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BÀI TẬP VỀ THÌ
1. Choose the word or phrase that best complete the sentence (A, B, C, or D):
1) He ____ for London one year ago.
A. left
B. has left
C. leaves
D. had left
2) She ____ in Hue for twenty years.
A. lives
B. has lived
C. lived
D. will live
3) I ____ to the market with my mother yesterday.
A. go
B. went
C. have gone
D. was going
4) What ____ you ____, Nam? – I’m thinking of my mother.
A. do/think
B. are/thinking
C. have/thought
D. were/thinking
5) How long ____ you ____ her? – For five months.
A. do/know
B. are/knowing
C. have/known
D. had/known
6) I usually ____ to school by bus.
A. went
B. am going
C. go

D. have gone
7) Yesterday morning I ____ up at 6.30.
A. got
B. get
C. was getting
D. had got
8) Please don’t make so much noise. I ____.
A. studying
B. study
C. am studying
D. studied
9) Water ____ at 100 degrees Celsius.
A. boils
B. boiled
C. is boiling
D. will boil
10) It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. So it ____ for two hours.
A. rains
B. is raining
C. has rained
D. rained
11) ____ you ____ out last night?
A. Did/go
B. Do/go
C. Have/gone
D. Were/going
12) This house ____ 35,000 pounds in 1980.
A. costs
B. cost
C. had cost

D. was cost
13) While Tom ____ tennis, Ann ____ a shower.
A. played/took
B. playing/taking
C. was playing/was taking
D. was play/was take
14) Mike is playing chess. How long ____ he ____?
A. did/play
B. is/playing
C. has/play
D. has/been playing
15) When they ____ in the garden, the phone ____.
A. worked/was ringing
B. were working/rang
C. worked/rang
D. work/rings
16) After they ____ their breakfast, they ____ shopping yesterday.
A. have/go
B. had had/go
C. had/had gone
D. had had/went
17) They ____ tea when the doorbell ____.
A. have/is ringing
B. were having/rang
C. had had/ rang
D. having/ringing
18) Father ____ his pipe while mother ____ a magazine.
A. smoked/read
B. had smoked/read
C. was smoking/was reading D. smoking/reading

19) When I ____ into the office, my boss ____ for me.
A. came/was waiting
B. was coming/waited
C. had come/waited
D. came/waiting
20) When I ____ Brian, he ____ a taxi.
A. see/drives
B. see/was driving
C. saw/was driving
D. saw/is driving
21) When he ____, we ____ dinner.
A. arrived/having
B. arrived/were having
C. was arriving/had
D. had arrived/had
22) While they ____ chess, we ____ the shopping.
A. playing/doing
B. were playing/doing
C. played/did
D. were playing/were doing
23) They ____ football when the lights in the stadium ____ out.
A. were playing/went
B. played/was going
C. were playing/ was going
D. playing/went
24) While George and John ____ their room, she ____ the ironing.
A. cleaning/doing
B. were cleaning/was doing
C. were cleaning/doing
D. cleaning/was doing

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25) Today is Thursday and she ____ late twice this week. She ____ late yesterday and on Monday.
A. is/was
B. has been/is
C. has been/was
D. has been/had been
26) He ____ in the same house since 1975.
A. has lived
B. is living
C. lived
D. had lived
27) We ____ him since he ____ married.
A. didn’t see/got
B. haven’t seen/got
C. don’t/get
D. hadn’t seen/got
28) It ____ for two hours and the ground is too wet to play tennis.
A. is raining
B. had rained
C. has rained
D. was raining
29) He ____ to HCMC last year and I ____ him since then.
A. moved/didn’t see
B. moves/haven’t seen
C. moved/haven’t seen
D. moved/hadn’t seen
30) We ____ what to do with the money yet.

A. not decide
B. didn’t decide
C. haven’t decided
D. hadn’t decided
31) My father ____ as a teacher for thirty years.
A. works
B. is working
C. worked
D. has worked
32) He ____ to New York three times this year.
A. had been
B. was
C. has been
D. is
33) I ____ how to dance when I ____ six years old.
A. don’t know / was
B. didn’t know / am
C. didn’t know / was
D. haven’t known/was
34) Last month my brother ____ me his photos. He ____ me his photos every year.
A. sends/sent
B. sent/sends
C. sent/sent
D. sends/sends
35) Nam is a careful driver but yesterday he ____ carelessly.
A. drove
B. had driven
C. drives
D. was driving
36) Do you like swimming, Ba? – I ____ when I was a child but not now.

A. do
B. did
C. have done
D. had done
37) I ____ her at the school gate yesterday.
A. met
B. meet
C. had met
D. am meeting
38) She ____ English when she was six years old.
A. learned
B. has learned
C. is learning
D. had learned
39) I don’t remember where and when I ____ her.
A. meet
B. had met
C. met
D. have met
40) They ____ to know each other for more than ten years.
A. get
B. got
C. have got
D. had got
41) ____ you ____ that film yet?
A. Do/see
B. Have/seen
C. Did/see
D. Had/seen
42) I ____ the film with my friends last week.

A. watched
B. watch
C. have watched
D. had watched
43) He ____ up at five every morning.
A. is getting
B. got
C. gets
D. was getting
44) ____ she ____ in Hue at the moment?
A. Does/live
B. Is/living
C. Did/live
D. Was/living
45) He usually ____ her at weekend but now he ____ in bed because of his severe illness.
A. visits/stays
B. visits/staying
C. visited/stays
D. visits/is staying
46) Don’t make noise, children! Parents ____.
A. sleep
B. are sleeping
C. were sleeping
D. slept
47) Why ____ you often ____ so much noise in the house?
A. do/make
B. did/make
C. are/making
D. were/making
48) What ____ he ____ before you came?

A. does/do
B. had/do
C. had/done
D. has/done
49) While mum was watching TV, I ____ my homework.
A. am doing
B. was doing
C. had done
D. has done
50) At this time yesterday I ____ to music.
A. listened
B. had listened
C. was listening
D. am listening

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ANSWER KEY:
A. THÌ CỦA ĐỘNG TỪ:
1. Choose the word or phrase that best complete the sentence (A, B, C, or D):
CÂU HỎI
Câu 1
Câu 2
Câu 3
Câu 4
Câu 5
Câu 6
Câu 7
Câu 8

Câu 9
Câu 10
Câu 11
Câu 12
Câu 13
Câu 14
Câu 15
Câu 16
Câu 17
Câu 18
Câu 19
Câu 20
Câu 21
Câu 22
Câu 23
Câu 24
Câu 25

ĐÁP ÁN
A
B
B
B
C
C
A
C
A
C
A

B
C
D
B
D
B
C
A
C
B
D
A
B
C

CÂU HỎI
Câu 26
Câu 27
Câu 28
Câu 29
Câu 30
Câu 31
Câu 32
Câu 33
Câu 34
Câu 35
Câu 36
Câu 37
Câu 38
Câu 39

Câu 40
Câu 41
Câu 42
Câu 43
Câu 44
Câu 45
Câu 46
Câu 47
Câu 48
Câu 49
Câu 50

ĐÁP ÁN
A
B
C
C
C
D
C
C
B
A
B
A
A
C
C
B
A

C
B
D
B
A
C
B
C

TENSES
1. The student ……………that new word right now
a. is looking up
b. looks up
c. looked up
d. has looked up
2. Be quiet ! The baby……………
a. slept
b. is sleeping
c. will sleep
d. has slept
3. Look ! A man……………after the train. He…………………to catch it
a. ran/wants
b. is running/wanted
c. is running/ wants
d. runs/wants
4. Listen ! I somebody knocking at the front door
a. am hearing
b. heard
c. have heard
d. hear

5. She sometimes……………vegetables at this market
a. is buying
b. has bought
c. buys
d. will buy
6. I…………to learn English for years, but I………………………yet
a. tried
b. have tried/haven’t succeeded
c. have tried/ don’t succeed
d. try/ haven’t succeeded
7. I………………for two hours, but she………………yet
a. have been waiting/ hasn’t come
b. have been waiting/ haven’t come
c. have been waiting/ doesn’t come
d. waited/ haven’t come
8. She……………all the works of Dickens. How many you……………?
a. reads/ have (you) read
b. is reading/ do (you) read
c. have read/ have (you) read
d. has read/ have (you) read
9. Jack………………to Paris for a holiday, I never……………there
a. has gone/ has (never) been
b. has gone/ have (never) been

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c. went/ has (never) been
d. have gone/ have (never) been
10. He………………here since Christmas, I wonder where he……………since then

a. hasn’t been/ has been living
b. haven’t been/ lived
c. has been/ has lived
d. wasn’t/ has lived
11. I…………sorry. I……………that fellow’s name already
a. am/ will forget
b. am/ forgotten
c. am/ have forgotten
d. will be/ have forgotten
12. Micheal……………thirty hours a week
a. worked
b. is working
c. has worked
d. works
13. At present, that auther………………a historical novel
a. is writing
b. wrote
c. has written
d. will write
14. The weather generally………………quite hot in July and August
a. get
b. will got
c. gets
d. got
15. That brown suicase………………to Dr. Smith
a. belongs
b. has belonged c. is belonging
d. belonged
16. Robert……………… for you since noon
a. has been waited b. waited

c. has been waiting
d. is waiting
17. we………………a very hard lesson the day before yesterday
a. studied
b. have been studying
c. have studied
d. will study
18. We……………almost every lesson in this book so far
a. studied
b. are studying
c. study
d. have studied
19. We never……………that television program
a. watching
b. watch
c. have ( never) watched
d.
d. has (never) watching
20. My wife and I ………………by air many times in the past
a. will travel
b. travelled
c. has travelled d. have travelled
21. My wife and I……………to Mexico by air last summer
a. travelled
b. had travelled c. have travelled d. have been travelling
22. When I …………… at this house, he still…………………
a. arrived/ is (still) sleeping
b. arrived/ was (still) sleeping
c. arrive/ is (still) sleeping
d. had arrived/ was (still) sleeping

23. As we………………the street, the policeman……………at us
a. crossed/ shouted
b. were crossing/ shouting
c. were crossing/ shouted
d. crossed/ was shouting
24. The light………………out while we ………………dinner.
a. went/ have
b. went/ had
c. went/ were having
d. was/ were having
25. When we…………out, the sun………………
a. go/ was shinning b. went/ shone
c. went/ was shining
d. went/were shining
26. They…………………home after they…………………
a. went/ had finished
b. had gone/ had finished
c. went/ finished
d. had gone/ finished
27. When the students…………… the bell, they…………………up and…………………
a. heard/got/leave
b. hear/got/left
c. heard/got/left
d. heard/get/left
28. He………………nothing before he………………me
a. have done/saw
b. was doing/saw c. has done/saw d. had done/saw
29. After they…………………we…………………down and……………………
a. had gone/sat/rested
b. have gone/sat/rested

c. had gone/sit/rested
d. had gone/ had sat/rested
30. He……………me for what I ………………for his parents

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a. thanked/had done
b. thanked/will do
c. thanks/ had done
d. thanking/had done
31. My friend……………me for many years when I………………him last
a. haven’t seen/ met
b. hadn’t seen/ met
c. hadn’t seen/ meet
d. didn’t see/ meet
32. She…………that she already…………………Dr Kenly
a. said/ had (already) seen
b. say/ had (already) see
c. had said/ saw
d. said/will see
33. They………………him they………………………… him before
a. told/hasn’t met
b. told/hadn’t met
c. tell/ hadn’t met
d. will tell hadn’t met
34. In England she soon ………………all she…………………
a. remembered / had learnt
b. remembered / had learning
c. remembered / will learn

d. remembers / had learnt
35. While you………………the piano, I ……………………a letter
a. were playing/ was writing
b. played/ was writing
c. were playing/ wrote
d. played/ wrote
36. When he……………out to see them last night, they……………cards. They………that
…………since six o’clock
a. went/ were playing/ said/ had played
b. went/ were playing/ said/ had been playing (had played)
c. went/ played/ said/ played
d. went/ were playing/ say/ play.
37.The little girl………………what……………to her ice-cream
a. asked/ had happened
b. asks/ had happened
c. asked/ happens
d. asked/ will happen
38. We’ll go out when the rain………………
a. stopped
b. will stop
c. stops
d. had stopped
39. I…………… here until he…………………me
a. will stay/ answered
b. stay/ answers c. will stay/ answers
d. stayed/ asnwer
40. I’ll be ready before you……………ten
a. will count
b. count
c. counted

d. would count
41. Miss Kelly you as soon as she…………………that letter
a. will help/ finished b. help/ will finish c. will help/ finishes
d. help/ finishes
42. After the class…………over, ask the teacher about that exercise
a. are
b. will be
c. is
d. was
43. I…………and……………before I…………………for England
a. will come/ see/ leave
b. will come/ saw/ leave
c. come/ see/ leave
d. will come/ saw/ will leave
44. I hope I……………it by five o’clock this afternoon
a. will have finished
b. will finish
c. will has finished
d. will have finishing
45. By next month, I………………for India
a. will leave
b. will left
c. would leave
d. will have left
46. The meeting………………by the time we……………there
a. will have finished/ got
b. will have finished/ get
c. will finished/ get
d. will finish/ got
47. Mr and Mrs white…………………in their house by next spring

a. will leave
b. will lived
c. will left
d. will be living
48. Our English teacher……………that lesson to us tomorrow
a. will explain
b. would explain c. explained
d. was explaining

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49. We…………for you when you……………back tomorrow
a. will wait/ gets
b. will be waiting/get
c. would wait/ get d. will be waiting/
got
50. When we………………Mr Johnson tomorrow, We……………him of that
a. see/ will remind b. see/ will reminded
c. saw/ will remind
d. see/ reminded
51. We……………for you right here when you………………at 5.30
a. will be waiting/ return
b. will be waiting/ will return
c. be waiting / return
d. will be waiting/ will be returning
52. When my friend grows a beard, even his closest friend……………him
a. won’t recognize b. don’t recognize
c. couldn’t recognize
d. didn’t recognize

53. When you come back, he already…………………two new houses
a. will already buy
b. will( already) have bought
c. will have already bought
d. will have buy
54. When I have been in Egypt for ten years, I…………………a book
a. will write
b. would write
c. would write
d. wrote
55. I……………Mr Brown your letter when I…………………him tomorrow
a. give/ see
b. will give/ see c. would give/ see
d. will give/ will see
56. The Browns……………through New England at this time tomorrow
a. will travel
b. can travel
c. will travelled d. will be travelling
57. When you………………today, I………………at my desk in room 12
a. come/ will be working
b. will come/ will work
c. come/ will work
d. will be coming /will be working
58. I…………………him since last Monday
a. didn’t see
b. wouldn’t see c. haven’t seen d. can see
59. I think he………………as soon as he………………the news
a. will leave/ knew b. leave/ knows c. will leave/ knows
d. leave/knew
60. Wait until I………………you

a. will catch
b. caught
c. catch
d. could catch
TENSES:
I Choose the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses for each sentence by circling the letter A,
B ,C or D.
1. Thu Thuy ( be) ….twenty –three years old next December.
a. is
b. was
c. has been
d. will be
2. They ( learn)…..French at present with their classmates.
a. are learning
b. learnt
c. have learnt
d. had learnt
3. He ( be)…….on holiday in Hue City one year ago.?
a. Is he
b. Was he
c. Has he been
d. Will he be
4. He is practicing the piano while his sister ( learn) …..Maths.
a. is learning
b. was learning
c. will be learning
d. has learnt
5. What time he ( go)…to work every day?
a. is he going
b. did he go

c. does he go
d. was he going
6.She ( learn) Japanese since her teacher was retired.
a. learnt
b. was learning
c. had learnt
d. has learnt
7. He ( come)……to see Thailand if he had a good chance?
a. Had he come
b. Has he come
c. Would he come
d. Will he come
8. He ( go)…….to Nha Trang in three months?
a. Did he go
b. Does he go
c. Will he go
d. Is he going
9. Where they ( go)…..now?
a. do they go
b. will they go
c. did they go
d. are they going
10. She ( go) …to the cinema tonight?

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a. Is she going
b. Was she going c. Will she go
d. Has she gone

11. It is necessary that she ( learn)…….foreign language.
a. learns
b. learn
c. learnt
d. will learn
12. Her mother ( go)…..on business to Hanoi five or six times a year.
a. is going
b. went
c. has gone
d. goes
13. Where is your brother? He ( have)……a bath.
a. has
b. had
c. is having
d. will have
14. What you ( do)……when I came to see you?
a. did you do
b. will you do
c. have you done
d. were you doing
15. peter ( not see) ….his parents for ages.
a. does not see
b. will not see
c. has not seen
d. did not see
16. Who ( teach)…..you biology last year?
a. taught
b. teaches
c. has taught
d. was teaching

17. I cannot go out with my girlfriend because I ( not finish) …my work.
a. do not finish
b. didn’t finish
c. won’t finish
d. haven’t
finished
18. Doctors ( learn)……French before they went to Paris.
a. learnt
b. has learnt
c. has been learning
d. had learnt
19. French ( teach)…in that college since 1979.
a. was taught
b. was being taught c. has been taught
d. had been taught
20. Mr Trung ( write) ….a letter to his teacher in two weeks.
a. writes
b. is writing
c. wrote
d. will write
21. He ( consider)…the applicants at the moment?
a. Does he consider b. Is he considering c. Has he considered
d. Did he consider
22. Mount Everest ( believe)…..to be the highest mountain in the world.
a. believed
b. is believed
c. was believed
d. has believed
23. Recently, the best way to protect the environment ( be found)….by some scientists.
a. is found

b. is being found
c. was found
d. has been found
24. I did not attend the wedding party last night. I wish I ( enjoy) …it.
a. enjoyed
b. have enjoyed
c. had enjoyed
d. would enjoy
25. He cannot join his friends until he ( finish)…..the reports for his director.
a. finishes
b. is finishing
c. has finished
d. will finish
26. The book ( publish)…..before customers ordered to buy it.
a. published
b. was being published c. had been published d. had published
27. She ( devote)…all her life to the education cause in the last twenty years.
a. has devoted
b. devoted
c. will devote
d. had devoted
28. This time the day after tomorrow, they ( come)…..to see this city again.
a. come
b. will come
c. will be coming
d. will have come
29. When my mother leaves office next month, she ( work) ….there for twenty –five years.
a. works
b. worked
c. will work

d. will have worked
30.Many people highly appreciated her talent, so she ( offer)….a prize last month.
a. offered
b. was being offeredc. was offered
d. had offered
31. Everything ( send)…..to him since he was in a small town.
a. has sent
b. has been sent
c. have been sent
d. had sent
32. This building ( finish)……by the end of this year.
a. will have been finished b. will be finished c. have been finished
d. will have finished
33. Someone suggested that he ( go)…..out for a walk.
a. go
b. went
c. has gone
d. was going
34. Nam told me that he ( give up)….smoking long ago.
a. gives up
b. gave up
c. has given up
d. had given up
35. After she ( have_ some sandwiches, she had a drink.
a. had
b. will have
c. had had
d. would have.

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36. What they ( do)…at eight tomorrow morning?
a. are they doing
b. will they do
c. will they be doing
d. have they done
37. It was high time children ( go)….to bed.
a. go
b. went
c. were going
d. had gone
38. When she ( bear)…..? She was born in 1985.
a. she bears
b. does she bear
c. was she born
d. has she born
39. She told me that he ( teach)…literature at that college since 1989.
a. taught
b. was teaching
c. has taught
d. had taught
40. Mt. Thomas ( die)…..in his old flat when the police arrived to investigate the incident.
a. died
b. had died
c. has died
d. had been died
41. The table ( take)…away before I came here.
a. was taken
b. was being taken c. had taken

d. had been taken
42. The man ( catch)…any fish yet?
a. Has the man caught
b. Does the man catch
c. Is the man catching
d. Was the man
catching
43. They ( live) …here for eleven years by the end of next September.
a. will live
b. will be living
c. have been living d. will have been living
44. These engineers ( build)…this bridge for five years next month.
a. will build
b. will be building
c. have built
d. will have built
45. They said that they ( discuss)…..that problem since 8 o’clock.
a. discussed
b. were discussing
c. had been discussing
d. have been discussing
46. She thanked her professor for his special assistance that he ( offer)….to her.
a. offered
b. had offered
c. has offered
d. was offering
47. A new school ( build)…….in this town at present.
a. is being built
b. is building
c. has built

d. has been built
48. When the police came here the victim ( take)…..to the hospital.
a. took
b. was taken
c. had taken
d. had been take
49. The marathon race ( start)….as planned if the weather is fine.
a. starts
b. will start
c. will be starting
d. would start
50. my uncle ( fall)….off the ladder while he was painting the ceiling.
a. fell
b. was falling
c. has fallen
d. had fallen
51. The sun ( not shine)……everyday in England
a. not to shine
b. does not shine
c. is not shining
d. will not shine
52. The beautiful skirt ( make)…for Mary Jane on her wedding day by this time next month.
a. will make
b. will be making
c. will be made
d. will have been made
53. If she ( be)…the minister, she would have reformed the management board.
a. is
b. were
c. had been

d. would be
54. You can make the tea now. The water ( boil)……
a. boiled
b. has boiled
c. was boiling
d. is boiling
55. They came to the airport and found that they ( miss)……the flight.
a. missed
b. was missing
c. has missed
d. had missed
56. The Thames ( flow)……through London.
a. flows
b. is flowing
c. flew
d. has flown
57. She interrupted me as I ( talk)………to my friend.
A. talked
b. was talking
c. has talked
d. has been talking
58. Look at the clouds! It ( rain)……
a. is raining
b. will rain
c. will be raining
d. is going to rain
59. he said he wished he never ( meet)……me again.
a. never met
b. has never met
c. would never meetd. could have never met

60. I saw Mrs Linh just now in the street as she ( come)….home from school.
a. comes
b, is coming
c. was coming
d. came
61. I suggested that he ( stop)…smoking.

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a. stops
b. stop
c. stopped
d. has stopped
62. They ( work)…..very hard lately.
a. are working
b. worked
c. were working
d. have worked
63. he pretended to ( forget)…..his girlfriend’s name.
a. forgot
b. have forgotten
c. had forgotten
d. will forget
64. She refused to admit that she ( break)…that video cassette player.
a. broke
b. was breaking
c. had broken
d. has been breaking
65.This time last month, her friends ( visit).. Hai Phong city.

a. visited
b. were visiting
c. had visited
d. had been visiting
66. It ( rain)….all day yesterday.
a. rained
b. was raining
c. had rained
d. had been raining
67. By next Tet holidays, my family ( live)…..in Hanoi for six years.
a. will live
b. will be living
c. will have been living
d. will have lived
68. She wishes she ( go)…out with us last night .
a. goes
b. went
c. would go
d. had gone
69. She felt sad because the singer of the T.Rex ( kill)….
a. killed
b. was killed
c. had killed
d. had been killed
70. It ( be)…..very warm this spring.
a. is
b. was
c. has been
d. will be
71. She ( work)….for that company for ten years before her husband moved here.

a. had worked
b. was working
c. has worked
d. will be working
72. This hotel ( build)…….for ten years by this time next month.
a. will build
b. will be built
c. will have built
d. will have been built
73. What he ( do)…..if he passed his matriculation?
a. did he do
b. would he do
c. would have done d. had he done
74. We are sorry that we ( not reply)……..the last letter up to now.
a. haven’t replied b. don’t reply
c. didn’t reply
d. hadn’t replied
75.The president (welcome)…..by the villagers in that district at present.
a. is welcoming
b. is being welcomed
c. has welcomed
d. has been welcomed
76. They said that they ( watch)…..television for two hours the night before.
a. watched
b. were watching
c. have watched
d. had been watching
77. When I met them in the street, they ( go)……to the pictures.
a. went
b. were going

c. had gone
d. would know
78.Miss White did not go to the party. She wishes she ( attend)……
a. attends
b. attended
c. had attended
d. would attend
79. It is urgent that the victim ( be given)….a good care by the doctor.
a. is given
b. be given
c. was given
d. will be given
80. Look! Boys and girls ( dance)……..beautifully.
a. are dancing
b. danced
c. were dancing
d. have been dancing
81. They (play)….badminton since they (come)….to Canada?
a. Do they play- come
b. Did they play – come c. Will they play- come d. have they played-came
82. Hello! Mai! I ( not see) ….you for ages. Where you ( be)…..?
a. do not see- are you
b. did not see- were you c. will not see- are you d. haven’t seen-have you
been
83. You ( know)…any Japanese when you first ( arrive)…..here?
a. Did you know-arrived
b. Did you know-arrive
c. Have you known-arrived d. Did you know-have
known
84. He ( buy)…..a new villa by the river last year, but he ( not sell)……his old villa yet, so at present he

has two villas.
a. bought- did not sell
b. had bought- did not sell c. had bought- has not sold
d.
bought- has not sold
85. He ( be)….in London for three years. How he ( go) …..there?

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a. is- did he go
b. was – did he go c. has been- did he go
d. has been- has he
gone
86. I ( hear)…that they ( look)…….for drugs.
a. hear- looked
b. heard- were looking
c. heard- looked
d. heard- had looked
87. How long you ( be)……at your college? Well, I ( teach)….here for eight years.
a. were you- taught b. were you- was teaching c. have you been- have taught
d. had you been- had
taught
88. I wonder what I ( do)…..this time next year. I expect you ( work)….at the same office.
a. will be doing- will be working b. will do- will work
c. am going to do- will work
d. will have done- will work
89. This time tomorrow everyone ( read)……of your success, and all sorts of people ( ring)….up to
congratulate you.
a. will read- will ring

b. will be reading- will ring
c. will be reading- will be ringing
d. will be reading- will have rung
90. I have not seen your uncle recently. No, he ( not be)……out of his house since he ( buy) his colour
television.
a. is not- buys
b. was not- bought c. was not- has bought
d. has not beenbought
91. Miss Betty Linda did not buy an English dictionary because she was short of money. If she ( have)
…..a lot of money, she ( take)….it already.
a. has – takes
b. has – will take
c. had- would take d. had had- would have taken
92. She saw that two boys ( fight)….at a street corner and a policeman ( try) …to stop them.
a. fought- tried
b. were fighting- was trying c. were fighting- tried
d. had foughttried
93. She usually ( go)………to work by bus, but this week she ( go)……..by bicycle.
a. goes- is going
b. goes- goes
c. goes- has gone d. went- goes
94. She told me that she ( write)….a letter to her friend in England when I (come) ….to see two days
before.
a. wrote- came
b. was writing- was comingc. was writing- came
d. had been writinghad come
95. You will be too late. By the time you get there they ( finish)…their speeches and everyone ( go)
….home.
a. will finish- goes b. will have finished- will have gone
c. will be finishing- will go d. will finish- will

be going
96. I ( come)…to see you at 4 o’clock. What do you think? Well, I ( expect)…you.
a. will come- will be expecting
b. will come- will expect
c. come- am expecting
d. am comingam expecting
97. When they ( come)….to the station, the train already ( leave)…..
a. came- had already left b. came- left
c. came- has already left d. came- was already leaving
98. She ( finish)……her fifth novel by the end of next march. She ( write)…….her sixth one then.
a. finishes- is writing
b. will finish- will write
c. will have finished- will write
d. will be finishing- will be writing
99. You ( hear)…the news? Nguyet and Binh are engaged! Oh! That is not new, I ( know)…..it for ages.
a. Do you hear- know
b. Did you hear- knew
c. Have you heard- have known
d. Did you hear- have known
100. Where you ( live)…..in the last few years? Well, I ( live)…..in Los Angeles before your husband met
me.
a. did you live- lived
b. were you living- lived
c. did you live- had lived d. have you lived- had
lived
TENSES:

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I Choose the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses for each sentence by
circling the letter A, B ,C or D.
1. Thu Thuy ( be) ….twenty –three years old next December.
a. is
b. was
c. has been
d. will be
2. They ( learn)…..French at present with their classmates.
a. are learning
b. learnt
c. have learnt
d. had learnt
3. He ( be)…….on holiday in Hue City one year ago.?
a. Is he
b. Was he
c. Has he been
d. Will he be
4. He is practicing the piano while his sister ( learn) …..Maths.
a. is learning
b. was learning c. will be learning
d. has learnt
5. What time he ( go)…to work every day?
a. is he going
b. did he go
c. does he go
d. was he going
6.She ( learn) Japanese since her teacher was retired.
a. learnt
b. was learning c. had learnt
d. has learnt

7. He ( come)……to see Thailand if he had a good chance?
a. Had he come b. Has he come c. Would he come
d. Will he come
8. He ( go)…….to Nha Trang in three months?
a. Did he go
b. Does he go
c. Will he go
d. Is he going
9. Where they ( go)…..now?
a. do they go
b. will they go
c. did they go
d. are they
going
10. She ( go) …to the cinema tonight?
a. Is she going
b. Was she going c. Will she go
d. Has she gone
11. It is necessary that she ( learn)…….foreign language.
a. learns
b. learn
c. learnt
d. will learn
12. Her mother ( go)…..on business to Hanoi five or six times a year.
a. is going
b. went
c. has gone
d. goes
13. Where is your brother? He ( have)……a bath.
a. has

b. had
c. is having
d. will have
14. What you ( do)……when I came to see you?
a. did you do
b. will you do
c. have you done
d. were you doing
15. peter ( not see) ….his parents for ages.
a. does not see b. will not see
c. has not seen
d. did not see
16. Who ( teach)…..you biology last year?
a. taught
b. teaches
c. has taught
d. was teaching
17. I cannot go out with my girlfriend because I ( not finish) …my work.
a. do not finish
b. didn’t finish
c. won’t finish
d. haven’t
finished
18. Doctors ( learn)……French before they went to Paris.
a. learnt
b. has learnt
c. has been learning
d. had learnt
19. French ( teach)…in that college since 1979.
a. was taught

b. was being taught
c. has been taught
d. had been
taught
20. Mr Trung ( write) ….a letter to his teacher in two weeks.
a. writes
b. is writing
c. wrote
d. will write
21. He ( consider)…the applicants at the moment?
a. Does he consider
b. Is he considering
c. Has he considered
d. Did he
consider
22. Mount Everest ( believe)…..to be the highest mountain in the world.
a. believed
b. is believed
c. was believed
d. has believed
23. Recently, the best way to protect the environment ( be found)….by some scientists.

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a. is found
b. is being found c. was found
d. has been found
24. I did not attend the wedding party last night. I wish I ( enjoy) …it.
a. enjoyed

b. have enjoyed c. had enjoyed
d. would enjoy
25. He cannot join his friends until he ( finish)…..the reports for his director.
a. finishes
b. is finishing
c. has finished
d. will finish
26. The book ( publish)…..before customers ordered to buy it.
a. published
b. was being published c. had been published d. had published
27. She ( devote)…all her life to the education cause in the last twenty years.
a. has devoted
b. devoted
c. will devote
d. had devoted
28. This time the day after tomorrow, they ( come)…..to see this city again.
a. come
b. will come
c. will be coming
d. will have come
29. When my mother leaves office next month, she ( work) ….there for twenty –five years.
a. works
b. worked
c. will work
d. will have worked
30.Many people highly appreciated her talent, so she ( offer)….a prize last month.
a. offered
b. was being offered
c. was offered
d. had offered

31. Everything ( send)…..to him since he was in a small town.
a. has sent
b. has been sent c. have been sent
d. had sent
32. This building ( finish)……by the end of this year.
a. will have been finished
b. will be finished c. have been finished d. will have finished
33. Someone suggested that he ( go)…..out for a walk.
a. go
b. went
c. has gone
d. was going
34. Nam told me that he ( give up)….smoking long ago.
a. gives up
b. gave up
c. has given up
d. had given up
35. After she ( have_ some sandwiches, she had a drink.
a. had
b. will have
c. had had
d. would have.
36. What they ( do)…at eight tomorrow morning?
a. are they doing b. will they do
c. will they be doing
d. have they done
37. It was high time children ( go)….to bed.
a. go
b. went
c. were going

d. had gone
38. When she ( bear)…..? She was born in 1985.
a. she bears
b. does she bear c. was she born
d. has she born
39. She told me that he ( teach)…literature at that college since 1989.
a. taught
b. was teaching c. has taught
d. had taught
40. Mt. Thomas ( die)…..in his old flat when the police arrived to investigate the incident.
a. died
b. had died
c. has died
d. had been died
41. The table ( take)…away before I came here.
a. was taken
b. was being taken
c. had taken
d. had been
taken
42. The man ( catch)…any fish yet?
a. Has the man caught b. Does the man catch c. Is the man catching d. Was the man
catching
43. They ( live) …here for eleven years by the end of next September.
a. will live
b. will be living
c. have been living
d. will have been living
44. These engineers ( build)…this bridge for five years next month.
a. will build

b. will be building
c. have built
d. will have built
45. They said that they ( discuss)…..that problem since 8 o’clock.
a. discussed
b. were discussing
c. had been discussing d. have been
discussing
46. She thanked her professor for his special assistance that he ( offer)….to her.
a. offered
b. had offered
c. has offered
d. was offering
47. A new school ( build)…….in this town at present.

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a. is being built b. is building
c. has built
d. has been built
48. When the police came here the victim ( take)…..to the hospital.
a. took
b. was taken
c. had taken
d. had been
take
49. The marathon race ( start)….as planned if the weather is fine.
a. starts
b. will start

c. will be starting d. would start
50. my uncle ( fall)….off the ladder while he was painting the ceiling.
a. fell
b. was falling
c. has fallen
d. had fallen
51. The sun ( not shine)……everyday in England
a. not to shine
b. does not shine
c. is not shining d. will not shine
52. The beautiful skirt ( make)…for Mary Jane on her wedding day by this time next month.
a. will make
b. will be making
c. will be made d. will have been made
53. If she ( be)…the minister, she would have reformed the management board.
a. is
b. were
c. had been
d. would be
54. You can make the tea now. The water ( boil)……
a. boiled
b. has boiled
c. was boiling
d. is boiling
55. They came to the airport and found that they ( miss)……the flight.
a. missed
b. was missing
c. has missed
d. had missed
56. The Thames ( flow)……through London.

a. flows
b. is flowing
c. flew
d. has flown
57. She interrupted me as I ( talk)………to my friend.
A. talked
b. was talking
c. has talked
d. has been talking
58. Look at the clouds! It ( rain)……
a. is raining
b. will rain
c. will be raining d. is going to rain
59. he said he wished he never ( meet)……me again.
a. never met
b. has never met
c. would never meet
d. could have never
met
60. I saw Mrs Linh just now in the street as she ( come)….home from school.
a. comes
b, is coming
c. was coming
d. came
61. I suggested that he ( stop)…smoking.
a. stops
b. stop
c. stopped
d. has stopped
62. They ( work)…..very hard lately.

a. are working
b. worked
c. were working d. have worked
63. he pretended to ( forget)…..his girlfriend’s name.
a. forgot
b. have forgotten
c. had forgotten d. will forget
64. She refused to admit that she ( break)…that video cassette player.
a. broke
b. was breaking
c. had broken
d. has been breaking
65.This time last month, her friends ( visit).. Hai Phong city.
a. visited
b. were visiting
c. had visited
d. had been visiting
66. It ( rain)….all day yesterday.
a. rained
b. was raining
c. had rained
d. had been raining
67. By next Tet holidays, my family ( live)…..in Hanoi for six years.
a. will live
b. will be living
c. will have been living d. will have lived
68. She wishes she ( go)…out with us last night .
a. goes
b. went
c. would go

d. had gone
69. She felt sad because the singer of the T.Rex ( kill)….
a. killed
b. was killed
c. had killed
d. had been killed
70. It ( be)…..very warm this spring.
a. is
b. was
c. has been
d. will be
71. She ( work)….for that company for ten years before her husband moved here.
a. had worked
b. was working
c. has worked
d. will be working

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72. This hotel ( build)…….for ten years by this time next month.
a. will build
b. will be built
c. will have built d. will have been built
73. What he ( do)…..if he passed his matriculation?
a. did he do
b. would he do
c. would have done
d. had he done
74. We are sorry that we ( not reply)……..the last letter up to now.

a. haven’t replied b. don’t reply
c. didn’t reply
d. hadn’t replied
75.The president (welcome)…..by the villagers in that district at present.
a. is welcoming b. is being welcomed
c. has welcomed d. has been welcomed
76. They said that they ( watch)…..television for two hours the night before.
a. watched
b. were watching
c. have watched d. had been watching
77. When I met them in the street, they ( go)……to the pictures.
a. went
b. were going
c. had gone
d. would know
78.Miss White did not go to the party. She wishes she ( attend)……
a. attends
b. attended
c. had attended d. would attend
79. It is urgent that the victim ( be given)….a good care by the doctor.
a. is given
b. be given
c. was given
d. will be given
80. Look! Boys and girls ( dance)……..beautifully.
a. are dancing
b. danced
c. were dancing d. have been dancing
81. They (play)….badminton since they (come)….to Canada?
a. Do they play- come b. Did they play – come

c. Will they play- come d. have they
played-came
82. Hello! Mai! I ( not see) ….you for ages. Where you ( be)…..?
a. do not see- are you b. did not see- were you
c. will not see- are you d. haven’t
seen-have you been
83. You ( know)…any Japanese when you first ( arrive)…..here?
a. Did you know-arrivedb. Did you know-arrive c. Have you known-arrived d. Did you knowhave known
84. He ( buy)…..a new villa by the river last year, but he ( not sell)……his old villa yet, so at
present he has two villas.
a. bought- did not sell
b. had bought- did not sell
c. had bought- has not sold d.
bought- has not sold
85. He ( be)….in London for three years. How he ( go) …..there?
a. is- did he go
b. was – did he go
c. has been- did he go
d. has beenhas he gone
86. I ( hear)…that they ( look)…….for drugs.
a. hear- looked
b. heard- were looking c. heard- looked d. heard- had looked
87. How long you ( be)……at your college? Well, I ( teach)….here for eight years.
a. were you- taught
b. were you- was teaching
c. have you been- have taught
d. had you been- had taught
88. I wonder what I ( do)…..this time next year. I expect you ( work)….at the same office.
a. will be doing- will be working
b. will do- will work

c. am going to do- will
work
d. will have done- will work
89. This time tomorrow everyone ( read)……of your success, and all sorts of people ( ring)
….up to congratulate you.
a. will read- will ring
b. will be reading- will ring
c. will be reading- will be
ringing
d. will be reading- will have rung
90. I have not seen your uncle recently. No, he ( not be)……out of his house since he ( buy)
his colour television.

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a. is not- buys
b. was not- bought
c. was not- has bought
d. has not
been- bought
91. Miss Betty Linda did not buy an English dictionary because she was short of money. If
she ( have)…..a lot of money, she ( take)….it already.
a. has – takes
b. has – will take
c. had- would take
d. had had- would
have taken
92. She saw that two boys ( fight)….at a street corner and a policeman ( try) …to stop
them.

a. fought- tried
b. were fighting- was trying c. were fighting- tried
d. had
fought- tried
93. She usually ( go)………to work by bus, but this week she ( go)……..by bicycle.
a. goes- is going b. goes- goes
c. goes- has gone d. went- goes
94. She told me that she ( write)….a letter to her friend in England when I (come) ….to see
two days before.
a. wrote- came
b. was writing- was coming c. was writing- came
d. had been
writing- had come
95. You will be too late. By the time you get there they ( finish)…their speeches and
everyone ( go)….home.
a. will finish- goesb. will have finished- will have gone c. will be finishing- will go
d. will
finish- will be going
96. I ( come)…to see you at 4 o’clock. What do you think? Well, I ( expect)…you.
a. will come- will be expecting
b. will come- will expect
c. come- am expecting d.
am coming- am expecting
97. When they ( come)….to the station, the train already ( leave)…..
a. came- had already left
b. came- left
c. came- has already left
d.
came- was already leaving
98. She ( finish)……her fifth novel by the end of next march. She ( write)…….her sixth one

then.
a. finishes- is writing
b. will finish- will write c. will have finished- will write
d. will be finishing- will be writing
99. You ( hear)…the news? Nguyet and Binh are engaged! Oh! That is not new, I ( know)
…..it for ages.
a. Do you hear- know
b. Did you hear- knew
c. Have you heard- have known
d. Did you hear- have known
100. Where you ( live)…..in the last few years? Well, I ( live)…..in Los Angeles before your
husband met me.
a. did you live- lived
b. were you living- livedc. did you live- had lived
d. have
you lived- had lived
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.

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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 (goes) __________ round the sun.
30/ Two and two (make) __________ four.
Exercise II : Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect or the simple past
tense.
1/ We (never watch) __________ that TV programme.
2/ We (wacth) __________ a good programme on TV last night.
3/ He (read) __________ that novel many times before.
4/ He (read) __________ that novel again during my 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/ The school bell (ring) __________. We must go now.
9/ I (meet) __________ Mary last night. She (become) __________ a very big girl.
10/ He is very thirsty. He (not drink) __________ since this morning.
11/ It is very hot. Summer (come) __________.
12/ They (study) __________ at this school for 7 years now.
13/ They (begin) __________ to study at this school 7 years ago.
14/ Since when (you know) ___________ her ?

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15/
16/
17/
18/
19/
20/

How long ago (he start) __________ to learn French ?
She (lose) __________ her handbag on the train yesterday morning.
My mother (be) ________ in hospital for a long time and she cannot go home yet.
His dog (just run) __________ out of the garden.
Mr Brown (travel) __________ by air several times in the past.
He (travel) ___________ to Mexico by air last summer.

Exercise III : Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect or the present
perfect continuous tense.

1/ I (try) __________ to learn French for years, but I (not succeed) __________ yet.
2/ She (read) _________ all the works of Dickens.How many (you read) _________ ?
3/ I (wait) __________ here nearly half an hour for my girlfriend; do you think she
(forget) __________ to come ?
4/ Mary (rest) __________ in the garden all day because she (be) __________ ill.
5/ Although John (study) __________ at the University for 5 years, he (not get)
__________ his degree yet.
6/ Jack (go) __________ to Switzerland for a holiday. He (never, be) __________ there.
7/ We (live) __________ here for the last six months, and (just, decide) __________ to
move.
8/ That book ( lie) __________ on the table for weeks. You (not read) _________ it yet ?
9/ He (not be) ___________ here since Christmas; I wonder where he (live) __________
since then.
10/ He (lose) ___________ his books. He (look) ____________ for them all afternoon, but
they (not turn up) ___________ yet.
11/ She (work) ___________ so hard this week that she (not have) ___________ time to
go to the cinema.
12/ Your hair is wet. (You swim) __________ for a long time ?
13/ Bill is still a bad driver although he (drive)__________ cars for six years.
14/ You look very tired. (You work) __________very hard ?
15/ The phone (ring) __________ for 2 minutes, but I (not answer) __________ it yet.
Exercise IV : Put the verbs in brackets in the present tenses.
1/ I (be) __________ sorry. I (forget) __________ that fellow’s name already.
2/ Jack (look) __________ forward to his vacation next June.
3/ I (have) __________ no trouble with my english lessons up to now.
4/ Mr and Mrs Brown (be) ___________ in New York for 2 months.
5/ Michael (work) __________ 38 hours a week.
6/ At present, that author (write) ___________ a novel.
7/ George (do) __________ good work in this class so far.
8/ The weather( generally, get) __________ hot in July .

9/ You must wake her up. She (sleep) __________soundly for 10 hours.
10/ Listen! I (think) __________ someone (knock) __________ at the front door.
11/ How long (you learn) __________ English?

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That student (know) __________ all the new words very well now.
Alice (lose) __________ her Vienamese-English dictionary.
Fred (just, graduate) __________ from Oxford University.
The earth (circle) __________ the sun once every 365 days.
That grandfather clock (stand) __________ there for as long as I can remember.
That brown briefcase (belong) __________ to Dr.Rice.
Jim (work) __________ on his report this year.
Robert (wait) __________ for you since noon.

That museum (stand) ___________ here for ceturies.
The sun (get) __________ very hot during the afternoon.
Tom (buy) ___________ a new car next week.
The boys and girls (go) ___________ home after this lesson.
Davis (play) __________ football every afternoon.
Up to the present, we (write) __________ almost every lesson in this book.

Exercise V : Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous
tense.
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/ When it (rain) __________ , she(carry) __________ an umbrella.
5/ We (walk) __________ to the station when it (begin) __________ to rain.
6/ He (teach) __________ English for 2 months when he (live) in Germany and (work)
__________ as a journalist.
7/ The house (burn) __________ fast, so we (break) __________ the window to get out.
8/ He (eat) __________ three sandwiches while you (talk) __________ to him.
9/ The servant (drop) __________ two cups while she (wash up) __________ last night;
neither of them (break) __________.
10/ While I (write) __________ a letter, the telephone (ring) __________; as he (go)
__________ to answer it, he (hear) __________ a knock on the door; the telephone (still, ring)
__________ while he (walk) __________ to the door, but just as he (open) __________ it, it (stop)
__________.
Exercise VI : Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past perfect
tense.
1/ They (go) __________ home after they (finish) __________ their work.
2/ He (do) _________ nothing before he (see) ___________ me.
3/ He (thank) __________ me for what I (do) __________ for him.
4/ I (be) __________ sorry that I (hurt) __________ him.

5/ After they (go) __________ , I (sit) __________ down and (rest) __________.
6/ When I (arrive), the dinner (already, begin) ______________.

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7/ My friend (not see) __________ me for many years when I (meet) __________ last
week.
8/ He (learn) __________ English before he (leave) __________ for England.
9/ In England, he soon (remember) __________ all he (learn) __________.
10/ They (tell) __________ him they (not meet) __________ him before.
11/ He (ask) __________ why we (come) __________ so early.
12/ She (say) __________ that she (already, see) ___________ Dr. Rice.
13/ By the time Bill (get) __________ there, the meeting (start) __________.
14/ When we (arrive) __________ at our place, we (find) __________ that a burglar
(break) ____________ in.
15/ Almost everybody (leave) _________ for home by the time we (arrive) ________.

Exercise VII : Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past perfect
continuous tense.
1/ I (ask) _________ him what he (do) __________.
2/ Tom (be) _________ tired. He (run) __________ for an hour.
3/ Although he (go) __________ to the doctor for 6 months, he (not, feel) __________ any
better.
4/ The telephone (ring) __________ for 5 minutes before it (be) __________ answered.
5/ They (tell) __________ me you (live) __________ in London before the war.
6/ The poor man (wait) __________ for 6 hours before he (be) __________ brought into
the room.
7/ By noon that day, we (drive) __________ for 5 hours.
8/ The robber who (watch) __________ him running to the tree (sit) __________ down

under its branches and (begin) __________ to attack him.
9/ I (ask) _________ her what she (do) _______ since she (arrive) ________ in England.
10/ She (tell) __________ me that she (study) __________ English literature.
Exercise VIII : 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.
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.

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Exercise IX : Put the verbs in brackets in the simple present, simple future,
present perfect or future perfect tense.
1/ I’ll wait until he (write) __________ his next novel.
2/ When you (come) _________ back, he (already buy) __________ a new house.
3/ Don’t come until I (finish) _________ lunch.
4/ I (hope) _________ it (stop) __________ raining by 5 o’clock this afternoon.
5/ The river (not begin)_________ to rise until some rain (fall)__________.
6/ I (stay) __________ here until you (finish) _________ your work.
7/ By next month, I (leave) _________ for India.
8/ He (finish) _________ his work before you (leave) __________.
9/ Before you (go) __________, they (leave) __________ the country.

10/ The meeting (finish) _________ by the time we (get) _________ there.
Exercise X : Put the verbs in brackets in the simple present, simple future, future
continuous or future perfect tense.
1/ We (send) __________ you a telegram as soon as we (arrive) _________ in London.
2/ When George (come) __________ this afternoon, he (bring) __________ his friends.
3/ I (speak) _________ to you about that matter after the meeting tonight.
4/ By the time you (receive) __________ this letter, we (cross) __________ the Atlantic
Ocean.
5/ By this time next week, you (meet) __________ my boyfriend, Ali.
6/ I (wait) __________ for you right here when you (come) __________ out of the
building.
7/ She (wait) __________ for you at 5 o’clock this afternoon.
8/ I (give) __________ it back as soon as he (want) __________ it.
9/ I (not move) __________ from here until you (get) __________ back.
10/ They (not come) __________ home until they (see) __________ everything.
Exercise XI : Supply the correct tense.
1/ They (just decide) __________ that they (undertake) ___________ the job.
2/ We (go) ___________ to the theatre last night.
3/ He usually (write) __________ in green ink.
4/ She (play) __________ the piano when our guests (arrive) __________ last night.
5/ We (do) __________ an English exercise at the moment.
6/ She (just come) __________ in and (see) __________ you in 5 minutes.
7/ I (come) __________ as soon as my work is finished. (You be) __________ ready ?
8/ Where (you go) __________ for your holiday last year ?
9/ I (not leave) _________ Paris since we (go) _________ to Dieppe three years ago.
10/ My mother (come) __________ to stay with us next weekend.
11/ We (meet) __________ only yesterday and (already decide) __________ to get
married.
12/ I (never see) __________ snow.

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13/ Violets (bloom) __________ in spring.
14/ We (not live) ___________ in England for the last two months.
15/ I (lose) _________ my keys; I cannot remember where I last (see) _________ them.
16/ He (not arrive) __________ when I (write) __________ my last letter to you.
17/ Whenever you (go) _________ to town nowadays, you (spend) _________ a lot of
money.
18/ I (never forget) __________ what you (just tell) __________ me.
19/ They (prepare) __________ the Christmas dinner today.
20/ When I last (stay) ___________ in Cairo, I (ride) __________ to the Pyramids on a
camel that my friend (borrow) ____________ the day before.
21/ I (finish) ___________ the book before my next birthday.
22/ “Hello! (You make) __________ a cake ?
23/ He (walk) __________ very quickly when I (meet) __________ him yesterday.
24/ We (meet) __________ you tomorrow after you (finish) __________ your work.
25/ Yesterday I (buy) __________ a new watch as my old one (be) __________ stolen.
Exercise XII : Supply the correct tense.
1/ He said he (be) __________ sorry he (give) __________ me so much trouble.
2/ I am sorry that I (not know) _________ you (leave) __________ your pipe when you
(come) __________ to see me last Thursday.
3/ He (be) __________ so good to me when I was a boy that to this day I (not forget)
__________ his kindness, and I hope that I (never forget) __________.
4/ He (sleep) __________ and (not understand) ___________ what you (say) __________ to
him. He (wake) __________ if you (speak) __________ louder.
5/ Some animals (not eat) ___________ during the winter and only (come) __________
out in spring.
6/ After leaving school he (study) __________ French in Paris for two years and then
(move) __________ to America, where he now (live) _________. He (visit) __________ England

once or twice and (know) __________ English well; but (not have) __________ yet the
opportunity of visiting European countries.
7/ I (know) __________ him for a very long time.
8/ When my friend Tom grows a beard, even his closest friends (not recognize)
__________ him.
9/ When I (meet) __________ him in the street, he (go) __________ to the pictures.
10/ I (study) _________ English for six years now.
11/ I expect he (leave) __________ for France as soon as he (get) __________ a visa.
12/ He (visit) ______ his friend yesterday and (find) _______ that he (be) ________ out.
13/ They (sell) _________ all the dresses before we (get) __________ there.
14/ After she (work) __________ at the hospital for two years, she (decide) __________ to
give up the job.
15/ He will come at once because I (tell) __________ him by phone that you (need)
__________ him urgently. I’m sure he (find) __________ his way easily although he (never visit)
__________ this house before.

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16/ By the time you get back, I (finish) __________ all my correspondence and then I
(can help) ______________ you with yours.
17/ In a few minutes’ time, when the clock (strike) __________ six, I (wait) __________
here for an hour.
18/ He (know) ________ her a long time before he finally (get) _______ married to her.
19/ I hope it (not rain) __________ when the bride (leave) __________ the church.
20/ I (tell) a lie if I said that I (like) __________ you.
21/ They (intend) __________ to go there next week; but now they (find) __________
they (not have) __________ enough money.
22/ When he grew old he often (think) __________ of all the things he (do) ___________
when he (be) __________ young.

23/ When we (go) __________ to see them last night, they (play) __________ cards; they
(say) __________ they (play) __________ since six o’clock.
24/ This is the second time you (break) __________ a cup; you (break) __________ one
yesterday. My last servant (never break)____________ anything, and you (break) ___________
nearly half the things in the house.
25/ I always (tell) ___________ you to comb your hair, but you never (do) ___________
what I (say) ___________ .
EXERCISE XIII : Use the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.
1/ Mrs Reed (turn) _________ on the radio in her car while she (drive) _________ home
yesterday. She (listen) ___________ to some music when she suddenly (hear) ___________ a
siren. She (look) ____________ in her mirror and (see) _________ an ambulance behind her.
She immediately (pull) ________ her car to the side of the road and (wait) _________ for the
ambulance (pass) _________.
2/ My mother (call) ___________ me around 5 o’clock. My husband (come) _________ home
a little after that. When he (come) __________ home, I (talk) ___________ to my mother on
the phone.
3/ Next month I (have) _________ a week’s vacation. I (plan) _________ to take a trip. First I
(go) _________ to Madison, Wisconsin to visit my brother. After I (leave) ________ Madion, I
(go) _________ Chicago to see a friend who (study) _________ at a university there. She (live)
_________ in Chicago for three years, so she (know) _________ her way around the city. She
(promise) _________ to take me to many interesting places. I (never, be) _________ in
Chicago, so I (look) _________ forward to going there.
4/ Yesterday John (eat) _____________ breakfast at 8:00. He (already, eat) _________
breakfast when he (leave) ____________ for class at 8:45. He (always, eat) _________
breakfast before he (go) _____________ to class. I (usually, not eat) _________ breakfast before
I (go) _________ to class. But I (usually, get) _________ hungry about midmorning. Tomorrow
before I (go) _____________ to class, I (eat) _________ breakfast.
5/ Last year, I (go) __________ mountain climbing for the first time. It was exciting and
terrifying at the same time. We (move) ___________slowly and carefully, and it (take)
___________ three days to get to the top. When we climbed onto the summit, we (find)

___________ another group of climbers. They (arrive) ___________ several hours ahead of us.
They (have) ___________ dinner and listening to Beethoven. We (laugh) __________ and they
(invite) ___________ us to join them. The climb (be) ___________, to say the least, an
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6/ The weather (be) ___________ terrible lately. It (rain) ___________ off and on for two days,
and the temperature (drop) ___________ at least twenty degrees. It (be) ___________ in the
low 40s right now. Just three days ago, the sun (shine) ___________ and the weather was
pleasant. The weather certainly (change) ___________ quickly here. I never know what to
expect. Who knows ? When I (wake) ___________ up tomorrow morning, maybe it (snow)
___________.
7/ A taxi driver (drive) ____________ along a street when he suddenly (black out)
___________ and lost control of his vehicle. The taxi (plunge) _________ into a nearby river. A
hawker, who (see) ______________ the accident, rushed from his coffee stall and (dive)
___________ into the water. He (have) ___________ to swim twenty five metres before he could
get to the taxi. The taxi driver (try) ______________ to wind down the window. The hawker
reached into the taxi for the safety-belt. After he (release) __________ the safety-belt, he
pulled the driver out through the partially open window. At the hospital, the driver (say)
____________ that the black out might (cause) ______________ by his high blood pressure
condition.
8/ Marie Curie, the Polish-born chemist, was a courageous and determined woman. She
(leave) ___________ her home for Paris to pursue her interest in science. Living in poverty,
she still (manage) ___________ to graduate at the top of her class. She (meet) ___________
Pierre Curie shortly after graduation and (marry) ___________ him a year later.
Together, Pierre and Marie (form) ___________ the most famous husband-and-wife
partnership in science history. They (discover) ___________ the radioactive elements,
Polonium and Radium. They (award) ___________ the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

A1. Be quiet! The baby (sleep)………..
2. We seldom (eat)………….before 6:30
3. Look! A man (run)………….. after the train. He (want)……………… to catch it.
4. The sun (set)……… in the West.
5. It (be)……… often hot in Summer.
6. I(do)……….an exercise on the present tenses at this moment anh I (think)……………… that I (know)
………………..how to use it now.
7. My mother sometimes (buy)………….. vegetables at this market.
8. It (be)……… very cold now.
9. It (rain)………….. much in summer. It (rain)………….now.
10. Daisy (cook)…………… some food in the kichen at present. She always (cook)…………. In the morning.
11. Hurry! The bus (come)………………..I (not want)…………………… to miss it.
12. Listen! Somebody (sing)………………..
B1. How long you (study)…………... E? For 5 years.
2. I (wait)……………for 2 hour, but she (not come)………………… yet.
3. They (live)…………..in HCM City since 1975.
4. She (read)……………. All the books written by Dickens. How many books you (read)…………..?
5. He (not be)………........here since Christmas. I wonder where he (live)………….. since then.
6. Jack (go)…………. To Paris foi a holiday. He never (be)………..there.
7. You (sleep)…………… so far? I (ring)……………. The bell for the last 20 minutes.
8. He (write)……………..a novel for 2 years, but he (not finish)……………… it yet.
9. Mary (lose)……………. her hat and she (look)………………for it until now.
10. I (see)……………. that film several times because I like it.
C-1. Listen! I (think)…………….. someone (knock)……………. at the door.
2. Up to the present, we (write)………….almost every lesson in the book.
3. The Earth (circle)………………….the sun once every 365 days.
4. The farmers (work)……………..in the field at the moment.
5. How many times you (see)…………….him since he went to Edinburgh?
6. Rivers usually (flow)………………. to the sea.

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7. Look! The boy (cry)……………….
8. Do you know that man, who (smoke)……….....there?
9. Green always (go)…………..to work by bus.
10. We (be)……………from F. We (be)……………there for 20 years.
11. That house (belong to)…………………. Mr Green.
12. Mai (lose)…………..her ditionary.
13. I (be)………I (forget)…………….that girl’s name already.
14. I (wait)……………for the manager for 2 hours.
15. You (ever/ see)…………………….a lion.
16. Jack (look)……………no trouble with my E lesson up to now.
17. The weather generally (get)……………..quite hot in July and August.
18. That brown briefcase (belong)………………to Dr. Smith.
19. Yes, I (remember)………………..that older fellow’s name now.
20. Michael (work)…………….thirty eight hour a week.
21. I (be)……….sorry . I (forget)……………..the way to go to HL already.
22. John’s brother just (graduate)……………..from Oxford University.

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D-1. When I (arrive)…at his house, he still (sleep)…..
2. The light (go)…..out while we (have)…………dinner.
3. Bill (have)…………….breakfast when I (stop)……….at his house this morning.
4. As we (cross)……the street, we (see)……..an accident.
5. Tom (see)…..........a serious accident while he (stand)…..........at the bus stop.
6. While my father (read)…..a newspaper. I (learn)...…my lesson and my sister (do)……….her

homework.
7. The children (play)…………….football when their mother (come) ……………back home.
8. The bell (ring)………..while Tom (take)………..a bath.
9. I (be)………….very tired because I (work)………..all day yesterday.
10. He (sit)……….in a cafe’ when I (see)…………him.
E1. They (go)…….home after they (finish)……..their work.
2. She said that she (already/ see)…………….Dr. Smith.
3. When we came to the stadium, the match (already/ begin)………..
4. They told me they (not/ eat)..such kind of food before.
5. He (ask)……………why we (come)……………..so early.
6. After they had gone, I (sit)…………….down and (set)………
7. Before she (watch)…………TV, she (do )…………her homework.
8. After talking a bath, he (go)……………to bed.
9. What (be)…………….he when he (be)……………young?
10. It was the first time I (ever/ see)…………….such a beautiful girl.
F1. Yesterday, John (go)…….to the store before he (go)………home.
2. Our teacher (tell)…………..us yesterday that he (visit)…………… England in 1970
3. When John and I got to the theatre, the movie (start)………already.
4. Before Alice (go)………….to sleep, she (call)………..her family.
5. When the phone (ring)……………., I (have)…………… …dinner.
6. Daisy (agree)……………..with other members in the last meeting.
7. What you (do)…………………..at 6 p.m yesterday?
8. The little girl asked what (happen)……………….to her ice- cream.
9. He (teach)………in this school before he (leave)……..for England.
10. The house (be)……. much smaller than he (think)……….at first.
11. Before you (mention)…...…..him, I never (hear)…………of that author
12. She (win)……………the gold medal in 1986.
13. While you (play)……………….the piano, I (write)………a letter.
14. When he (go)……. to see them last night, and they (play)……… cards. They (say)………they (play)
………..since 6 o’clock.

15. I didn’t recognise Mrs. Johnson. She (change)……………….a lot.
VI. Present/past simple, progressive or perfect.
1. After having the dinner, she…………………(pay) her and……………(leave).
2. I closed the door quietly because he…………………………….(try) to sleep.
3. How many times………………………………(she call) you since she……………… (come) to NewYork?
4. I………………………….(know) about this for a long time now.
5. They…………………(watch) television – their favourite program is on at the moment.
6. I wanted to be the first to tell her, but it was to late. Someone….............………. (already/tell) her.
7. The children are filthy. Where……………………………………..(they/be)?
8. I’m going to bed. I…………………………….(work) for hours and I’m tired.
9. I think she is the nicest person I…………………………….(ever meet).
10. Mary…………………….(clean) the windscreen when she…………..(notice) a crack in the glass.
11. I couldn’t open the front door because someone…………….(lock) it.
12. I agree: I………………………(not think) you should apologise.
13. When I………………..(phone) her, she…………………….(do) her homework.
14. We……………………………….(wait) for three and a half hour when John finally arrived.
15. When I shouted, they……………(jump) off the root and…………. (run) away.
16. Don’t phone her just now. She………………………(talk) to her boss.
17. Jackie………………………..(have) a shave. He looks strange without a beard.
18. I…………………………..(serve) in the army for eighteen months.
19. We…………………………….(travel) for about four hours when we realised that something was wrong
with one of the tyres.

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