Present Perfect (Thì hiện tại hoàn thành)

1. Put the verbs in the brackets (1-5) into the Present Perfect. Then match them to their uses (a-e).

(Chia các động từ trong ngoặc (1-5) ở dạng hiện tại hoàn thành. Sau đó nối chúng với các cách dùng (a-e).)

1. ___ I am exhausted because I _____ (work) a long shift.

2. ___ Stephen _____ (just/return) from his company's headquarters.

3. ___ This is the first time Oliver _____ (attend) a job interview. He _____ (never/apply) for a job before.

4. ___ We _____ (work) on this project this month. It's such a large project that we _____ (not/finish) yet.

5. ___ Kevin _____ (work) for this company since he was a young man. He _____ (devote) himself to the company for the last twenty years.

a. a person's experience

b. a recent action that has a visible result in the present

c. an action that has just happened in the recent past and the time is not stated

d. an action that started in the past and continues up to the present

e. an action that has happened in a period of time but is not completed.

2. Choose the correct verbs in the list to complete the sentences. Put them into the Present Perfect.

(Chọn đúng động từ trong danh sách để hoàn thành các câu sau. Chia chúng ở dạng hiện tại hoàn thành.)

• travel • work  • not/find • have  • not/decide • spend

1. Mark is very tired because he _____ lots of time revising the sales report.

2. Eric _____ a job yet.

3. Fiona and Tina _____ at this company for nearly a decade.

4. _____ Vicky ever _____ abroad for work?

5. My friend and I _____ whether to start a business together or not.

6. I _____ a lot of meetings with clients this month.

3. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one. Use the word in bold and the Present Perfect.

(Hoàn thành câu thứ hai sao cho giống nghĩa với câu thứ nhất. Dùng các từ in đậm và thì hiện tại hoàn thành.)

1. Vi is still working on the project. (YET)

(Vi vẫn đang làm dự án.)

Vi has not finished working on the project yet.

(Vi chưa làm xong dự án.)

2. This is the first time I've gone on a business trip by plane. (BEFORE)

(Đây là lần đầu tôi được đi công tác bằng máy bay.)

I have _________________________________________________.

3. It's been two years since the last time they met their former boss. (FOR)

(Đã hai năm kể từ lần cuối họ gặp sếp cũ.)

They haven't ______________________________________________. 

4. I am 30 now and I have worked as an air traffic controller since I was 22. (FOR)

(Bây giờ tôi 30 và tôi đã làm một người điều khiển không lưu kể từ khi tôi 22.)

I have ________________________________________________________.

5. Elena attended a sales conference in June and December this year. (TWICE)

(Elena đã tham dự một hội thảo bán hàng vào tháng 6 và tháng 12 năm nay.)

Elena has ______________________________________________________.

4. Make complete sentences using the prompts and the Present Perfect.

(Hoàn thành các câu sau dùng gợi ý và thì hiện tại hoàn thành.)

1. Julie and Susan / be / colleagues / years.

2. I/ not speak / Paul / since / he / move/ new company.

3. This is/ second time / An /get / pay / rise.

4. I / be / many / interviews / my career.

5. they / arrange / a staff meeting / next week / yet?

6. Jack / change / job / twice / this year.

7. How many customers / we / serve / today?

8. Cindy is happy / because / she / just / receive / job promotion.

5. Make sentences about yourself using these time words.

(Viết các câu về bản thân bạn dùng các từ chỉ thời gian sau.)

• already • yet • just • ever • before • never • so far • since • for • recently

I have already finished my work project.

(Tôi đã hoàn thành dự án công việc của mình.)

Tense review (Ôn tập về thì)

6. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous or the Past Perfect.

(Chia các động từ trong ngoặc ở dạng quá khứ đơn, quá khứ tiếp diễn hoặc quá khứ hoàn thành.)

1. Lucy and Jennifer _____ (go) to London for a conference last week.

2. Oliver _____ (not/meet) James before they started working together.

3. We _____ (discuss) an important work issue when the phone suddenly _____ (ring).

4. Joe _____ (find) a job by the time he graduated from university.

5. The CEO _____ (start) this company ten years ago.

6. _____ (Janie/write) report at 4 p.m. yesterday?

7. Choose the verbs in the list to complete the sentences. Put them into the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

(Chọn các động từ trong danh sách để hoàn thành các câu sau. Chia ở dạng hiện tại hoàn thành hoặc quá khứ đơn.)

• quit • receive • not/return • go • work

1. Sue _____ to the bank to pay some company bills. She'll be back soon.

2. Last month, I _____ my job because I wasn't happy with the low wages.

3. Susan and Thomas _____ from the staff meeting yet. We are waiting for them.

4. Mary and Fred _____ their degrees yesterday after years of hard work.

5. Sam: How long _____ Greg _____ as a sales manager in Madrid headquarters? Ann: It's two years.

8. Choose the correct option.

(Chọn đáp án đúng.)

1. Michael and Tom _____ with a client when their boss entered the room.

A. talked          

B. were talking            

C. have talked              

D. are talking

2. Maya _____ three different part-time jobs so far.

A. has                

B. has had       

C. was having

D. had

3. Robert and Lucas _____ to the business conference together a few days ago.

A. are going    

B. have gone  

C. were going

D. went

4. Ben _____ his job a few weeks ago because he wasn't happy with the salary he was earning.

A. has changed            

B. had changed           

C. changed      

D. was changing

5. When John finished his work he _____ off his computer and _____.

A. switched/left                        

B. switched/was leaving

C. had switched/ left              

D. was switching/was leaving

6. Before Mary _____ to this company, she _____ five years of relevant experience.

A. came/has gained                 

B. came/had gained

C. had come/gained                

D. comes/has gained

9. Choose the option (A, B, C or D) to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the given one.

(Chọn đáp án (A, B, C hoặc D) để chỉ ra câu gần nghĩa nhất với câu đã cho.)

1. We last worked overtime five days ago.

A. We have worked overtime for five days.

B. We haven't worked overtime for five days.

C. We didn't work overtime for five days.

D. We hadn't worked overtime for five days.

2. The two companies were in discussion for weeks, and then they reached a deal.

A. The two companies reached a deal after they had been in discussion for weeks.

B. The two companies were in discussion before they have reached a deal.

C. The two companies had reached a deal after they were in discussion for weeks.

D. The two companies have reached a deal after they had been in discussion for weeks.

10. Complete the sentences so that they are true for you. Tell your partner.

(Hoàn thành các câu sau mà nó đúng với bạn. Nói với bạn cùng bàn của bạn.)

1. Last weekend, ______________________________.

2. At 7 p.m. last Friday, _________________________.

3. When I was a child,   _________________________.

4. So far, ____________________________________.

5. After ______________________________________.

6. Before _____________________________________.