Negative present perfect + since + Time …… > The last time +simple past + time.. I have not smoked since June2[r]
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Example:
I haven’t seen that man here before
It is the first time I have been that man
I have never read this book before
It’s the first time I have read this book
1 My father hasn’t driven a car before
(This is the first time……… )
2 I’ve never met such a famous singer
before (It’s the first
time……… )
3 She has never been to the ballet before
(It’s the first time………)
4 She hasn’t drunk Coca Cola before
( This is the first time
……… )
5 My father hasn’t been in hospital
before (This is the first time ……….)
6 I have not eaten this kind of food
before (It is ……… )
7 He has never met her before ( Is it
……….)
8 I have never dunk whisky before ( It is
……….)
9 She has not eaten curry before ( It is
……… )
10 Anh Dung has never loved a girl before
( it is ……….)
11 Yen Phi has never been to HCM city
before ( It is ……….)
12 Danh has never visited Vung Tau before
( This is ……….)
13 I have never read such an interesting
book before (It’s……….)
14 I have never drunk whisky before
15 She has not eaten curry before
16 Anh Dung has never loved a girl before
17 Yen Phi has never been to HVM city
before
18 Danh has never visited Vung Tau before
2 Finish the second sentences so that
they will have the same meaning as
the preceding.
Negative present perfect + since + Time ……
> The last time +simple past + time
I have not smoked since June
The last time I smoked was in June
She has not seen him since Monday The last time she saw him was on Monday
1 They have not used the telephone since May
2 I have not seen the cat since eight o’clock
3 Thao has not taken the medicine since Sunday
4 The doctor has not treated a patient since autumn
5 He has not come back to the village since 1990
6 I haven’t heard him since August
7 I haven’t seen him since I was a student
8 I haven’t played football since 1970
9 We haven’t seen Tom since he moved
to Bristol
10 It hasn’t rained for a fornight
11 Lucy hasn’t worn that dress since Barbara’s wedding
12 My father hasn’t been to Vung tau for 2 year
3.Finish the second sentences so that they will have the same meaning as the
preceding.
1 Minh last wrote to his pen pal five months ago ( Minh
hasn’t………)
2 The last time we visited Kuala Lumpur was two years ago (It’s……….)
3 She last wore that dress at her sister’s wedding (She
hasn’t……… )
4 We haven’t been to the concert for over a year (The last
time……… )
5 We last saw our grandfather two years ago (We
haven’t………)
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cimema was two years ago (We
haven’t……….)
7 It’s nearly ten ten years since we
saw our uncle
(WE……….)
8 The last time I saw David was in
1989 ( I ………)
9 The last time Thuy met her old
friends was when they left school
(Thuy haven’t………… )
10 The last time she went out with
him was two years ago (She hasn’t
………)
11 The last time she went out with
him was 9 months ago ( It
is……… )
12 They haven’t seen her for five
years (They last……… )
13 I haven’t met them for a years (I
last……… )
14 The last time we visited Ha Noi was
two years ago ( It’s
………)
15 The editor hasn’t written to mai for
a Mai (The editor last
……….)
16 He’s hasn’t seen me for three
years (it’s )
17 Mary has studied in Paris for two
months (It is
18 He ahs not drunk wine for five
years
19 He has learned English for ten
years
20 They have not eaten anything for
two days
21 Tuong Ling has stayed in Da lat for
four days
22 Mr Hai has not smoked for a week
4.Change each of the following sentences
so that it begin s with a present tense, past
tense , orr future tense form of it takes as
required by the meaning.
1 She walked to work in ten minutes
2 I finished my work in an hour
3 She learned to speak English well in only one year
4 I wrote my paper in thirty minutes
5 The train went around the mountain in three hours
6 They finished the bridge in one year
7 The cable reached him in two days
8 We walk to school every morning in about fifteen minutes
9 You’ll get there in about an hour
10 We’ll paint the bathrrom in hour hours
11 You’ll paint the kitchen in only 1.5 hours
12 I wash and dress each morning in less than fifteen minutes
13 The clown puts on his makeup in half an hour
14 He learned to swim in just a few days
15 He recorered from her illness in two months
16 I’ll run to the corner store and get what you need in just two or three minutes
17 The flight to Ha Noi lasted 3 hours
18 They built a new house in five years
19 He had breakfast in 10 minutes
20 She found the bill in several seconds
21 The doctor examined the patient in 20 minutes
22 She did the test in two hours
23 Nguyet will cook the soup in one hour
24 The match lasts ninety minutes
25 Diem talked on the phone in ten minutes
26 To Quyen travels from Phu Loc to Bac Lieu in thrty-five minutes
27 Khai will fly to Paris in ten hours
28 Yen Vi eats her lunch in thirty minutes
29 Dao will watch the film in three hours
30 Thuan An feeds the poultry in five minutes
31 Tu loi makes the cakes in forty minutes
5/ Write sentences
beginning I wish………
1 I don’t know many people
in the town I
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many people
in the town
2 It would be
nice to be
able to fly a
plane
3 It’s a shame I
don’t have a
key
4 Ann isn’t
here and I
need to see
her
5 I don’t like
being so
short
6 Unfortuantel
y, I have to
work
tomorrow
7 Don’t shout
all the time
It’s so
annoying
8 I’m sorry I
can’t go to
the party
9 I’d like to get
access to the
Internet, but
I don’t have
a computer
10 It’s a pity the
weather isn’t
better today
11 I don’t know
Paul’s phone
number
( and I regret
it)
12 I don’t have
a computer )
( and I need
one)
13 It’s cold ( and I hate cold weather)
14 I live in a big city ( and I don’t like it)
15 Mary isn’t here ( and I need to see her)
16 I can’t go to the party ( and I I’d like to)
17 There are many people here ( and it’s very crowded)
18 I have to work tomorrow (but I’d like
to stay at home)
19 I’m not lying
on the beautiful sunny beach ( and that’s a pity)
20 I don’t have anything to eat ( I’m very hungry)
21 I’m sorry, I can’t cook very well
22 It’s a pity I can’t come
to your house t the weekend
23 I am so tired
of listening
to your complaints
24 It’s a shame
we don’t know Japanese
25 I can’t understand what he is taking about
26 Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum doesn’t open today
27 I’m sorry to tell you that I
am not interested in that film at all
28 I don’t know the way to Ben Thanh market
29 I haven’t got
a washing machine
30 I hate having
to go to school on Saturdays
31 Why don’t
we go away more often?
32 I’d love to be
a film star
33 I’d like to have bigger house
34 I’d like you to keep quiet
35 I woulf like evry coub=ntry to
stop killing whales
36 I would like it
to stop raining
37 My baby sister eats little food
38 What a pity she doesn’t understand her lessons clearly
39 What apity his neighbors aren’t friendly
40 I’m sorry my sister doesn’t invite my cousins to her birthday party
41 They have to work in a noisy office
42 It rains heavily so
we can’t go out
Choose the best answer:
1 I can’t speak English well I wish
I ( can speak / could speak / spoke ) English well.
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encourage
d to
participate
( at/ in /
with )
sporting
activities.
3 You
( didn’t /
did /
can’t )
forget to
post the
letter, did
you?
4 I like to go
( for/ to/
in ) a
picnic.
5 Is there an
interesting
film ( at/
to / on )
the
cinema
today.
6 I don’t
have
( some/
any/ a )
money
with me.
7 What is
the matter
with you? I
( am/
was /
had / am
having )
sore eyes.
8 I am happy
( passing /
pass / to
pass / passed) all the exams.
9 The man ( talk / to talk / talked/
talking ) to the principle is
my English teacher.
10 It’s ( hard / hardly / difficulty / difficultly )
to believe that Nam passed the exam.
11 Do you mind if I ( used / use / using / to use ) your phone?
12 Sticky rice cakes are ( sell/
sold / selling ) in many shops.
13 Would you mind ( worked/
work / to work / working ) over time this morning?
14 I think you are
( making / doing /
do / make ) a silly mistake.
15 My family enjoys ( watches / watching / watched /
to watch ) the News
on Television.
16 Television
is bringing(
not/ and / not only/
so) informatio
n ( but / or/ and/
but also) entertain ment.
17 In the rural areas, life
is always a struggle ( at/ with/
to / for ) nature.
18 They have ( taught / teached/
teaches/
to teach) English in this school for ten years.
19 We are glad to tell you that
we ( are going/ will go/ go) to have interesting activities.
20 Let Lan ( do/ does/ did) what she wants.
21 Mrs Binh looked very ( happy/ happily/ unhappily) this morning.
22 After a month, Nam got used to ( study/stu dying/stud ies) in his new school.
23 I can meet her ( and/ between/a t) 7.15 and 8.00
24 His parents are always proud ( about/ of / on ) him.
25 “ I’m sorry that my
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out
Would you
like to
leave a
( phone/
distance /
message)?
26 When I
was a child
I ( like /
usually/
used to )
follow my
mom to
the
market.
27 Would
you mind
if I ( open/
opening/
opened/
opens )
the
window?
28 Color TV
( was
inventing /
invented/
has
invented/
was
invented )
by John
Logic Baird
in 1928.
29 Could you
help me
( of / on /
to / with )
you
luggage?
30 Every one
fell ( over/
in/ into/
out) the deep and dangerous river.
31 It’s hard ( believe/
to believe/
believed?
That mankind might live paper ones.
32 Instead of ( use/
using/
uses/
used) plastic bags , we can use paper ones.
33 I am ( please/
pleased/
pleasant/
pleasing) that you did well at school.
34 My father told me how ( to go/ go / went / going ) to the bank.
35 It’s easy for him ( fix/ to fix/ fixing/
fixes) machines.
36 We are good friends
We ( know/ have known/ knew ) each other for a long time.