TRAFFIC LIGHTS

Modern traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green systems were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three-color signals were installed in New York in 1918. They used to be operated by hand from a tower in the middle of the street. The first lights of this type appeared in London, on the junction between St. James Street and Piccadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed a year later. In the past, traffic lights used to be very special. In New York, some lights used to have a statue on top. In Los Angeles, the lights did not just change silently, but would ring bells to wake the sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been replaced by modern systems that are seen everywhere now.

Read and answer the question.

2. Which colors are the first traffic lights?

Fill in the blanks to complete the following passive sentences. 

1. The baby ____taken care of by her mother. 

2. I was_____to school by my father yesterday. 

3. The children are taught English____their parents. 

                                BY,IS,TAKEN

                                   I.            Give the verb the right forms of present perfect. Underline the adverbs.

1.       I ( never see)………………………………….. that film but I ( already read) ……………………………….it.

2.       He ( already finish) ……………………………his homework but I ( not finish ) ………………………… my homework yet.

3.       We ( just arrive ) ……………………….. at Dalat to have our holiday. We ( not go ) …………………. to many places yet.

4.       I ( write) ………………………….to her many time this month. But she ( not write ) …………….………….to me recently

5.       My father ( just buy ) ………………….. many new clothes but my mother ( not buy ) ……………… anything new recently

6.       I started learning English three years ago. I ( learn ) ……………………… English for three years now.

7.       Recently my parents ( be) ………………………….very unhappy.

8.       They ( live ) ………………………….in this city since they came to the area in 1998.

                                   I.            Fill in the blank with one of these words:

1.       He hasn’t called us ……………………………

2.        John has …………………… bought the ticket for the game.

3.        I’ve been here …………… 8 o’clock.

4.       My sister has livesd in Italy ………………. ten years now.

5.       They’ve worked together ……….. a long time.

6.       He has been a football fan ………….. he was a boy.

7.       We have ………………..been to Sam son  there times.

8.        Have you had dinner ……………?

9.       We haven’t been to London ……………..

10.   I’ve learnt English …………… 6 years.

11.   I haven’t seen Kate …………….. a minute.

12.    He has been in China ……………….. January.

13.    HE has worked for the company ……………….several years.

14.   They have lived next door …………….. I was young.

15.   They have …………… come here. 

16.   - Have you finished your homework ………………?

17.    They have been good friends ……………….they studied at high school.

18.   He’s been at my house …………… 8 hours

                                II.            Present Perfect or Past Simple

1.  I ( just finish ) ………………………….my homework.

2. When I was a boy, I often ( go ) …………………..fishing with my father.

 3. I ( see ) ……………………….. Mary a few days ago.

4. I ( Start) …………………studying Chinese last Summer.

5. It ( be) ……………………very hot yesterday.

6. David ( leave) ………………………. New York last month. I ( not see ) ……  him since then.

 7. ……………………………….. (you  visit) many parks when you were in London.

8. The Brown ( live )……… in London from 1975 to 1980.

9. I ( already see) ………………………that film before. I ( see) …………………… it last year and yesterday.

10. Mr Green is our teacher. He ( teach) …………………….. here for 7 years.

 11. He ( go ) …………….to the bank but he ( not return) ………………………….yet.

12. Last night I ( arrive ) ……….home at half past twelve. I ( have ) …………….a bath and then ( go) ……………to bed.

13. The car looks very clean. …………………………….. ( you clean ) it.

14. Why ………………………………..( Alan not want ) ………………………to play football last Sunday? She says that she ( just see) ………………….her uncle.

                             III.            Present Simple, Past Simple or Present Perfect

  Robert Wilson ( be) …………………a politician. HE ( go ) …………………..to Oxford Univercity in 1960, and in 1976 he ( become ) ………………………..an MP. HE ( be ) ……………………… an MP since then. HE ( be) ……………………Minister of Education from 1980 to 1985. He ( write) …………………….. many books. HE ( be) …………………married and ( have) …………….got two children. His family ( live) …………………….in Oxford for 15 years and then they ( move) ………………… to London in 1980. They noe ( live ) ………………………in a house in KEngsinton Street, London.