Unit 7 : MY NEIGHBORHOOD

Language focus
Present Perfect

Task 2. Complete the expressions. Use for or since.

……… five minutes ……… three hours

……… January ……… 10 weeks

……… 1990 ……… Friday

……… the summer ……… 20 years

Task 3. Complete the expressions. Use the present perfect form of the words.

a) I …………....… here since last week. ( live )

b) We………………….in that restaurant for two years. ( not eat )

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 )

Task 4. Complete the conversation. Use the correct form of the words in the box.

hope be (3) live see look want

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 (3)_______ you ______ here?

Ba: For 15 years.

Tom: So you must know the area very well.(4)____there a post office near here?

Ba: Yes. There's one next to my house. Why?

Tom: Ah! I (5) ________ to send this postcard to my parents.

Ba: Let me see. Oh! It (6) _________very beautiful. Where is your house?

Tom: In London. (7) _______ you ever ________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 you again over there.

   Rewrite structures   
1. S + have/has + not + V3/-ed + ... + before
 This is the first time + S + have/has + V3/-ed +...

2. It is + period of time + since + S + V2/-ed +...

3. The last time + S + V2/-ed +...+ was + time + ago

in,on,at + ...

4. S + began/started + to-V/V-ing +...+ time + ago

in,on,at + ...

Extra task. Rewrite sentences.

1. She hasn’t seen her elder sister since 1990.
 The last time…………………………………………………………………………
2. Robert and Jennifer have married for 20 years.
 It’s twenty years……………………………………………….……………………
3. Marco has worked for this company for 6 months.
 Marco started ………………………………………………………………………..
4. I haven’t travelled to Da Nang before.
 This is the first time………………………………………………………………….