Bài tập thì cơ bản(Tense exercises)

Bài tập thì
1. I _________________ (not / drink) any beer last night.
2. She _________________ (get on) the bus in the centre of the city.
3. What time _________________ (he / get up) yesterday?
4. Where _________________ (you / get off) the train?
5. I _________________ (not / change) trains at Victoria.
6. We _________________ (wake up) very late.
7. What _________________ (he / give) his mother for Christmas?
8. I _________________ (receive) £300 when my uncle _________________ (die).
9. We _________________ (not / use) the computer last night.
10. _________________ (she / make) good coffee?
11. They _________________ (live) in Paris.
12. She _________________ (read) the newspaper yesterday.
13. I _________________ (not / watch) TV.
14. He _________________ (not / study) for the exam.
15. _________________ (he / call) you?
16. _________________ (I / forget) something?
17. What time _________________ (the film / start)?
18. He _________________ (have) a shower.
19. Why _________________ (you / come)?
20. _________________ (he / go) to the party?
21. Look! He (leave) .......................the house.
22. Quiet please! I (write) .......................a test.
23. She usually (walk) .................................to school.
24. But look! Today she (go) .........................by bike.
25. Every Sunday we (go) ..................to see my grandparents.
26. He often (go) ......................to the cinema.
27. We (play) ..................................Monopoly at the moment.
28. The train drivers (go)........................... on strike and they stopped working at twelve o’ clock.
29. How long............................... (you/know) each other?
30. (You/ take) .....................many photographs ?

31. (She/ eat)...................... at the Royal Hotel yet ?
32. He (live) ....................here all his life.
33. She (visit)................. Hanoi several times this year.
34. He (lose) ..................all his fortune in gambling.
35. It’ s the most difficult exam I ever (take).............................
36. This is the first time I (be)........................... Ha Long Bay.
37. Is this the second time he (lose)........................... his job ?
38. How many bottles the milkman (leave).......................... ? He (leave).................... six.
39. I (buy)................... a new carpet. Come and look at it.
40. She (write) .........................three poems about her fatherland.
41. We (finish)........................ three English courses.
42. The foreign visitors (take) .......................a lot of photographs of Hanoi city.
43. (you/have)...................... a rely to your letter ?
44. I (not/meet) her again since her last birthday.
45. He drives very carefully; he never (have)............................ any accidents.
46. I (have) ........................a cold for two weeks.
47. You (grow) ........................since the last time I saw you.
48. My sister often ______ (send) text messages to her friends.
49. At the moment, I _____ (learn) to use a new computer program.
50. Symbols ______(become) more and more common in advertising.
51. I _____ (not/own) a mobile phone at the moment.
52. I usually _____ (understand) the symbols I see in other countries.
53. How many symbols ______ (you / have) on your mobile?
54. John never ______ (send) me emails or text messages.


55. Red sometimes _____ (mean) ‘danger’ or ‘stop’.
56. _____ (you / know) what this symbol means?
57. This mobile phone ______ (belong) to my sister. y car (broke) down three times this week.
58. The five members met while they _____ (study) at secondary school.

59. They first ____ (call) themselves On A Friday and they _____ (play) In a pub in Oxford.
60. The band then _____ (have) to stop while the members ____ (finish) their education.
61. They _____ (change) their name to Radio head in 1991.
62. They ____(stop) touring in 1995 because they _____ (record) their second album The Bends.
63. While the band ____ (tour) in 2000 they ____ (take) their own tent to play in.
64.She (learn)............................... a foreign language well.
65. Why the police (want) ..............to talk to you?
66. I never (see) .................a live eagle.
67. The boys often (play) .................games on the yard.
.68. My Mother (be) ..........busy now.
69. Mum sometimes (take)................................ me to the zoo.
70. He always (work) in the garden and he (be)........................ busy.
71. There (be) ...........months in a year.
72. He (drive) ............his children to school every day.
73. They (go) .........to bed early on Sundays.
75. Mary (not wash) ....................the dishes every night.
76. My mother often (set)..................... her alarm clock for 5 o’clock.
77. She always (refuse) ..............to help us.
78. The children (play) .......................basketball very often.
79. The moon (move).................. around the earth.
70. The Pikes (have)......................... dinner at 7 o’clock every day.
71. The sun always rises in the east. Look, it (rise).................................!
72. ............. He (speak)................ English well now?
73. We (learn).............. English now.
74. What your father (do)........ in his room at the moment?
75. Listen! Lam (sing)................... with his friends?
76. At the moment we (practice) ...............music lessons.
77. At this moment, my parent (work)........ in the office.
78. She (have)....................... dinner at the moment.
79. Look at that car! It (hit) ....................that tree.

80. My son (read) ....................that book.
81. My uncle (work)........... for the Canon Company.
82. Ngoc Mai (study)......... English at this school right now.
83. Peter (not go) .................to school now.
84. He (drive) ..................his children to school now.
85. The old man (sit) ................................on the park bench looking at the jogging woman.
86. They (not learn)................................ French at the moment.
87. Tom (play)................................ the guitar when I come in.
88. Mary (study) ................................hard in her room now. She hopes to be a doctor
89. We (chat) ................................each other right now.
90. Our teacher (explain)................................ that lesson to him at the moment.
91. She (learn)................................ a foreign language well last year.
92. The boys (play)................................ games on the yard yesterday.
93. My Mother (be)................................ busy last night.
94. Mum (take)................................ me to the zoo 5 days ago.
95. He (drive) ................................his children to school last Sunday.
96. Mary (not wash) ................................the dishes last night.
97. My mother (set) her alarm clock for 5 o’clock.
98. The weather (be)................................ terrible ever last Saturday.
99. What you (do) ................................yesterday?
100. He (award)................................ me a present in 2008


101. They (start) ........to learn English when they (be)................................ only 10 years old.
102. You (see)................................ Nam last Sunday?
103. My sister (finish)................................ school in 1997.
104. Two days ago I (take).................... my final exam.
105. When he (leave)................................ Hanoi for Ho Chi Minh City?
106. They (work)................................ at 7 pm yesterday.
107. What you (do)................................ at this time yesterday?

108. Marie Curie (report)................................ her subject when I came.
109. My brother (cook)................................ the army when she (visit)
110. When I arrived his house, he (watch)...................... TV.
111. You (wear) ................................a new hat when she met you yesterday.
112. While it (rain)................................, she was doing her homework.
113. He (help)................................ the old when I (go)................................ to see him
114. You (read)......the book while your sister (speak) ...........to Nam on the phone last Sunday?
115. My sister (finish)................................ her homework at this time yesterday.
116. I never (see)................................a live eagle before.
117. He (just / meet)................................ my parents
118. Nam came home late last night. He (not get) ...............................up yet.
119. I (speak)........................ to her about that matter several times.
120. She (already/ see).................... the film.
121. I (just send) ........................the letter.
122. You (see) ..............................Dung and Phong recently?
123. We (not go) .............................to Rome yet.
124. They (not finish) .........................their work yet.
125. We (not decide)......................... what to do with the money yet.
126. Daisy (just/ wash)....................... the cups. Now they are clean.
127. He (not see)...................... her since yesterday.
128. He (not visit) .......................her yet.
129. He (write).................. a novel for years, but he (not finish) ...............it yet
120. He just (get) ...................home.
121. He (not, be)................. here since Christmas, I wonder where he (live)................ since then
122. His classmate (wait)................... for him since 8 o’clock.
123. How long you (study).......................... English? For 5 years.
124. I (not receive)................... any answers from the university yet
125. They (be).............. here for days?
126. The Browns (live).................. in a new flat since last month.
127. He (go)................ with her yet.

128. Daisy (study).............. here with her brother since 2000
129. All of your classmates (pass).............. the next exam yet?
120. I (help)........... him three times.
131. They (be)......... here tomorrow.
132. The Browns (live)............ in a new flat next month.
133. She (go) .........................with her next summer.
114. Daisy (be) ...............here with her brother tomorrow.
135 Daisy is getting her hair (cut).............. tomorrow.
136. He (spend) .....................his vacation on a farm next year.
137 Her family (travel) ...................to Brazil next May.
138. I (not help).................... you tomorrow.
139. When he returns I (give)........................... him the key.
140. You (like).................. documentary films?
141. I (not hear)............... about that actor yet.
142. I (go) .....................to the cinema twice a week.
143. The director (work).................. with his cast in the studio at the moment.
144. We (see)......................... that film since 1999.
145. Yesterday actors and actresses (work.) ...................in the rain the whole afternoon.


146. Roberto (live)................ in Hollywood for 8 years and (appear) ...................in three films.
147. Movies (develop) ........................since the early 1950’s?
148. The children (watch) .......a Disney cartoon when I (get)................... back yesterday evening
149. Young people often (imitate) the dress fashions of movie stars.
150. What he (do) .............................when you (see).................. him last Sunday?
151. She sometimes (help)............ her mother in the kitchen.
152. He was reading a novel when I (call).............him.
153. Please be quiet. I (try).................. to concentrate.
154. I don’t know her husband, I never (meet)............... him.
155. Why he (not come)..................... to my party last night?

156. How many cigarettes you (smoke)....................... a day?
157. You ever (see).................. a ghost?
158. In my country we (not have)............... lessons on Sundays
159.We ................................................ go vacation next week.
160. Who (prepare) dinner yesterday? My mother (do)...........................
161. Tom (look) ..........................out of the window. What... he (think)...................... about?
162. They (live)............................ here for five years.
163. While Bill (eat)................ dinner, Alicia (come) .....................through the door.
164. While he (walk)...................... to class, he (see)................. Mrs. Smith yesterday.
165. Gene (eat)................. dinner when his friend called.
166. John (write) .............................his report last night.
167. Bob (not see).............. this movie before.
168. How often you (go)............. to school?
169. Tom’s father (teach).......... him how to drive when he was young.
170. I feel a bit hungry. I think I (have)............................... something to eat
171.You (see)………… any good films recently
172. She (take)………………… to Halong Bay next month.
173 What …………… you (do) .......….at this time yesterday? – I (learn) ………………..Math.
174. Ba ( clean) …….his room while his sister ( play) ……………….games at 8 pm yesterday.
175. When the mailman (come) …………, The Le family (have) …………………dinner.
176. The weather (be) ……………warm tomorrow.
177. Our teacher … (come) here in a minute. If you do not keep quiet,you (make) .... ..her angry
178. How long ……….you (live) ……………here? – Since 1980.
179 . We (learn) ………………English for 7 years.
180. Hung (not finish) ……………….his work yet.
181. That is the funniest story I ever ( hear). ……………………………
182. We already (do) ………………….our homework.
183.What time ...............Alice (go) to bed? - He (go) .......................to bed at 9 pm.
184.What ..............Phong(do) .......................now? – He (do)......................... his homework.
185.............Ba (walk)............... to school every day?

186 They (not play) .....................................soccer in the morning.
187Where................. your children (be)? – They’re upstairs. They (play) ...................... video games.
188 They (jog) …………………..now
189 She (do) ……………….aerobics every day.
190 We (play) ………………tennis every Sunday afternoon.
191 They often (go) ………………….swimming.
192 .....................you sometimes (play) ………………………..tennis?
193 Nga (watch) …………………TV tomorrow evening.
194 What about (swim)……………………… in the river?
195 Where .............he (work) …………………………next week?
196.They (read) …….......….the book at the moment.
.197.Thanh usually (go) …………. to the movies
198.Ba (visit) ……………….Da Lat tomorrow.
199.How often.............. she (play) …………. badminton?
200.She (play) ………. badminton twice a week.