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I: The present perfect with for and since
Nam /live here /10 years
Nam /live here /10 years
They/ learn English / 1997
They/ learn English / 1997

1- Use for or since
1 five minutes
2- January
3- 1990
4- the summer
5 three hours
6 10 weeks
7 Friday
8 20 years
for
since
since
since
for
for
since
for

1-Ba /do / his homework / two hours.

2-They / attend / Quang Trung School / last year.

3- My dad / work / for his company / 20 years.

4-We / not eat / in that restaurant / 5 months.

5- Lan / collect / stamps / 1995.
6- I / not see / her / Friday.

2-Use the present perfect with for and since to make full sentences
Ba has done his homework for two hours.
They have attended Quang Trung School since last years.
My dad has worked for his company for 20 years.
We haven’t eaten in that restaurant for 5 months.
Lan has collected stamps since 1995.
I haven’t seen her since Friday.

Exercise 4: Complete the dialogue.
•
Hope be(3) live see look want
Ba: Hi, My name’s Ba
Tom: nice to meet you, Ba. I’m Tom
Ba: Are you a newcomer here?
Tom: Yes, I(1) ……………………here since
last week.
Ba: I’m sure you’ll love thic place.
Tom: I(2) …………so .
How long …… you(3)………… here?
•
Have been
•
hope
•
have lived

•
Ba: For 15 years.
•
Tom: So you must know the area very
well.(4) … there a post office near here?
Ba:YesThere’s one next to my house.Why?
Tom:Ah! I (5) ………to send this postcard to
my parents.
Ba: Let me have a look. Oh! It(6) ………
very beautiful. Where’s your house?
Tom: In London. ………. you ever(7)………
there?
•
is
want
•
look
Have been

•
Ba: not yet. But ( 8) ……………… it
through films and magazines. I’m going
there with my father next summer.
•
Tom: That’s great. I hope to see you again
over there.
•
Have been

snake
rope
Hoa ‘s backpack
Lan ‘s
The bag on the left
right
The snake is as long as the rope
Hoa’s backpack is different from Lan’s .
The bag on the left is the same as the bag on the right.
II- Comparison

75,000 dong
(expensive)
50,000 dong
(cheap)
The red dictionary is ’’’’’ the blue dictionary
* different from + N khác với
* (not) as + adj / adv + as (không) bằng
* (not) the same as + N (kh«ng) gièng nh
Form
Practice
not as / so cheap as

*Form
* ( not) as+ adj / adv + as ( kh«ng ) b»ng
* (not) the same as + N ( kh«ng ) gièng nh
* different from + N kh¸c víi
Milk is soda
different from
not the same as

* Form
•
( not) as + adj / adv + as
* (not) the same as + N
•
* different from + N
A)
B)
Photo A is …………………. Photo B
not the same as
different from

The pocket-watch is the wristwatch
Wristwatch
(modern)
pocket- watch
not as modern as

75,000 dong
(expensive)
50,000 dong
(cheap)
Practice writing
snake
rope
Hoa ‘s backpack
Lan ‘s
The bag on the left right
Wristwatch

(modern)
pocket- watch

1- They since six o’clock.
A- have studied B- has studied C- studied D- have studyed.
2- Lipton tea is different Dilmah tea.
A- in B- on C- with D- from
3- My family here since 1975.
A-has lived B- have lived C-lives D- lived
4- They haven’t met him last years.
A- in B- for C- since D- on
5- Tom and Mary have gone to France 10 weeks.
A-in B- for C-since D- on
6- She speaks English as her sister.
A- good as B- well as C- bad as D- better as
Choose the best option (A,B,C or D) to complete the following sentences.

7- They here since the summer.
A- has been B- have been C- have D- had
8- have you lived in this town ?-For nearly 20 years.
A- How long B- When C- Where D- How
9- Hoa’s shirt is not as Lan’s .
A- as same B- the same C- as the same D- different
10- The ruler is not so as the eraser.
A- cheaper B cheapest C- cheaply D- cheap
11- I haven’t seen Tom two months.
A- since B- on C- for D- in
12 you written a letter to Lan since last Monday ?
A- Has B- Had C- Do D- Have

*Learn the 2 forms
*Write exercises 3, 4, 5 (page 69, 70) in your
notebook
*Do exercises 1,2,3, 4 (page 41,42) in your
exercise book
Homework

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