Tân Thoi Secondary School School year: 2010-2011
Week: 13
Unit 7: My neighborhood
Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect Tense.
1. Peter and his brother (learn) ______ English for three years.
2. Mr. Green (play) ______ chess since eight o'clock.
3. It (not rain) ______ since last week.
4. We (not see) ______ our new teacher yet.
5. I (study) ______ very hard for this examination.
6. My uncle (work) ______ in this factory for ten years.
7. She (see) ______ this film before.
8. The weather (be) ______ quite good since Christmas.
9. I (have) ______ this bike since I was a teenager, and I still use it.
10.He (play) ______ for the football club for several years, but it's time to leave it now.
Exercise 2: Fill in each blank with the correct prepositions "for" or "since".
1. They have only been there ______ a few minutes.
2. I have known them ______ many years.
3. My elder sister has been a college student ______two years.
4. They have lived here ______ 2000.
5. She has been away ______ three days.
6. It hasn't rained in the region ______ several months.
7. She has been here ______ many years and she loves it.
8. My brother has worked in this motor company ______ he left university.
9. She hasn't seen her ______ closest friend ______ several years.
10.Jill has stayed in Ha Noi ______ six months.
Exercise 3: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb tense.
1. Be careful! The teacher (look) ______ at you.
2. The boy (learn) ______ for three years, but he can't understand this letter.
3. How long (you / know) ______ Paul? I (know) ______ him for five years.
4. (she / feed) ______ the cat yet?
5. We (not see) ______ Lan since we (be) ______ on holiday last summer.

5. Mr. Trung ______ newspapers for ten years.
A. is selling B. sells C. sold D. has sold
6. ______ Jim since he sent us this letter?.
A. Have you seen B. Did you see
C. Do you see D. Are you seeing
Lesson plan: English 8 (optional) Teacher: Nguyen Thien Hanh
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