practice (tense)

I.The Present Simple Tense
Form
Affirmative: S + V….
Negative: S + do/does + not + V…..
Interrogative: Do/Does + S + V….?
*Notes: to be(and modal verbs)
Affirmative: S + am/is/are……
Negative:: S + am/is/are + not…..
Interrogative: Am/Is/Are + S ….?
II.The Present Progressive Tense
Form
- Affirmative: S + am/is/are + V-ing……
- Negative: S + am/is/are + not + V-ing…..
- Interrogative: Am/Is/Are + S + V-ing ….?
*Lưu ý: Không dùng thì này vơí các động từ chỉ nhận thức, tri giác

EXERCISES
1. Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct tense:
1. He (practice)_______________ the piano every day.
2. I (believe)____________ you.
3. Maria (have)_____________ a cold now.
4. He (swim)_____________ right now.
5. John (hate)____________ smoke.
6. Jill always (get up)____________ at 6.00 a.m.
7. Maryam (stay)____________ with us at the moment.
8. Listen to those people! What language they (speak) _________?
9. It (not rain)______________ much in our country in winter.
KEY:
1.practices
2. believe
3. has

4. is swimming
5. hates
6. gets up
7. is staying
8. are they speaking
9. does not rain
2.Give the right tense of the verbs in brackets: Simple Present or Present
Progressive.
1. I (have) …………… coffee for breakfast every morning.
2. The student (look up) …………… that new word right now.
3. It (rain) ………… very much in the summer. It (rain) ……………
now.
4. Look! A man (run) ……… after the train. He (want) ……… to catch
it
5. Excuse me,I(have) …………… a customer.
6. My mother (cook) ………… some food in the kitchen at present.She
always(cook) …………… in the morning.
7. Listen! I (hear) …………… someone knocking at the front door.
8. I (do) ………… an exercise on the present tense at this moment and I
(think) ………… that I (know) ………… how to use it now.
KEY:
1.have
2.is looking up
3.rains / is raining
4.is running / wants
5.have
6.is cooking / cooks
7.hear
8.am doing / think/know
III.The Present Perfect Tense

Form
- Affirmative: S + has/have +V3/ed….
- Negative: S + has/have + not + V3/ed…..
- Interrogative: Has/Have + S + V3/ed….?
IV. The Present Perfect Progressive Tense:
Form
- Affirmative: S + has/have +been+V-ing
- Negative: S + has/have + not +been+V-ing
- Interrogative: Has/Have + S + been+V-ing ?
*Lưu ý: Không dùng thì này vơí các động từ chỉ nhận thức, tri giác
EXERCISES
1.Give the right tense of the verbs in brackets: Present Perfect or Present
Perfect Progressive.
1. I (wait) ……………. for two hours, but she (not come) …………….
yet.
2. I (try) ………. to learn English for years, but (not succeed)
………….. yet
3. Mary (rest) ……. in the garden Christmas all day because she (be)
…… ill.
4. She (work) … so hard this week that she (not have) … time to go to
the movies.
5. We (live) …… here for the last six years, and (just decide) ………. to
move.
KEY:
1.have been waiting/hasn’t come
2. have been trying/ haven’t succeed
3.has been resting/ has been
4. has been working/ hasn’t had
5. have been living/ have just decided
2.Give the right tense of the verbs in brackets: Present tenses.

1. I (be) ……… sorry. I (forget) …………… that fellow’s name.
2. Jack (look) ……… no trouble with his English exercises up to now.
3. Michael (work) ………… thirty hours a week.
4. At present, that author (write) ……………… a historical novel.
5. The weather generally (get) …………… quite hot in July and August.
6. How long (you learn) …………… English?
7. My brother (just graduate) ………. from Ho Chi Minh Training
University.
8. That brown briefcase (belong) ………… to Mr. Pike.
9. Linda (wait) ……… for you since noon. She (sit) ……… in the living
room.
10.Yes, I (remember) ……… that other fellow’s name now.
KEY:
1.am/ have forgotten
2.has looked
3.works
4.is writing
remember
5.gets
6.have you learnt
7.has just graduated
8.belongs
9.has been waiting/ is sitting
10. remember

V.The Past Simple Tense
Form
- Affirmative: S + V2/ed….
- Negative: S + did + not + V…..
- Interrogative: Did + S + V….?

*Note: S + was/were……
S + was/were + not…..
Was/Were + S ….?
VI. The Past progressive Tense
1. Form
- Affirmative: S + was/were+V-ing
- Negative: S + was/were+ not+V-ing
- Interrogative: Was/Were+ S + V-ing….?
*Lưu ý: Không dùng thì này vơí các động từ chỉ nhận thức, tri giác
EXERCISES
Give the right form of the verbs in brackets: Simple Past or Past
Continuous
1. She ……… an interesting film on T.V. last night. (watch)
2. We ……… an interesting film on T.V. at 7p.m last night. (watch)
3. When I ………at his house, he………… (arrive / still sleep)
4. The light ……… out while we ………dinner (go / have)
5. While I ………………around the park, I ………… Mr. Lam (walk / see)
6. While he ……………… the piano, she ……… (play / sing)
KEY:
1. watched
2. were watching
3. arrived/was still sleeping
4. went/were having
5. was walking/ saw
6.was playing/ was singing
(played/sang)
VII.The Past Perfect Tense
1. Form
- Affirmative: S + had + V3/ed….
- Negative: S + had + not + V3/ed…..

- Interrogative: Had + S + V3/ed….?
2. Use
a. Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trước một thời điểm trong quá khứ.
Ex: By the end of last month, she had made 4 skirts.
b. Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra và hoàn thành trước một hành động
khác trong quá khứ (before, after, by the time, when). Hành động xảy ra
trước dùng thì Past Perfect, hành động xảy ra sau dùng thì Past Simple.
Ex: - After Nam had done his homework, he went to bed.
- They had lived in Dong Thap before they moved to HCM city.
EXERCISES
Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct tense:
1. John (write)_______________ his report last night.
2. After John (wash)__________his clothes, he began to study.
3. Tim (go)__________ to France last year.
4. Guillermo (call)________ his employer yesterday.
5. Jane sent a letter to his university after she (receive) ___________ her
scholarship check.
6. The plane (flip)_________ ten times before it landed on its roof.
7. What you (do)____________ last weekend?
8. Mr. and Mrs. Ba (take)__________ some beautiful photos a few days ago.
9. Her brother (talk)___________ to his pen pal on the phone at the moment.
10. They (not contact)__________ to each other for a long time.
11. Nothing (be)__________done since I moved here.
12. I used to walk to school when I (be)__________ in primary school.
13. Lan (drink)__________two bottles of water every day.
14. Lan (be)________ a Vietnamese student. She (be) ___________ born
in Ho Chi Minh City. She (go)____________ abroad last year to study
English. She (learn)______________ French before she began to study
English. She (make) __________ great progress since she
(get)___________ there. Next month, she will take the final exam. She (be)

_________ able to get a good job when she (return) _________ to Vietnam.
KEY:
1. wrote
2.had washed
3. went
4. called
5. had received
6. had flip
7. did you do
8. took
9. is talking
10. have not contacted
11. has been
12. was
13. drinks
14. is/ was/ went/ had learnt (learned) / has made/ got/ will be/ returns