verbs in brackets

1. I (finish)…………. everything when you get back tomorrow.
2. He (phone) …………. me as soon as he (pass) ………….the exam.
3. After they (go) ………….climbing in the mountains. They enjoyed fresh air at the seaside.
4. Yesterday when I (see) ………….him, he (talk) ………….to his friends.
5. Jack (live) …………. in New York for ten years before he (move) ………….to California.
6. What ………….you (do) …………. when I (phone) ………….you yesterday?
7. She (drive) ………….the car when she suddenly felt ill.
8. Don’t make noise! My mother (talk) ………….to her friend.
9. As soon as he (finish) …………. his work, he (go) ………….home.
10. When she (visit) ………….the city last year, she took many pictures.
11. If I (see) ………….him, I’ll give him a gift.
12. If I had a typewriter, I (type) ………….it myself.
13. You could make better progress if you (attend) ………….class regularly.
14. If you (arrive) ………….ten minutes earlier, you would have got a seat.
15. If he (study) ………….hard, he can pass the exam.
16. If he asked, ………….you (accept) ………….?
17. He could get fat if he (stop) ………….smoking.
18. What you (do) ………….if you found a burglar in your house?
19. He could get a job easily if he (have) ………….a degree.
20. The police (arrest) ………….him if they catch him.
21. Tell him to ring me if you (meet) him.
22. If I tell you a secret, you (promise) ………….not to tell it to anyone?
23. Water (not run) ………….downhill if there weren’t gravity.
24. If she (not hurry) …………., she may be late.
25. If I (not have) ………….to leave now, I could help you.
26. I shouldn’t have believed it if I (not) ………….see it with my own eyes.
27. If Tom (be) ………….here yesterday, He (be) ………….able to advise us.
28. If we (know) …………. who he was, We (invite) ………….him to speak at our meeting.
29. If they had invited us, we (go) ………….to the party.
30. If I (know) ………….you came back yesterday, I (meet) ………….you at the airport.
31. If you (be) …………. me, what ………….you (do) ………….?

32. After my sister (wash) ………….her clothes, she began to study
33. She (listen) ………….to the radio when the door-bell rang.
34. ………….you (finish) ………….(cook) ………….yet?
35. Until yesterday I (never hear) ………….about it.
36. We (own) ………….the car for 6 months before we discovered it was stolen.
37. He (leave) ………….for London 2 years ago and I (not/see) ………….him since.
38. After I(finish) ………….My homework, I (watch) ………….TV.
39. The last time we (go) …………fishing was when we were in Spain.
40. I ( not/ like) ………….ice-cream since I ate too much and was sick
41. She (water) ………….the flowers in the garden while her next door neighbor (chat)
…………. with her over the fence.
42. Dick (start) ………….school before he was seven.
43. last month, I (be) …………. In the hospital for ten days.
44. At 4 p.m yesterday? Well, I (work) …………. in my office at that time.
45. I was sure that I (meet) ………….him before.
46. ………….you (look) ………….for a long time before you got a job?
47. Marie Curie (award) ………….a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
48. How often ………….you (get) ………….your car serviced since you (buy) ………….it.
49. I’m sorry you’ve missed the train , it (leave) ………….5 minutes ago.
50. On arrival at home I (find) ………….that she (leave) ………….just a few minutes before
51. He (light) ………….a cigarette and (walk) ………….to the door.
52. She (sleep) ………….for ten hours! You must wake her
53. David (repair) ………….the TV set at the moment. He (work) ………….at it for one hour or
so.
54. For the last six moths I (have) ………….a job as a hospital porter.
55. My father (fight) ………….for four years in the last war.
56. I’m taking my daughter out tonight. She (not/have) ………….fun for a long time
57. It (snow) ………….heavily for hours and when I went to the door I couldn’t open it.
58. Since she (work) ………….at the company she (not/have) ………….a day off through
illness.

59. Mr. Count (work) ………….as a cashier for 25 years. Then he (retire) ………….and (go)
………….to live in the country
60. Alexander Graham Bell (already/ invent) ………….the telephone by the time I was born.
61. I didn’t know who she was. I (never/see) ………….her before.
62. Before I went to university, I(work) ………….as a carpenter for about 5 years
63. the committee (meet) ………….four times last week, but still no decision has been reached
64. The Chinese (make) ………….spaghetti dishes for a long time before Marco Polo (bring)
………….it back to Italy
65. After my sister (wash) ………….her clothes, she began to study.
66. When the teacher came, the pupil (came) ………….
67. My grandmother (die) ………….after she (be) ………….ill for a long time.
68. She (listen) ………….to the radio when the door-bell rang.
69. You (finish) ………….(cook) ………….yet?
70. Until yesterday I (never hear) ………….about it.
71. We (own) ………….the car for 6 months before we discovered it was stolen.
72. He (leave) ………….for London 2 years ago and I (not/see) ………….him since.
73. After I(finish) ………….My homework, I (watch) ………….TV.
74. The last time we (go)…………………………. Fishing was when we were in Spain
75. I ( not/ like)……………………………… ice-cream since I ate too much and was sick
76. she (water)………………………….the flowers in the garden while her next door neighbor
(chat)…………………………….with her over the fence(hang rao)
77. Dick(start)……………………………………school before he was seven
78. last month, I (be)…………………………. In the hospital for ten days
79. at 4 p.m yesterday? Well, I (work)……………………………… in my office at that time
80. I was sure that I (meet)…………………………… him before
81. you (look)………………………………………… for a long time before you got a job?
82. Marie Curie (award)…………………………………a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911
83. how often you (get)………………………………………… your car serviced since you (buy)
……………………… it
84. I’m sorry you’ve missed the train , it (leave)…………………………… 5 minutes ago

85. On arrival at home I (find)……………………………… that she (leave)
……………………………… just a few minutes before
86. He (light)………………………… a cigarette and (walk)………………………… to the door.
87. She (sleep)…………………………… foe ten hours! You must wake her
88. David (repair)………………………………… the TV set at the moment. He (work)
……………………………at it for one hour or so
89. For the last six moths I (have)………………………… a job as a hospital porter
90. My father (fight)……………………………… for four years in the last war.
91. I’m taking my daughter out tonight. She (not/have)………………fun for a long time
92. It (snow)………………………………… heavily for hours and when I went to the door I
couldn’t open it
93. Since she (work)…………………………… at the company she (not/have)
……………………………a day off through illness
94. Mr. Count (work)……………………………… as a cashier for 25 years. Then he (retire)
…………………… and (go)…………………… to live in the country
95. Alexander Graham Bell (already/ invent)………………………………………………… the
telephone by the time I was born.
96. I didn’t know who she was. I (never/see)……………………………………………… her
before
97. Before I went to university, I(work) ……………………………… as a carpenter for about 5
years
98. the committee (meet…………………… four times last week, but still no decision has been
reached
99. The Chinese (make)………………………………… spaghetti dishes for a long time before
Marco Polo (bring)………………………………… it back to Italy
100. If he had missed the train, he(be)…………………late for his interview
101. If I (meet) ………………….you yesterday, I (tell)…………………. you the truth
102. If the doctor hadn’t come, the patient (die)………………..
103. If I had your address, I (send)………………….you a postcard
104. I took a taxi to the hotel but the traffic was very bad. it (be)…………………..quicker

if I (walk)………………..
105. I didn’t know you were in hospital. If I (know)……………….I (go)
………………….to visit you
106. If you (want)…………………….to go picnic, this weekend we will go
107. He wouldn’t have had an accident if he (drive)……………………….more carefully
108. If you (sleep)…………………………better last night, you wouldn’t been so tired
109. If I had noticed him, I (say)…………………………….hello to him
1. when they (come)……………………………, John still(play)………………………… guitar
2. she(water)……………………………… the flowers in her garden while her next door
neighbor(chat)………………………… with her over the fence(hang rao)
3. the bell(ring)…………………………… while Tom(take)………………………… a bath.
4. when they came to the stadium, the match(already, begin)…………………………………
5. they told me they (not, eat)………………………… such kind of food before
6. he(teach)…………………………… in this school before he(leave)………………………for
London
7. Daisy(agree)……………………… with other members in the last meeting
8. our teacher (tell)……………………… us yesterday that he(visit)…………………………
England in 1970
9. I didn’t recognize Mrs. Johnson. She (change)………………………a lot
10. while my mother(cook)………………………………… in the kitchen, my father(water)
………………………………in the garden
11. my brother (join)…………………………… the army when he (be)…………………… young
12. A: You(speak)………………………………………… to Mrs. Baker yesterday?
B: No, I (not, see)…………………………………… her for a long time
13. Last month, I (be)……………………… in the hospital for ten days
14. What you(do)………………………………………… when I ring you last night?
15. It (rain)…………………………… when we arrived
16. Dick (start)…………………………………… school before he(be)…………………… seven
17. When I (be)…………………… a child, I (want)……………………… to be a doctor
18. David (be)………………………… born after his father (die)…………………………

19. At 4 P.M yesterday? Well, I (work)…………………………………………… in my office at
that time
20. The audience(listen)…………………………… to everything he said last night
I. Give the right forms of the verbs in brackets: FUTURE TENSES
1. They (build)…………………………… a house by June next year
2. We(start)………………………… our plan next week
3. A: This bag is too heavy for me to carry
B: Ok! I (carry)………………………………it for you
4. A: Why are you carrying that saw?
B: I (shorten) ………………………………………………… the legs of the table
5. My sister (get)………………………………………… married next month.
1. My mother(close)………………………… all the door and windows before she goes to bed
2. My sister(start/work)…………………………………………… at 7 am
3. Why………………… he(take)……………………… photograph?
4. “Shall I phone at 6?’ “No, we normally (cook)………………………… dinner at that time
5. Alice(see)…………………… her mother most weekends
6. I (go)………………………… swimming in the evenings to try to lose weight
7. The police(talk)………………………… to a number of people about the robbery
8. What programs ……………you usually (watch)………………………… on TV everyday?
9. She(have)……………………………… dinner with her family right now
10. …………… she (do)…………………… her house work at the moment?
No, she……………………
11. We (study)……………….. a very hard lesson the day before yesterday
12. I (read)………………… that novel by Hemingway several times before
13. we (study)……………………almost every lesson in this book so far
14. My wife and I( travel)…………………….. to Mexico by air last summer
15. I (have)………………a little trouble with my car last week
16. what you (do)…………………… yesterday?
17. how long you (learn)………………..English?
18. Tom (never be)…………………… in Ha Noi

19. the plane(stop)………………… at a small town last month. It then (take) …………… off
immediately after refueling.
20. she ( be)……………..so happy when she(hear)………………the news that she (cry)
……………..
1. Last summer my family (go)…………………………………camping to Do Son
2. By the time he (come)……………………………, all the food (eat)……………………………..
3. When I (come)………………………, everyone (watch)………………………………… a film
4. Before he (move)………………………… here, he (live)………………………………in Hanoi
5. By the time the police (arrive)………………………………the house (burn)
…………………………………
6. my teacher (leave)…………………………school 3 months ago and since then I (not/know)
…………………………………anything about her.
7. When they (get)…………………there, their friends (go)…………………………..already
8. After they (prepare)…………………………………everything for the dinner, all member in their
family (sit)…………………………………around a table
9. For the last 8 months, I (have)………………………………….a job as a tutor in a small school
10. I (read)………………………………the passage carefully and then I (answer)
………………………………all the questions
11. when they(wait)………………………………some guests, they(hear)……………………………
a strange voice behind the house
12. My sister (never/be)……………………………………to any courtiers in European
13. – How long (you/work)…………………………………in this film?
- I (work)………………………………here for 5 years
14. The last time he went for a picnic (be)………………………in May
15. My parents last (phone)……………………………………me 5 days ago
16. my teacher (write)……………………………all questions on the board before she(ask)
…………………………us to do
17. When we (fly)………………………………., we (feel)……………………………a terrible heat
behind
18. While my sister (talk)…………………………………with her friends, Mai and I (study)

……………………………
19. They were asked not to disturb the old man because he (sleep)…………………………………
20. While Carl was washing his car, he (discover) …………………………… something dents in the
doors.
21. I got a bad sunburn because I (lay)……………………………in the sun for days
22. The two friends (work)……………………………………in the same company for a years before
they (recognize)……………………………… each other
23. “this is the third time you (break)……………………………the traffic law,” said the
policewoman.
24. by the time he (retire)…………………………from the work, his daughters (got)
………………………………married
25. someone stolen his motorbike while he ((have) ………………………………… breakfast in a
shop.
Exercise I : Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple or the present continuous tense.
1/ I (have) __________ coffee for breakfast every day.
2/ My brother (work) __________ in a shoe store this summer.
3/ The student (look) ___________ up that new word now.
4/ She (go) __________ to school every day.
5/ We (do) __________ this exercise at the moment.
6/ Miss Helen (read) ___________ a newspaper now.
7/ It (rain) __________ very much in the summer. It (rain) _________ now.
8/ Bad students never (work) __________ 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/ Be quiet. The baby (sleep) ____________.
13/ We always (do) ___________ our exercises carefully.
14/ Look. A man (run) ________ after the train. He (want) _______ to catch it.
15/ It (be) __________ very cold now.
16/ John (travel) __________ to England tomorrow.

17/ I (need) ____________ some money for my textbooks.
18/ Tom (like) __________ to go to the museums.
19/ Mary (love) __________ ice-cream.
20/ My mother (cook) ___________ some food in the kitchen at present. She always (cook)
__________ in the mornings.
21/ I often (leave) __________ the city at weekends.
22/ The guests (watch) __________ the TV programmes now.
23/ I (see) ___________ you (wear) ___________ your best clothes.
24/ The sun (set)___________ in the west.
25/ My friend (study) __________ English for an hour every night.
26/ Listen. I (hear)___________ someone knocking at the front door.
27/ I (do) __________ an exercise on the present tense at the moment and I (think) __________
that I (know) __________ how to use it now.
28/ Honesty (be) __________ the best policy.
29/ The earth (go) __________ round the sun.
30/ Two and two (make) __________ four.
1/ We (never watch) __________ that TV programme.
2/ We (watch) __________ a good programme on TV last night.