Ẽ. on Present Perfect Tense

pRESENT PERFECT TENSE

I. Cho dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc
We (not live) in England for two years now.
I never forget what you (just tell) me.
George (work) at the university so far.
My father (not smoke) for 5 years.
You (receive) any letter from your parents yet?
When he (live) in Manchester, he (work) in a bank.
How long you (know) Mr. Pitt ? – I (know) him since we were at school.
I (not pay) the telephone bill yet.
Last night I (have) a good night’s sleep. I (sleep) nine hours.
10. It (be) really cold yesterday. The temperature (be) three below zero. I nearly (freeze) to death when I walked home !
11. I (never see) anyone more punctual than your brother.

II. Cho biết dạng động từ gạch chân có thích hợp hay không. Sửa những động từ không thích hợp
While I had a bath, someone knocked on the door.
Sally didn’t go to a boxing match before.
What did you wear to Tom’s party?
Were you eating spaghetti everyday when you lived in Italy?
Although it rained a lot, I was enjoying my holiday last year.
I have been in Mexico during the summer of 1998.
Three years ago he had been a student at a university in New York.
Once upon a time a beautiful princess has lived in a castle.
I am studying here since August.
We have met several fascinating people at the conference last week.
III. Complete the sentences with for or since
1. I haven’t seen Keith _________ a while.
2. He works for a company called KMP. He has worked for them __________ several years.
3. He’s been in China ________ January.
4. He and his wife have lived next to me _____ their son, Tom, was born.
5. I have known them ___________ many years.
6. We have been friends ___________ we were at university together.
7. His wife, Carrie, is a designer. She has had her own studio ________ six months.
8. I’m looking after Tom today. He’s been at my house _________8.00 this morning.
IV. Use the correct tense (present perfect, past simple, or present simple)
Dennis Heal
Dennis Heal (1. be)__________ a politician. He (2. go) ________to Oxford University in 1975, and in 1982 he (3. become) _________ a Member of Parliament. He (4. be) _____________ an MP since then. He (5. be) ____________ Defense Minister from 1989 – 1995. He (6. write)___________ 3 books, including his autobiography The Time of my life and a spy story called The time to Run. He is married to the artist Edna Heal, and they have two children. They (7. live)__________ in Oxford for 10 years, then he (8. move)___________ to London in 1995. They now (9. live) _________in a house in Cadogan Square in central London.

Now write the questions about Dennis Heal.
1. What does he do ?
2. When _______________________________?
3. When _______________________________?
4. How long ______________________________?
5. When _______________________________?
6. How many ______________________________?
7. ___________ he ever ____________ a spy story?
8. What _______________________________?
9. How many ______________________________?
10. How long ______________________________?
11. When _______________________________?
12. Where _______________________________?
- He’s a politician.
- In 1975.
- In 1982.
- Since 1982.
- From 1989 to 1995.
- Three
- Yes, he has. It’s called The Time to run.
- She’s an artist.
- Two
- For ten years.
- In 1995.
- In a house in Cadogan Square in central London.


V. Complete the text with a verb from the box in the Present Perfect:
travel meet hunt have ride see live be (x4) do

My grandfather is 96 years old, and he (1)_________ a long and interesting life. He (2)____________ a lot, especially in the Far East. He (3)___________ the Taj Mahal in India, and the Pyramids in Egypt. He (4)____________ lion in Africa, and (5)_________ camel across the Sahara Desert. He says that the most beautiful place he (6)__________ to is Kathmandu in Nepal. He (7)_________ the Queen on several occasions. In 1959 he was a soldier in New Zealand when she came to visit, and in 1972 he went to a garden party at Buckingham Palace.
He (8)__________ married twice