MORE EXERCISES ON TENSES

MORE EXERCISES ON TENSES
I. Simple present or present continuous tenses
1. Where ___________you (live)____________? - I (live)______________in Hai Duong town.
2. What _______________he (do) ______________now?
He (water)_________________flowers in the garden.
3. What _______________she (do)_____________?
She (be)______________a teacher.
4. Where _________________you (be) from?
5. At the moment, my sisters (play) ____________ volleyball and my brother (play) ______________soccer.
6. It is 9.00; my family (watch)___________________TV.
7. In the summer, I usually (go) ______________ to the park with my friends, and in the spring, we (have) ___________Tet
Holiday; I (be) ________ happy because I always (visit) ______________ my grandparents.
8. Every morning, my father (have) ______________a cup of coffe but today he (drink)____________milk.
9. How ___________your sister (go)___________to school?
10. What time _____________they (get up)_________________?
11. What ____________they (do)________________in the winter?
12. Today, we (have)______________English class.
13. Her favourite subject (be)__________________English.
14. Now, my brother (like)_________________eating bananas.

15. Look! A man (call)_________________you.
II. Simple past or present perfect
1. I (have ) ………………..this toy since my birthday.
2. We (live )………………….in HN for ten years now and like it a lot.
3. The last time I (go) ……………………to HN was in May
4. When my parents were on holiday I ( stay)……………… with my aunt for a week
5. I (not see )___________ my son for ages .He (not visit ) ……………………..me since May
6. Tom ( be) …………….to HN twice. He loves it very much
7. My sister (work ) ……………………for an enterprise for two years .That was after college
8. I (move)……………… to HN in 2001 .I (be ) ………….there a long time now
9. It was so cold today that I (wear)…………… a sweater at school

10. So far this month there (be )……………………. three robberies in this street
11. When I was young I (meet )…………..him three times
12. In the past few years ,it (become )………….. more and more difficult to get into university
13. I (feel )………………better since I ( live) ……………….here
14. Since I (be ) ……………………in this city I ( not see)…………… him
Past simple, Past perfect or Present perfect.
1. She didn’t notice that she (never see) …………………….……… that film before.
2. I suddenly (remember) that I ………………………. (forget) my keys.
3. Bill no longer has his car. He (sell) …………………….. it
4. (Have/you/put) ………………………. Off the fire before you (go) ……………… out.
5. I was very pleased to see Mary again. I (not see) …………………….. for a long time.
6. I thanked her for everything she (do) ………………………………… for me.
7. When I got to the office, I (realize) ………….. I (forget) ………………. to lock the door


8. Who is that woman? I (never seen) …………………………..… …… her before.
9. Tom was not at home when I (arrive)………………. He (just go) ………………… out.
10. She said it (be) ……………….. the first time she (meet) ………………….. such a man.
Choose the underlined part in each sentence (A, B,C, or D ) that needs correcting.
1. After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house from work, she was cooking dinner.
2. Jimmy threw the ball high in the air, and Betty catching it when it came down
3. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it.
4. Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job and is looking for a new one.
5. Having fed the dog, he was sat down to his own meal.
6. When I turned on my computer, I was shocked to find some junk mail, and I just delete it all.
Choose the most correct answer:
1. He said that he ____ a lot of money on advertising to expand his business.
A. spends
B. has spent
C. spending

D. had spent
2. The train _____ when we got to the station.
A. just left
B. just leaves
C. had just left
D. will leave
3. Tom told me he _____ call me at the airport when I ______.
A. would/ arrived
B. will/ arrive
C. will have/ arriving
D. would be/ arriving
4. At this time tomorrow, we ____ our final exam.
A. will have taking B. will be taking
C. will be taken
D. would take
5. -____ before? – Yes, I ____ my holidays here last year.
A. have you ever been / spent
B. have you ever been / spend
C. Did you ever be / spending
D. were you ever / spend
6. ______ I was working in the garden, John was repairing the washing machine.
A. as soon as
B. because of
C. while
D. until
7. Peter said he ___ a test the following day. A. had had B. will have C. has had
D. would have
8. After she _____ at the hospital for 2 years, she_____ to give up the job yesterday.
A. had been working/ decides
B. had been working/ decided

C. working / had decided
D. is working/ will decide
9. Tom _____ before we arrive there.
A. has left
B. had left
C. will leave D. leaves
10. In 1970, the Canadian scientist George Kelly ______ that warm water _____ more quickly than cold water.
A. prove/freeze
B. proves / breezed
C. proving / freezing
D. proved/freezes
11. After we _____ our work, we ____ for lunch.
A. having finish/ went B. have finished/ went
C. had finished/went
D. having finish/ going
12. After _____ Tom was apprenticed to learn a trade.
A. leave
B. leaves
C. left D. leaving
13. They were in a hurry because they thought that the class _____.
A. have already begun
B. have already begun
C. was begun
D. will begin
14. – Why have they demolished that old building? – They ____ a new supermarket there.
A. had built
B. were building
C. are going to build
D. would be built
15. When I’m learning English, sometimes I ____ the accent.

A. will be confused about
B. was confused about
C. had be confused about
D. am confused about
16. After he _____ his English course, he went to England to continue his study.
A. will finish
B. has finished
C. had finished
D. will have finished
17. They ____ a lot of preparation before the match started.
A. has made
B. had made
C. will be made
D. are making
18. I____ in the US for one year, but I still find it difficult to communicate with the American.
A. am
B. was
C. have been
D. had been
19. American women may ____ conversations with men or even ___ them to dance.
A. to start/ to ask
B. start/ ask
C. starting / asking
D. started/ asked
20. After ______ the doctor found that he ____ his arm.
A. to examine/ breaks
B. to examine/ broke C. examining/ broken D. examining/had broken