Grammar for English ( Độc quyền ) P.4

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LEADER 4 GRAMMAR CLINIC CARDS
INDEX
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Present perfect x simple past

Present perfect continuous

MAKE / LET sbd DO sth

Third conditional

Gerunds or infinitive

Gerunds after prepositions
(too) much/many/few/little

A / an / the / no article

Simple Past / Present Perfect / Present Perfect
Continuous
Present Perfect x Simple Past
Simple Past x Present Perfect
Present Perfect x Simple Past
Simple Past x Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Mixed Verb Tenses
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous
Make x Let
Make x Let
Make x Let
Make x Let
Make x Let
Second Conditional (review)
Wish
Wish
Wish
Wish
Wish

Conditionals
Third Conditional
Conditionals
Conditionals
Third Conditional
Third Conditional
Third Conditional
Third Conditional
Third Conditional
Conditionals
Gerund or Infinitive
Gerund or Infinitive
Gerund or Infinitive
Gerund or Infinitive
Quantifiers
Quantifiers and Intensifiers
Quantifiers
The
Articles
Articles
Articles
Articles
Articles

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Reported statements and questions

Reported commands

Passive all tenses

Passive present and past

Defining and non-defining clauses

Tag questions

Reported Speech
Reported Speech
Reported Speech
Reported Speech
Commands in Reported Speech
Commands/Advice in Reported Speech
Reported Speech
Passive or Active?
Passive Voice (Present & Past)
Active vs. Passive in the Past
Active vs. Passive in the Past
Passive vs. Active Voice
Passive Voice
Passive Voice
Passive Voice
Passive Voice
Passive Voice
Passive Voice
Passive Voice
Passive Voice
Simple Past Passive
Passive Voice (Present & Past)
Passive Voice (Present & Past)
Passive Voice (Present & Past)
Passive Voice
Active vs. Passive

Simple Present Passive
Present Tense Passive
Present Passive
Present Passive
Passive x Active
Passive Voice with Simple Past
Passive Voice
Passive Voice
Passive Voice
Passive Voice
Passive Voice
Passive Voice
Relative Clauses
Relative Clauses with “WHO”
Relative Clauses
Relative Clauses
Relative Clauses
Subject Relative Clauses
Relative Clauses
Relative Clauses
Relative Clauses
Relative Pronouns and Clauses
Relative Clauses and Pronouns
Tag questions
Tag questions
Tag questions

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Indirect questions

Enough

Questions within Sentences
“WH-” Clauses
Questions within Sentences
Indirect Questions / Statements

Indirect Questions
Indirect Statements
Indirect Questions
Indirect Questions
Indirect Questions
Indirect Questions
Embedded Questions
Embedded Questions
Embedded Questions
Embedded Questions
Embedded Questions
Enough: meaning and form
Enough
Enough
Enough x Too

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SIMPLE PAST / PRESENT PERFECT/

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Direction: Ask and answer questions using WHEN, HOW LONG, and HOW MANY
according to the information given.
What the person is doing now
1. Amy is reading a book.
2. Don is listening to records.
3. Ed and Ann are writing a book.
4. Tom and Pat are making
cookies.

Started
How many
8:30 a.m.
30 pages
9:00 a.m.
5 records
2000
500 pages
9:30 a.m. 3 dozen cookies

Example:
1.
a. When did she start reading?
b. How long has she been reading?
c. How many pages has she read?
2.

3.

4.

At 8:30 this morning.
,Since 8:30.
Thirty pages.

a. When

?

.

b. How long

?

.

c. How many

?

a. When

?

.

b. How long

?

.

c. How many

?

a. When

?

.

b. How long

?

.

c. How many

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SIMPLE PAST / PRESENT PERFECT/
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

ANSWER KEY:

2.a. When did he start listening to records? At 9: a.m..
b. How long has he been listening to records? Since 9:00 AM.
c. How many records has he listened to? Five records.

3. a. When did they start writing a book? In 2000.
b. How long have they been writing a book? Since 2000.
c. How many pages have they written? 500 pages.

4. a. When did they start making cookies? At 9:30.
b. How long have they been making cookies? Since 9:30.
c. How many cookies have they made? 3 dozen cookies.

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LEADER 4 – Card 1_02

PRESENT PERFECT X SIMPLE PAST
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb tense.
Situation: Leo was leaving school when Vera called him.

Leo:
Vera:
Leo:

Vera:
Leo:
Vera:
Leo:
Vera:
Leo:
Vera:
Leo:
Vera:
Leo:

Hello, Vera. I (1) just (1) (leave) the literature class and I (2) (see)
Bob.
That’s very strange. He (3)__ (wake up) very early this morning in order to go to
the lit class.
By the way, it was a very interesting class. The teacher (4) (read) some short
stories. I especially like the one written by Andersen. He (5) (write) some
fairy tales which are very famous nowadays.
Are you talking about Hans Christian Andersen? He
(6)
(develop) the
Portuguese Duck.

Yeah. The story is called In the Duck Yard. Mary, the teacher, (7) (explain)
how important it is when a story has a moral.
(8) you (8) (see) Dick today yet?
No, I (9) . Why?
Maybe he knows where Bob is.
I will check if I can find him. I need to go to the restaurant as soon as possible
because my mother (10) (invite) some old friends to have lunch today.
Ok. Thanks a lot, Leo.
You’re welcome. And before I forget, let me tell you that Rose’s baby (11) (be
born) on Monday.
Really? What great news! I’ll call her. Bye.
Bye-bye.

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LEADER 4 – Card 1_02
PRESENT PERFECT X SIMPLE PAST

ANSWER KEY:

1. have just left
2. have not seen
3. woke up
4. read
5. wrote
6. developed

7. explained
8. Have you seen
9. haven’t
10.has invited
11.was born

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LEADER 4 – Card 1_03
SIMPLE PAST x PRESENT PERFECT

Directions: Complete the text below with Present Perfect or Past Simple.
Situation: A man is telling a story about his old professor.
The old professor
Some years ago, I (1)__ (meet) an old professor of mine. Sixteen years had
passed since I last saw him at the university. We used to be very close friends. Since I
graduated from the journalism course, I (2) (work) for sixteen years as a sports writer.
This old man (3)__ (teach) me so many things at the university. Since I (4) (meet)
him again, I (5)__ (go) to his house every Tuesdays. He (6)__ (teach) me a lot of
things about life, like not to be afraid of our own feelings, not to be afraid of dying. He is
really a great man!
All the things I (7)__ (learn) with him are very useful in my life. I (8)
(apply) them in my daily routine, in my way of thinking and in my relationships. Once, he
(9) (tell) me that “when you learn how to live, you learn how to die.” This means that
we have to have fulfilling experiences in our lives, and then we will know what each one is
like and then we will be able to die peacefully. Well, some days ago I (10)__ (get) a

phone call from his wife, she (11) (say) he had just died. It was very shocking to me.
But I can just think of all the things he (12)__ (teach) me and keep them with me.

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LEADER 4 – Card 1_03
SIMPLE PAST x PRESENT PERFECT

ANSWER KEY:

1. met
2. have worked
3. taught
4. met
5. have gone
6. has taught
7. have learned
8. have applied
9. told
10. got
11. said
12. taught

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LEADER 4 – Card 1_04
PRESENT PERFECT x SIMPLE PAST

Peggy and Bill are talking about their vacations and things they have done. Complete the
conversations with the correct form of the verb.
Peggy: Last weekend I
Bill:

(1.go) to the mall and I

(2.eat) tuna fish pizza.

Why
_ you
(3.ask) for tuna fish pizza?!?!
have) pepperoni pizza?

they

(4.neg.

Peggy: Yes, but the tuna fish pizza
(5.be) very good!
you ever
(6.try) it?
Anyway, my cousin
(7.invite) me to go to her farm next weekend. I

(8.accept) the invitation because I
never
(9.be) on a farm before.
Bill:

you ever

(11.neg. have), but I’m very excited about it.

Peggy: No, I
Bill:

How many times

Peggy: I
Bill:

you

(12.travel) abroad?

(13. be) abroad twice, once to the U.S. and once to Argentina.

What

you

Peggy: I
Bill:

(10.ride) a horse?

(14.do) in Argentina?

(15.go) shopping and I
you

Peggy: Yes, I

(16.buy) some beautiful sweaters.

(17.attend) a skiing competition?
(18.ski)

in Aspen and San Martin.

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LEADER 4 – Card 1_04
PRESENT PERFECT x SIMPLE PAST

ANSWER KEY:

1. went
2. ate
3. did you ask

4. Didn’t they have
5. was
6. Have you ever tried
7. has invited
8. have accepted
9. have never been
10. Have you ever ridden
11. haven’t
12. have you traveled
13. have been
14. did do
15. went
16. bought
17. Have you attended
18. have skied

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LEADER 4 – Card 1_05
SIMPLE PAST x PRESENT PERFECT

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the verbs from the box.
Situation: A world traveler is telling us about his trips.
LEARNED

HAVE MISSED

HAVE ALSO BEEN
HAVE ALREADY VISITED
TRAVELED
WENT
LEARNED
TAUGHT
HAVE ALREADY TRAVELED
VISITED
HAVE PLANED
I (1)

many countries. Three years ago, I (2)

to India. It’s a very strange country. Their culture is totally different from ours. The people
are amazing! I (3)

a lot of things with them. They are very religious.

They (4)

me how to cook their food and how to make their handcraft.

Since I left India, I (5)

them very much. I really like that country.

I (6)

to Japan. The Japanese are also good people. They are

smart, intelligent and disciplined. I also learned a lot with them – things like respecting the
differences between people, religions and faiths.
I (7)

to the USA, Canada, England and to Australia. Australia

is fascinating. When I (8)

to Sydney last year, I (9)

the

Opera House. It’s a terrific place! Well, I need to decide where I’m going to next. I
(10)

to go to China this year. I hope I can do it!

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LEADER 4 – Card 1_05
SIMPLE PAST x PRESENT PERFECT

ANSWER KEY:

1. have already visited

2. went / traveled
3. learned
4. taught
5. have missed
6. have also been / have already traveled
7. have already traveled / have also been
8. traveled / went
9. visited
10.have planned

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LEADER 4 – Card 2_01
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
What have you been doing lately?
I’ve been living here for almost two months.
My wife has been working at the hospital since December.
She’s also been writing a book in her spare time.
The present perfect and the present perfect continuous are often interchangeable. However,
in some cases the continuous shows that an action is not yet finished.
My wife has been writing a book means that she has not yet finished the book.
My wife has written a book means that she has finished the book.
Jim and Lorraine Hardy recently moved to Maine. Complete the sentences about what
they have been doing since then. Use the Present Perfect Continuous.
Dear Kevin,

Here’s the latest on Jim and Lorraine. I told you they’ve moved to Maine,
didn’t I ? They’ve been living (1. live) in their new apartment since June. Jim
(2. work) at Ripon National Bank since July, and Lorraine
(3. work) at Memorial Hospital since August. Jim
(4. study) management at night school for the past three months.
He hopes it will get him a promotion at the bank. Lorraine
(5.speak) Spanish. She says she needs it because a lot of the patients don’t speak English.
They found a Sierra Club chapter nearby and they

(6. go) to

meetings there, but they say they miss all of us a lot.
Best regards,
Susan

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LEADER 4 – Card 2_01
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

ANSWER KEY:
1. ’ve been living
2. ’s been working
3. ’s been working
4. ’s been studying
5. ’s been speaking

6. ’ve been going

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LEADER 4 – Card 2_02

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Directions: Complete the sentences with present perfect continuous using the words
below.
feeling - reading - working - sleeping – cooking
swimming - going - waiting - seeing – studying

1. Who
2. I
3. They

in my bed?
this book all afternoon.
for the test since 5 p.m.

4. My mother
5. I
6. Your hair is wet.
7. They

hard all day.

for you all day long!
you

?
each other a lot recently.

8. We

to this new café a lot.

9. My sister

a little depressed.

10.My grandmother

dinner since 4 o’clock.

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LEADER 4 – Card 2_02
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

ANSWER KEY:

1.

has been sleeping

2.

have been reading.

3.

have been studying

4.

has been working

5.

have been waiting

6.

Have/ been swimming?

7.

have been seeing

8.

have been going

9.

has been feeling

10. has been cooking

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LEADER 4 – Card 2_03
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Directions: Complete the sentences with present perfect continuous.
1. He
2. I

for over a year. (not/to work)
English for three years. (to study)

3. Jane

violin lessons since she was a child. (to take)

4. I

well recently. (not/ to feel)

5. They

for the bus for 20 minutes. (to wait)

6. My sister

too much lately. (to eat)

7. You look great.

you

8. She

that picture since last week. (to paint)

9. Your hands are dirty.
10.How long

out? (to work out)

you

you

the car? (to repair)
Crime and Punishment? (to read)

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LEADER 4 – Card 2_03
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

ANSWER KEY:

1.

hasn’t been working

2.

have been studying

3.

has been taking

4.

haven’t been feeling

5.

have been waiting

6.

has been eating

7.

Have/ been working

8.

has been painting

9.

Have/ been repairing

10. have/ been reading

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LEADER 4 – Card 2_04
MIXED VERB TENSES

Complete the sentences below with the verbs in the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect
Continuous.
1. The children are at the park. They (play) ball for the last two hours, but they don’t seem
to be tired yet.

2. Jim (play) soccer only a couple of times in his life, so he’s not very good at it. He’s
much better at tennis.
3. Don’t you think we should wake up Janice? She (sleep) for almost eleven hours.
4. Tim (sleep) in the downstairs bedroom only once.
5. I (neg., fly) on a plane since last year.
6. Let me think how much longer to Singapore airport. It’s about 9:00. We (fly) for almost
six hours. We should be there in another couple of hours.
7. Virginia is a law student. Since the first day of classes, she (never / miss) any classes.
8. Mary and Janice are always arguing. I (never / understand) why they agreed to be
roommates.
9. I (always / want) to travel to Greece. Maybe next year!
10.Al just introduced me to his sister. Now I (meet) everyone in his family.

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LEADER 4 – Card 2_04
MIXED VERB TENSES

ANSWER KEY:

1. have been playing
2. has played
3. has been sleeping
4. has slept
5. haven’t flown
6. have been flying

7. has never missed
8. have never understood
9. have always wanted
10. have met

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LEADER 4 – Card 2_05
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Complete with the Present Perfect Continuous or Simple Past:

1. I

(be) here for so many years!

2. I

(be) here up until 2 weeks ago.

3. He

(study) French since we got here.

4. She

(talk) to him before we got here.

5. We

(receive – neg.) any news so far.

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LEADER 4 – Card 2_05
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

ANSWER KEY:

1. have been

2. was

3. has been studying

4. talked

5. haven't received

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LEADER 4 – Card 2_06
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS / PRESENT PERFECT
Choose between the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Continuous.
1. I

(play) cards for an hour now and I’m not tired yet.

2. I

(see) her many times before. She’s very pretty.

3. They

(work) on his project for months now. They still

don’t know all about it.

4. I

(work)

on

the

project

before

and

glasses.

She

(find out) a lot about it.

5. She

(try)

to

(look) everywhere but she
(find) them yet.

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find

her