LANGUAGE FOCUS UNIT 7

Use the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets haven’t eaten haven’t seen have attended has worked has collected a I have lived here since last week... hope be 3 live see look wa

see   collected

do   seen write   done work   written collect   worked 1-Match each verb to its

past participle.

The present perfect tense

(+) S + have / has + V3/ Ved

(-) S + have / has + not + V3/ Ved (?) Have / has + S + V3/ Ved

Ex: They have been in

Hue since 1999

I/ The present perfect

with FOR and SINCE

They have been in

Hue for 10 years

2 Complete the expressions

Use for or since

8……… 20 years

for

since

for for

for

since

since

since

b) We in that restaurant for two years (not)

c) I _ her since yesterday (not see)

d) They Quang Trung School since last year

(attend)

e) My dad for his company for 20 years (work)

f) Ba _ stamps since 1995 (collect)

3) Complete the sentences Use the present

perfect form of the verbs in brackets

haven’t eaten haven’t seen

have attended

has worked has collected

a) I have lived here since last week (live)

Ba : Hi My name’s Ba

Tom : Nice to meet you, Ba I’m Tom.

Ba : Are you a newcomer here?

Tom : Yes I (1) _here since last week.

Ba : I’m sure you’ll love this place.

Tom : I (2) so How long _ you (3) _

here?

Ba : For 15 years.

Tom : So you must know the area very well (4) there a post office near here?

4) Complete the conversation Use the

correct form of the verbs in box.

Ba : Yes There’s one next to my house Why ?

Tom : Ah! I (5) to send this postcard to my

parents.

Ba : Let me have a look Oh! It (6) very

beautiful Where’s your house ?

Tom : In London you ever (7) there ?

Ba : Not yet But I (8) it through films and magazines.I’m going there with my father next summer.

Tom : That’s great I hope to see again over there.

hope be (3) live see look want

been have seen

want

looks Have have

have been

Is

Exercise 2: Make sentences using present perfect tense with

“for“ or “since“?

a) The Robinsons / live/ Hanoi / 2001

b) They / be / on holiday / last week

c) She / live / here / 10 weeks

d) He / be / Nha Trang / 3 days

e) They / be / HCM City / yesterday

The Robinsons have lived in Hanoi since 2001

They have been on holiday since last week

She has lived here for 10 weeks

He has been in Nha Trang for 3 days

They have been in HCM City since yesterday

II/ Comparision with (not) as …as, the same as, different

from :

as + adj / adv + as

The television is as modern as the car

( not ) as + adj / adv + as

The magazine is not as large as the new paper.

the same as

The dog on the left is

the same as the dog on the right

different from Lipton tea is different from Dilmah tea

c) The red dicionary is the blue dictionary.

different expensive cheap modern

long same large

not as cheap as

d) The bag on the left is the bag on the right.

different expensive cheap modern

long same large

the same as

e) The toy cat is the toy dog.

different expensive cheap modern

long same large

as expensive as

f) Hoa’s backbag is Lan’s backbag.

different expensive cheap modern

long same large

different from

g) The snake is the rope.

different expensive cheap modern

long same large

as long as

g) The pocket - watch is .the

wristwatch

different expensive cheap modern

long same large

not as modern as

g) The ruler is the eraser.

different expensive cheap modern

long same large

not as cheap as

Complete the sentences with the suitable words :

1- Nam _ in that neighborhood for 40 years

2 - Na has been there last week.

3 - The shopping mall is from the market

4 – My book is as yours.

has lived

since

different the same

B the same C different

A same

- Do 5 exercises again in your notebooks

- Learn the structures by heart

- Review unit 7

- Prepare Unit 8