Exercise 11: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Film maker George Richards (1. be)……………………… interested in the cinema since he (2.
be)……………………… a small child. He (3. make)………………………. his first film when he (4. be)…………………….
just twelve years old. He is now almost forty and he (5. make) ……………………. thirty films. George loves
travelling. His work (6. take)……………………. him all over the world. He (7. be)……………………. to Africa,
India, Australia, China, the USA and South America. Last year, he (8. visit)……………………. Russia for the
first time. George is married to the singer Kathy Burke. They (9. be)……………………. married for ten years.
They live with their two children on the Greek island of Kos. They (10. buy)……………………. a house on the
island in 1987 and they are still living there.
1. has been
2. was
3. made
4. was
5. has made
6. takes
7. has been
8. visited
9. have been
10. bought
Film maker George Richards (1. be) has been interested in the cinema since he (2. be) was a small child. He (3. make)made his first film when he (4. be) was just twelve years old. He is now almost forty and he (5. make) has made thirty films. George loves travelling. His work (6. take) has made him all over the world. He (7. be) has been to Africa, India, Australia, China, the USA and South America. Last year, he (8. visit) visited Russia for the first time. George is married to the singer Kathy Burke. They (9. be) have been married for ten years. They live with their two children on the Greek island of Kos. They (10. buy)bought a house on the island in 1987 and they are still living there.
Giải thích:
Câu 1 + Câu 2
Cấu trúc Thì hiện tại hoàn thành + since +Thì quá khứ đơn
Câu 3 + 4
Thì Quá khứ đơn + when + Quá khứ đơn
Câu 5 + Câu 6 + Câu 7
Thì hiện tại hoàn thành vì đây là hành động đã xảy ra ừu trước đó cho đến bây giờ vẫn tiếp tục
Câu 8
Quá khứ đơn vì có last year
Câu 9
hiện tại hoàn thành vì có ”for ten years”