to Thailand?

Have you ________________________________________________.

17. He started learning French two years ago. 

  He has _________________________________________________. 

18.They stopped meeting each other two weeks ago.

They last__________________________________________________.

19.He stopped eating 24 hours ago. 

The last time_______________________________________________.

20.You began to help my son with his English last year. 

You have _________________________________________________.

21. I last saw him when he graduated from university.

 I haven’t _________________________________________________.

22.When did they start wearing this uniform?

 How long_________________________________________________.

23.He hasn’t met her for over 15 years.

 It’s ______________________________________________________.

24.Ba can’t talk to foreigners because he doesn’t understand what they say.

 I wish ____________________________________________________.

25. We started learning English four years ago.

 We have  _________________________________________________.  

26.She began playing the piano six years ago.

  She has ____________¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬______________________________________.

27.The last time they played tennis was two years ago.

 They haven’t _______________________________________________.

28.They stopped going out with each other two years ago.

They haven’t   _______________________________________________.

1.They have worked in that factory for five years. They began... 2.My father started to give up smoking last year. My father has........... 3. They have worked in that factory since 2001.-They started.... 4.He has lived in Ha Noi since he was 12. --He started...............

II. Complete these sentences with used to or didn’t use to.

1. My father gave up smoking two years ago. He (smoke) _____ a packet of cigarettes a day.

2. There (be) _____ a movie theater here but it closed a long time ago.

3. Mr. An (not/ drink) coffee when he was young but he likes it now.

4. Peter (have) _____ a motorbike, but last month he sold it and bought a car.

5. I (not/ like) her but we are best friends now.

6. They came to live in the city last year. They (live) ______ in a small village in the country.

7. My sister (play) ______ tennis a lot but she doesn’t play very often now.

8. When I was a child I (not/ study) ______ hard

II. Complete these sentences with used to or didn’t use to.

1. My father gave up smoking two years ago. He (smoke) _____ a packet of cigarettes a day.

2. There (be) _____ a movie theater here but it closed a long time ago.

3. Mr. An (not/ drink) coffee when he was young but he likes it now.

4. Peter (have) _____ a motorbike, but last month he sold it and bought a car.

5. I (not/ like) her but we are best friends now.

6. They came to live in the city last year. They (live) ______ in a small village in the country.

7. My sister (play) ______ tennis a lot but she doesn’t play very often now.

8. When I was a child I (not/ study) ______ hard

1)   Tom gave up  smoking  two years ago.

-->Tom used ……………………………………….

2)   I quite like drinking coffee in the morning, although I wasn’t keen on it when I was young.

--> I didn’t ………………………………………….

3)   My father took me to school when I was a child .

--> My father used …………………………………………

4)   He often played tennis when he was young .

--> He used ……………………………..

5)   I usually ate ice scream when I was a child , but now I don’t  any longer.

-->  I used ……………………………………..