Will, be going to, past tenses

REVIEW OF PAST TENSES, WILL/ BE GOING TO

1. The past tenses.
TENSES FORM EXAMPLES USE SIGNAL WORDS
1. The simple
past
(+) S + V-ed/II
(- )S + didn’t + VBI
(?)Did + S + VBI..?
- I went shopping with
my mother yesterday.
- I didn’t go shopping
with my mother
yesterday
- Diễn tả một hành động
xảy ra và chấm dứt tại một
thời điểm xác định trong
quá khứ.
Yesterday, last + n,
ago, in 1990…
2. The past
progressive
S + was/ were (not) + V-ing - At this time
yesterday, I was
talking with Jimmy
- While I was
studying, My mother
was cooking
- He came when I was
having dinner
- Diễn tả một hành động

đang xảy ra vào một thời
điểm cụ thể trong quá khứ
- Diễm tả hai hành động
xảy ra song song ở quá
khứ
- Diễn tả 1 hành động
đang xảy ra thì 1 hành
động khác chen vào.
At 6pm yesterday, at
this time last
week…
While, when…
3. The past
perfect
S + had (not) + Vpp - Ronaldo had become
famous before 2002
- When I arrived at the
party, he had already
gone
- Diễn tả một hành động
xảy ra trước một thời điểm
trong quá khứ
- Diễn tả một hành động
xảy ra trước một hành
động khác trong quá khứ.
Before + 1990…
Before, after, by the
time, when…
2. “Will” and “be going to”
* be going to diễn tả một dự định, một kế hoạch hoặc một sự tiên đoán

* Will + V bare-infinitive diễn tả một ý nghĩ, một quyết đinh tức thời vào thời điểm nói.
Exercise 1: Put the verbs into the correct form - past perfect or past simple.
1. The storm (destroy) …………………. the sandcastle that we (build) …………………………
2. He (not be) ……………………………. to Cape Town before 1997.
3. When she (go) …………………. out to play, she (already do) ………………………. her homework.
4. The waiter brought a drink that I (not, order) …………………………….
5. I could not remember the poem we (learn) ……………………………. the week before.
6. The children (collect) ……………………………. the chestnuts that had fallen from the tree.
7. Had he phoned Angie before he (go) ……………………………. to see her in London?
8. After Eric (make) ………………………. breakfast he (phone) ………………………. his friend.
9. I (be) ……………………………. very tired because I (study) ……………………………. too much.
10. Karen ………………………. (not want) to come to the cinema with us be cause she………………………….
(already/ see) the film.
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.
1. He ____ for London one year ago.
A. left B. has left C. leaves D. had left
2. I ____ to the market with my mother yesterday.
A. go B. went C. have gone D. was going
3. Yesterday morning I ____ up at 6.30.
A. got B. get C. was getting D. had got
4. ____ you ____ out last night?
A. Did/go B. Do/go C. Have/gone D. Were/going
5. This house ____ 35,000 pounds in 1980.
A. costs B. had cost C. cost D. was cost
6. While Tom ____ tennis, Ann ____ a shower.
A. played/took B. playing/taking C. was playing/was taking D. was play/was take
7. When they ____ in the garden, the phone ____.
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A. worked/was ringing B. work/rings C. worked/rang D. were working/rang

8. After they ____ their breakfast, they ____ shopping yesterday.
A. have/go B. had had/go C. had/had gone D. had had/went
9. They ____ tea when the doorbell ____.
A. have/is ringing B. were having/rang C. had had/ rang D. having/ringing
10. When I ____ into the office, my boss ____ for me.
A. came/was waiting B. was coming/waited C. had come/waited D. came/waiting
11. 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
12. 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
13. Nam is a careful driver but yesterday he ____ carelessly.
A. drove B. had driven C. drives D. was driving
14. I ____ the film with my friends last week.
A. watched B. watch C. have watched D. had watched
15. At this time yesterday I ____ to music.
A. listened B. had listened C. was listening D. am listening
16. What ____ he ____ at 4pm last Sunday?
A. did/do B. was/do C. had/done D. was/doing
17. After he ____ breakfast, he ____ down to write some letters.
A. has/sat B. has had/sits C. had had/sits D. had had/sat
18. When we ____ at the stadium last Sunday, the match ____ already ____.
A. arrive/had - started B. had arrived/started
C. arrived/has - started D. arrived/had - started
Exercise 3: Give the correct form of the verbs – will or be going to.
1. “We’ve run out of milk” – “Oh, have we? I (go) ……………………………. and get some.
2. I’m sorry you are leaving. I hope you (come) ……………………………. back and see us soon.
3. Look at that car! It (hit) ……………………………. that tree.
4. I think Ann (like) ……………………………. the present we bought for her.
5. “Why are you turning on the TV?” – “I (watch) ……………………………. the news”.
6. “Oh, I’ve just realized. I haven’t got any money” – “Haven’t you? Don’t worry, I (lend)

……………………………. you some.
7. Look at those black clouds. It (rain) …………………………….
8. “Ann is in hospital” – “Oh, really? I didn’t know. I (visit) ……………………………. her”
9. “Ann is in hospital” – “Yes. I know. I (visit) ……………………………. her tomorrow”
10. I feel terrible. I think I (be) ……………………………. sick.
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