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Tenses
1. Thì hiện tại đơn: S + V (s, es).
a) Diễn tả một hành động lặp đi lặp lại theo thói quen, phong tục và khả năng.
Ví dụ: He speaks English very well.
b) Diễn tả nhận thức, cảm giác, tình trạng xảy ra lúc đang nói.
- Ví dụ: Do you hear anything? - No, I don’t hear anything.
- Cách dùng này thường áp dụng cho những động từ liên quan đến nhận thức tình cảm hoặc tinh thần
như: know, understand, suppose, wonder, consider, believe, think, doubt, hope, remember, forget,
recognize, worship (thờ cúng), contain, seem, look, appear, love, like, dislike, hate.
c) Diễn tả chân lí hoặc sự kiện đúng một cách hiển nhiên.
d) Diễn tả hành động xảy ra trong tương lai.
- Cách này thường áp dụng cho những động từ chỉ sự di chuyển như: leave, go, walk, arrive,.. khi nói
về thời gian đi lại, khi tàu chạy, máy bay cất cánh và thường đi kèm với một trạng từ chỉ thời gian
trong tương lai.
- Ví dụ: When does the plane arrive? - It is arrives at 5 o’ clock.
*) Dấu hiệu: sometimes, usually, never, occasionally, from time to time, every orther day (ngày cách
ngày), always, often, seldom, rarely, every day/ week/ month/ year,…
2. Thì hiện tại tiếp diễn: S + am, is, are + V-ing
a) Diễn tả một hành động đang thực sự diễn ra tại thời điểm nói.
b) Hành động nói chung đang diễn ra nhưng không nhất thiết phải đang thực sự diễn ra lúc nói
(thường đi với now, today, this year,…).
c) Hành động xảy ra trong tương lai gần được dùng với các động từ chỉ sự di động như: go,
come, leave,…
- Ví dụ: We are going to Hà Nội next week.
d) Diễn tả một hành động có tính chất tạm thời, không thường xuyên.
- Ví dụ: John often gets up at 7, but this month he is on holiday so he is getting up later.
e) Diễn tả một hành động lặp đi lặp lại gây nên sự bực mình hay khó chịu cho người nói

(always, constantly, continually: cứ…mãi). Khi được dùng với I, we nó chỉ hành động xảy ra
tình cờ.
- Ví dụ: He is always leaving cigarette – ends on the floor.
I’m always doing that?
*một số động từ không dùng trong thỡ hiện tại tiờp diễn:want,need,prefer,have(sở
hữu).think(tin),like,love,hate,belong,
see,hear,know,believe,suppose,mean,understand,remember,forget,seem,...
3. Thì quá khứ đơn: S + V (ed/ cột 2).
a) Diễn tả một hành động đã xảy ra và chấm dứt ở quá khứ vào một thời điểm xác định.
- Ví dụ: I met her yesterday.
b) Diễn tả hành động đã xảy ra và chấm dứt ở quá khứ vào một thời điểm nào đó trong quá khứ.
- Ví dụ: I got a job as a truck driver.
c) Diễn tả một thói quen hoặc những hành động thường làm ở quá khứ.
- Ví dụ: He never ate fish.
d) Diễn tả những hành động thường kế tiếp nhau trong quá khứ ( dùng khi thuật lại các câu
chuyên trong quá khứ).


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*) Các trạng từ thường đi kèm: ago, aday ago, last Monday,… Ta cũng có thể dùng today, this
morning, this afternoon khi chúng được xem như một phần thời gian đã qua trong ngày.
- Ví dụ: I received a letter from Mai this morning (nói vào chiều tối).
4. Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn: S + was, were + V-ing.
a) Diễn tả một hành động đang diễn ra ở vào một thời điểm xác định trong quá khứ.
b) Diễn tả một hành động đang diễn ra ở một thời điểm trong quá khứ thì có một hành động khác
chen vào.
- Ví dụ: When he arrived, I was watching T.V.

c) Diễn tả hai hay nhiều hành động xảy ra song song trong quá khứ (while, when, as,..), all/ the
whole of + danh từ chỉ thời gian..
d) Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra và kéo dài trong suốt một khoảng thời gian nào đó ở quá khứ.
- Ví dụ: I’m was studying all day yesterday.
*) Trong câu thường có: from (Sunday) to (Tuesday), all (last month/ last week), the whole of
(yesterday), between,…
5. Thì hiện tại hoàn thành: S + has / have + pII.
a) Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trong quá khứ (không rõ thời gian) có thể kéo dài đến hiện tại
hoặc tương lai (nếu chấm dứt trong quá khứ chúng ta phải dùng thì quá khứ đơn).
- Ví dụ: up to the present, we have done every exercise in this book.
- Dấu hiệu: up to now, up to present, so far, for, since, just, lately, ever, never, already, recently, yet
now (rốt cuộc ), before, it’s the 1st time.
b) Diễn tả một hành động vừa mới xảy ra (just).
c) Hành động đã xảy ra và đã hoàn tất trong quá khứ, nhưng thời gian của hành động không
được biết rõ hoặc không được đề cập đến (today, this afternoon, this week/ month/ year,… vừa quá
khứ, vừa tương lai).
d) Chỉ hành động xảy ra nhiều lần trong quá khứ và hđ này có thể lặp lại nhiều lần trong tương
lai. (ever, never).
e) Diễn tả một hành động chưa từng xảy ra từ trước tới nay ( yet) (câu phủ định và câu hỏi).
f) Diễn tả một hành động đã hoàn tất trước lúc nói (already).
g) Diễn tả một hành động hay sự việc đã được hoàn thành vào một thời điểm chưa qua hẳn ở
hiên tại.
- Ví dụ: I have met him twice today.
h) Diễn tả một kết quả hiện có do một hành động ở quá khứ.
- Ví dụ: He has lost all his money in gambling.
6. Thì hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn: S + has / have + been + V-ing.
a) Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trong quá khứ và vẫn tiếp diễn đễn hiện tại.
b) Diễn tả một hành động kéo dài trong quá khứ vừa mới chấm dứt.
- Ví dụ: He has been hunting bears (Việc đi săn vẫn tiếp tục cho đến gần đây).
*) Lưu ý: HTHT: nhấn mạnh vào kết quả của hành động, các công việc đã thực hiện được.

HTHTTD: nhấn mạnh vào sự tiếp diễn liên tục của hành động trong bao lâu, thường đi với
for, since, all day, howlong (trong câu hỏi), Nó không dùng với always, không dùng với những từ chỉ
nhận thức tri giác.
7. Thì quá khứ hoàn thành: S + had + PII.
a) Chỉ một hành động đã xảy ra và đã hoàn tất trước một thời điểm trong quá khứ, hoặc trước
một hành động khác cũng đã kết thúc trong quá khứ.


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Ví dụ: By 2.00 o’clock we had had lunch.
b) Hành động đã xảy ra nhưng chưa hoàn tất thì một hành động khác, một thời điểm khác đến
(for).
- Ví dụ: By december 1st last year, he had worked here for ten years.
*) Dấu hiệu: before, after, when, till, until, as soon as,
8. Thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn: S + had + been + V-ing.
a) Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trước và vẫn tiếp diễn cho đến lúc nói ở thời điểm quá khứ.
-VD: When I got home, I discovered she had been paiting the door. (Khi tôi về nhà, tôi thấy cô ấy đã
đang sơn cánh cửa).
b) Diễn tả một hành động đã tiếp diễn và được hoàn thành trước lúc nói ở thời điểm qua khứ.
*) Chú ý: Không dùng thì này với các động từ: know, like, realize, guess, believe, doubt, understand,
hear, smell, sound, taste, belong to, love,
9. Thì tương lai đơn: S + shall, will + V (bare-infinitive).
a) Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trong tương lai.
b) Diễn tả một thói quen trong tương lai.
- Ví dụ: The birds will come back next spring.
c) Diễn tả một việc sẽ quyết định làm ngay lúc nói.
d) Diễn tả sự đề nghị thỉnh cầu. - Ví dụ: Shall we eat out tonight?

*) Chú ý: - Không được dùng won’t sau “ I think ”.
- Không dùng thì tương lai đơn sau các liên từ: when, before, after, as soon as,… sau mệnh
đề “if”.
- Thì tương lai đơn thường đứng sau các động từ như: be afraid, be/fell sure, believe, think,
doubt, hope.
10. Thì tương lai gần: S + be + going to + V (bare-infinitive).
a) Diễn tả một hành động làm gì đó trong tương lai gần.
b) Diễn tả một hành động sắp xảy ra trong tương lai gần.
11.Thì tương lai tiếp diễn: S + shall, will + be + V-ing.
a) Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trong tương lai hoặc đang xảy ra thì một hành động khác đến.
- Ví dụ: We will be waiting for you at 9 o’clock tomorrow.
12.Thì tương lai hoàn thành: S + shall, will + have + PII.
a) Diễn tả một hành động được hoàn tất trước một thời điểm trong tương lai.
- Ví dụ: We will have paid the loan by August.
b) Diễn tả một hành động sẽ được hoàn tất trước một hành động khác trong tương lai.
*) Dấu hiệu: by + mốc thời gian, by then, by the end of (tháng), by (giờ).
13.Thì tương lai hoàn thành tiếp diễn: S + shall / will + have been + V-ing.
- Diễn tả một hành động đã xảy ra và tiếp diễn được một thời gian so với một thời điểm khác trong
tương lai (By the end of ) ⇒ ít khi sử dụng.
14.Thì tương lai trong quá khứ: S + would + V (bare-infinitive).
a) Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra ở thời điểm tương lai so với một thời điểm nào đó ở qua khứ.
b) Diễn tả dự định trong quá khứ.
EXERCISES : BÀI TẬP
I.

Put these verbs into correct form.


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1.I (walk)...........................to work everyday.
2.She (work)..............................in a bank two years ago.
3.We (see)...............................him from time to time last year.
4.Children(need)........................... love.
5.I(go).....................to town yesterday,and I(buy).......................a new book.
6.John(leave)....................................for France tomorrow.
7.He (leave)................................. yesterday.
8.He (work).............................here since August.
9.We often(see)..............................him on the way home.
10.I seldom (go) ..........................to the cinema.
11.I (read) .....................................that book already.
12.They
just(come)................................
13.I (be)...........................in the army during the Second World War.
14.I (walk) .....................................to school everyday last year.
15.We(not be)...................................... there lately.
16.This morning I(walk)................................to school.
17.Please be quite.I(study).......................................
18.The swimming pool(open).............................at 7.00 and (close) ......................at 18.30 everyday.
19.why (you/look).............................................at me like that?Have I said something wrong?
20.I(not/work)...............................this week.I’m on holiday.
21.How many cigarettes(you/smoke)...............................a day?
22.I(live).................................with some friends until I can find a flat.
23.Hurry up!The bus(come)...................................I(not/want).....................to miss it.
24.That machine(not/work)................................It broke down this morning.
25.This machine(not/work)...................................It hasn’t work for years.
26.The River Nile(flow)........................... into the Mediterranean.
27.The river(flow)..............................very fast today-much faster than usual.

28.Can you drive?-No,but I(learn)...............................My father(teach)............................me.
29.We usually(grow)..................................................vegetables in our garden but this year
we(not/grow).............................any.
30.You can borrow my umbrella.I(not/need).............................it at the moment.
31.(At a party)I usually(enjoy)..........................parties but I(not/enjoy)...........................this one very
much.
32.George says he’s 80 years old but I(not/believe)........................him.
33.Son is in London at the moment.He(stay)............................... at the Hilton Hotel.He
usually(stay) ..............................at the Hilton Hotel when he’s in London.
34.A.What(your father/do).........................................? B.He’s a teacher,but
he(not/work).........................................at the moment.
35.I’m too tired to walk home.I think I(get)........................... a taxi.
36.When I lived in Hanoi,I(work).....................in a bank.
37.Lan (burn)..........................her hand when she(cook).................................the dinner.
38.It(rain)...................................when I got up.
39.While I(work).............................in the garden,I hurt my back.
40.I saw Jim in the park.He(sit)................................on the grass and(read)..........................a book.


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41.Last night I(read)...............................in bed when suddenly I(hear)................a scream.
42.Tom is kooking for his key.He can’t find it.He(lose)...................his key.
43.She(play)..................................tennis since she was eight.
44.It is raining now.It began raining two hours ago.It(rain)....................................for two hours..
45.Ann is looking for a job.She began looking six months ago.She(look)..................................... for six
months.
II. Put in the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:

1.When ......................................................................................... he (leave) Hanoi for HCM city?
-He ........(leave) yesterday morning.
2.They…….(start) to learn E when they ………(be) only 10 years old.
3.she ……..(play) the piano when we ….(arrive).
4.What you.......(do) at 8 o'clock yesterday when he………(come) to see you?
-Oh, I .............. (write) a leter to my eldest brother.
5.They still..............(sleep) when their father………(come) back from work.
6.She……..(come) into the room,……..(open) the window,…….( turn) on the light, and ………
(begin) to read a newspaper.
7.It……….(rain) hard when they ……..(be) on their way home.As they………(have) no raincoats
with them, they…..
(be) wet through.
8.Her mother …….(cook) in the kitchen while her father……
(clean) the sitting - room.
9.When I………( come ) to her house, She ………(work) in the garden. She…….(tell) me that she
usually ……..(do) the gardening when she …….(have) free time.
10. It…….(be) 2a.m. Elisa………(wake) up.She ……(look) out.It……….(snow).
III. Put these verbs into correct form.
1.We often……..(drink) coffee in the morning. But yesterday morning we……..(drink) tea.
2.On my way home I often……….(meet) many children who……(go) to school.
3.The sun……..(rise) in the East and …….(set) in the West.
4.When they……….(finish) their work? They…….(finish) it two hours ago.
5.What she still……..(do) when her mother………(go) to bed last night?
-She still……..(write) an essay on the hames.
6.What you……..(do)now?
-We ……(repair) our house. We……..(hope) everything …..(be) nice.
7.He often…….( buy) presents for his daughter on her birthday.Yesterday ………(be) her 15th
birthday. He………(buy) her a big doll.
8. He……..(begin) to learn foreign languages when he…….(be) quite young.
9.People………(know) that Columbus ……..(discover) America nearly 500 years ago.

10.They all…….(believe) that he just …..(come) back from London last week.
11.They just…….(decide) to buy a new house.
12."Gone with the Wind" is the most interesting film we……( see) recently.
13.You……..(see) Nam last Sunday.?
Oh, no I……..(not see) him for many days now.
14.Since when you…….(learn) E?
I……..(learn) it since I……….( be) a girl of twelve.


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15.You ever ……(be) to HCM city?
-No, I ……(not be) there yet. But my parents ……..(be) there twice this year.
16.They ……..(do) nothing since they ……(get) up.
17.My brother………..(join) the army when he………( be) 18.
He…….(serve) in the army for 3 years and then ……(go) to universiy.
18.How long you……..(live) in this town?
-I……….(live) in this town for ten years.
19.My sister……….(finish) school in 1997 and ……..(be) a student at the National University
since then.
20.My parents……….(go) out.They will be back soon.
21.What you………(do) there before you ……..(return) home?
22.When I…….(come) to his house yesterday, his mother…..
(tell) me that he……..(go) to the cinema with his friend two hours before.
23.He………(go) to England after he………(study) E for two years.
24.Before they………(go) very far, they ………(find) that they………(lose) their way.
25.When their father………..(get) home from work, they ….
(tell) him that they already ……..(cook) the dinner.

26.By the time he………..( return) home from England, they
Already………(build) a new house for him.
27.When Peter………(arrive) at the cinema, the film already……..(start).
28.The boy …….(say) that he………..(do) all his homework before he……..(go) to bed.
29.The children………..(begin) to do the exercise after they…
…..(review) all the rules.
30.He…………(make) a report on the history of England after he …….(read) a lot of books abou
it.
31.He………..(learn) French when he………(have) time.
32.They ………(not go) on working until the rain ………(stop) .
33.I……….(not do) it until they……….(tell) me to.
34.They………..(come) to see their grandparents before they……….(leave) for New York
35.She………(learn) one more foreign language when she…..….(go) to university.
36.They……………(not go) home until it………….(stop) raining.
37.Where you…….(be) at this time tomorrow?-I……….(be) at the meeting.
38.Nobody……………(know) what he……….(do) to earn his living after he……………( finish)
school.
39.When we………..(meet) again?
-We ……………(meet) again when I……………( return) home from Australia.
40.He………….(be) busy at the moment. But he………….(come) to give you a helping hand as
soon as he…………( finish) his work.
41.We still………(do) our work now. But we……..(go) with you right after we……..(finish) it.
42.He…………(get) off the train and…………(go) straight home.But he soon……………..
(realize) he ……………..(leave) his umbrella on the train.
43.My brother…………….(decide) that he……………(buy) a motorbike next year.
44.He…………(be) good to me since I……………(be) a little girl. I……………(hope) I…………
(not forget) his kindness.


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45.They still ………….(live) in a small hoouse now. But they…………..(move) to a big building
as soon as they……..(finish) repairing it.
46.Since when you…………..(work) a this factory?
-I……….(work) at this factory since I………(be) very young.
47.How long they………..(be) here?
-I ………(not know) exactly .May be , they …….(be) here since 7 o'clock.
48.He……….(come) into the study, …………(stare) at me and……..(leave) without saying a word.
49.She has to ask the boys………(stop) (make) noise.
50.Please keep the fire……..(burn). I'ts so cold in here.
51.You mustn't come into this room without ……..(knock) first.
52.Do you get used to……….(swim) in the river or in the sea?
53.They kept……….(talk) about the tiger - tamers.
54.I hope you are……..(satisfy) with what you……..(just do).
55.She was sitting alone……….(look) very unhappy.
56.I'm not expecting him………..(phone) me tonight but I hope he does.
57.Why do you always look so ………..(bore)? Is your life really ………..(bore) ?
58.How about ……….(give) me a hand?-Sure. I'd be glad to help .
59.I'm having mu house……..(paint) .
60.They always have him……..(help) them with their E.
61.He works very hard. It's not…………( surprise) that he is always tired.
62.This car used to…….(paint) white.
63.My friends suggested…………(go) by bus.
64.They were made ……….(work) for nothing.
65.We are reading "David Copperfield"…………(write) by Charles Dickens.
66.In spite of ……….(live) far from school, this pupil always comes to class on time.
IV. Mixed Tenses - Put the verbs into the correct tenses.
1.When I got to the station, I ……………. (meet)John.

2.When I got to the station, John ……………(sit) in a coffee shop.
3.When I got to the station, John…………..(leave), and I didn’t see him.
4.When I got to the station, John ……………(wait) me for 10 minutes.
5.When John……………..(arrive)here tomorrow, I …………..(call)you.
6.When you ………(come) here at this time tomorrow, I ……….(tidy)the room up.
7. When you……………….(come) here by this time tomorrow, I ……………..(tidy) the room up.
8. When it rains heavily, John usually……………(stay) at home.
9. When it rained heavily, John usually……………(stay) at home.
10. I ……………(walk) on the street when it rained.
11. John……………….(say) anything since yesterday.
12. In a few days, there…………..(be) an important meeting.


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13. How many question ……………you……..(answer) so far?
14. I ………….(meet) John. He …………..(tell) me about his trip to Singapore.
15. Look! A boy ……….(run) after a little dog.
16. This is the best book I …………..(ever read)
17. That was the most interesting story I ………………(ever listen)
18. China…………………..(lie)to the North of Vietnam.
19. The police caught the thief who………..(steal) John’s motorbike.
20. I think that John…………….(return) the money before we need.
21. When I look out of the door, I found that my car……………..(steal)
22. When ………….you first ………….(visit)Hanoi?
23. This is the first time I …………(visit)Hanoi.
24. Right now, I ……………… (need) some help . What are you doing ? Can you give me a hand?
25. Last night, while I ……………( write) a letter, the phone…….(ring)

26. At this time yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. Browns’s daughter……………….(clean) the floor.
27. He hardly ……………..(get) up before the sun………….(rise).
28. In two weeks, we ………………(spend) our vacation in Ha long Bay.
29. In the last two weeks, we ………………(spent) our vacation in halong Bay.
30. Mary ……………….(prepare)the meal before her friends came.
31. At the meeting, John ……………(speak) until someone……………..(ask) him some questions.
32. At the meeting, John …………….(speak) until he ……………..(hear) other member’s
opinions.
33. Why……………..you always ……………(argue) with each other ?I’m not pleased with you at
all.
34. I ………….(try) to contact you all day. Where have you been?
35. I ……………(try) to contact you all day yesterday, but I couldn’t do that.
36. I ………..(hard lock) the door when the phone rang.
37. My feet feel asleep because I …………..(sit) on my heels.
38. My feet felt asleep because I …………..(sit) on my heels.
39. I had hoped that he ………….(forgive) me for not writing to him.
40. The robber ……………(hang) for murder yesterday.
41-I ……. (attend ) Louisiana state University.


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42-He has been selling motorcycles……………
A-ten years ago

B-since ten years

C-for ten years ago

D-for ten years

43-Columbus…….( discover ) America more then 400 years ago.
44-He fell down when he ……( run) towards the church.
45-We …….(still live) there when our father died.
46-They …….(play) pingpong when their father comes back home.
47-By Christmas, I……..(work) for you for 6 months.
48-I…….(be) in the room now.
49-I……..(be) to New York three times this year.
50-I will come and see you before I…….. (leave) for America.
51-The little girl asked what…..(happen) to her friend.
52-John ……(read) a book when I saw him.
53-He said he…….(will) return later.
54-Jack …..(open) the door.
55-I have been waiting for you……….
A-since early morning

B-since 9 a.m

C-for two hours

D-all are correct

56-My sister…….(look) for you since yesterday.
57-Jack……(just paint) the door.
58-The train ………(leave) half an hour.
59-We ………(not see) Doris since last Sunday.
60-When I last saw him, he…….(live) in London.
61-After I………(have) lunch, I looked for my bag.

62-By the end of next year, George………(learn) English for 2 years.
63-The man got out the car ,………(walk) round to the back and opened the boot.
64-For several years his ambition………(be) to be a pilot.
65-Henry ………(go) into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
66-He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he …….(finish) dinner.
67-Before you asked, the letter……….(write)
68-Ask her to come and see me when she ………(finish) her work.
69-Oil ……(float) if you pour it on water.


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70-The dancing club……..(lie) north of the city.
71- Almost everyone……(leave) for home by the time we arrived.
72-By the age of 25, he …….(write) two famous novels.
73-While her husband was in the army, Janet ……. (write) to him twice a week.
74-I couldn’t cut the grass because the machine…….. (break ) down a few days previously.
75-According to this newspaper, John is said………( establish ) a new record for the long jump.
76-I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I……..(try) to play.
77-Since he ……(leave),I have heard nothing from him.
78-I like looking at these pictures, but I……..(have) enough by lunch time.
79-I don’t understand this sentence. What……… this word ……………(mean)?
80-John……..(usually/ play)tennis once or twice a week.
81-It was noisy next door. Our neighbors……..(have) a party.
82-It……..(get) dark. Shall I turn on the light?
83-I …….(look) for Christine. Do you know where she is?
84-At 5 o’clock yesterday evening, I………(iron) my clothes.
85-“Are you ready ,Ann?” “Yes, I……………(come)”

86-Why ……..you ……….. (look) at me like that? What’s the matter?
87-I……..(walk) along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
88-She ……..(learn) German for two years.
89-I usually …….(go) away at weekends.
90-The earth……… (go) round the sun.
91-I come from Canada. Where ……..you ……..(come) from?
92-When I last……… (see) Jane, she ……..(try) to find a job.
93-I……….(get) up at 8 o’clock every morning.
94- how often ………..you…… (go) to the dentist?
95-Ann……..(not drink) tea very often.
96-The sun……….(rise) in the East.
97-It is a nice day. I ……….(suggest) we go out for a walk.
98-Tim was tired. He ……….(study) hard all day.
99-Bad driving often…….(cause) many accidents.


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100-The Olympic Games…….(take) place every four years.
101-What time…….the banks……. (close) in Britain?
102-Look!That man………..(try) to open the door of your car.
103-When I was young, I ………(want) to be a singer.
104-They……..(tell) me about it last week.
105-I……..(leave) here at the end of the month.
106-My grandfather………(die) many years ago.
107-I…………..(give) my son the money for that last week.
108-Yesterday I passed by Peter’s house, but the front door was closed. He ……. (go) out.
109-I……..(turn) the dishwasher on when heard the shot.

110-There was a time when watching TV really……….(be) family entertainment.
111-Last year, they ……….(sell) 22 million TV sets.
112-At last the bus came. We ………..(wait) for half an hour.
113-Daniel……the bus. It doesn’t run on Sundays.
A-did not catch

B-have not caught

C-had not caught

D-couldn’t have caught

114-I’m feeling sick. I……..so much chocolate last night.
A-needn’t to eat

B-did not eat C-mustn’t eat

D-shouldn’t have eaten

115-I’m going on holiday on Saturday.This time next week I……(lie) on a beach in the sea.
116-Ted and Amy……(marry) for 24 years.
117-Tomorrow I……….(visit) my grandparents
118-When the first child was born, they……..(marry) for three years.
119-I think the weather……….(be) nice later.
120-She ……..(be) very angry when she knows this.
121. I (learn)………………. English for seven years now.
122. But last year I (not / work) …………….. hard enough for English, that's why my marks(not /
be)………….. really that good then.
123. As I (pass / want) ……….. my English exam successfully next year, I (study)
…………………. harder this term.

124. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send)…………… me on a language course to
London.
126. It (be)…………… great and I (think)…………. I (learn) ………….. a lot.


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127. Before I (go)………….. to London, I (not / enjoy)…………… learning English.
128. But while I (do)…………….. the language course, I (meet)……………… lots of young
people from all over the world.
129. There I (notice)………… how important it (be)…………… to speak foreign languages
nowadays.
130. Now I (have)………… much more fun learning English than
the course.

I (have)…………… before

131. At the moment I (revise)………….. English grammar.
132. And I (begin / already)…………. to read the texts in my English textbooks again.
133. I (think)……… I (do)………… one unit every week.
134. My exam (be)……….. on 15 May, so there (not / be)…………. any time to be lost.
135. If I (pass)………….. my exams successfully, I (start) …………… an apprenticeship in
September.
136. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go)………….. back to London to work there for a
while.
137. As you (see / can)………….. , I (become)……………. a real London fan already.
138. Andy is tired because he (work)....................all day.
139. By 1960 most of Britain’s old colonies (become)................... independent. 140. David broke

his leg when he (ski).................... last week.
141. ................... (you/have) a nice time in Rome?
142. ................... (you/finish) your homework yet?
143. He (be)................... at his computer for six hours.
144. How long ..........................(she/have) that car?
145. How many people (die)................... in the fire yesterday?
146. I (not/know).................... much about art, but I like some artists.
147. I (wait)...................... for ages when finally the bus arrived.
148. I (receive)..................... a postcard from Jane yesterday.
149. I (correct) ..................... all morning, I’m exhausted.
150. I (never/be)................ sailing, what’s it like?
151. It was late. Most of the shops (close)..................... .
152. It (rain)...................... when I got up this morning.
153. Janet (start).................. a new job in September.


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154. Nelly (have) ....................... a great time in New York at the moment.
155. She was cooking dinner when we (arrive)................... .
156. She (just/come) ....................... back from a Mediterranean cruise.
157. My husband (be)........... free for most of the afternoon.
158. The children were tired because they (swim)................. in the pool all afternoon.
159. They (go).................. to spend six weeks in the USA.
160. We can use the car, I (repair)......................... it.
161. We were tired because we (be)....................... to a party the night before.
162. We (be)..................... too late for the train, it had just left.
163. When I got the airport I realized I (forget).................my passport.

164. As soon as they (arrive)...................we had dinner.
165. When they were driving home last night they (see)..............a terrible accident.
166. Where ....................(Robert/live) now?
167. Who (Mandy/talk)..... . .........to?
168. What would he have done if he (be)…………. there?
169. I am very sorry but I (not finish) ……………. reading the book yet.
170. She (be)…………. ill since last Monday. She won’t be able to go to the sea-side next weekend.
171. I decided to learn Greek while we (live)…………… in Delphes.
172. They were going to town when I (see)………….. them this morning.
173. He has got measles, (visit)…………….. him yesterday afternoon?
174. (You read really)……………. this Shakespeare play four times? - Yes, I think it is
extraordinary.
175. If I (bump) ………….. into a ghost, I think I would run away fast or scream.
176. I (lose)………….. my glasses and had to spend the whole week straining my eyes so I was
glad when she found them in the garden shed.
177. He was caught after he (wander)…………… in the eastern Highlands all night.
178. Last week she noticed her books were overdue. So even though she was very late she (pop)
……………. into the library to take them back before going to work.
179. After the old man’s mysterious death the inspector (look)………….. for some clues.


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180. When he came down for dinner yesterday evening he told me he (just write)……………. a
letter to his wife.
181. At about tea-time she (hear)…………….. the phone (ring)………… again.
182. When they found him dead they discovered he (hit)…………… .
183. We know he (buy)………….. a new house in a small lane quite recently, but we don’t know

whether he has sold his old house.
184. They went to the sollicitor’s. He read the will. How much (leave)……………. them?
185. I have never seen him again since I (leave)…………… Australia in 1964.
186. Look at that shop window! Looters pouring out of the neighboring shanty town ( smash)
……………. it.
187. She is very worried . Her daughter had told her she was going to be back at 6. It is now 6.45
and she (not turn up)…………… yet. What could have happened?
188. Our neighbors are noisy.... Last night they (throw)…………. pots and pans again.
189. They (make)………… a complaint because their coffee-machine didn’t work.
190. She has been reported missing after going for a stroll in the marshes, perhaps she (suck down)
………….. in a swamp.
191. Who is this lady? She (move)…………… into No 4 last month.
192. This hotel is empty, it (not live)……………. in for a long time.
193. What a pity! We’ve got a bottle of wine but we ( not bring)………….. a corkscrew.
194. They were very busy because a water pipe (leak) ………….. .
195. He (can not)……………. get the lid off so he lost his temper.
196. Yesterday afternoon he (have)…………… a nap in the garden chair when a boy dropped a ball
on his head.
197. It was her birthday so he (buy)…………… her a bunch of flowers.
198. He was looking at a map so he (not notice)………….that the car in front of him had stopped at
the traffic lights.
199. He was running fast and he (bump)…………….. into an absent-minded old man.
200. We didn’t do the shopping because we (not have) ………….. time.
201. He ( have) ………… an argument with his boss, so he decided to resign.
202. You’d better tell the truth now, you (lie)…………… so often.
203. She wanted to help sick children so she [train]……………as a nurse.
204. He was fed up and that’s why he [give]…………….up working for them.


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205.They had been charged with bugging his flat but they [deny) ………….. all the allegations last
week.
206. At last we [let]………….him drop his evening classes.
207. I [not hear]………….the telephone because we were having an early evening drink on the
terrace.
208.Up to now, I _____ (never see) such a fat man.
209.Up to then, I _____ (never see) such a fat man.
210.It’s the first time I _____ (eat) this.
211.This is the worst storm I _____ (ever see).
212. It was the first time I _____ (ever see) such a beautiful girl.
213. It was the most exciting film I _____ (ever see).
214. This was the dirtiest looking dog I _____ (ever see).
215.When I came here I _____ (find) that everything _____ (be) ready.
216.I was late. The teacher _____ (already give)n a quiz when I _____ (get) to class.
217.When I _____ (come) there, she _____ (go) away half an hour before.
218.Sam _____ (already leave) when we _____ (get there.
219.My friend ______ (not see) me for many years when I _____ (meet) him last week.
220.After John _____ (wash) his clothes, he began to study.
221.By the time the police arrived, the house ______ (be) burned down.
222.So far this week there _____ (be) three burglaries in our street.
223.She came into the room while they ______ (watch) television.
224.As soon as we find another apartment, we ______ (move).
225.She …………… (play) the piano when our guests ………… (arrive) last night.
226.She just ………….. (come) in and …………. (see) you in five minutes.
227. I ………… (come) as soon as my work is finished . ~ You ………… (be) ready?
228. My mother ………… (come) to stay with us next weekend.
229. Violets ……….. (bloom) in the spring.

230. We ……….. (not live) in England for the last two years.
231. He ……….. (not arrive) when I ……….. (write) my last letter to you.
232. I never ……….. (forget) what you just ……….. (tell) me.
233.They ………….. (prepare) the Christmas dinner today.


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234. When I last ………. (stay) in Cairo, I …………. (ride) to the Pyramids on a camel that my
friend ……..(borrow) the day before.
235. He knew that I ……….. (come) the following week.
236. She understood that we ………… (promise) to go.
237. I ……….. (be) pleased if he came.
238. I was taught that the sun ………… (be) bigger than the moon.
239. The boy knew that an hour …………. (have) sixty minutes.
240. I didn’t know what time it ……….. (be), so I ……….. (turn) on the radio.
241. I wondered whether I …………. (lock) the door or not.
242. She says that she ……….. (live) in the country when she ……….. (be) a child.
243. The teacher said that the shortest distance between two points ……….. (be) a straight line.
244. They hoped that they ………… (end) soon.
245. When the teacher came in, the pupil ………. (play).
246. Columbus …………. (discover) America more than 400 years ago.
247.Yesterday, while I ……….. (write) a letter, the telephone ………. (ring).
248. Bill said he ………. (forget) to buy a new dictionary.
249.He…………(make) a report on the history of England after he …….(read) a lot of books abou
it.
250.He………..(learn) French when he………(have) time.