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Exercise 1: Supply the correct verb form.
1.
He thinks that it _____ (rain) tonight.
2.
She said that she _____ (get) married soon.
3.
Bill said that he _____ (lose) his bicycle.
4.
He knew that I _____ (come) the following week.
5.
I was taught that the sun _____ ( be) bigger than the moon.
6.
The boy knew that an hour _____ (have) sixty minutes.
7.
I didn't know what time it _____ (be), so I _____ (turn)on the radio
8.
I wondered whether I _____ (lock) the door or not.
9.
They hoped that they _____ (end) soon.
10.
This is the house that Jack _____ (build) three years ago.

Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer – A, B, C, or D – to complete the following sentences.
1.
He said that he _____ here tomorrow.

A. will be
2.

A. told
5.

A. sold

D. may be

B. had forgotten

C. forget

D. will forget

I'll think about your suggestion while I _____ for you.

A. waited
4.

C. is

John believed that his friends _____ him .

A. forgot
3.

B. would be

B. am waiting

C. will wait

D. will be waiting

I had heard the news before you _____ me about it.
B. had told

C. tell

D. will tell

The salesman was telling me yesterday that he _____ ten carslast week.
B. had sold

C. sell

D. was selling

Exercise 3: Put each verb in brackets into either the present perfect, past simple or present
simple.
1.
Last week I (lose) _____ my scarf, and now I (just lose) _____ mygloves.
2.
I (work) _____ for Blue Bank at the moment but I (decide) _____ to change jobs.
3.
We (be) _____ here for hours. Are you sure we (come) _____ tothe right place?
4.
(you see) _____ my calculator? I'm sure I (leave) _____ ithere earlier.
5.
We (have) _____ some coffee and then (catch) _____ the bus home.

Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs In brackets.
1.

When I (see) _____ you tomorrow, I (tell) _____ you mynews.
2.
As soon as we (get) _____ there, we (phone) _____ for a taxi.
3.
I (go) _____ to the library before I (do) _____ the shopping.
4.
we (wait) _____ here until the rain (stop) _____
5.
I (get) _____ #50 from the bank when it (open) _____

Exercise 5: Put the verbs in brackets into the Present simple, Future simple, Future perfect or
Future perfect continuous.


1.
2.
3.

I think she (hear) _____ all about it by the time I (see) _____ her.
I reckon I (finish) _____ this book by the weekend and then I(give) _____ it to you.
The children (be) _____ hungry when they (get in) _____ because they (run around)
_____ all afternoon.
4.
This government (be) _____ in power for eight years soon butI don't think they (win)
_____ the next election.
5.
Don't phone them now. They (not get) _____ home yet.They (probably get back)
_____ at about half past eight.
Exercise 6: Choose the correct answer.
1.

I wish I _____ the answer.

A. was knowing
would know
2.

B. know

C. to have brought

D. bring

B. will have sold

C. will be selling

D. is going

Swansea, _____ my father was brought up, is a beautiful town.

A. who
which
5.

B. bringing

By the end of the month the estate agent _____ twenty houses.

A. will sell
to sell

4.

D.

I'm glad you remembered _____ some tea because I haven't got any.

A. to bring
3.

C. knew

B. where

C. that

D.

"Why hasn't your company moved yet?" "They _____ to find new offices for months.'

A. have tried

B. had tried

C. have been trying

D. were trying

Đáp án
Exercise 1:
1.

will rain
2.
would get
3.
had lost
4.
would come
5.
is
11. Exercise 2:
1.
d
2.
b
3.
b
6. Exercise 3:
1.
lost , ‘ve just lost
2.
work , ‘ ve decided
3.
‘ve been , ‘ve come

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

has
was-turned
had locked
would end
built

4.
5.

a
b

4.
5.

Have you seem , left
Had , caught


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.

2.
3.
4.
5.

6. Exercise 4:
See; will tell
Get; will phone
Will go; do
Will wait; stops/ has stopped
Will get, opens
7. Exercise 5:
Will have heard, see
‘ll have finished, ‘ll give
Will be, get in, ‘ll have been running around
Will have been, ‘ll win
Won’t have got, ‘ll probaly get back
8. Exercise 6:
C
A
B
B
C
9.