TENSE REVIEW – ENGLISH 11

Exercise 1:
I. I last met them a year ago.
I haven’t met them for a year.
The last time I saw him was 3 years ago.
 I haven’t seen him for 3 years.
II.
I haven’t gone fishing [since 2014.]
The last time I went fishing was [ in 2014.] 2. I haven’t seen her since I was in Vietnam.
 I last went fishing [in 2014].
1. I last played the piano 2 weeks ago.
A I haven’t__________________________________________.
He last met her in 2000.
He hasn’t__________________________________________.
We last visited a museum when I was at college.
We haven’t___________________________________________.
1. We haven’t played games since June.
A We last _________________________________________.
B The last time we___________________________________.
AI last_____________________________________________.
BThe last time_______________________________________.

She hasn’t played the guitar for over 2 years.

AShe last___________________________________________.
BThe last time_______________________________________.
III. 1. I haven’t seen that boy before.
This is the first time__________________________________.
I have never seen such a tall building.
 This is the tallest building I have ever 2. I have never eaten this before.
seen. This is the first time__________________________________.

IV. She did her homework in [3 hours.]
It took her [3 hours] to do her homework
It took someone [time] to Vo
Takes
1. She went shopping in 2 hours.
It took .....................................................................................
2. We spent 5 hours getting to London.
It took......................................................................................

V. 1. They have learnt English for 2 years.

I have worked here for 10 weeks.
↔ I began working here 6 weeks ago.
She began working here 10 weeks ago.
She has been working here for 10
weeks.
VI. Let’s play.
What about playing?
How about playing?
 Why don’t we play?
S + V1 + ….. + V-ing/ Vo/ To V
S + V2 + ……+ To V/ V-ing/ Vo
 They started_____ _________________________________.
2. They began collecting stamps 3 years ago.
 They have_______________________________________.
3. We haven’t learnt English for a month.
 We stopped______________________________________.
1. My father let me attend the party.
I was allowed_______________________________________.
2. “Why don’t we try a new game?
A Let’s ____________________________________________.
BHow about________________________________________?
3. Let’s go to the cinema.
 I suggest__________________________________________.
4. Don’t stop him playing football.
 Let_______________________________________________.

VII.
The students finished their work and
then they went home.
Before the students went home, they
had finished their work.
After the students had finished their
work, they went home.
(HĐ sau-QKĐ), (HĐ trước – QKHT)
1. The workers finished their work, and then they had lunch.
After .......................................................................................
2. First Mary learnt her lessons, and then she went to bed.
Before......................................................................................
3. First Jack went to the market. Then he visited his parents.
After........................................................................................
4. The children had had dinner before their mother went home.
After........................................................................................
5. It had rained when we went out for dinner.
 Before......................................................................................
6. She turned off the light and then went to bed.
AAfter_________________________________________.
BBefore___________________________________________.
7. She finished her English course and she went to England.
AAfter_________________________________________.
BBefore____________________________________________.

VIII. 1. During his childhood, he never swam.

When.......................................................................................
a. When (QKĐ) , (QKĐ) 2. During her stay in Hue, she visited her parents.
When I was a child, I climbed trees. When.......................................................................................
When I was young, I…V2/ed 3. I met her during my stay in Hue.
When the party ended, we went While.......................................................................................
home. 4. When you came, it was my dinner time.
When.......................................................................................
b. When (QKĐ) , (QKTD)
While.......................................................................................
HĐ cắt ngang, HĐ đang diễn
ra.
When we came, he was taking a
bath .

c. When (QKTD) , (QKĐ)

HĐ đang xảy ra , HĐ khác xảy
đến.
When we were playing, there was an
accident.
d. While (QKTD) , (QKĐ)
While we were playing games, she
came