Bài 1: Điền vào chỗ trống với since/ for

1. She's lived here ___ 1975.

2. He 's been in London ___ five days.

3. They haven't been used ___ many years.

4. She's been working ___ nine this morning.

5. I haven't eaten ___ hours.

6. It has been raining ___ ages.

7. India has been independent ___ 1947.

8. They have been married ___ October.

9. How many years is it ___ you graduated from junior high school?

10. We have been waiting ___ twenty minutes.

Bài 2: FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH “FOR” or “SINCE”

1.George has been a teacher ………………..… six years.

2.John and Mary have been married …………………… they finished university.

3.My father has worked in that factory ………………………. 1990.

4.My parents have had their house ……………….…. they moved to London.

5.We have had this parrot only …………………. three weeks.

6.Rachel has been in France …………………….she found a job in Paris.

7.Steven has played in our school team ………….……… three years.

8.He has been miserable …………………….. he lost his wife.

9.I haven’t seen Meg ………………………. ages.

10.He has collected 2500 stamps ……………………… he was a little boy.

11.David has driven his car ………………..…. seven years.

12.I haven’t met my high school friends …………..………… I became a doctor.

13.Anny and Fanny haven’t eaten chips ………….……… they went on a diet.

14.She hasn’t been able to walk …………………….... she had a car accident.

15.I haven’t read any books ……………………... July.

Exercise 3 : Put the verbs :Present perfect tense:

1) Mark (eat) ______________________ dinner already. He is not hungry.

2) Beth (write) _______________________ three letters today. She misses her family.

3) Yoko and Armand (take) ________________________ the test. Now they can relax.

4) Marty and I (be) ________________ to Costa Rica three times. We are familiar with the

culture.

5) I (drink) ____________________ six cups of water today.

6) Eva (sing) _____________________ in a chorus before. Her voice is pretty.

7) Chong-Li (get) ____________________ very good at speaking English. She has practiced

a lot.

8) Lucy (hide) _____________________ in the woods. Now her friends will try to find her.

9) It (be) ___________________ a good week so far.

10) You (show) ______________________ that you are a hard worker. Good job!

11) Daisy (wear) _______________________ a dress to work every day this week.

12) Mr. Lee (drive) _____________________ from Texas to Iowa for the conference. He

needs to get some rest before it starts.

13) Juan (ride) _____________________ horses since he was a little boy. It is easy for him.

14) Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez (become) ____________________ grandparents. Their daughter,

Josefina, had a baby yesterday.

15) The movie (begin) ___________________. Please be quiet!

16) Charity (break) _____________________her leg on the ski slope. Please dial 911.

17) The city (allow) _______________residents to shoot off fireworks each year on the

Fourth of July.

18) The lake (freeze) _____________________ solid. Now we can go skating.

19) The sun (rise) ______________________. It’s time to get up.

20) The army (battle) ____________ the enemy for two weeks. The soldiers are exhausted.

21) The principal (introduce) _________________ the new teacher. She seems very nice.

22) Using his telescope, Jeremy (see) _________ other galaxies. He writes them on his blog.

23) The judge (listen) _________________to all of the evidence. Now he will make a ruling.

24) The strawberries (spoil) ___________. They should have been kept in the refrigerator

25) The doctor (write) _____________________ a book about disease prevention.

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