Lý thuyết và bài tập về sự hòa hợp chủ ngữ động từ trong tiếng Anh

For the students

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

I.Trong câu khẳng định hoặc phủ định CHỦ NGỮ luôn đứngTRƯỚC ĐỘNG TỪ.
Chủ ngữ số ít --> động từ chia ở dạng số ít.
Chủ ngữ số nhiều --> động từ chia ở dạng số nhiều.
1. The secretary ……………………… to work at 8 a.m. every day.
A. come
B. comes
C. coming
2. The secretaries ……………………… to work at 8 a.m. every day.
A. come
B. comes
C. coming

D. came
D. came

II. Khi cụm từ sau làm chủ ngữ, động từ chia theo N1 (noun).
N1 (or Pronoun 1) +
……………

along with

+

N2 (pronoun 2) +

V

with
as well as
of / in (giới từ)
1. Mr. Brown, along with his wife and six children, ……………………… going to Paris.
A. is
B. are
C. were
D. be
2. Mrs. Pike with her children ………………………… coming to the party tonight.
A. were
B. are
C. was
D. is
3. My parents as well as my brother ………………… watching TV.
A. be
B. is
C. are
D. am
4. The picture of the pupils ……………………… back many memories.
A. bring
B. brings
C. have brought D. are bringing
5. The effects of smoking ……………………… very harmful.
A. are
B. is
C. has been
D. was
III. Khi cụm từ sau làm chủ ngữ, động từ chia theo N2 (noun).
Either
………………

Neither
Not only

+ N1 (Pronoun 1)

+

or

+
+

+
+

nor
but also

+ N2 (pronoun 2) +

V+

1. Neither Tom nor his parents ……………………… at home yesterday morning.
A. was
B. were
C. is
D. are
2. Either you or I ………………………………… wrong.
A. are
B. is

C. am
D. be
3. Not only David but also his friends ……………………… playing football.
A. enjoy
B. enjoys
C. has enjoyed
D. to enjoy
VI. Động từ luôn chia ở dạng số nhiều khi chủ ngữ là các cụm từ sau:
N1 (pronoun 1) +
and +
………………..
Both of + Pl. N (pronoun)
…………………

N2 (pronoun 2)+

V (số nhiều)

+

V (số nhiều)

1. Mrs. Brown and her daughter …………………… flying to Paris tomorrow.
A. was
B. is
C. are
2. Both of her brothers ………………………… in the sugar factory.
A. work
B. has worked
C. was working

D. were
D. is working


VII. Động từ luôn chia ở dạng số ít khi chủ ngữ là các cụm từ sau:
Every
+
N
+V (số ít)
……………………………………
Each of +
N (Pronoun) +V (số ít)
Either of +
N (Pronoun) +V (số ít)
V-ING
+ V (số ít)
V-ING phrase
+V (số ít)
1. Everything …………………………… all right.
A. is
B. are
C. be
2. Each of you ……………………… a textbook.
A. have
B. has
C. are having
3. Either of the books I bought yesterday …………………… very interesting.
A. am
B. is

C. are
4. Swimming ……………………… very useful to our health.
A. be
B. am
C. is
VIII. Động từ ở dạng số ít khi chủ ngữ là các từ:

D. have been
D. is having
D. were
D. are

News, physics, mathematics, economics, politics, mumps, measles,
statistics, the United Nations, the United States …
1. There ………………… very interesting news on TV last night.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
2. Mathematics …………………… to interest him.
A. seem
B. have seemed C. seems
D. are seeming
IX. Khi ĐẠI TỪ QUAN HỆ (Relative pronouns) WHO, WHICH, THAT làm chủ ngữ, động từ chia ở dạng số ít
hoặc số nhiều phụ thuộc vào tiền vị tự.
1. The students who ………………… to class every day generally progress rapidly.
A. come
B. comes
C. has come
D. is coming

2. The student who ………………… to class every day generally progresses rapidly.
A. are coming
B. comes
C. come
D. have come
X. Khi chủ ngữ là cụm từ A NUMBER OF / THE NUMBER OF:
A number of + Noun (số nhiều) + V(số nhiều)
The number of + Noun (số nhiều) + V(số ít)
1. A large number of people …………………… to the meeting.
A. have come
B. has come
C. comes
D. is coming
2. The number of students attending universities ………………… increasing.
A. am
B. is
C. are
D. be
XI. Khi chủ ngữ là mệnh đề động từ ở dạng số ít.
What you've told me is interesting.
XII. More than one + Noun (số ít) + V (số ít)
More than one person has known the news.
XIII. Many a + Noun (số ít) V (số ít)
Many a famous pop star has been ruined by drugs.
XIV. Khi chủ ngữ là cụm từ chỉ một số tiền, một khoảng thời gian, một quãng đường động từ ở dạng SỐ ÍT.
A thousand dollars is a large sum of money.
Twenty years is a long period of time.
Fifty miles is not a short distance.
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PRACTICE


Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct simple present tense.
1. Most of the people here ………… each other. (know)
2. Some of my friends ………….. abroad. (live)
3. Children ……….. ice- cream.
(like)
4. All of us ………….. he is wrong. (think)
5. Marie …………. a red car. (have)
6. Fax machines ……………. written messages.
(transmit)
7. Experience ………….. talent.
(develop)
8. Having time to paint often ………… having a good time.(mean)
9. That he has angered the boss …………… the workers. (please)
10. Trusting people …………… faith.
(require)
11. Both of these oranges …………. bad. (be)
12. None of us …………… French. (speak)
13. Every one of the children ………….. crying.
(be)
14. Not one of my shirts ………….. clean. (be)
15. Everything I like ………… not available in the shops. (be)
16. I find that everywhere ………… booked up.
(be)
17. Two hours …………. not enough to finish this. (be)
18. John, along with twenty friends, ……….. planning a party.
(be)
19. The quality of these recordings ……….. not very good. (be)

20. If the duties of the officer ……… not reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project. (be)
21. Advertisements on television ………. becoming more competitive than before.
(be)
22. The television news ……….. at ten o'clock.
(be)
23. Physics …………. to interest Mary.
(seem)
24. Neither Bill nor his friends ………… going to the play tonight. (be)
25. Anything ………… better than going to another movie tonight. (be)
26. Everybody who ………. a fever must go home immediately. (have)
27. None of the officers ……… allowed to have guns.
(be)
28. One of our jobs ………… to help prevent crime.
(be)
29. Either John or his wife ……….. breakfast each morning.
(make)
30. The number of students who ………. (have) withdrawn from this quarter ………. (be) appalling.
Exercise 2: Choose the answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
1. Neither Tom nor I …………………… mathematics. We prefer English.
A. likes
B. like
C. liked
D. are liking
2. No news …………………… good news.
A. is
B. are
C. have been
D. were
3. The effects of smoking ………………….. very harmful.
A. are

B. is
C. had been
D. was
4. The guest of honour, along with his wife and children, ……………………… sitting at the first table
when we had a party yesterday.
A. was
B. were
C. are
D. have been
5. Ten thousand dollars ……………………… a large sum of money.
A. are
B. is
C. were
D. being
6. Not only Mrs. Brown's friends but also her husband ………… at her strange behaviour since last week.
A. wonders
B. have wondered
C. has wondered
D. wonder
7. I as well as my brother …………………… to our hometown for ten years.
A. does not return
B. do not return
C. has not returned D. have not returned
8. Either you or I ……………………… John up when he …………………… tomorrow.
A. have picked / will arrive
B. am going to pick / arrives


C. are going to pick / arrives
D. picked / arrived

9. The bottles of wine ………………………… on the shelf.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. has put
10. Doing mathematic puzzles …………………………… very interesting to me.
A. were
B. have been
C. are
D. is
11. The pair of shoes which he wore at the party last week ………………………… new.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
12. We, along with Tim, …………………… to go to London this summer.
A. have just decided B. has just decided C. decides
D. is deciding
13. We have just learnt statistics, …………… a subject of collection of information shown in numbers.
A. which are
B. which is
C. that have been
D. have been
14. These are Tom's sisters who …………………… in London.
A. live
B. lives
C. is living
D. has been living
15. If the duties of this officer …………… reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project.
A. aren't

B. isn't
C. doesn't
D. hasn't
16. My parents as well as my brother ………………… watching TV.
A. be
B. is
C. are
D. am
17. The picture of the pupils ……………………… back many memories.
A. bring
B. brings
C. have brought
D. are bringing
18. Either you or I ………………………………… wrong.
A. are
B. is
C. am
D. be
19. Not only David but also his friends ……………………… playing football.
A. enjoy
B. enjoys
C. has enjoyed
D. to enjoy
20. Everything …………………………… all right.
A. is
B. are
C. be
D. have been
21. Each of you ……………………… a textbook.
A. have

B. has
C. are having
D. is having
22. Either of the books I bought yesterday …………………… very interesting.
A. am
B. is
C. are
D. were
23. There ………………… very interesting news on TV last night.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
24. Mathematics …………………… to interest him.
A. seem
B. have seemed
C. seems
D. are seeming
25. The student who ………………… to class every day generally progresses rapidly.
A. are coming
B. comes
C. come
D. have come
26. Working for 12 hours a day …………………… her very tired.
A. makes
B. to make
C. make
D. making
27. Both Mary and Daisy, as well as John, ……………… ready for the exam tomorrow.
A. is

B. was
C. are
D. are to
28. Either you or Tom …………………… to write the report.
A. has
B. have
C. A and B are correct
D. A and B are incorrect
29. Mary's brothers ………………………… for a construction company.
A. works
B. work
C. has worked
D. are worked
30. Knowing your skills and your strengths …………… an important part of the job search process.
A. were
B. are
C. is
D. being


For the teacher

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

I.Trong câu khẳng định hoặc phủ định CHỦ NGỮ luôn đứngTRƯỚC ĐỘNG TỪ.
Chủ ngữ số ít --> động từ chia ở dạng số ít.
Chủ ngữ số nhiều --> động từ chia ở dạng số nhiều.
1. The secretary ……………………… to work at 8 a.m. every day.
A. come
B. comes

C. coming
2. The secretaries ……………………… to work at 8 a.m. every day.
A. come
B. comes
C. coming

D. came
D. came

II. Khi cụm từ sau làm chủ ngữ, động từ chia theo N1 (noun).
N1 (or Pronoun 1) +
……………

along with

+

N2 (pronoun 2) +

V

with
as well as
of / in (giới từ)
1. Mr. Brown, along with his wife and six children, ……………………… going to Paris.
A. is
B. are
C. were
D. be
2. Mrs. Pike with her children ………………………… coming to the party tonight.

A. were
B. are
C. was
D. is
3. My parents as well as my brother ………………… watching TV.
A. be
B. is
C. are
D. am
4. The picture of the pupils ……………………… back many memories.
A. bring
B. brings
C. have brought D. are bringing
5. The effects of smoking ……………………… very harmful.
A. are
B. is
C. has been
D. was
III. Khi cụm từ sau làm chủ ngữ, động từ chia theo N2 (noun).
Either
………………
Neither
Not only

+ N1 (Pronoun 1)

+

or

+
+

+
+

nor
but also

+ N2 (pronoun 2) +

V+

1. Neither Tom nor his parents ……………………… at home yesterday morning.
A. was
B. were
C. is
D. are
2. Either you or I ………………………………… wrong.
A. are
B. is
C. am
D. be
3. Not only David but also his friends ……………………… playing football.
A. enjoy
B. enjoys
C. has enjoyed
D. to enjoy
VI. Động từ luôn chia ở dạng số nhiều khi chủ ngữ là các cụm từ sau:
N1 (pronoun 1) +

and +
………………..
Both of + Pl. N (pronoun)
…………………

N2 (pronoun 2)+

V (số nhiều)

+

V (số nhiều)

1. Mrs. Brown and her daughter …………………… flying to Paris tomorrow.


A. was
B. is
C. are
2. Both of her brothers ………………………… in the sugar factory.
A. work
B. has worked
C. was working
VII. Động từ luôn chia ở dạng số ít khi chủ ngữ là các cụm từ sau:
Every
+
N
+V (số ít)
……………………………………
Each of +

N (Pronoun) +V (số ít)
Either of +
N (Pronoun) +V (số ít)
V-ING
+ V (số ít)
V-ING phrase
+V (số ít)
1. Everything …………………………… all right.
A. is
B. are
C. be
2. Each of you ……………………… a textbook.
A. have
B. has
C. are having
3. Either of the books I bought yesterday …………………… very interesting.
A. am
B. is
C. are
4. Swimming ……………………… very useful to our health.
A. be
B. am
C. is
VIII. Động từ ở dạng số ít khi chủ ngữ là các từ:

D. were
D. is working

D. have been
D. is having

D. were
D. are

News, physics, mathematics, economics, politics, mumps, measles,
statistics, the United Nations, the United States …
1. There ………………… very interesting news on TV last night.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
2. Mathematics …………………… to interest him.
A. seem
B. have seemed C. seems
D. are seeming
IX. Khi ĐẠI TỪ QUAN HỆ (Relative pronouns) WHO, WHICH, THAT làm chủ ngữ, động từ chia ở dạng số ít
hoặc số nhiều phụ thuộc vào tiền vị tự.
1. The students who ………………… to class every day generally progress rapidly.
A. come
B. comes
C. has come
D. is coming
2. The student who ………………… to class every day generally progresses rapidly.
A. are coming
B. comes
C. come
D. have come
X. Khi chủ ngữ là cụm từ A NUMBER OF / THE NUMBER OF:
A number of + Noun (số nhiều) + V(số nhiều)
The number of + Noun (số nhiều) + V(số ít)
1. A large number of people …………………… to the meeting.

A. have come
B. has come
C. comes
D. is coming
2. The number of students attending universities ………………… increasing.
A. am
B. is
C. are
D. be
XI. Khi chủ ngữ là mệnh đề động từ ở dạng số ít.
What you've told me is interesting.
XII. More than one + Noun (số ít) + V (số ít)
More than one person has known the news.
XIII. Many a + Noun (số ít) V (số ít)
Many a famous pop star has been ruined by drugs.
XIV. Khi chủ ngữ là cụm từ chỉ một số tiền, một khoảng thời gian, một quãng đường động từ ở dạng SỐ ÍT.
A thousand dollars is a large sum of money.
Twenty years is a long period of time.
Fifty miles is not a short distance.
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PRACTICE


Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct simple present tense.
1. Most of the people here ………… each other. (know)
(know)
2. Some of my friends ………….. abroad. (live)
(live)
3. Children ……….. ice- cream.

(like)
4. All of us ………….. he is wrong. (think)
5. Marie …………. a red car. (have)
(has)
6. Fax machines ……………. written messages.
(transmit)
7. Experience ………….. talent.
(develop)
(develops)
8. Having time to paint often ………… having a good time.(mean)
(means)
9. That he has angered the boss …………… the workers. (please)
(pleases)
10. Trusting people …………… faith.
(require)
(requires)
11. Both of these oranges …………. bad. (be)
(are)
12. None of us …………… French. (speak)
(speaks)
13. Every one of the children ………….. crying.
(be)
(is)
14. Not one of my shirts ………….. clean. (be)
(is)
15. Everything I like ………… not available in the shops. (be)
(is)
16. I find that everywhere ………… booked up.
(be)
(is)

17. Two hours …………. not enough to finish this. (be)
(is)
18. John, along with twenty friends, ……….. planning a party.
(be) (is)
19. The quality of these recordings ……….. not very good. (be)
(is)
20. If the duties of the officer … not reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project. (be) (are)
21. Advertisements on television ………. becoming more competitive than before. (be)
(are)
22. The television news ……….. at ten o'clock.
(be)
(is)
23. Physics …………. to interest Mary.
(seem)
(seems)
24. Neither Bill nor his friends ………… going to the play tonight. (be) (are)
25. Anything ………… better than going to another movie tonight. (be) (is)
26. Everybody who ………. a fever must go home immediately. (have) (has)
27. None of the officers ……… allowed to have guns.
(be)
(is)
28. One of our jobs ………… to help prevent crime.
(be)
(is)
29. Either John or his wife ……….. breakfast each morning.
(make) (makes)
30. The number of students who …… (have) withdrawn from this quarter …… (be) appalling. (have/is)
Exercise 2: Choose the answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
1. Neither Tom nor I …………………… mathematics. We prefer English.
A. likes

B. like
C. liked
D. are liking
2. No news …………………… good news.
A. is
B. are
C. have been
D. were
3. The effects of smoking ………………….. very harmful.
A. are
B. is
C. had been
D. was
4. The guest of honour, along with his wife and children, ……………………… sitting at the first table
when we had a party yesterday.
A. was
B. were
C. are
D. have been
5. Ten thousand dollars ……………………… a large sum of money.
A. are
B. is
C. were
D. being
6. Not only Mrs. Brown's friends but also her husband ………… at her strange behaviour since last week.
A. wonders
B. have wondered
C. has wondered
D. wonder
7. I as well as my brother …………………… to our hometown for ten years.

A. does not return
B. do not return
C. has not returned D. have not returned
8. Either you or I ……………………… John up when he …………………… tomorrow.


A. have picked / will arrive
B. am going to pick / arrives
C. are going to pick / arrives
D. picked / arrived
9. The bottles of wine ………………………… on the shelf.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. has put
10. Doing mathematic puzzles …………………………… very interesting to me.
A. were
B. have been
C. are
D. is
11. The pair of shoes which he wore at the party last week ………………………… new.
A. is being
B. are
C. was
D. were
12. We, along with Tim, …………………… to go to London this summer.
A. have just decided B. has just decided C. decides
D. is deciding
13. We have just learnt statistics, …………… a subject of collection of information shown in numbers.
A. which are

B. which is
C. that have been
D. have been
14. These are Tom's sisters who …………………… in London.
A. live
B. lives
C. is living
D. has been living
15. If the duties of this officer …………… reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project.
A. aren't
B. isn't
C. doesn't
D. hasn't
16. My parents as well as my brother ………………… watching TV.
A. be
B. is
C. are
D. am
17. The picture of the pupils ……………………… back many memories.
A. bring
B. brings
C. have brought
D. are bringing
18. Either you or I ………………………………… wrong.
A. are
B. is
C. am
D. be
19. Not only David but also his friends ……………………… playing football.
A. enjoy

B. enjoys
C. has enjoyed
D. to enjoy
20. Everything …………………………… all right.
A. is
B. are
C. be
D. have been
21. Each of you ……………………… a textbook.
A. have
B. has
C. are having
D. is having
22. Either of the books I bought yesterday …………………… very interesting.
A. am
B. is
C. are
D. were
23. There ………………… very interesting news on TV last night.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
24. Mathematics …………………… to interest him.
A. seem
B. have seemed
C. seems
D. are seeming
25. The student who ………………… to class every day generally progresses rapidly.
A. are coming

B. comes
C. come
D. have come
26. Working for 12 hours a day …………………… her very tired.
A. makes
B. to make
C. make
D. making
27. Both Mary and Daisy, as well as John, ……………… ready for the exam tomorrow.
A. is
B. was
C. are
D. are to
28. Either you or Tom …………………… to write the report.
A. has
B. have
C. A and B are correct
D. A and B are incorrect
29. Mary's brothers ………………………… for a construction company.
A. works
B. work
C. has worked
D. are worked
30. Knowing your skills and your strengths …………… an important part of the job search process.
A. were
B. are
C. is
D. being

For the students

TENSES
MỘT SỐ DẤU HIỆU DÙNG THÌ CỦA ĐỘNG TỪ

1. Thì quá khứ đơn thường dùng với các cụm từ cấu trúc sau:
yesterday
yesterday morning (afternoon, evening)
last night (week, month, year…)
a week ago, 2 years ago …
in 1990
S + would (could/might) + V ………………… if + S + V (Past simple) ………………
- Dùng trong câu ước hiện tại:
S + wish + S + V (Past simple) ………………………
2. Thì hiện tại hoàn thành thường dùng với các cụm từ cấu trúc sau:
already
yet
just, recently…
so far, up to now, to date
since + điểm thời gian ( since last week, since 1990)
Subject + Verb (Present perfect) ……………. since + Subject + Verb (Past simple) ……….
During (for, in) + the last (the past) + số lượng thời gian (for the two last weeks)
a. She ………………………… the film yet.
A. hasn't seen
B. hadn't seen
C. will not have seen D. doesn't see
b. He is a writer. Up to now he ………………………… 10 novels.
A. writes
B. wrote
C. has written

D. had written
c. My friend …………………………… here since 1985.
A. lives
B. live
C. have lived
D. has lived
d. It …………………………………………… for the last five days.
A. rain
B. rains
C. has rained
D. have rain
3. Thì quá khứ hoàn thành thường dùng để nói về:
- Hành động xảy ra trước, hoàn thành xong trước một hành động khác trong quá khứ.
- Hành động xảy ra trước một điểm thời gian xác định trong quá khứ.
-Dùng trong câu điều kiện loại 3:
S + would (could …) have + P.P ………………, if + S + V (Past perfect) ………………
- Dùng trong câu ước quá khứ:
S + wish + S + V (Past perfect) ………………………
- Dùng trong cấu trúc: S + V (Past perfect) ………………… by the time + S + V(Past simple)
…………………
a. We didn't meet Tom because he ………………… when we got there.
A. leaves
B. left
C. has left
D. had left
b. He …………………… his work before 5 p.m yesterday.
A. finish
B. finishes
C. had finished
D. has finished

c. If we ………………… to the cinema earlier, we wouldn't have missed the start of the film.
A. had gone
B. went
C. have gone
D. go
d. He wishes he …………………… his holidays last year.
A. spends
B. had spent
C. has spent
D. spent
e. They …………………… by the time we came.
A. had finished working
B. finish their work
C. finished working
D. have finished their work
4. Thì tương lai hoàn thành thường dùng để nói về:
- Hành động xảy ra trước, hoàn thành xong trước một hành động khác trong tương lai.
- Hành động xảy ra trước một điểm thời gian xác định trong tương lai.
- Dùng trong cấu trúc:
S + V (future perfect) ………………… by the time + S + V(Present simple)
…………………


by the time (by + điểm thời gian)
a. She …………………………… high school before I arrive in London next year.
A. leaves
B. left
C. has left
D. will have left
b. We ……………………………… our report before 5 p.m. tomorrow.

A. has finished
B. had finished
C. will have finished
D. finish
c. Her father ……………………………… in this company for 10 years by the end of the year.
A. works
B. have worked C. has worked
D. will have worked
d. By the time you receive this letter, I ……………………………… for Japan.
A. has left
B. had left
C. will have left D. leave
NOTES: Không dùng thì tương lai trong mệnh đề trạng ngữ thời gian.
Subject + Verb +………………………
when
tương lai) …………… .
whenever
before
after
since
as / as soon as
while
till / until
just as
by the time
no sooner ……… than

+ Subject + Verb (không dùng thì

1. Wait here until I ………………………… you.

A. will call
B. call
C. shall call
D. am going to call
2. What will you do when you ……………………………… school?
A. will have leftB. will leave
C. are going to leave
D. leave
3. By the time you ……………………… this book, your meal will get cold.
A. will have read
B. read
C. have read
D. are going to read
4. I'm going to stay here till my brother ……………………………… his exams.
A. will have finished B. will finish
C. is finishing
D. have finished
5. He said he would give me a ring as soon as he ………………………… Paris.
A. will reach
B. would reach
C. reaches
D. reached
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PRACTICE
Exercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense forms.
1. My uncle (leave) the country before the war (begin).
2. If it (rain) tomorrow, we won't go camping.

3. It is the most expensive coat that she (ever/buy).
4. We (wait) for our teacher since 7 o'clock.
5. I don't smoke while I (drive) a car.
6. After I (enter) the house, it (begin) to rain.
7. He is tired because he (drive) all day.
8. How long (you wait) for this answer?
9. In the year 2010 our living conditions (be) much better.
10. We don't know when the manager (return).
11. We received her letter after she (move) to a new house.
12. This time next week they (fly) to France.
13. We stopped for a rest after we (walk) for two hours.
14. The old lady (fall) as she (get) into the bus.
15. While I (write) a letter, the telephone rang.
16. By the end of this year her father (work) in this company for ten years.
17. Every three or four years they (make) much longer migrations in large numbers.
18. "When did you come here?" - "I (be) here since last Sunday".
19. How many pages (you study) so far?
20. He (be) able to drive since he was eighteen.
21. It's the first time I (see) that man here.
22. He (not finish) the work that he was assigned to.
23. As I (run) to the station I (meet) the Browns.
24. It is two hours since Mary (ring) the phone.
25. They flew to the island, then (hire) a car for three hours and (visit) most places of interest.
26. When he heard the terrible noise, he asked me what (go) on.
28. Take this road and you (arrive) at the hotel in five minutes.
28. Bill is phoning his girlfriend again. That's the third time he (phone) her this evening.
29. The child screamed while the dentist (pull) out his tooth.
30. Until you learn to relax more, you (not improve) your ability to speak English.
Exercise 3: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. Margaret as well Jane ………………………………… here since last week.

A. has been
B. was
C. were
D. have been
2. I …………………… to work when I had a puncture.
A. shall drive
B. am driving
C. drove
D. was driving
3. He ……………………… in London at this every moment.
A. will study
B. studies
C. is studying
D. has been studying
4. Before taking another degree in mathematics, Marie Curie ………………………… a physics degree.
A. earned
B. had earned
C. was earning
D. has earned
5. In 1660, Isaac Newton ………………………… to Cambridge University.
A. went
B. goes
C. had gone
D. has gone
6. He died on March 20, 1772 and …………………………… in Westminster Abby.
A. buried
B. has buried
C. was buried
D. had buried
7. I …………………… to England two years ago.

A. go
B. had gone
C. was going
D. went
8. Shakespeare ………………………… Hamlet at the end of the sixteenth century.
A. write
B. wrote
C. had written
D. was written
9. I was very nervous about my new job because I …………………… with computers before.
A. never worked
B. worked never
C. had never worked
D. never had worked
10. She ……………… delighted. She had passed all her exams.
A. had been
B. was
C. had
D. is
11. I ……………………… the village because I had been there before.
A. had recognized
B. recognize
C. recognized
D. have recognized
12. In the early 20th century, Marie ……… the first woman to receive a PhD from the Sorbonne.
A. had become
B. has become
C. became
D. becomes

13. Marie and Pierre ……………………… one year after they met each other in the school of Physics.
A. got married
B. married
C. had married
D. had got married
14. Before Pierre Curie died tragically, he …………………… a position as a university professor.
A. obtained
B. had obtained C. has obtained
D. obtains
15. Our Uncle Ho …………… to many countries before the August Revolution which took place in 1945.
A. travelled
B. has travelled C. travels
D. had travelled
16. Before my brother …………………… the university, he had served in the army for 3 years.
A. entered
B. had entered
C. enter
D. was entering
17. When they met again, they ……………………… each other for 5 years.
A. haven't seen
B. didn't see
C. hadn't seen
D. had seen
18. When the police came, the thief …………………………………… .
A. had already left
B. leave alreadyC. has already left
D. was already leaving
19. Peter no longer owned a bike. He ……………………… it.
A. sold

B. had sold
C. sells
D. has sold
20. The guide ……………………… us tickets for a film. But my husband had already seen it.
A. offer
B. has offered
C. offered
D. had offered
23. This is the first time I ………………………… the experiment on plant breeding.
A. have done
B. do
C. would do
D did
24. "When did you first meet your present wife?"
" I ……………………… her until we ……………… both nearly forty."
A. has not met / were
C. didn't meet / were
C. hadn't met / were
D. hadn't met / had been
25. How long ……………………… here by the end of next year?
A. will you work
B. you will have worked
C. are you working
D. will you have worked
26. Eleven houses ……………………………… in my village this year.
A. had just been sold B. have just sold
C. has just been sold
D. have just been sold
27. He …………………… walking for several hours and was very tired.
A. is

B. has been
C. was
D. had been
28. I'll come as soon as I ……………………… my work.
A. finished
B. would finish
C. will finish
D. have finished
29. She has typed ten letters …………………………………………… .
A. yesterday
B. today
C. tomorrow
D. every day
30. It ………………………… every day so far this week.
A. has rained
B. is raining
C. rained
D. rains
31. My sister, who …………… in the USA for the last three years, is returning to Bangkok next month.
A. lived
B. had lived
C. has been living
D. had been living
32. Up to now, many beautiful buildings ………………………… in the town.
A. were built
B. have been built
C. built
D. had built
33. When I met Tom yesterday, it was the first time I ………………… him since Christmas.
A. had seen

B. have seen
C. saw
D. see
34. She thanked him for everything he ……………………………… .
A. does
B. did
C. has done
D. had done
35. Tom was exhausted after he ……………………………… for ten hours yesterday.
A. had worked
B. worked
C. has worked
D. was working
36. She asked him how long he ……………………… in Hanoi.
A. lives
B. has lived
C. lived
D. had lived
37. Mary said that her father ……………………… a new car.
A. has just bought
B. had just bought
C. will buy
D. just bought
38. There ……………………………… no rain since last month.
A. is
B. has been
C. was
D. be
39. Please lock the door when you …………………………………… .
A. will have leftB. will leave

C. leave
D. left
40. When the police arrived, he ………………………… in the cafe having a drink.


A. sat
B. sits
C. was sitting
D. have sat
41. By the time they got to the airport, the plane……………………………… .
A. took off
B. takes off
C. has taken off D. had taken off
42. By the time you get back, we ………………………… the work
A. will already finish B. had already finished C. already finish
D. will have already finished
43. She ………………………… the film yet.
A. hasn't seen
B. hadnt seen
C. will not have seen D. doesn't see
44. He is a writer. Up to now he ………………………… 10 novels.
A. writes
B. wrote
C. has written
D. had written
45. My friend …………………………… here since 1985.
A. lives
B. live
C. have lived
D. has lived

46. It …………………………………………… for the last five days.
A. rain
B. rains
C. has rained
D. have rain
47. We didn't meet Tom because he ………………… when we got there.
A. leaves
B. left
C. has left
D. had left
48. He …………………… his work before 5 p.m. yesterday.
A. finish
B. finishes
C. had finished
D. has finished
49. If we ………………… to the cinema earlier, we wouldn't have missed the start of the film.
A. had gone
B. went
C. have gone
D. go
50. He wishes he …………………… his holidays last year.
A. spends
B. had spent
C. has spent
D. spent
51. They …………………… by the time we came.
A. had finished working
B. finish their work
C. finished working
D. have finished their work

52. She …………………………… high school before I arrive in London next year.
A. leaves
B. left
C. has left
D. will have left
53. We ……………………………… our report before 5 p.m. tomorrow.
A. has finished
B. had finished
C. will have finished
D. finish
54. Her father ……………………………… in this company for 10 years by the end of the year.
A. works
B. have worked C. has worked
D. will have worked
55. By the time you receive this letter, I ……………………………… for Japan.
A. has left
B. had left
C. will have left D. leave
56. Wait here until I ………………………… you.
A. will call
B. call
C. shall call
D. am going to call
57. What will you do when you ……………………………… school?
A. will have leftB. will leave
C. are going to leave
D. leave
58. By the time you ……………………… this book, your meal will get cold.
A. will have read
B. read

C. have read
D. are going to read
59. I'm going to stay here till my brother ……………………………… his exams.
A. will have finished B. will finish
C. is finishing
D. has finished
60. He said he would give me a ring as soon as he ………………………… Paris.
A. will reach
B. would reach
C. reaches
D. reached
61. I …………………………………… in class at this time yesterday.
A. sat
B. was sitting
C. sit
D. am sitting
62. I couldn't answer your phone because I …………………………………… a bath at that time.
A. have
B. had
C. will have
D. was having
63. My cousin and I …………… a film on TV when my brother ……… yesterday afternoon. He ……… the end of
the film with us.
A. watched/came/was watching
B. was watching/comes/watched
B. watched/was coming/ watched
D. were watching/came/watched
64. ……………………………………… when you last met him?
A. Where did he live
B. Where was he living

C. Where is he living
D. Where does he live


65. He ……………………… to London two years ago.
A. go
B. goes
C. went
D. was going
66. She …………………………… in Rome when she was a little girl.
A. lives
B. lived
C. live
D. was living
67. The man came to the door, ……………… it, …………… the room and ……………………… to bed.
A. unlocks / enters / goes
B. unlocked / entered / gone
C. unlocks / entered / gone
D. unlocked / entered / went
68. I wish I ………………………… a better memory.
A. will have
B. have
C. was having
D. had
69. If he …………………………… too quickly, he wouldn't make so many mistakes.
A. doesn't work
B. didn't work
C. wasn't working
D. won't work
70. She …………………… a cake when the light ……………… . So she had to finish it in the dark.

A. was making / went out
B. made / was going out
C. was making / was going out
D. made / went out
71. When I …………………for my passport I …………………… this old photograph.
A. was looking / found
B. was looking / was finding
C. looked / was finding
D. looked / found
72. If you leave before 10 o'clock, you …………………………… the train easily.
A. catch
B. caught
C. will catch
D. catches
73. You don't need your umbrella today. I don't think it ………………………………… .
A. rains
B. rain
C. is raining
D. will rain

For the teacher

TENSES
MỘT SỐ DẤU HIỆU DÙNG THÌ CỦA ĐỘNG TỪ

1. Thì quá khứ đơn thường dùng với các cụm từ cấu trúc sau:
yesterday
yesterday morning (afternoon, evening)
last night (week, month, year…)
a week ago, 2 years ago …

in 1990
S + would (could/might) + V ………………… if + S + V (Past simple) ………………
- Dùng trong câu ước hiện tại:
S + wish + S + V (Past simple) ………………………
2. Thì hiện tại hoàn thành thường dùng với các cụm từ cấu trúc sau:
already


yet
just, recently…
so far, up to now, to date
since + điểm thời gian ( since last week, since 1990)
Subject + Verb (Present perfect) ……………. since + Subject + Verb (Past simple) ……….
During (for, in) + the last (the past) + số lượng thời gian (for the two last weeks)
a. She ………………………… the film yet.
A. hasn't seen
B. hadn't seen
C. will not have seen D. doesn't see
b. He is a writer. Up to now he ………………………… 10 novels.
A. writes
B. wrote
C. has written
D. had written
c. My friend …………………………… here since 1985.
A. lives
B. live
C. have lived
D. has lived
d. It …………………………………………… for the last five days.
A. rain

B. rains
C. has rained
D. have rain
3. Thì quá khứ hoàn thành thường dùng để nói về:
- Hành động xảy ra trước, hoàn thành xong trước một hành động khác trong quá khứ.
- Hành động xảy ra trước một điểm thời gian xác định trong quá khứ.
-Dùng trong câu điều kiện loại 3:
S + would (could …) have + P.P ………………, if + S + V (Past perfect) ………………
- Dùng trong câu ước quá khứ:
S + wish + S + V (Past perfect) ………………………
- Dùng trong cấu trúc: S + V (Past perfect) ………………… by the time + S + V(Past simple)
…………………
a. We didn't meet Tom because he ………………… when we got there.
A. leaves
B. left
C. has left
D. had left
b. He …………………… his work before 5 p.m yesterday.
A. finish
B. finishes
C. had finishedD. has finished
c. If we ………………… to the cinema earlier, we wouldn't have missed the start of the film.
A. had gone
B. went
C. have gone
D. go
d. He wishes he …………………… his holidays last year.
A. spends
B. had spent
C. has spent

D. spent
e. They …………………… by the time we came.
A. had finished working
B. finish their work
C. finished working
D. have finished their work
4. Thì tương lai hoàn thành thường dùng để nói về:
- Hành động xảy ra trước, hoàn thành xong trước một hành động khác trong tương lai.
- Hành động xảy ra trước một điểm thời gian xác định trong tương lai.
- Dùng trong cấu trúc:
S + V (future perfect) ………………… by the time + S + V(Present simple)
…………………
by the time (by + điểm thời gian)
a. She …………………………… high school before I arrive in London next year.
A. leaves
B. left
C. has left
D. will have left
b. We ……………………………… our report before 5 p.m. tomorrow.
A. has finished
B. had finished
C. will have finished
D. finish
c. Her father ……………………………… in this company for 10 years by the end of the year.
A. works
B. have worked C. has worked
D. will have worked
d. By the time you receive this letter, I ……………………………… for Japan.
A. has left
B. had left

C. will have left D. leave
NOTES: Không dùng thì tương lai trong mệnh đề trạng ngữ thời gian.
Subject + Verb +………………………
tương lai) …………… .

when

+ Subject + Verb (không dùng thì


whenever
before
after
since
as / as soon as
while
till / until
just as
by the time
no sooner ……… than
1. Wait here until I ………………………… you.
A. will call
B. call
C. shall call
D. am going to call
2. What will you do when you ……………………………… school?
A. will have leftB. will leave
C. are going to leave
D. leave
3. By the time you ……………………… this book, your meal will get cold.

A. will have read
B. read
C. have read
D. are going to read
4. I'm going to stay here till my brother ……………………………… his exams.
A. will have finished B. will finish
C. is finishing
D. have finished
5. He said he would give me a ring as soon as he ………………………… Paris.
A. will reach
B. would reach
C. reaches
D. reached
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PRACTICE
Exercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense forms.
1. My uncle (leave) the country before the war (begin).
(had left)
2. If it (rain) tomorrow, we won't go camping.
(rains)
3. It is the most expensive coat that she (ever/buy).
(has ever bought)
4. We (wait) for our teacher since 7 o'clock.
(have been waiting)
5. I don't smoke while I (drive) a car.
(am driving)
6. After I (enter) the house, it (begin) to rain.
(had entered)
7. He is tired because he (drive) all day.

(has been driving)
8. How long (you wait) for this answer?
(have you been waiting)
9. In the year 2010 our living conditions (be) much better.
(will be)
10. We don't know when the manager (return).
(will return)
11. We received her letter after she (move) to a new house.
(had move)
12. This time next week they (fly) to France.
(will be flying)
13. We stopped for a rest after we (walk) for two hours.
(had been walking)
14. The old lady (fall) as she (get) into the bus.
(fell / was getting)
15. While I (write) a letter, the telephone rang.
(was writing)
16. By the end of this year her father (work) in this company for ten years.
(will have been working)
17. Every three or four years they (make) much longer migrations in large numbers.
(make)
18. "When did you come here?" - "I (be) here since last Sunday".
(have been)
19. How many pages (you study) so far?
(have you studied)


20. He (be) able to drive since he was eighteen.
(has been)
21. It's the first time I (see) that man here.

(have seen)
22. He (not finish) the work that he was assigned to.
(has not finished)
23. As I (run) to the station I (meet) the Browns.
(was running / met)
24. It is two hours since Mary (ring) the phone.
(rang)
25. They flew to the island, then (hire) a car for three hours and (visit) most places of interest.
(hired/visited)
26. When he heard the terrible noise, he asked me what (go) on.
(was going)
28. Take this road and you (arrive) at the hotel in five minutes.
(will arrive)
28. Bill is phoning his girlfriend again. That's the third time he (phone) her this evening. (has phoned)
29. The child screamed while the dentist (pull) out his tooth.
(was pulling)
30. Until you learn to relax more, you (not improve) your ability to speak English.
(will not improve)
Exercise 3: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. Margaret as well Jane ………………………………… here since last week.
A. has been
B. was
C. were
D. have been
2. I …………………… to work when I had a puncture.
A. shall drive
B. am driving
C. drove
D. was driving
3. He ……………………… in London at this every moment.

A. will study
B. studies
C. is studying
D. has been studying
4. Before taking another degree in mathematics, Marie Curie ………………………… a physics degree.
A. earned
B. had earned
C. was earning
D. has earned
5. In 1660, Isaac Newton ………………………… to Cambridge University.
A. went
B. goes
C. had gone
D. has gone
6. He died on March 20, 1772 and …………………………… in Westminster Abby.
A. buried
B. has buried
C. was buried
D. had buried
7. I …………………… to England two years ago.
A. go
B. had gone
C. was going
D. went
8. Shakespeare ………………………… Hamlet at the end of the sixteenth century.
A. write
B. wrote
C. had written
D. was written
9. I was very nervous about my new job because I …………………… with computers before.

A. never worked
B. worked never
C. had never worked D. never had worked
10. She ……………… delighted. She had passed all her exams.
A. had been
B. was
C. had
D. is
11. I ……………………… the village because I had been there before.
A. had recognized
B. recognize
C. recognized
D. have recognized
12. In the early 20th century, Marie ……… the first woman to receive a PhD from the Sorbonne.
A. had become
B. has become
C. became
D. becomes
13. Marie and Pierre ……………………… one year after they met each other in the school of Physics.
A. got married
B. married
C. had married
D. had got married
14. Before Pierre Curie died tragically, he …………………… a position as a university professor.
A. obtained
B. had obtained
C. has obtained
D. obtains
15. Our Uncle Ho …………… to many countries before the August Revolution which took place in 1945.
A. travelled

B. has travelled C. travels
D. had travelled
16. Before my brother …………………… the university, he had served in the army for 3 years.
A. entered
B. had entered
C. enter
D. was entering
17. When they met again, they ……………………… each other for 5 years.
A. haven't seen
B. didn't see
C. hadn't seen
D. had seen
18. When the police came, the thief …………………………………… .
A. had already left
B. leave alreadyC. has already left
D. was already leaving
19. Peter no longer owned a bike. He ……………………… it.
A. sold
B. had sold
C. sells
D. has sold
20. The guide ……………………… us tickets for a film. But my husband had already seen it.
A. offer
B. has offered
C. offered
D. had offered
23. This is the first time I ………………………… the experiment on plant breeding.


A. have done

B. do
C. would do
D did
24. "When did you first meet your present wife?"
" I ……………………… her until we ……………… both nearly forty."
A. has not met / were
C. didn't meet / were
C. hadn't met / were
D. hadn't met / had been
25. How long ……………………… here by the end of next year?
A. will you work
B. you will have worked
C. are you working
D. will you have worked
26. Eleven houses ……………………………… in my village this year.
A. had just been sold B. have just sold
C. has just been sold
D. have just been sold
27. He …………………… walking for several hours and was very tired.
A. is
B. has been
C. was
D. had been
28. I'll come as soon as I ……………………… my work.
A. finished
B. would finish
C. will finish
D. have finished
29. She has typed ten letters …………………………………………… .
A. yesterday

B. today
C. tomorrow
D. every day
30. It ………………………… every day so far this week.
A. has rained
B. is raining
C. rained
D. rains
31. My sister, who …………… in the USA for the last three years, is returning to Bangkok next month.
A. lived
B. had lived
C. has been living
D. had been living
32. Up to now, many beautiful buildings ………………………… in the town.
A. were built
B. have been built
C. built
D. had built
33. When I met Tom yesterday, it was the first time I ………………… him since Christmas.
A. had seen
B. have seen
C. saw
D. see
34. She thanked him for everything he ……………………………… .
A. does
B. did
C. has done
D. had done
35. Tom was exhausted after he ……………………………… for ten hours yesterday.
A. had worked

B. worked
C. has worked
D. was working
36. She asked him how long he ……………………… in Hanoi.
A. lives
B. has lived
C. lived
D. had lived
37. Mary said that her father ……………………… a new car.
A. has just bought
B. had just bought
C. will buy
D. just bought
38. There ……………………………… no rain since last month.
A. is
B. has been
C. was
D. be
39. Please lock the door when you …………………………………… .
A. will have leftB. will leave
C. leave
D. left
40. When the police arrived, he ………………………… in the cafe having a drink.
A. sat
B. sits
C. was sitting
D. have sat
41. By the time they got to the airport, the plane……………………………… .
A. took off
B. takes off

C. has taken off D. had taken off
42. By the time you get back, we ………………………… the work
A. will already finish B. had already finished C. already finish
D. will have already finished
43. She ………………………… the film yet.
A. hasn't seen
B. hadnt seen
C. will not have seen D. doesn't see
44. He is a writer. Up to now he ………………………… 10 novels.
A. writes
B. wrote
C. has written
D. had written
45. My friend …………………………… here since 1985.
A. lives
B. live
C. have lived
D. has lived
46. It …………………………………………… for the last five days.
A. rain
B. rains
C. has rained
D. have rain
47. We didn't meet Tom because he ………………… when we got there.
A. leaves
B. left
C. has left
D. had left
48. He …………………… his work before 5 p.m. yesterday.

A. finish

B. finishes

C. had finishedD. has finished

49. If we ………………… to the cinema earlier, we wouldn't have missed the start of the film.
A. had gone
B. went
C. have gone
D. go
50. He wishes he …………………… his holidays last year.
A. spends
B. had spent
C. has spent
D. spent
51. They …………………… by the time we came.
A. had finished working
B. finish their work
C. finished working
D. have finished their work
52. She …………………………… high school before I arrive in London next year.
A. leaves
B. left
C. has left
D. will have left
53. We ……………………………… our report before 5 p.m. tomorrow.
A. has finished
B. had finished

C. will have finished D. finish
54. Her father ……………………………… in this company for 10 years by the end of the year.
A. works
B. have worked C. has worked
D. will have worked
55. By the time you receive this letter, I ……………………………… for Japan.
A. has left
B. had left
C. will have left
D. leave
56. Wait here until I ………………………… you.
A. will call
B. call
C. shall call
D. am going to call
57. What will you do when you ……………………………… school?
A. will have left
B. will leave
C. are going to leave
D. leave
58. By the time you ……………………… this book, your meal will get cold.
A. will have read
B. read
C. have read
D. are going to read
59. I'm going to stay here till my brother ……………………………… his exams.
A. will have finished B. will finish
C. is finishing
D. has finished
60. He said he would give me a ring as soon as he ………………………… Paris.

A. will reach
B. would reach
C. reaches
D. reached
61. I …………………………………… in class at this time yesterday.
A. sat
B. was sitting
C. sit
D. am sitting
62. I couldn't answer your phone because I …………………………………… a bath at that time.
A. have
B. had
C. will have
D. was having
63. My cousin and I …………… a film on TV when my brother ……… yesterday afternoon. He ……… the end of
the film with us.
A. watched/came/was watching
B. was watching/comes/watched
B. watched/was coming/ watched
D. were watching/came/watched
64. ……………………………………… when you last met him?
A. Where did he live
B. Where was he living
C. Where is he living
D. Where does he live
65. He ……………………… to London two years ago.
A. go
B. goes
C. went
D. was going

66. She …………………………… in Rome when she was a little girl.
A. lives
B. lived
C. live
D. was living
67. The man came to the door, ……………… it, …………… the room and ……………………… to bed.
A. unlocks / enters / goes
B. unlocked / entered / gone
C. unlocks / entered / gone
D. unlocked / entered / went
68. I wish I ………………………… a better memory.
A. will have
B. have
C. was having
D. had
69. If he …………………………… too quickly, he wouldn't make so many mistakes.
A. doesn't work
B. didn't work
C. wasn't working
D. won't work
70. She …………………… a cake when the light ……………… . So she had to finish it in the dark.
A. was making / went out
B. made / was going out
C. was making / was going out
D. made / went out
71. When I …………………for my passport I …………………… this old photograph.
A. was looking / found
B. was looking / was finding

C. looked / was finding
D. looked / found
72. If you leave before 10 o'clock, you …………………………… the train easily.
A. catch
B. caught
C. will catch
D. catches
73. You don't need your umbrella today. I don't think it ………………………………… .
A. rains
B. rain
C. is raining
D. will rain