The present perfect tense

I. Give the correct verb form with the past tense (QKĐ) or the present
perfect (HTHT)

Example:

a) Three people.......visited..........him in hospital last Friday. (visit)

b).......Have.........you...........found............a job yet? (find)

1) I........ (lose).........my keys, so I can't open that door. (lose – lost –

lost)

have lost

2) Columbus............ (arrive)............in the New World in 1492.

arrived

3) Nina.........(break)..........her leg. She is still in the hospital. (break – broke –

broken)

has broken

4) He.............. (live)..............here all his life.

has lived

5) Colin.............(leave)...........for Brazil this morning. (leave – left – left)

left

6) Robin.......... (stay)..............with his father in Dalat for three days.

has stayed

6’) Last winter Robin.......... (stay)..............with his father in Dalat for three days.

stayed
7) Ellen............ (always/ write)..............with her left hand. (write – wrote –
written)

has always written

8) She............. (do)...............a language course in Paris last summer. (do – did –

done)

did

9)......................anyone............ (phone)...............yet?

Has …… phoned…?

anyone, anybody, anything….  số ít

10) I...... (just, see).........Paul today, but I also....... (see).........him last Sunday.

have just seen - saw

II. Rewrite the sentence

0. Samuel started keeping a diary in 1997.

 Samuel has kept a diary since 1997

1. We started learning English fìve years ago.

 We have learned English since/for five years ago.

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

 I have lived in HCM city since I was 8.

3. She has taught the children in this remote village for five months.

(teach – taught – taught: dạy)

 She started teaching the children in this remote village five months ago.

start/begin + Ving: bắt đầu làm gì

 Ex: start studying

5. She hasn’t danced for five years. HTHT

 She last danced five years ago. QKĐ

6. They last talked to each other two months ago. QKĐ

 They haven’t talked to each other for 2 months. HTHT

4. He hasn’t written to me since April.

(write – wrote – written)

 The last time he wrote to me was in April.

7. The last time she saw her elder sister was in 1999.

(see – saw – seen)

 She hasn’t seen her elder sister since 1999.

8. She hasn’t written to me for years.

 The last time she wrote was years ago.

9. It’s two weeks since they deaned their room.

 They haven’t deaned their room for two weeks.

10. How long is it since you rode a bicycle?

(ride – rode – ridden: đạp xe)

 When did you last ride a bike?

11. When did he last talk to you?

 How long is it since he talked to you?

12. How long is it since he wrote to you?

 When did he last write to you?

13. When did you last telephone him?

 How long is it since you telephoned him ?

14. We have never eaten this kind of food before.

(eat – ate - eaten)

 It’s the first time we have (ever) eaten this kind of food before.

15. This is the fìrst time I have seen this fìlm.

 I have never seen this film before.

16. This is the first time he has been to Vietnam

(be – was/were – been)

 He hasn’t been to Vietnam before.

17. She started driving 1 month ago. drive  drove  driven

 She has driven for 1 month.

18. We began eating when it started to rain. eat  ate  eaten

 We have eaten since it started to rain.

19. I last had my hair cut when I left her/5 months ago.

(cut – cut – cut)

 I haven’t cut my hair since I left her/for 5 months .

20. The last time she kissed me was 5 months ago.

 She hasn’t kissed me for 5 months.