tense of verb in english

Tense of verb
I.
The simple present tense
Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question:
Example:
He (visit) ______visits _______his parents very often.
He doesn’t visit his parents very often
Does he visit his parents very often?
He (go) _________________to School everyday.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
She (come) ___________________ from Germany.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
Daisy usually (go) _____________________ to work by car.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
We (watch) __________________TV every night.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
He (walk) __________________to work every day.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
He (be) ______________________in Ca Mau.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
They (be) ____________________students.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
She (wash) ___________________her clothes every Sunday.
( - )……………………………………………………….

( ? )………………………………………………………
She (study) _______________________English every day.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
He (want) _________ to become a teacher.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
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Exercise 2: Put the verb in the present simple tense:
1. She usually (walk) _______________ to school.
2. What time ________Mary usually (get) ____________ up every morning?
3. She (not wash) ____________her clothes every weekend.
4. ___________they (be) teachers?
5. It (not be) often ______________cold in summer.
6. Tom usually (walk) _____________ to school.
7. He (be) _______________ a student.
8. I (be) _________________ sixteen years old.
9. They (be) __________________ very friendly.
10. He often (wash) __________________ the car at weekends.
11. What time ____________you often (get) ____________ up every morning?
12. ________she (like) ________________ English?
13. Every week she (go) ______________________ to visit her parents.
14. What time __________your father usually (get) ___________ up?
15. We (not go) ____________________to school on Sundays.
16. We (not be) ___________________very lazy.
17. The Earth (go) _________________around the Sun.
18. I (visit) ___________________my parents very often.
19. ___________he (go) ___________________to school every day?

20. _____________she (come) _____________________from Japanese?
II.
The present continuous tense
Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question:
Example:
She (read) ____is reading _____at the moment.
She isn’t reading at the moment
Is she reading at the moment?
1. He (watch) ____________________________________TV right now.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
2. At present they (sit) ___________________________ in the class.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
3. This year we (learn) _________________________ English.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
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4. Look! Peter (play) ______________________ football in the schoolyard.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
5. Be quiet! The baby (sleep) _______________________________.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
6. Look! The man (smoke) ____________________________ there.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
7. She (write) _______________________ to her parents now.

( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
8. My father (work) ___________________________in the garden at the moment.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
9. John (listen) _____________________________ to the radio now.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
10. He (play) _______________________chess at the moment.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
Exercise 2: Put the verb in the present continuous tense:
1.
The workers (work) ______________________ in the firm at the moment.
2.
Please be quite! You (make) ___ _________________so much noise so I can’t
concentrate.
3.
Tony (have) _______________ ___a bath at the moment.
4.
Listen! He (read) _____________________a story by Shakespeare.
5.
At present Richard (study) _______________in London.
6.
This term I (study) _______________philosophy and economics.
7.
Janet (have) _______________a shower at the moment.
8.
They (not/study) _______________at present.
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Yukiko (have) _______________a bath now.
10.
We (make) _______________a cake at the moment.
11.
Jane (watch) _______________television at the moment.
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Look! The boy (cry) ____________________.
Alice and Mary (put) ___________ the dishes away right now.

The farmer (work) _________________ in the field now.
Look! It (snow) _______________.
Phong (sleep) _______________ right now.
Mother (cook) ________________ some food in the kitchen at present.
Just a minute! I (look up) ______________ that word in the dictionary.
_______________you (write) ______________ a letter now?
They (not read) ____________________ books in the sitting room right now.
Look! They (play) _________________ football.
She (sweep) _______________ the floor now.
What________ she (do) ____________ now?
She (wash) ______________ the clothes at the moment.
Listen! Peter and Daisy (sing) ________________ now.
My brother (not watch) ___________TV now. He (wash) __________ his car.
He (study) _____________ English this month.
________you (work) __________ in the garden now?
Peter (talk) ________________ to Susan now.
She (listen) _______________to the radio in her bedroom at the moment.

III.
The past simple tense
Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question:
Example:
He (watch) __watched________ a good programme on TV last night.
He didn’t watch a good programme on TV last night.
Did he watch a good programme last night?
1. Mary (go) ___________ shopping for me yesterday.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
2. The policeman (drive) __________ away ten minutes ago.
( - )……………………………………………………….

( ? )………………………………………………………
3. The biscuit factory (close) __________________ last year.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
4. The headmaster (come) _______________ to the school in 1985.
( - )……………………………………………………….
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( ? )………………………………………………………
5. You (spend) ________________________ a lot of money last month.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
6. I last (go) ________________________ to Spain in 1990.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
7. The boy (finish) _________________________their homework yesterday.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
8. Rolf (buy) _____________ the leather jacket last week.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
9. I (have) ____________ a little trouble with my car last week.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
10. She (wash) ______________her clothes last night.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense:
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They (begin) __________ to study at this school 7 years ago.
2.
She (lose) __________ her handbag on the train yesterday morning.
3.
We (visit) ___________ that city last year.
4.
Peter and Daisy (be) __________ born in 1978.
5.
__________you (spend) _________ your holiday in Dalat last summer?
6.
She (clean) _______________the bicycle yesterday.
7.
They (start) __________school in 1998.
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My friend and I (go) __________________ to the seaside last week.
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We (spend) ___________________________ hours on the beach last Sunday.
10.
He (be) ______________________________ in Ha Noi last year.
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His father (die) _____________________ in 1930.
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Lincoln (work) __________________in this factory three years ago.
13.
I (do) _____________________my homework last night.
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Miss White (write) ______________________to her father last Monday.
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My parents (buy) _________________________the car last year.
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Hoa (read) _____________________________the book yesterday.
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He (listen) _______________________________to the radio last night.
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We (watch) _____________ a good programme on TV last night.
Mary (go) _______________shopping for me yesterday.
I (be) _______________ in Ha Noi last month.
My parents (go) _______________to HCM city last week.
Yesterday we (have) _______________a meeting at our school.
Mary (meet) _______________her parents two week ago.
She (be) _______________born in 1992.
What you (do) _______________last night.
Last summer I (study) _______________English in Can Tho City.
She (not visit) _______________her son last week.

In 1997 there (be) _______________a terrible storm.
They (build) _______________the house twenty years ago.
John (do not) _______________come to my birthday party last Sunday.

IV.

The past continuous:
Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question:
Example: At this time yesterday they (play) __were playing___ football.
At this time yesterday they were not playing football.
At this time yesterday were they playing football?
1. At this time yesterday we (play) __________________ tennis in the schoolyard.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
2. At 7:00 pm yesterday (watch) ________________________ TV.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
3. Yesterday while my father (watch) _____________________ TV, my mother (read) the
newspaper, my sister (do) _______________________her homework and I (play) ____________
chess with my friend.
4. What were you doing when I phoned you? I (have) ____________________a bath.
5. She (do) __________________________her homework at the time yesterday.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
6. Marry (water) ______________________the flowers at 3:00 p.m yesterday.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
7. They (visit) __________________________the zoo at ten o’clock yesterday.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………

8. Peter and I (do) _____________________the exercise at this time last night.
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( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
9. Last night my father (feed) ________________________the pigeons at 7:00.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
10. At this time last year we (learn) _______________________English in London.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense or the past continuous:
1.
When I (arrive) ____________ at this house, he still
(sleep) ______________.
2.
The light (go) _________ out while we (have)
_________________dinner.
3.
Bill (have) ________________ breakfast when I (stop)
_____________ at this house this morning.
4.
When I (arrive) ___________________at this house, he
still (sleep) ________________________.
5.
As we (cross) ______________________the Street, we
(see) _____________________an accident.
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Tom (see) ______________a serious accident while he

(stand) __________________at the bus stop.
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The children (play) _________________ football when
their mother (come) ___________back home.
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The bell (ring) ______________________while Tom
(take) ___________________ a bath.
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He (sit) ______________________in a car when I (see)
______________________him.
10.
We (clean) _____________________the house when she
(come) _______________yesterday.
V.
The present perfect tense:
Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question:
Example: She (be) has been here for several days.
She has not been here for several days.
Has she been here for several days?
1. Tom (see) ______________this film before.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
2. I (finish) ______________ my exercise already.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
3. They (live) ______________ here since 1990.
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( - )……………………………………………………….

( ? )………………………………………………………
4. My father (just wash) ______________ his car.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
5. The students (discuss) ______________ the question recently.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
6. Mary (never, be) ______________ to Ha Noi.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
7. We (know) ______________ each other for 5 years.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
8. So far we (learn) ______________ five lessons.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
9. We (be) ______________ pen pals for a long time.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
10. They (stay) ______________ here since last week.
( - )……………………………………………………….
( ? )………………………………………………………
Exercise 2:
1. Bob (see) ______________ this movie before.
2. Sandra (lend) ____________ her brother $ 200 so far.
3. Rashid (just pass) ____________ his driving test.
4. Karen (study) ____________ __________ Italian for three years now and is still studying.
5. The teacher (already, tell) ____________ to be quite.
6. Tim (not, take) ____________ many photos yet.
7. Jorge (read) ____________ the newspaper already.

8. We (not begin) _____________ to study for the test yet.
9. John and I (be) ______________ pen pals for nearly 3 years.
10. He (wear) ___________ the same coat since he (move) ___________ here.
11. . I (not see) _____________ your brother recently.
12. . They (not contact) _______________ to each other for a long time.
13. How long _______________you (study) ______________ English?
14. How many times _________ you (see) _______________him since he went to Edinburgh?
15. Who is that woman? I (never/ see) _______________ her before.
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16. We (be) ____________ from French. We (be) ______________ there for 20 years.
17. I (see) __________ that film several times because I like it.
18. Mary (lose) _________________ her hat for 2 days.
19. He (not finish) _______________ doing it yet.
20. He (not see) ____________ him since Christmas.
21. (live)_______________in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975.
22. He (just see) ______________ her.
23. They (already show) _______________ the film.
24. I’m sorry the car is not here. I (just sell) ______________ it.
25. The Bakers (be) ______________ in New York for 3 months.
26. My brother (use) ______________ this computer for 2 years.
27. They (live) ________________ in this street for a long time.
28. Mr. Green (teach) ______________ French since he left London in 1997.
29. She (not speak) _________________ to me since last week.
30. Up to now, Hoa (work) _______________ very hard.
VI.
The past perfect tense:
1.
Yesterday they (go) _________________ home after they (finish) ______________

their work.
2.
When we came to the stadium, the match (already start)
_________________________.
3.
Many people (move) _________________ to the new place before the storm occurred.
4.
I sat down ant rested after they (go) _________________.
5.
Before he died, he (be) _________________ ill for several days.
6.
Last night before he (watch) _______________ TV, he (do) _________________ the
exercise.
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She went to the department after her (clean) _________________ the floor.
8.
When I got to the party, they (go) _________________ home.
9.
By the time the police arrived, the house (be) _________________ burned down.
10.
By last year, twenty schools in this province (be) _________________ built.
VII.
The future simple tense
Exercise 1: Put the verb in the future simple tense.
1. __________you (take) _________ at trip to London next week.
2. She (water) _________________ the flowers next month.
3. They (build) ________________ a new bridge in this province next year.
4. Tomorrow she (send) _________________ the letter to Ha Hoi.
5. In 2010 she (move) _________________ to live in Ho Chi Minh City.
6. I (meet) _________________ my parents in an hour.

7. I think it (be) _________________ sunny tomorrow.
8. I am sure he (pass) _________________ the exam.
9. I (stay) _________________ at home if it rains.
10. He (send) ________________ the letter when he goes to the post office.
VIII.
The present simple or the present continuous tense:
Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple or the present continuous tense:
1. My father (have) __________ coffee for breakfast every day.
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2. His sister (study) __________ in a shoe store this summer.
3. The students (look) ___________ up that new word now.
4. Mary (go) __________ to school every day.
5. They (do) __________ this exercise at the moment.
6. Ms Eden (read) ___________ a newspaper now.
7. It (rain) __________ very much in the summer. It (rain) _________ now.
8. Bad students never (study) __________ hard.
9. He generally (sing) ________ in English, but today he (sing) ________ in Spanish.
10. We seldom (eat) __________ before 6.30.
11. She sometimes (buy) ___________vegetables at his market.
12. We always (do) ___________ our exercises carefully.
13. Look! A man (run) ________ after the train. He (want) _______ to catch it.
14. It (be) __________ very cold now.
15. John (travel) __________ to England tomorrow.
16. I (need) ____________ some money for my textbooks.
17. Tom (like) __________ to go to the museums.
18. Mary (love) __________ ice-cream.
19. My mother (cook) __________ some food in the kitchen at present. She always (cook)
__________ in the mornings.

20. I often (leave) __________ the city at weekends.
21. The guests (watch) __________ the TV programes now.
22. The sun (set) __________ in the west.
23. My friend (study) __________ English for an hour every night.
24. Listen! I (hear) ___________ someone knocking at the front door.
25. I (do) ____ an exercise on the present tense at the moment and I (think) ______ that I (know)
_____how to use it now.
IX.
The present perfect or the simple past tense:
Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect or the simple past tense.
1. We (never watch) __________ that TV programme.
2. We (watch) __________ a good programme on TV last night.
3. He (read) __________ that novel many times before.
4. He (read) __________ that novel again last vacation.
5. I (have) __________ a little trouble with my car last week.
6. However, I (have) __________ no trouble with my car since then.
7. I (not see) __________ John for a long time. I (see) __________ him 3 weeks ago.
8. He is very thirsty. He (not drink) __________ since this morning.
9. They (study) __________ at this school for 7 years now.
10. They (begin) __________ to study at this school 7 years ago.
11. How long ago he (start) __________ to learn French?
12. She (lose) __________ her handbag on the train yesterday morning.
13. His dog (just run) __________ out of the garden.
14. Mr. Brown (travel) __________ by air several times in the past.
15. He (travel) ___________ to Mexico by air last summer.
X.
The Past Simple Or The Past Continuous Tense
Exercise: Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous tense.
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1. He (sit) __________ in a bar when I (see) __________ him.
2. When I (go) __________ out, the sun (shine) __________.
3. The light (go) __________ out while I (have) __________ tea.
4. While he (learn) __________ to drive, he (have) __________ an accident.
5. We (walk) __________ to the station when it (begin) __________ to rain.
6. He (have) __________ a bad fall when he (repair) __________ his roof.
7. It (start) __________to rain when we (play) football in the schoolyard yesterday.
8. He (eat) __________ three sandwiches while you (talk) __________ to him.
9. The servant (drop) _______ two cups while she (wash up) ______ last night.
10. While he (write) __________ a letter, the telephone (ring) .
11. Last night we (watch) TV when the power (fail).
12. When I (stand) __________ at the bus stop, I (see) __________ an accident.
13. Yesterday I (walk) __________to school when I (find) a wallet on the street.
14. When I (have) dinner yesterday, Peter (come) to our house.
15. The thief (steal) the bike when Mai (look) for some books in the shop.
XI.
The past simple or the past perfect tense
Exercise: Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past perfect tense.
1. They (go) __________ home after they (finish) __________ their study.
2. Yesterday when I (arrive) __________to the party, the (already go) __________home.
3. After the guests (leave) __________, she (go) __________back into the living-room and (switch)
__________off the light.
4. On arrival at home I (find) __________that she (just leave) __________just a few minutes
before.
5. Before he (go) __________ to bad, he (do) __________his homework.
6. When they (get) __________to the place, the man (die) __________.
7. He (do) _________ nothing before he (see) ___________ me.
8. He (thank) __________ me for what I (do) __________ for him.
9. I (be) __________ sorry that I (hurt) __________ him.

10. After they (go) __________, I (sit) __________ down and (rest) __________.
11. When I (arrive) ___________, the dinner (already, begin) ______________.
12. My friend (not see) _______ me for many years when I (meet) _____ last week.
13. He (learn) __________ English before he (leave) __________ for England.
14. In England, he soon (remember) __________ all he (learn) __________ before.
15. They (tell) __________ him they (not meet) __________ him before.
16. He (ask) __________ why we (come) __________ so early.
17. She (say) __________ that she (already, see) ___________ Dr. Rice.
18. By the time Bill (get) __________ there, the meeting (start) __________.
19. When we (arrive) __________ at our place, we (find) __________ that a burglar (break)
____________ in.
20. Almost everybody (leave) _______ for home by the time we (arrive) _______.
XII.
The simple present or the simple future tense
Exercise: Put the verbs in brackets in the simple present or the simple future tense.
1. We (go) __________ out when the rain (stop) __________.
2. I (stay) _________ here until he (answer) __________ me.
3. Wait until I (catch) __________ you.
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4. I (be) _________ ready before you (count) _________ ten.
5. John must eat his breakfast before he (go) __________ out.
6. Miss Helen (help) __________ you as soon as she (finish) ________ that letter.
7. He (tell) _________ you when you (get) __________ there.
8. She (not come) __________ until you (be) _________ ready.
9. He (tell) __________ you when you (ask) __________ him.
10. I (come) _______ and (see) ________ you before I (leave) _____ for England.
XIII.
Mixed tenses

Exercise 1: Put the verb in the brackets in the correct tense.
1.
We seldom (eat) ______________ before 7 am.
2.
I (not see) ________________ him since I (meet) ____________ him 2 months ago.
3.
Listen! I (think) _____________ someone (knock) _______________ the door.
4.
I (get) _________________ up early the day before yesterday.
5.
The earth (circle) ____________ the sun once every 365 days.
6.
__________you (watch) _________ TV last night?
7.
The workers (work) _______________ in the firm at the moment.
8.
How many times _________ you (see) ________him since he went to Edinburgh?
9.
Rivers usually (flow) __________ to the sea.
10.
Look! The boy (cry) _______________.
11.
Do you know that man, who (smoke) _______________________ there.
12.
Mrs. Green always (go) _____________to work by bus.
13.
We (be) ____________ from French. We (be) ______________ there for 20 years.
14.
I (move) ______________ to another town next week.
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I (see) __________ that film several times because I like it.
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She always (go) _______________ go to bed before her mother does.
17.
Mary (lose) _________________ her hat for 2 days.
18.
__________you (take) _________ a trip to London next week?
19.
She rarely (take) ____________a bath before dinner.
20.
He (not finish) _______________ doing it yet.
21.
He (not see) ____________ him since Christmas.
22.
In what year _______ World War II (break) __________ out?
23.
The sun (set) ______________ in the West.
24.
They (live) _______________ in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975.
25.
He (come) _________ here once 2 years ago.
26.
We will go out when it (stop) _________________raining.
27.
She (read) ______all the books written by Dickens. How many books _______ you (read)
_______?
28.
Alice and Mary (put) ___________ the dishes away right now.
29.
What ________you (do) _________ at 10 am yesterday?

30.
She (finish) ____________ her homework recently.
31.
He (just see) ______________ her.
32.
They (already show) _______________ the film.
33.
I’m sorry the car is not here. I (just sell) ______________ it.
34.
When _________you (buy) ________ your bicycle?
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I (know) ___________Jack since we (be) _____________ students but I (not meet)
___________ him since we (leave) _______________ school in 1998.
36.
The Bakers (be) ______________ in New York for 3 months.
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__________you (spend) _________ your holiday in Da lat last summer?
38.
We (visit) ___________ that city last year.
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The farmer (work) _________________ in the field now.
40.
John (see) ______________ that film sometimes.
41.
My brother (use) ______________ this computer for 2 years.
42.

Mr. Green (buy) ______________ a new tractor last month.
43.
They (live) ________________ in this street for a long time.
44.
My brother (play) _______________ football at the moment.
45.
Mr. Green (teach) ______________ French since he left London in 1997.
46.
She often (go) _____________ to school by bicycle but yesterday she (go) __________by
bus.
47.
Look! It (snow) _______________.
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She (not speak) _________________ to me since last week.
49.
Up to now, Hoa (work) _______________ very hard.
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HCM city (be) ______________ the largest city in Vietnam.
51.
They (hold) ________________ the meeting recently.
52.
Phong (sleep) _______________ right now
53.
He (live) ________________ in Hanoi since 2002.
54.
Long ago, my young brother often (cry) _______________ at night.
55.
________you (see) _________ him recently?
56.
He (finish) ______________ his work since yesterday.

57.
Peter and Daisy (be) __________ born in 1978.
58.
Please be quite! You (make) ______________ so much noise so I can’t concentrate.
59.
Look. A man (run) ________ after the train. He (want) _______ to catch it.
60.
It (be) __________ very cold now.
61.
We (go) ___________ to the theatre last night.
62.
He usually (write) __________ in green ink.
63.
She (play) _________ the piano when our guests (arrive) _________ last night.
64.
We (do) __________ English exercise at the moment.
65.
She (just come) __________ in and (see) __________ you in 5 minutes.
66.
I (come) _________ as soon as my study is finished. (You be) ________ ready?
67.
Where (you go) __________ for your holiday last year?
68.
I (not leave) ________ Paris since we (go) _______ to Dieppe three years ago.
69.
My mother (come) __________ to stay with us next weekend.
70.
We (meet) __________ only yesterday and (already decide) __________ to get married.
71.
I (never see) __________ snow.

72.
Violets (bloom) __________ in spring.
73.
We (not live) ___________ in England for the last two months.
74.
I (lose) ________ my keys; I cannot remember where I last (see) ______ them.
75.
He (not arrive) __________ when I (write) __________ my last letter to you.
76.
Whenever you (go) _________ to town nowadays, you (spend) _________ a lot of money.
77.
I (never forget) __________ what you (just tell) __________ me.
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78.
They (prepare) __________ the Christmas dinner today.
79.
I (not see) __________ John for a long time. I (see) __________ him 3 weeks ago.
80.
He is very thirsty. He (not drink) __________ since this morning.
81. Look at those black clouds. It (rain) _________
82. We (not see) _________ her since we (be) _________ on holiday in Ha Long bay.
83. Phuong (not finish) _________ her homework yet.
84. Would you like some coffee? I just (make) _________ some.
85. No one (use) _________ this car for several years.
86. Last night when we (visit) _________ him, he (do) _________ an experiment on the upstairs.
87. The sewing machine which you (use) _________ at present (invent) _________ in 1830 by
French.
88. I (not see) ______ your uncle recently. - No .He (not go) _________ out since he (buy)_______ a

new color television.
89. My uncle just (open) _________ a new internet house on Trang Thi street
90. Her grandfather (die) _________ 20 years ago. She (never meet) _________ him.
91. Linh's brother (lose) _________ his job last month and since then he (be) _________ out of
work.
92. You (see) _________ Mrs. Chi lately? - Yes. I (see) _________ her at the school gate three days
ago.
93. The door won't open unless you (push) _________ it hard.
94. As soon as I (have) _________ enough money, I'll buy a new car.
95. I (not use) _________ the car this evening, so you can have it.
96. I (walk) _________ along the street when I suddenly (feel) _________ something hit me in the
back. I (not know) _________ what it was.
97. It (be) cold when we (leave) _________ the house that day, and a light snow (fall) _________.
98. I (not see) _________ Daisy for ages. When I last (see) _________ him, he (try) _________ to
find a job in London.
99. I (walk) _________ along the street when suddenly I (hear) _________ footsteps behind me.
Somebody (follow) _________ me. I was frightened and I (start) _________ to run.
100. When I was young, I (want) _______________to be a bus diver.
101. I wish I (not be) ________________here now.
102. They (practice) _________________ their music lesson at 7 o'clock last night.
103. Thu (look) _______________after her little brother next Sunday.
104. This book (just publish) _______________by Kim Dong publisher.
105. The kids (sleep) ________________when the bell rang.
106. Who you (talk) _______________to on the phone now, Minh?
107. Where your new friend (live) ____________, Nga? - She (live) ________________on Hang
Bac Street.
108. You (be) ____________ free next Sunday morning, Tan? - No, I and my
brother___________(visit) our grandparents.
109. Trang (not be) __________in her room at the moment. She (cook) ________________in the
kitchen.

110. Lien (not go) __________________to the movie theater tomorrow. She (stay)
_____________at home and watch TV.
111. Take these pills and you (feel) ________________better then, Ba!
112. Minh (not visit) ______________the museum with his class last Sunday because he (catch)
______________a cold.
113. The Pikes (move) ______________to London since 2002.
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114. The students (play) _________________badminton at the moment.
115. Ba and Phong (know) __________________each other quite well for years
116. The phone (ring) _________________at midnight last night.
117. The Brown (travel) __________________to Asia many times.
118. What you (do) ______________ last weekend? - I (go) ________________to the theater with
my family.
119. John and I (be) ___________pen pals for nearly three years.
120. We used (write) ________________ to each other every month when we (be)
______________at secondary school.
121. Minh (know) ________________a little English, so she (wish) __________she (can)
_____________speak it fluently.
122. Maria (stay) _____________with us at the moment. She (be) _______________my sister's
friend.
123. My mother (wash) ________________the dishes while we (clean) __________________the
floor.
124. Listen! The teacher (explain) ____________________the lesson.
125. Viet Nam (have) _____________a lot of mountains and there (be) _______________many
tall and big trees there.
126. Lan (borrow) _______________some books from the library since Monday.
127. Uyen (take) _____________a bus to school every day.
128. Farmers often (harvest) _______________their crops in August.

129. They (leave) ______________Hanoi for HCM City yesterday.
130. You look tired. You (work) _________________hard?

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