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Topic4: MY NEIGHBORHOOD
PERIOD 14. PRESENT PERFECT WITH SINCE AND FOR
A. Revision: The Present Perfect Tense
1. Form
- Affirmative: S + has/have +V3/ed….
- Negative: S + has/have + not + V3/ed…..
- Interrogative: Has/Have + S + V3/ed….?
2. Usage: Thời hiện tại hoàn thành dùng kèm với SINCE và FOR để diễn tả một hành động bắt đầu
diễn ra trong quá khứ và vẫn còn xảy ra ở hiện tại.
John has lived in that house for 20 years. (He still lives there.)
= John has lived in that house since 1984. (Giả sử hiện nay là 2004)
3. Note:Cách dùng SINCE và FOR:
- For + a period of time (FOR + khoảng thời gian:)
For two hours/a week/20 minutes/50 years/five days/a long time/six months/ages
He has worked here for a year. (He began working here a year ago and still works here.)
- We do not use for + all ... (all day/all my life etc.):
* I've lived here all my life. (not 'for all my life')
- Since with the point in time (SINCE + thời điểm bắt đầu:)
Since 8 o'clock/1977/Monday/Christmas/12 May/lunchtime/April/they were at school
He has worked here since this time last year.
- S + has/have +V3/ed…… since + S + V2/ed….
Ex: We have known each other since we worked in this factory.
B Practice:
I. Put in for or since.
1. It's been raining …………….. lunchtime.
2. Tom's father has been doing the same job …………….. 20 years.
3. Have you been learning English …………….. a long time?
4. Sarah has lived in London …………….. 1985.
5. …………….. Christmas, the weather has been quite good.
6. Please hurry up! We've been waiting …………….. an hour.
7. Kevin has been looking for a job …………….. he left school.

8. The house is very dirty. We haven't cleaned it …………….. ages.
II. Put the verbs in parentheses into the present perfect tense:
1 He (practice)_______________ the piano Since 8 o'clock.
2 I (not meet) him______________ this movie since last week.
3 Jorge (read)____________ the newspaper for an hour.
4 ______ Maria (l earn)_____________ English since grade 6?
5 He (swim)_____________ for half an hour.
6 How long ____________ Mr. Johnson (work) ____________ here? For 35 years.
7 We (begin)_____________ to study for the test since this morning.
III. Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct tenses:
1 John (hate)____________ smoke.
2 Jill always (get up)____________ at 6.00 a.m.
3 Joan (travel)___________ around the world.
4 We (not see)_____________ this movie last night.
5 Terry (clean)__________ the lawn tomorrow.
6 John and I (be)______________ pen pals for nearly 3 years.
7 Maryam (stay)____________ with us at the moment.
8 He (wear)___________ the same coat since he (move)___________ here.
9 I (not see)_____________ your brother recently.
10 Listen to those people! What language____________ they (speak) ___________?
.IV. Match the sentences in column A with the ones in column B:
A B Keys
1. Shall we go out for dinner tonight?
2. Is 8.am OK?
3. Can I speak to Nam, please?
4. Let me help you do the house.
5. What about watching video?
6. I’m bored.
7. Let’s go to the cafeteria!
8. Would you like to listen to music?

a. That’s very kind of you.
b. Why don’t you listen to music?
c. Certainly.
d. Oh. I’d love to. I like pop music.
e. Good idea. I’m hungry now.
f. I’d love to. But I can’t go out at night.
g. Yes, that’s fine.
h. Oh, no. I don’t really like watching it.
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2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
V. Give the correct form of the verbs in the blankets:
1. My father (listen) ………………………………… to the radio last night.
2. Mr. Tan (not go) ………………………………… to work yesterday.
3. Mr. Nam (not work) …………………………………………… last Sunday.
4. My mother (arrive) ………………………………… home 3 day ago.
5. The students (not, be) …………………………………………… in class when I came.
6. She (stay) ………………………………… at home and did nothing.
7. ……………… you (watch) ………………………………… a soccer match on TV last night?.
8. Look! Mr. Nam (talk) …………………………………………… to Ba. He (teach) ………………………………… math at this school in 1986.
VI. Complete the dialogue between you and Lan:
Lan: Would you like to go to the movie with me?
You:................................................................................................................................
Lan: What a pity! How about tomorrow night?
You:................................................................................................................................

Lan: Is 6:00 OK? The film starts at 7:00.
You:................................................................................................................................
Lan: I’ll pick you up. See you tomorrow.
You:................................................................................................................................
VII. Read the passage and answer the following questions:
We moved into our new house on a warm September day. It was not really a new house. It was a
hundred and four years old, but it was new to us. The house had running water, gas and electricity but for
some reasons, there was no electricity light in the kitchen. It was some thing quite unexpected: a house with
electricity but without a kitchen light. It was quite puzzling because our kitchen was a large room, perhaps
the largest in the house.
1. When did they move into their new house? ...........................................................................................................................................
2. Was the house new or old? ...........................................................................................................................................
3. Was the house more than a century old? ...........................................................................................................................................
4. Was there no electricity in the house? ...........................................................................................................................................
5. Why did the writer feel puzzled? ...........................................................................................................................................