Chuyển đổi câu 4 (Tự luận)
Trương Văn Ánh
Trường Đại học Sài Gòn

4.
S + Began + V-ING + Time ago  S + Have/Has P.P. +
For Time
 She began working in this company ten years ago.
She has worked in this company for ten years.
 They commenced living in Nha Trang ten months
ago.
They have lived in Nha Trang for ten months.

Exercise:
Finish the second sentences so that they will have the
same meaning as the preceding.
1. They started checking the machines two hours ago.
They have _____________________
2. He began fixing the bicycle ten minutes ago.
He has _____________________
3. She commenced cooking the soup half an hour ago.
She has _____________________
4. We began doing the test an hour ago.
We have _____________________
5. Jack began planting flowers three hours ago.
Jack has _____________________

6. They started building the bridge two years ago.
They have _____________________
7. Mai commenced writing the lesson twenty
minutes ago.
Mai has _____________________
8. My Vi began counting her lucky money five
minutes ago.
My Vi has _____________________
9. You started flirting with me forty minutes ago.
You have _____________________
10. She began listening to the music fifteen
minutes ago.
She has _____________________

Good luck!