BÀI TẬP CHUYÊN ĐỀ VỀ THÌ CỦA ĐỘNG TỪ I. Matching A and B A B 1. I haven’t been feeling very well a. time and time again 2. I went to the dentist’s b. all my life 3. I’ve lived here c. so far 4. Don’t worry. I haven’t been waiting d. for the time being 5. I’ve written two pages e. for the past hour or two 6. I waited outside your house f. yet 7. I’ve warned you about this g. till half past eight 8. i haven’t made a decision h. for a while 9. The repair worked i. the other day 10. I’ve decided to believe you j. long II. Underline the most appropriate option 1. Once/ Afterwards I’d read the manual, I found I could use the computer easily. 2. It was more than a month before/ untill I realised what had happened. 3. I managed to talk to Carol just as/while she was leaving. 4. It wasn’t untill/ up to 1983 that Nigel could afford to take holidays abroad. 5. George always let me know by the time/whenever he was going to be late. 6. I was having a bath at the time/ that time, so I didn’t hear the doorbell. 7. We bought our tickets and five minutes after/ later the train arrived. 8. According to grandpa, people used to dress formally those days/ in his days. 9. Everyone was talking but stopped at the time/ the moment Mr Smith arrived. 10. The letter still hadn’t arrived by/ untill the end of the week. 11. It’s a long time since/when I last saw you. 12. I’ve seen Bill quite often lately/ from time to time 13. Have you spoken to the director beforehand/ already ? 14. I’ve lived in the same house for years/ forever. 15. I’ve read the paper now/ still. 16. Diana has bought a computer two years ago/ since then. 17. I’ve finished reading her new book at last/ this evening. 18. Nothing much has been happening by now/ so far. 19. Sue bought a CD player last week and she’s been listening to music ever sine/ for a while. 20. Sorry, but I haven’t got that work finished already/ yet. III. Verbform : 1. It’s a long time since I saw/ have seen/ have been seeing your brother Paul. What did he do/ has he done/ has he been doing lately ? 2. I can’t believe it, inspector. You mean that Smith stole/ has stolen/ has been stealing money from the till all this time ! 3. You three boys look very guilty! What did you do/ have you done/ have you been doing since I left/ have left the room. 4. Why on Earth didn’t you tell/ haven’t you told me about that loose floorboard ? I tripped/ have tripped over it just now and hurt myself. 5. I can’t belive that you ate/ have eaten/ have been eating three pizzaa already! I only bought/ have only bought them in fifteen minutes ago ! 6. Don’t forget that you didn’t see/ haven’t seen Mrs Black. She has waited/ has been waiting outside since 10.30. 7. What did you think/ have you thought of Brighton ? Did you stay/ have you stayed there long ? 8. I feel really tired. I weeded/ have weeded/ have been weeding the garden for the last three hours and didn’t rest/ haven’t rested for a single moment. 9. I’m having problems with David. He has called/ has been calling me up in the middle of the night and told/ telling me his troubles. 10. How long did you have/ have you had/ have you been having driving lessons ? And did you take/ have you taken/ have you been taking your test yet ? 11. This is my new car. What (you, think) of it ? 12. A : Who are you ? B : What do you mean ? I (live) here. 13. I can’t find the car keys. What (you,do) with them ? 14. Sorry I haven’t fixed the plug. I (mean) to get round to it, but I just haven’t found the time. 15. What (you,do) on Saturday ? 16. I don’t know what time we’ll eat. It (depend) when Helen gets here. 17. I supported you at the time because I (feel) that you were right. 18. Peter couldn’t understand what had been decided because too many people (talk) at once. 19. Jean, I’m so glad you’ve got here at last. I (expect) you all day. 20. I think that people ( become) tired of the poor quality of TV programmes, though they ( improve) lately. KEYS I. 1e/ 2i/3b/4j/5c/6g/7a/8f/9h/10d II. 1. once 2. before 3. as 4. untill 5. whenever 6. at the time 7. in his days 8. later 9. the moment 10. by 11. since 12. lately 13. already 14. for years 15. now 16. since then 17. so far 18. at last 19. ever since 20. yet III. 1. saw/ has he been doing 2. has been stealing 3. have you been doing/ left 4. didn’t you tell/ tripped 5. have eaten/ only bought 6. haven’t seen/ has been waiting 7. did you think/ did you stay 8. have been weeding/ haven’t rested 9. has been calling/ telling 10. have you been having/ have you taken 11. do you think 12. live 13. have you done 14. was meaning 15. do you do 16. depends 17. felt 18. were talking 19. have been expecting 20. are becoming/ have improved . BÀI TẬP CHUYÊN ĐỀ VỀ THÌ CỦA ĐỘNG TỪ I. Matching A and B A B 1. I haven’t been feeling very well a. time