1. They will teach English and French in this school.

-> English and French will be taught in this school

2. “How long have you lived in this city?” she said to me.

-> She asked me how long I had lived in that city

3. Water these flowers everyday, and they will grow well.

-> If we water these flowers everyday, they will grow well.

4.  I don’t visit my grandparents on the weekend.

-> I wish I visited my grandparents on the weekend.

5. He is a better tennis player than me.

-> I can’t play tennis as well as him

6. In spite of his poor health, he works hard all day.

-> Although his health is poor. he works hard all day.

Rewrite the following sentences:

1. Thye have learnt English for ten years

=> They started learning English ten years ago.

2. She started giving up smoking last year.

=> She has gave up smoking for one year.

3. I haven't written to you for a month.

=> I last wrote to you one month ago.

4. He hasn't seen her for nine years now.

=> He last saw her nine years ago.

5. How long have you learned English?

=> When did you start leanring English?

6. When did you start listening to pop music?

=> How long have you listened to pop music?

7. We haven't been to the concert for over a year.

=> The last time we went to the concert was over a year ago.

8. We last saw our grandfather two years ago.

=> We haven't seen our grandfather for two years.

9. It's the first time they've ever bought me a present.

=> They haven't bought me a present before.

10. The last time I played football was in 1971.

=> I haven't played football since 1971.

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1 . I have learnt EL for 3 years

2 . I last met him was three years ago

3 . We started studying French 4 years ago

4 . I didn't see her a long time ago

5 . They started working in that factory in 1996

6 . How long ago did you start learning EL ?

Rewrite the sentences:

1. I started learning English three years ago.

->I have ........learnt Ennglish for three years........

2. I have never met him for three years.

-> I last .......met him three years ago.......

3. We have studied French for 4 years.

-> We started .......studying French 4 years ago......

4. I haven't seen her for a long time.

-> I didn't .......see her a long time ago.......

5. They have worked in that factory since 1996.

-> They started........working in that factory in 1996.......

6. How long have you learnt English?

-> How long ago .......did you start to learnt English.......?

PAST SIMPLE TENSE + PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (3) Exercise 1: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences

1. There _________ a serious food in this area last year.

A. was B. has been C. were D. have been

2. She _________ me good health and success on my last birthday.

A. wished B. wishes C. has wished D. wishing

3. The last time they __________Ha Noi was in 2008.

A. visit B. visited C. visiting D. have visited

4. She __________her project yet.

A. hasn’t finished B. has finished C. finished D. didn’t finish

5. I __________English since I was a child.

A. have learn B. has learnt C. learnt D. have learnt

6. Last week, I ___________Ha Long Bay with my family.

A. visited B. visit C. am visiting D. have visited

7. She ___________five novels so far.

A. have written B wrote C. writes D. has written

8. They first __________each other in 2009.

A. meet B. met C. will meet D. have met

9. We have been good friends since we________at School.

A. are B. were C. have been D. was

10. There ________an outbreak of coronavirus in the world lately.

A. were B. was C. has been D. have been

Exercise 2: Rewrite the following sentences using past simple and present perfect tenses.

11. I began watching TV three hours ago.

A. I have watched TV for three hours.

B. I have watched TV for three hours ago.

C. I have watched TV since three hours.

12. The last time she ate fast food was in January.

A. She has eaten fast food since January.

B. She hasn’t eaten fast food since January.

C. She hasn’t eaten fast food for January.

13. He has played soccer since three o’clock.

A. He started to play soccer at three o’clock.

B. He started to play soccer three o’clock ago.

C. He started to play soccer three o’clock before.

14. I haven’t met her for a long time.

A. It’s a long time since I have met her.

B. It’s a long time since I haven’t met her.

C. It’s a long time since I last met her.

15. Tuan started to do his homework ten minutes ago.

A. Tuan has done his homework since ten minutes.

B. Tuan has done his homework for ten minutes.

C. Tuan have done his homework for ten minutes.

16. When did you study English?

A. How long have you studied English?

B. How long did you study English?

C. How long has you studied English?

17. They began building this house 2 months ago.

A. They haven’t built this house for 2 months.

B. They have built this house for 2 months ago.

C. They have built this house for 2 months.

18. My father started to work in this factory last week.

A. My father has worked in this factory in last week.

B. My father has worked in this factory for last week.

C. My father has worked in this factory since last week.

19. How long has he worked in the garden?

A. When has he worked in the garden?

B. When did he start to work in the garden?

C. When did he started to work in the garden?

20. How long ago did you learn music?

A. How long have you learnt music?

B. How long have you started to learn music?

C. How long did you learn music?

14. Where do people speak English ?" She asked me

She asked me where people spoke E

15." Do you go to school in the morning ?" → She asked me if I went to school in the morning

16. They have learnt English for ten years. >They started......learning English 10 years ago

17. She began to give up smoking last year.>She. has given up smoking since last year

18. We last saw our grandparents two years ago, ->We haven't.......seen our grandparents for 2 years

19.1'm waiting for my parents now"->Peter....said he was waiting for his parents then

20. "1 will help you whenever you need me"->Peter told me.... he would help me whenever I need him

21. "Where will you spend your vacation this summer, Ba?" Mary

Mary asked Ba where he would spend his vacation that summer

 21. "Are Tamn and Hoa late for class?"Tuan said to lan->Tuan.....asked Lan if Tam and Hoa were late for class

22. "Do you work for your brother, Nam?"I said->I ... ..asked Nam if he worked for his brother

14. Where do people speak English ?" She asked me where people spoke English

15." Do you go to school in the morning ?" → She asked me if I went to school in the morning

16. They have learnt English for ten years. >They started...learning English 10 years ago...

17. She began to give up smoking last year.>She hasn't smoke since last year

18. We last saw our grandparents two years ago, ->We haven't.. seen our granparents for 2 years.....

19.1'm waiting for my parents now"->Peter...said that he was waiting for his parents.

20. "1 will help you whenever you need me"->Peter told me..that he would help me whenever I need..

21. "Where will you spend your vacation this summer, Ba?" Mary asked Ba where he would spend his vacation that summer

 21. "Are Tamn and Hoa late for class?"Tuan said to lan->Tuan...asked Lan if Tamn and Hoa were late for class..

22. "Do you work for your brother, Nam?"I said-

>I .asked Nam if he worked for his brother.

VI. Rewrite so that the second sentence means nearly exactly the same as the first one.
We have learnt English for 4 years.
We started to learn English 4 years ago.
My father started to give up smoking last year.
My father has given up smoking for a year.
They have worked in that factory since 2001.
They started to work in that factory in 2001.
Lan hasn’t written to Maryam for a month.
Lan didn’t write to Maryam a month ago.
Ha has lived in Hanoi since he was 12.
He started to live in Hanoi when he was 12.
I haven’t seen her for a long time.
I didn’t see her a long time ago.
How long have you learnt French?
How long ago did you learn French?
When did you start to listen to classical music?
How long have you listened to classical music?
I last saw her 10 years ago.
I haven’t seen her for 10 years.
How long have you bought this car?
When did you buy this car?

 1 .We started to learn English 4 years ago.

 2. My father has given up smoking for a year.

3. They started to work in that factory in 2001.

4. Lan didn’t write to Maryam a month ago 

5.He started to live in Hanoi when he was 

6.I didn’t see her a long time ago.

7.How long ago did you learn French?

8 How long have you listened to classical music?.

9. I haven’t seen her for 10 years.

10. When did you buy this car?

did you learn French?

started learning English