III. Choose one sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

1. They last visited me five years ago.

A. They haven’t visited me for a long time.

B. I haven’t been visited for a long time.

C. They haven’t visited me for five years.

D. They have known me for five years

-> thì HTHT + for 

-> s + have / has + VPII + for + 1 khoảng thời gian

2. Mike turned off the light, then he went to bed.

A. Before Mike went to bed, he had turned off the light

. B. Before Mike turned off the light, he had gone to bed.

C. After Mike had gone to bed, he turned off the light.

D. Mike turned off the light as soon as he had gone to bed.

-> cấu trúc before + S + V 2+ S + THÌ QKHT 

3 I haven’t visited the museum for three months.

A. It is three months since I visited the museum

. B. I didn’t visit the museum three months ago.

C. The last time I visited the museum was three months ago.

D. A and C are correct.

4 “John began playing the piano 10 years ago”

A. John played the piano 10 years ago. B

. John has played the piano for 10 years.

C. John used to play the piano 10 years ago.

D. John doesn’t play the piano anymore

-> thì HTHT + for 

-> s + have / has + VPII + for + 1 khoảng thời gian

5 5. I haven’t seen her for 3 weeks

A. I haven’t seen her since 3 weeks.

B. She was seen for 3 weeks.

C. It’s 3 weeks since I last saw her.

D. It’s 3 weeks before I last saw her.

-> sau since + thì QKĐ

1. A. They haven’t visited me for a long time.

S + last + V2/ed + thời gian + ago

= S + have/has + not + Vpp + for + thời gian

2. A. Before Mike went to bed, he had turned off the light.

Before + quá khứ đơn, quá khứ hoàn thành

3. A. It is three months since I visited the museum.

S + have/has + not + Vpp + for + thời gian

= It is + thời gian + since + S + last + V2/ed

4. B. John has played the piano for 10 years

S + began + Ving + thời gian + ago

= S + have/has + Vpp + for + thời gian

5. C. It’s 3 weeks since I last saw her.