50 VERB TENSE.9

VERB TENSE
I Give the correct form of each verb in brackets
1. What you (do)……last weekend?
-I (go)………to the theater with my family.
2. John and I (be)……pen pals for nearly three years.
3. We used (write)………to each other every month when we (be)…….at
secondary school.
4. Minh (know)……….a little English, so she (wish)………She (can)……..speak
it fluently.
5. Maryam (stay)………with us at the moment. She (be)……my sister’s
friend.
II. Use the correct form of each verb in brackets to finish the sentences.
1. He (wear)………….the same old coat since he (move)………….here.
2. The asstronaut’s clothes (make)…………..from special materials.
3. My brother is an architect. He love (design)…………….new buildings.
4. Mr. and Mrs. Ba (take)…………some beautiful photos. They (take)………
them a few days ago.
5. Nothing (give)…………to you if you (not study)………………hard.
6. Today, many Vietnamese women prefer (wear)…………the ao dai at
work.
7. Nam (award)…………a gold medal in the chess tournament last week.
III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
1. Lan (write)…………. to her pen pal for three years, and they first (meet)
…………. each other last week.
2. Jeans (make)…………….about two hundred years ago, and now they (sell)
………in every corner of the world.
3. I wish that I (know)…………how to mend this shirt.
4. Trung used (write)………..to his friends, but now he (communicate)
……………with them through the Internet.
5. A new cloth shop just (open)………..near my aunt’s house.
6. Her brother (talk)………….to his pen pal on the phone at the moment.

They (not contact)…………..to each other for a long time.
IV. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
1. The children prefer (watch)………TV to (read)………books.
2. The boys like (play)…..…..games but hate (do)……….lessons.
3. Would you like (go)……now or shall we wait till the end?
4. I can’t find my favorite book. You (see)……it?
5. We used (dream)……….of a television set when we (be)………small.
6. Would you mind (show)……….me how (send)………an e-mail.
V. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets in the following sentences.
1. I (not see)……….your brother recently.
- No. He (not be)………out of his room since he (buy)………a new
computer.
2. My children enjoy (allow)………(stay)……… up late when there is
something special on TV.
3. When I (come)………to see Mr. Robinson last night, he (read)………a
newspaper and his two children (listen)…………to an English song.
4. The ao dai (mention)…………in poems and songs for centuries, and
nowadays they (wear)………by many Vietnamese women at work.
VI. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following
sentences
1. If the (not be)……………….. gravity, the moon (shoot) …………….. into
space instead of traveling around the earth.
2. were I your age, I (do) ……………. differently.
3. Should I find your passport, I (telephone)……….. you at one.
4. Were I (have)………… wings, I (not have to)…………. Take an airplane to
fly home.
5. This letter has got to be in Ho Chi Minh City in two days. I’m sure if I
(send)………….it today, it (arrive) ……………in time.
6. People (be) ……………able to fly if they (have) …………….feathers
instead to hair?

7. I am not an astronaut. If I (be)…………… an astronaut, I (take)
…………..my camera with me on the rocket ship next month.
8. Most people know that oil floats on water. If you (pour)……………oil on
water, it (float)………..
9. If there ( not be)…………….any oxygen on the earth, life as we know
(not exist)……………..
10. It’s been a long drought. It hasn’t rained for over a month. If it (not
rain)…………..soon, alot of crops (die)…………..If the crops (die)…………,
many people (go)……….hungry this coming winter.
VII. Give the correct form of each verbs in the following sentences
1. If today (be)……….Sunday, we (go)………..to your native village.
2. Look, Lan! You (know)the girl who (talk)to Mrs. Hoa
in the playground?
3. In 1971, two men (claim)that they (capture)by aliens.
4. If she (not invite) me to her birthday party, I (not go)
5. I (write)..to my pen pal two months ago, but I (not receive)
his reply since then.
VIII. Give the correct form of each verb in brackets to complete the sentences
1. If I (be).a bird, I (not want)to live in a cage.
2. Laura wishes that she (not live)..in a small flat.
3. I cant go out now because it (rain)...and I (not have)a
raincoat.
4. She (say)..shed phone me this morning, but it is now
12.30 and she (not phone) ..yet.
5. If he (read).in bad light, he (ruin)..his eyes.
6. He had a bad fall while he (repair).his roof.
IX. Em hãy viết đúng dạng của động từ trong ngoặc vào chỗ trống để hoàn
thành những câu sau
1. Listen to those people! What language they (speak).. ?
2. Where you (go)if you had a lot of money?

3. Did you advise him (join)..in the talent contest?
4. Who (carry).our bag when we climb the mountains?
5. It (not rain).much in our country in winter
6. We (make)..to work hard last week by the teacher.
7. My brother enjoys (listen)to stories about UFOs.
8. When I got to the station, my pen pal (wait)..for me.
9. Nothing (do)..since I moved here.
10. To avoid (recognize), the film star wore dark glasses.