CHUYÊN ĐỀ ÔN THI TIẾNG ANH THPTQG 2016 TOPIC 1: TENSES (EXERCISE)

TOPIC 1: TENSES (PART 1)
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Be quiet! The baby (sleep) ___________________.
We seldom (eat) _______________ before 6:30.
Look! The man (run) _____________ the train. He (want) _______________ to catch it.
It (be) ______________ often hot in summer.
It (rain) _____________ much in summer. It (rain) _____________ now.
I (do) ______________ an exercise on the present tense at the moment and I (think)____________ that I
(know)____________ how to use it now.
7. Daisy (cook) _______________ some food in the kitchen at present. She always (cook) ______________ in
the morning.
8. You (watch) ___________________TV last night?
9. She (be) ________________ born in 1980.
10. He (start) _______________ learning English when he (be) _________________ a child.
11. Tom (see) _______________ a serious accident while he (stand) at the bus stop.
12. She (spend) ______________ five days paiting her house two weeks ago.
13. Up to the present, we (write) ____________________ almost every lesson in the book.
14. That house (belong) _________________ to Mr Green.
15. He (not, be) _______________ here since Chrismast, I wonder where he (live) _______________ since
then.
16. You (sleep) _______________ so far? I (ring) _______________ the bell for the last twenty minutes.
17. When we came to the stadium, the match (already, begin) _______________.
18. It was the first time I (ever, see) _______________ such a beautiful girl.
19. Rivers usually (flow) ____________________ to the sea.
20. I (move) __________________ to Ho Chi Minh City 3 years ago to learn English.

21. When I (arrive) ___________________ this house, he still (sleep) __________________.
22. The light (go out) _______________ when we (have) _______________ dinner.
23. Bill (not have) _______________ breakfast when I (stop) _______________ at this house this morning.
24. While my father (read) _______________ the newspaper, I (learn) _______________ my lessonand my
sister (do) _______________ her homework.
25. I (be) _______________ tired because I (work) _______________ all day yesterday.
26. How long you (study) _______________ English? For 5 years.
27. Mr Green (teach) _______________ English in this school since he (graduate) _______________ from the
university in 1986.
28. They (go) _______________ home after they (finish) _______________ their work.
29. Before Alice (go) _______________ to sleep, she (call) _______________ her family.
30. Mary (lose) _______________ her hat and she (look) _______________ for it until now.
31. I (see) _______________ that film several times because I like it.
32. I (stay) _______________ here until he (answer) _______________ me.
33. Wait until I (catch) _______________ you.
34. Miss Alen (help) _______________ you as soon as she (finish) _______________ that letter tomorrow.
35. The bell (ring) _______________ while Tom (take) _______________ a bath.
36. ______________ you ever (eat) ______________ sushi? – No, I haven’t.
37. It (rain) _________________ for two days now. There will be a flood soon.
38. I (write) _____________________ a letter at 4pm yesterday.
39. He (serve) ___________________ in the First World War.
40. He (lose) ____________________ his job last month and since then he (be) ________________ out of
work.
41. By the time he left the office, he (attend) ________________three meeting.
42. At this time last year he (visit) ________________France.
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43. The film already (begin) ________________before we (arrive) ________________last night.
44. You (drive) ________________all day. Let me drive now.
45. He (leave) __________________home 2 weeks ago and we ( not hear ) ____________________from him
since then.
46. Violets ( bloom ) _________________________in Spring
47. We (not live) _________________________in England for 2 years now.
48. When I last (stay) _________________________in Cairo, I (ride) _________________________to the
Pyramids on a camel that my friend (borrow) _________________________the day before.
49. Geoge (work) _________________________at the university so far.
50. He wants to do it before his father (come) _________________________.
51. How long you (wait) ________________for me? - I (wait) ________________about half an hour.
52. You (meet) ________________my brother at the lecture yesterday? She (say) ________________that she
would phone me this morning, but it is now 12.30 and she (not/phone) ________________yet.
53. Her daughter (prepare) __________________dinner before she (go) ________________home last night.
54. The children (play) _______________________the yard at 5 p.m. yesterday.
55. By the end of last year, he (write) ________________two novels.
56. While I (swim) ________________someone (steal) ________________clothes and I (have)
________________to walk home in my swimming suit.
57. He (watch) ________________TV when the phone rang. He (turn) ___________________the sound and
(go) ________________to answer it.
58. I (make) ________________a cake when the light went out. I (have) ________________to finish it the
dark.
59. I want to get married but I (meet) _________________________the right person yet.
60. I (like) ___________________my job at the restaurant and my brother (want) ________________me to
change it.
61. My mother (make) _____________________ sausage rolls for the party all the morning.
62. Why didn’t you listen while I (speak ) _____________________to you?
63. Be quiet! The teacher (be ) _____________________angry.
64. Hurry up! The train (come) _____________________ .

65. How long (you/study) _____________________in this school? – For 3 years.
66. He’ll leave as soon as he (hear) _____________________the news.
67. We (not receive) _____________________any letters from him since he (leave) _____________________
four months ago
68. Where are you? – I’m upstairs. I (have) _____________________a bath.
69. He felt asleep while he (do) _____________________his homework.
70. This time next month, my children (play) _____________________ on the beach.
71. When (your father/die) _____________________? - I (not know) _____________________
72. What (you/do) _____________________ when I (call) _____________________ you last night?
73. The dog (wag) _____________________ his tail whenever he (see) _____________________me.
74. People (speak) _____________________in most of Canada.
75. This spring, the twins (attend) _____________________ this dance club for 2 years.
76. The Browns (live) _____________________in Paris for 7 years before the second World War (break)
_____________________out.
77. Yesterday the police (report) _____________________that they (capture) _____________________the
thief
78. Columbus (discover) _____________________America more than 400 years ago
79. Tom (study) _____________________Chemistry for 3 years and then he gave it up.
80. How long (Bob and Mary/be) _____________________married?
81. If you call her at 6:00, she (properly/practice) _____________________ piano.
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82. You (receive) _____________________any letters from your parents yet?
83. I (lose) _____________________my key. Can you help me look for it?
84. When you come to the wedding tomorrow, Mary (wear) _____________________ wedding dress.
85. Birds (build) _____________________their nests in the summer and (fly) _____________________to the

south in winter.
86. I’m busy at the moment. I (redecorate) _____________________the sitting room.
87. At midnight, we (sleep) _____________________ so don’t bother us!
88. This time next month I (sit) _____________________ on a beach.
89. – This plate is so dirty! – Oh, I (bring) _____________________ you another.
90. I (teach) _____________________hundreds of students but I never (meet) _____________________ such a
hopeless.
91. At 7AM tomorrow, I (do) _____________________ the final exam.
92. By 2020, our city (recover) _____________________from the hurricane for 10 years.
93. I’m sure that I (recognize) _____________________ John when I meet him.
94. – Oh, I’ve just realized I haven’t got any money. – Don’t worry. I (lend) _____________________you
money.
95. By the end of this year, he (write) _____________________ two novels.
96. At this time last year he (visit) _____________________ France.
97. Our muscles are hurting. I guess we (not exercise) _____________________ much today.
98. The police (probably, catch) _____________________ the bank robber.
99. We are almost late for dinner with our parents. I am afraid we (not arrive) _____________________on
time.
100. In order to earn a badge, the scouts (learn) _____________________ to tie knots this Thursday.

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