LANGUAGE FOCUS UNIT 7

Saturday , November 13
th
, 2010
Unit seven

Period :43
LANGUAGE
FOCUS

see 
 collected

do 
 seen
write 
 done
work 
 written
collect 
 worked
1-Match each verb to its
past participle.

The present perfect tense
(+) S + have / has + V3/ Ved
(-) S + have / has + not + V3/ Ved
(?) Have / has + S + V3/ Ved
Ex: They have been in
Hue since 1999

I/ The present perfect
with FOR and SINCE
They have been in
Hue for 10 years

NOTE :
For + a period of
time
Since + a point of time
(For two hours, for
a long time.)
( since yesterday, since S
+ V (past ))

2. Complete the expressions.
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
for
for
for
since

since
since

b) We ____________ in that restaurant for two years . (not)
c) I ___________ her since yesterday. (not see)
d) They ____________ Quang Trung School since last year.

(attend)
e) My dad __________ for his company for 20 years. (work)
f) Ba ___________ stamps since 1995 (collect)
3) Complete the sentences. Use the present
perfect form of the verbs in brackets
haven’t eaten
haven’t seen
have attended
has worked
has collected
a) I have lived here since last week. (live)

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 this place.
Tom : I (2) ________so. How long _______ you (3) _____
here?
Ba : For 15 years.
Tom : So you must know the area very well. (4) ____ there a
post office near here?
4) Complete the conversation. Use the

correct form of the verbs in box.
Ba : Yes. There’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 ?
Ba : Not yet. But I (8) ____________ it through films and
magazines.I’m going there with my father next summer.
Tom : That’s great. I hope to see again over there.
hope be (3) live see look want
been
have seen
want
looks
Have
have
have been
hope
lived
Is