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Trannhat quan g exercises for
ten ses
the simple present simple and the present continuous
1. The sun (set) …………in the West. The earth (circle) ……………the Sun once every 365 days.
2. It usually (rain) ……………in the summer. Rivers usually (flow) ………………to the sea.
3. They often (build) ………………… hotels, but this year they (build) ……………… hospitals.
4. Bees (make) …………………………honey.
5. Look!. Lan often (play)……………….badminton but this afternoon she (play) …………………… table
tennis.
6. I (not talk) …………………………to her at present.
7. How often…………………………she (go) …………………………fishing?
- She (go) …………………………once a year.
8. .............. your friends (be)…………………… students? - Yes, they (be)..........................
9. ................ the children (play)…………………………in the park at the moment?
- No, they aren’t. They (learn) ..................................... to play the piano.
10. ………….you (go)………………………….. to school on Sundays? – Yes, I do.
11. My mother (cook) ………………………a meal now. She ( cook) ………………………everyday.
12. What…………your mother (do)……………. at this time? - She (make) ………………a dress.
13. ............. she often (go)……………………… to the cinema every weekend?
- I don’t know. But she always (go) ......................... to the church on Sundays.
14. Hurry up! The bus (come) …………………………… .
15. Tom can’t have the newspaper now because his aunt (read)………………………..it.
16. I’m busy at the moment. I (decorate)……………………………..the meeting room.
17. The students (not be) …………………………in class at present.
18. She always (wash) …………………………the dishes after meals
19. What____________ your father usually ____________ (do) in the evenings ?
20. Oxygen (be)………………….necessary for our life.
21. What you (wait)……………………………for? ~
I (wait)…………………….for the shop to open.
22. I can ____________ (see) the children. They____________ (play) in the yard.
23. You can’t see Tom now: he (have)………………..a bath.

24. I won’t go out now as it (rain)……………………… and I (not have) …………………….an umbrella.
25.Ann (make)……………………….her dress at the moment. She (make)……..............all her own clothes.
26.You (love) ……………………..him?~ No I (like)……………………him very much but I (not love)
…………………………. him.
27.I (wear)………………………. my sun classes today because the sun is very strong.
28.How you (get) ……………………………to work as a rule? ~
I usually (go)…………………... by bus but tomorrow I (go) …………………….in Tom’s car.
29.You (enjoy)……………………….yourself or would you like to leave now? ~
I (enjoy)……………………….myself very much. I (want) ………………..to stay to the end.
30.He always (drink)…………………..tea but today he (drink)………………….tea.
31.The last train (leave)……………………the station at 12:30.
32.You (believe)…………………………all that the newspapers say? ~
No, I (not believe) ………………………..any of it.
33.You (hear)………………….the wind? It (blow)……………………very strongly tonight.
34.You (understand)………………………..what the lecturer saying? ~
35.No, I (not understand)……………………….him at all.
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Trannhat quan g exercises for
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36.Why you (walk)………………………so fast to day? You usually (walk) ……………….quite slowly. ~
I (hurry)…………………….because I (meet)…………………….my mother at four o’clock and she (not like)
…………..………… to be kept waiting.
37.If he (not start)…………………………now, he’ll be late for the course.
38.She (own)………………………………three hotels in Hanoi at the moment
39.The price of rice (go)………………………….up.
40.When you (meet)………………………… her tomorrow, she’ll tell you the truth.
41. The children in the next room always (make) noise…………………….at night.
42.There is strong smell and the sound of frying. Obviously Mrs. Jane (cook) ……………………..fish.
43.I always (buy)…………………lottery tickets but I never (win)……………..anything.
44.He always (say)………………….that he will mend the window but he never (do)…………….it.

The simple past and the past continuous
45.He (watch)………………………TV when the phone rang. Immediately, he (turn)……………………..down the
sound and (go)…………………….to answer it.
46.You (buy)……………………….this car last summer? ~
No, I (buy)…………………………. it along time ago.
47.I (make)…………………………a cake when the light went out. I (have)……………………..to finish it in the
dark.
48.When I arrived she (have)……………………….lunch. She (say)………………………that she always (lunch)
……………………..at 12:30.
49.The children (be) frightened because it (get) …………………………dark.
50.It was a fine day and the road were crowded because a lot of people (rush)…………………….to the seaside.
51.What you (think)………………………….. of his last book? ~
I (like) …………………….it very much.
52.I (share)………………………a flat with him when we were students. He always (complain)………………….
about my untidiness.
53.You looked very busy when I (see)…………………………..you yesterday. What you (do)…………………….?
54.When I (look)…………………………for my pen I (find)………………………..this old photo.
55.He suddenly (realize)……………………….that he (travel)………………………….in the wrong direction.
56.The boys (play)………………………..cards when they (hear)…………………………their father’s step. They
immediately (hide)……………………….the cards and (take)…………………….out their lesson books.
57.While he (water)…………………………the flowers it (begin)………………………to rain.
58.At this time yesterday we (sleep)………………………..on the train.
59.At 3 am. Mrs. Pitt (wake)……………………her husband and (say)…………………..that she (think)………….
that someone (try)…………………….to get into the house.
60. He (clean)……………………….his gun when it accidentally (go)…………….off and (kill)………………him.
61.The burglar (open)……………………the safe when he (hear)……………….footsteps. he immediately (put)
……………out the torch and (crawl)……………….under the bed.
62.Yesterday evening I (do)……………………. my homework while my parents (watch)………………….TV.
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63.As she (climb)………………….the ladder it slipped sideways and she (fall)…………………off it.
64.He (have)…………………….. a bad fall while he (repair)………………………his roof.
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