TENSE RIVISION.
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Simple Present.
1. They often (have) ________ eggs for breakfast.
2. We usually (play) _________ badminton.
3. She sometimes (wake up) ___________ late.
4. He always (go) ________ to the cinema at weekends.
5. Mary (watch) _________ TV every night.
6. She always (kiss) _________her children before she (go) _________ to bed.
7. My parents (teach) _________ chemistry.
8. She (dance) _________ very well.
9. _________Tom often (arrive) _________ late?
10. _________you always (go) _________ to school in the morning?
11. We (not wake up) _________ early.
12. _________these hens (lay) _________ brown eggs?
13. She (be) _________very nice.
14. _________he (be) _________ tall?
15. _________you (be) _________a teacher?
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Present continuous & simple present.
1. Be quiet! The baby (sleep) ___________
2. The student (look up) ___________ the new word right now.
3. He (play) ___________ game at the moment
4. At present, that author (write) ___________a historical novel.
5. She (play) ___________ tennis when It (rain) ___________.
6. She sometimes (buy) ___________ vegetables at this market.
7. I (read) ___________book while they (do) ___________ homework.
8. I (see) ___________ that you (wear) ___________your best clothes.
9. My mother (cook) ___________some food in the kitchen at present.
She always (cook) ___________ in the morning.
10. Sarah often (work) ___________late at the office.
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She (spend) ____ all her money last week.
Mum (never spend) ___________ any money on herself.
I (lend) __________ my penknife to someone, but I can't remember who it was now.
John and his father (build) ___________ the cabin themselves last year.
My parents (sell) ____________ the stereo at a garage sale.
___________You (tell) ___________ anyone about this yesterday?
The unidentified plant (bear) ___________ gorgeous flowers.
She (tear) ___________ the letter to pieces and threw it in the bin.
He often (wear) ___________ glasses for reading.
Before God He (swear) ___________ he was innocent
Yesterday Clouds (creep) ___________ across the horizon, just above the line of trees.
We both (sleep) ___________ badly that night.
She (weep) ___________ for the loss of her mother.
Jane (keep) ___________ the engine running.
A huge wave (sweep) ___________ over the deck
Mum (pay) ___________ for my driving lessons.
He (lay) ___________ his hand on my shoulder.
He (break) ___________ the biscuit in half and handed one piece to me.
He (choose) ___________ his words carefully as he (speak) ___________.
IV.
Present Perfect and simple past.
I (wait) ____________for two hours, but she (not come) ____________yet.
He (write) ____________ a book since last year.
How long ____________you (learn) ____________English?
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Tom (already finish) ____________his homework.
I (read) ____________the novel written by Jack London several times before.
Mai (never be) ____________ in Hanoi.
She (study) _____________ Korean for two years.
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Simple past and Past Perfect.
1. When the police (arrive) _____________, the car (go) _____________.
2. They (eat) _____________ everything by the time I (arrive) _____________at the party.
3. When I (find) _____________ my purse, someone (take) _____________the money out of it.
4. By the time I (get) _____________ into my town, the shop (close) _____________.
5. They (go) _____________ after they (finish) _____________their work.
6. He (do) _____________ nothing before he (see) _____________ me.
7. When they (get) ____________ the station, the train (leave) _____________.
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Gerund, to infinitive & bare infinitive
1. I hope (have) ________ a job
2. Try to avoid (make) __________ him angry.
3. He thinks of (leave) _________ his job.
4. Would you mind (show) ________ me how (work) ________ the lift?
5. It's no use (wait) ________.
6. I hate (see) _________ a child (cry) _________.
7. I'm looking forward to (see) ________ you.
8. He warned her (not touch) _________ the wire.
9. Gravity makes water (run) __________ downhill.
10. Please let me (know) __________ your decision.
11. It is difficult (please) __________every body.
12. We are eager (return) __________ to school in the fall.
13. Stop (argue) __________ and start (work) __________
III. Tense
1. I’d like to borrow this book . _________ it yet ?
a. Did you read b. Had you read
c. Have you read
d. Do you read
2. We ____ in this town for a long time. We ______ here sixteen years ago.
a. had been / come b. have been / came c. were / came
d. are / came
3. No breakfast for Mark, thanks . He _____ breakfast.
a. hasn’t eaten
b. didn’t eat
c. isn’t eating
d. doesn’t eat
4. The news came as no surprise to me. I ____ for sometime that the factory was likely to close.
a. knew
b. had known
c. have known
d. know.
5. Glenda _____ extremely hard when she was a student.
a. worked
b. has worked
c. was working
d. had been worked
6. The world war II ___ in 1939 and _____ in 1945.
a. begins / ends b. had begun/ended c. has begun / had ended d. began / ended
7. I’ll see him when he ____ here tomorrow .
a. comes
b. will come
c. has come
d. had come
8. I ____ at the check out when I _____ a strange looking man .
a. waited / noticed b. was waiting / noticed c. waited / was noticing d. was waiting / had noticed
9. Harry works all the time . He _____
a. never relaxes b. relaxes never
c. often relaxes
d. relaxes sometimes
10. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ____ to bed
a. have gone
b. went
c. had gone
d. goes
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