CHỐNG LIỆT 7 THÌ và BIẾN THỂ THÌ

TENSES AND TENSES SEQUENCE (THÌ VÀ BIẾN THỂ CỦA THÌ) 0,4
1. Kiến thức cơ bản:
Dấu hiệu nhận biết:
Theo đề THAM KHẢO 2021 thì chun đề THÌ kiểm tra 02 câu lí thuyết ngữ pháp và 01 câu viết lại câu
(sẽ nói sau)
- Dấu hiệu 1: when, while trong câu
- Dấu hiệu 2: trong câu có WILL…………………………….
Điểm chắc chắn: 0,4
- Phân biệt “Ved/V2” hay “were/was+ Ving” với các liên từ “when/while” (Chú ý mẹo thường
xuyên: when đi với “Ved/V2_Quá khứ đơn”, còn while đi với “were/was+ Ving_Quá khứ tiếp
diễn”)
Mẹo nhanh
Câu số 01:
- thấy WHILE, chọn WAS/WERE + VING
- thấy WHEN, có hai trường hợp
+ 01: WHEN, và có 1 vế trong câu WAS/WERE VING thì ta chọn VED/V2
+ 02: WHEN, và có 1 vế trong câu VED/V2, thì ta chọn WAS/ WERE VING
- Was: I, SHE, HE, IT, TÊN RIÊNG, N số ít
- Were: WE, YOU, THEY, N số nhiều (s/es)
1. When + S+ Ved/V2 (QKĐ), S+ was/ were +Ving
>>> S+ was/ were+ Ving + WHEN+ S+ Ved/ V2
2. While+ S+ was/ were + Ving, S+ Ved/ V2
>>> S+ Ved/ V2 WHILE+ S+ was/ were+ VIng
Câu số 02:
- trong câu thấy có WILL……………. (will have P2, will be Ving, will V0…) thì ta chọn HIỆN TẠI
(Vo, Vs, Ves, have/has+ Ved/V3)
TLĐ + until / when / as soon as + HTĐ I will wait here until she comes back.
TLĐ + after + HTHT
He will go home after he has finished his work.
While / when / as + QKTD, QKĐ
While I was going to school, I met my friend.

QKĐ + while / when / as + QKTD
It started to rain while the boys were playing football.
QKTD + while + QKTD
Last night, I was doing my homework while my sister was
playing games.
HTHT + since + QKĐ
I have worked here since I graduated.
TLHT + by / by the time + HTĐ
He will have left by the time you arrive.
QKHT + by the time / before + QKĐ
He had left by the time I came.
After + QKHT, QKĐ
After I had finished my homework, I went to bed.
2. Luyện tập:
1. He will take the dog out for a walk ________________.
A. as soon as he finishes
B. when I was finishing dinner
C. until I finished dinner
D. shall have finished
2. When I last saw him, he________in London.
A. is living
B. has been living
C. was living
D. lived
3. By the time he arrives here tomorrow, they________for London.
A. would have left
B. will have left
C. will left
D. are leaving
4. Call me as soon as you________your test results.

A. get
B. will get
C. will have got
D. got
5. I________ along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
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A. was walking
B. am walking
C. walk
D. walked
6. The boy fell while he________down the stairs.
A. run
B. running
C. was running
D.runs
7. I will come and see you before I________for America.
A. leave
B. will leave
C. have left
D. left
8. She hurt herself while she________hide-and-seek with her friends.
A. is playing
B. had played
C. played
D. was playing
9. What________at 9 o’clock last night? I phoned you but couldn’t get through to you.

A. did you do
B. were you doing
C. would you do
D. had you done
10. Paul noticed a job advertisement while he________along the street.
A. was walking
B. would walk
C. walked
D. had walked
11. While I________at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite direction.
A. was waiting
B. waited
C. had waited
D. were waiting
12. We________in silence when he suddenly________me to help him.
A. walked - was asking B. were walking - asked
C. were walking - was asking
D. walked - asked
13. By the time the software________on sale next month, the company________$2 million on developing it.
A. went - had spent
B. will go - has spent
C. has gone - will spend
D. goes - will have spent
14. When Carol________last night, I________my favorite show on television.
A. called /was watching
B. had called /watched
C. called /have watched
D. was calling /watched
15. Linda took great photos of butterflies while she________in the forest.
A. was hiking

B. is hiking
C. hiked
D. had hiked
16. When I________for my sister in front of the supermarket, a strange man came to talk with me.
A. was waiting
B. waited
C. had waited
D. were waiting
17. When I came to visit her last night, she________a bath.
A. is having
B. was having
C. has had
D. had had
18. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he _______ dinner.
A. finish
B. has finished
C. will finish
D. finished
19. Tom……………………….his hand when he was cooking dinner.
A. burnt
B. was burning
C. has burnt
D. had burnt
20. When I looked round the door, the baby………………….....quietly.
A. is sleeping
B. slept
C. was sleeping
D. were sleeping

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HOMEWORK: TENSES AND TENSES SEQUENCE
1. When I entered the room, everyone…………………………. .
A. has been dancing B. was dancing!
C. had danced
D. danced
2. At this time yesterday, we………………………a small party in the garden.
A. were having
B. am having
C. will be having
D. had
3. When she ……………… the noise,she…………. down to the kitchen and……………. on the lights.
A. hears - goes – turns
B. heard - went - turned
C. heard - was going - turned
D. had heard - went - had turned
4. When I looked round the door, the baby ________ quietly.
A. is sleeping
B. slept
C. was sleeping
D. were sleeping
5. When I ________ this man, he was running away
A. see
B. was seeing
C. saw
D. had seen
6. She will call you to confirm _______.

A. until she received the parcel
B. when she was receiving the parcel
C. the moment she receives the parcel
D. after she had received the parcel
7. He will go out with his friends ___________
A. as soon as he has completed his homework
B. when he was completing his homework
C. until he complted his homework
D. He shall have completed
8. I will give you the book about artificial intelligence ________
A. after I have finished it
B. when I was finishing it
C. as soon as I had finished it
D. until I finished it
9. He'll give you a call ______.
A. after he will arrive
B. as soon as he arrives
C. when is arriving
D. as he is going to arrive
10. He will take the dog out for a walk ________________.
A. as soon as he finishes
B. when I was finishing dinner
C. until I finished dinner
D. shall have finished
11. When I last saw him, he________in London.
A. is living
B. has been living
C. was living
D. lived
12. By the time he arrives here tomorrow, they________for London.

A. would have left
B. will have left
C. will left
D. are leaving
13. Call me as soon as you________your test results.
A. get
B. will get
C. will have got
D. got
14. I________ along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
A. was walking
B. am walking
C. walk
D. walked
15. The boy fell while he________down the stairs.
A. run
B. running
C. was running
D.runs
16. I will come and see you before I________for America.
A. leave
B. will leave
C. have left
D. left
17. She hurt herself while she________hide-and-seek with her friends.
A. is playing
B. had played
C. played
D. was playing
18. What________at 9 o’clock last night? I phoned you but couldn’t get through to you.

A. did you do
B. were you doing
C. would you do
D. had you done
19. Paul noticed a job advertisement while he________along the street.
A. was walking
B. would walk
C. walked
D. had walked
20. While I________at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite direction.
A. was waiting
B. waited
C. had waited
D. were waiting
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TENSES AND TENSES SEQUENCE: PRACTICE
21. Jane________law at Harvard for four years now.
A. is studying
B. has been studying
C. studies
D. studied
22. This time tomorrow________on the beach sunbathing and drinking freshly squeezed fruit juice!
A. I’ll have been lying B. I will lie
C. I will be lying
D. I will have lain
23. We________for three hours and we are very tired.

A. waited
B. have been waiting
C. wait
D. had waited
24. She________for hours. That’s why her eyes are red now.
A. cried
B. has been crying
C. was crying
D. has cried
25. The host will read the questions _________.
A. until the participants will be fully prepared
B. after the participants had been fully prepared
C. after the participants are fully prepared
D. before the participants was fully prepared
26. He will take the dog out for a walk ________________.
A. as soon as he finishes
B. when I was finishing dinner
C. until I finished dinner
D. shall have finished
27. By the year 2021, 6% of all US jobs
by robots, report says.
A. will eliminate
B. will have been eliminated
C. will be eliminating
D. will have eliminated
28. She will take management training course _______
A. right after the epidemic has been controlled
B. as soon as the epidemic was controlled
C. when the epidemic had been controlled
D. until the epidemic will be controlled

29. He will take the dog out for a walk ________________.
A. as soon as he finishes
B. when I was finishing dinner
C. until I finished dinner
D. shall have finished
30. When I last saw him, he________in London.
A. is living
B. has been living
C. was living
D. lived
31. By the time he arrives here tomorrow, they________for London.
A. would have left
B. will have left
C. will left
D. are leaving
32. Mr. Pike________English at our school for 20 years before he retired last year.
A. had been teaching
B. has been teaching
C. was teaching
D. is teaching
33. They________for Japan at 10.30 tomorrow.
A. will be leaving
B. have left
C. will have left
D. will leave
34. When I________to the airport, I realized that I________my passport at home.
A. got/had left
B. got/left
C. had got/had left
D. got/was left

35. I________was angry when you saw me because I________with my sister.
A. have been arguing B. had been arguing
C. argued
D. would argue
36. Call me as soon as you________your test results.
A. get
B. will get
C. will have got
D. got
37. I________to Greece until Sally and I went there last summer.
A. have never been
B. had never been
C. was never being
D. were never
38. I________ along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
A. was walking
B. am walking
C. walk
D. walked
39. He occasionally________a headache in the morning.
A. has had
B. has
C. have
D. is having
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40. The boy fell while he________down the stairs.

A. run
B. running
C. was running
D.runs
41. I will come and see you before I________for America.
A. leave
B. will leave
C. have left
D. left
42. When the first child was born, they _______ for three years.
A. have been married B. had been married
C. will be married
D. will have been married
43. It________a long time since we were apart. I did not recognize her.
A. is
B. has been
C. was
D. had been
44. Many of the people who attended Mr. David’s funeral________him for many years.
A. didn’t see
B. wouldn’t see
C. haven’t seen
D. hadn’t seen
45. We were both very excited about the visit, as we________each other for________ages.
A. never saw
B. didn’t see
C. hadn’t seen
D. haven’t seen
46. In one year’s time, she________for this company for 15 years.
A. will be working

B. will have been working
C. will work
D. has worked
47. His health has improved a lot since he________doing exercises regularly.
A. starts
B. started
C. has started
D. had started
48. She hurt herself while she________hide-and-seek with her friends.
A. is playing
B. had played
C. played
D. was playing
49. What________at 9 o’clock last night? I phoned you but couldn’t get through to you.
A. did you do
B. were you doing
C. would you do
D. had you done
50. It is raining heavily with rolls of thunder. We________such a terrible thunderstorm.
A. would never see
B. had never seen
C. have never seen
D. never see
51. I _______ my old teacher last week.
A. visited
B. visit
C. am visiting
D. have visited
52. My brother usually ________me for help when he has any difficulties with his homework.
A. ask

B. asks
C. asked
D. has asked
53. I ______ all of my homework last night.
A. finish
B. will finish
C. have finished
D. finished
54. Lan________ learning English a few years ago.
A. starts
B. will start
C. started
D. is starting
55. Only after she________from a severe illness did she realize the importance of good health.
A. would recover
B. has recovered
C. had recovered
D. was recovering
56. Only after the bus________for a few miles did Jane realize she was on the wrong route.
A. was running
B. had run
C. has run
D. runs
57. The children________to bed before their parents came home from work.
A. were all going
B. had all gone
C. had all been going
D. have all gone
58. Paul noticed a job advertisement while he________along the street.
A. was walking

B. would walk
C. walked
D. had walked
59. I haven’t met him again since we________school ten years ago.
A. have left
B. leave
C. left
D. had left
60. For the last 20 years, we________significant changes in the world of science and technology.
A. witness
B. have witnessed
C. witnessed
D. are witnessing
61. My best friend Lan________to England 10 years ago.
A. was moving
B. moves
C. moved
D. has moved
62. Mr.Pike________for this company for more than thirty years, and he intends to stay here until he________.
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A. worked/retires
B. works/is retiring
C. has been working/retires
D. is working/will retire
63. While I________at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite direction.
A. was waiting

B. waited
C. had waited
D. were waiting
64. By the end of last March, I________English for five years.
A. had been studied
B. had been studying
C. will have been studying
D. will have studied
65. ________Alan for hours but he hasn’t answered his mobile. I hope nothing’s wrong.
A. I call
B. I’ve been calling
C. I’m calling
D. called
66. We________in silence when he suddenly________me to help him.
A. walked - was asking B. were walking - asked
C. were walking - was asking
D. walked - asked
67. By the time the software________on sale next month, the company________$2 million on developing it.
A. went - had spent
B. will go - has spent
C. has gone - will spend
D. goes - will have spent
68. When Carol________last night, I________my favorite show on television.
A. called /was watching
B. had called /watched
C. called /have watched
D. was calling /watched
69. Linda took great photos of butterflies while she________in the forest.
A. was hiking
B. is hiking

C. hiked
D. had hiked
70. When I________for my sister in front of the supermarket, a strange man came to talk with me.
A. was waiting
B. waited
C. had waited
D. were waiting
71. Over the past 30 years, the average robot price________by half in real terms, and even further relative
to labor costs.
A. is fallen
B. has fallen
C. were fallen
D. have fallen
72. When I came to visit her last night, she________a bath.
A. is having
B. was having
C. has had
D. had had
73. John________in the same house since he left school.
A. lived
B. had lived
C. was living
D. has lived
74. Since Tom________, I have heard nothing from him.
A. had left
B. left
C. has left
D. was left
75. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he _______ dinner.
A. finish

B. has finished
C. will finish
D. finished
76. John……………………..tennis once or twice a week.
A. is playing usually B. is usually playing
C. usually plays
D. plays usually
77. Tom……………………….his hand when he was cooking dinner.
A. burnt
B. was burning
C. has burnt
D. had burnt
78. Everything is going well. We…………………………any problems so far.
A. didn't have
B. don't have
C. haven't had
D. hadn't had
79. Jane………………………….just a few minutes ago.
A. left
B. has left
C. leaves
D. had left
80. When I was a child, I used to……………………the violin.
A. was playing
B. am playing
C. played
D. play
81. I'm busy at the moment. I…………………..on the computer.
A. work
B. worked

C. am working
D. working
82. When I looked round the door, the baby………………….....quietly.
A. is sleeping
B. slept
C. was sleeping
D. were sleeping
83. Robert……………………ill for three weeks. He is still in hospital.
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A. had been
B. has been
C. is
D. was
84. I'm very tired. I………………....over four hundred miles today.
A. drive
B. am driving
C. have been driving
D. have driven
85. This isn't my first time to visit London…………………………... here before
A. I'm
B. I'd been
C. I was
D. I've been
86. As soon as Martina saw the fire, she………………..the fire department.
A. was telephoning
B. telephoned

C. had telephoned
D. has telephoned
87. Every time Parkas sees a movie made in India, he…………..... homesick.
A. will have left
B. felt
C. feels
D. is feeling
88. Since I left Venezuela six years ago, I………………….... to visit friends and family several times.
A. return
B. will have returned
C. am returning
D. have returned
89. After the race…………………., the celebration began.
A. had been won
B. is won
C. will be won
D. has been won
90. While he was washing his car, Mr. Brown……………….a small dent in the rear fender.
A. has discovered
B. was discovering
C. is discovering
D. discovered

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MỆNH ĐỀ TRẠNG NGỮ CHỈ THỜI GIAN
1. They always close their curtains _______ in the evening.

A. as soon as they had got home
B. once they get home
C. after they are getting home
D. before they will get home
2. _______, we had already finished work.
A. By the time he arrived
B. After he have arrived
C. As soon as he arrives
D. When he had arrived
3. I will come and see you _______.
A. when I was finishing my homework
B. as soon as I have finished my homework
C. until I finished my homework
D. after I had finished my homework
4. We'll send you an email of confirmation _______.
A. after we had made our final decision.
B. before we made our final decision
C. while we were making our final decision
D. as soon as we have made our final decision
5. _______, leave it in the hospital for someone else to read.
A. When you have read the book
B. After you had read the book
C. Before you are reading the book
D. While you were reading the book
6. He will apply for a job _______.
A. when he is graduating from university B. until he graduated from university
C. after he had graduated from university D. as soon as he graduates from university
7. _______ , she will go to sleep.
A. By the time she finished the homework B. After she was finishing the homework
C. When she finished the homework

D. As soon as she has finished the homework
8. _______, I will give him the report.
A. When he will return
B. When he returns
C. Until he will return
D. No sooner he returns
9. _______, he will get ready to go to work.
A. When he will have breakfast tomorrow
B. Until he would have breakfast tomorrow
C. After he has breakfast tomorrow
D. As soon as he had breakfast tomorrow
10. She will call you to confirm _______.
A. until she received the parcel
B. when she was receiving the parcel
C. the moment she receives the parcel
D. after she had received the parcel
11. _______, we will be able to leave for the airport.
A. After the taxi had arrived
B. As soon as the taxi arrives
C. Until the taxi will arrive
D. When the taxi arrived
12. We will congratulate him on winning the first prize _______.
A. as soon as Peter gets here
B. after Peter had got here
C. when Peter was getting here
D. until Peter got here
13. I'll help you with your homework _______.
A. after I had done my own
B. as soon as I have done my own
C. until I did my own

D. when I was doing my own
14. We will invite all of our friends to come over for a house- warning party _______.
A. as soon as we have moved into the new house.
B. until we moved into the new house
C. after we will move into the new house
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D. when we moved into the new house
15. _______, I will reply to you at once.
A. Until I received your message
B. When I was receiving your message
C. As soon as I receive your message
D. After I had received your message
16. He will take the dog out for a walk _______ dinner.
A. before he had finished
B. until he finished
C. as soon as he finishes
D. when he was finishing
17. I will call and tell you something interesting _______.
A. before I came home after work
B. after I had come home after work
C. while I was coming home after work
D. when I come home after work
18. I will tell him to call you _______.
A. as soon as he returned
B. until I saw him
C. when he returns

D. after I’d seen him
19. By the time you come here tomorrow, the work _______.
A. will have been finishing
B. will be finishing
C. will have been finished
D. will be finished
20. _______ as soon as I see him.
A. I will tell James the news
B. I tell James the news
C. I can tell James the news
D. I would tell the news
21. The neighbors will look after our plants _______.
A. as soon as we were away
B. while we are away
C. after we were away
D. before we would be
22. Let's go out for dinner _______.
A. after the movie had finished
B. before the movie finishes
C. as soon as the movie would finish
D. when the movie finishes
23. Make sure you close all the windows _______.
A. before you leave
B. until you will leave
C. after you leaves
D. when you left
24. _______ until she apologizes.
A. I don't speak to Kate
B. I not speak to Kate
C. I didn’t speak to Kate

D. I won’t speak to Kate
25. _______ his name was Doug, I thought he was called Damien!
A. When he was mentioning
B. Until he mentioned
C. The moment he would mention
D. As soon as he mention
26. _______ while the teacher was explaining the activity.
A. They were taking
B. They was talked
C. They are talking
D. They would talk
27. _______ my lesson by noon, I will come around.
A. As soon as I am finishing
B. After I have finished
C. Before I had finished
C. If I will finish
28. _______, we went to as many islands as possible.
A. Until I will have in Greece
B. When we were in Greece
C. As soon as I have been in Greece
D. Before I had been in Greece
29. The lift won't start _______.
A. before you will press that button
B. until you press that button
C. as soon as you are pressing that button D. after you have press that button
30. She will give the children their dinner _______.
A. before he comes home
B. when he had come
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C. as soon as he is coming
D. until he comes
31. He'll have to behave better _______.
A. until he is going to school
B. until he has gone to school
C. when he goes to school
D. before he will be going to school
32. I'll do it _______.
A. when I was finishing my first project
B. after I had finish my first project
C. until I finished my first project
D. as soon as I have finished my first project
33. He is going to stay in our flat while _______.
A. we were in Scotland
B. we will be in Scotland
C. we had been in Scotland
D. we are in Scotland
34. Will you recognize him _______?
A. the moment you see him
B. until you are seeing him
C. after you will see him
D. as soon as you saw him
35. _______, I will complete every exercise in my textbook.
A. When I master English
B. The moment I have mastered English
C. As soon as I had mastered English
D. Before I have mastered English

36. We can’t play loud music _______.
A. before everyone will go to bed
B. when everyone went to bed
C. as soon as everyone is going to bed
D. after everyone has gone to bed
37. I'll wait with you _______.
A. until the bus comes
B. after the bus have come
C. as soon as the bus had come
D. before the bus comes
38. We always have an ice cream _______.
A. after we had gotten to the beach
B. until we are getting to the beach
C. as soon as we get to the beach
D. before we got to the beach
39. I decided to go to the library as soon as I _______.
A. would finish what I did
B. finished what I did
C. finished what I was doing
D. finish what I did
40. Mrs Brown will have worked at this school for 30 years _______.
A. by the time she retires
B. when she retired
C. as soon as she had retired
D. after she had retired

Đề cương ôn thi TN THPT 2021_ Mr. Anh Thắng (Nguyễn Hải Việt)

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