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<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>TENSES I. Use the verbs in brackets into the present simple tense 1. I often (get)……… up at 6.00 a.m. 2. He (wash)…………… clothes every weekend. 3. The sun (rise)………… in the East and (set)……… in the West. 4. Mary (think)…………… her brother (not be)…………… lazy. 5. How you (go)……… to school everyday ? II. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous tense 1. Listen! Someone (play)……………………the piano. 2. They (not write)……………………their diary now. 3. She (do)…………….. her homework at the moment ? 4. Where you (go)…………now ? - I (go)…………………to the cinema. 5. Look! The boy (run)…………………very fast. III. Use the verbs in brackets into the present perfect tense 1. This is the first time he (drive)…………………this car. 2. I (not see)…………………Lan since last month. 3. Jane (buy)……………… this dress for 2 week, but she (not wear)……………… it yet. 4. How long you (be)……………there ? 5. It’s the best food I (ever/try)…………………… IV. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple tense 1. I (study)……………Art when I (be)…………at primary school. 2. Why he (leave)…………… the party soon last night ? 3. They (spend)…………their last vacation in HCM city. 4. Nam (move)……………to HN 10 years ago. 5. She (start)……………to teach English in 2000 ? V. Use the verbs in brackets into the past continuous tense 1. What you (do)……………at 8p.m. yesterday ? 2. Last Sunday, while I (read)…………………a book, the phone rang. 3. When she arrived, we (have)……………………dinner. 4. I (sit)……………… while Nick (watch)………………… TV. 5. You (cook)………………when she called ? VI. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect tense 1. The store (not close)…………………by the time I got there. 2. When we got home last night, the children (already/sleep)………………….. 3. Before John went out, his mother (give)……………… him a raincoat. 4. After she (take)…………………a bath, she went to sleep. 5. You (learn)…………… English before 2002 ? - No, I……………… VII. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple future tense 1. I (give)………………… up smoking. 2. Can you give me a hand? - I (help)…………………you. 3. Jill (be)………………16 next Saturday. 4. She’s very tired, but she thinks she (not go)………………to bed. 5. You (come)……………this way ? VIII. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form 1. My father (work)……………………in this factory for many years. 2. Linh (study)………………...medicine. She (be)………………………a doctor. 3. How you (learn)…………….to drive? - My father (teach)………………me. 4. The film (begin)……………………when we (arrive)………………at the cinema yesterday. 5. What your sister (do)……… in her free time? - She (read)………….books, (listen)………………to music or (watch)………………TV. 6. Yesterday (be)…………Sunday so Hoa (not go)…………………to school. She (stay)……………at home and (do)……….her homework. 7. Now he (live)…………………in district 9, in HCM. He (live)………………... in HN for 10 years before he (move)……………to HCM city. 8. We (visit)…………………………our grandparents next week. You (go)………with us ? 9. Where you (be) while I (work)……………………at the office ? 10. You (ever/see)……………………that film before ? - No, I……………… - So this evening, we (go)………………to see it..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> I.Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1. The eighth-form student (learn)__________English for three years. 2. When Nam and Ba came, I (take)__________a shower. 3. If we go on littering, our enviroment(be)_________seriously polluted. 4. My father used to (work)____________for that company when he was young. 5. If I am free, I (go)_________________to the cinema. 6. What about (practise)_____________English everyday. 7. I wish I (can)_____________play the piano. 8. She (not come)___________here yesterday. 9. They (already see)_________that play. 10. I (see)__________you tomorrow. II. Change the sentences form the active into the passive. 1. They sell jeans all over the world. 2. You must do this exercise carefully. 3. They made jean cloth completely from cotton in the 18th century. 4. We can solve the problem.5. They grow rice in tropical countries. 6. People should stop experiments on animals. 7. They will produce five million bottles of champagne in France next year. 8. We might find life on another planet. 9. They have just introduced a new style of jeans in the USA. 10. We have to improve all the schools in the city. III. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition. 1. Mr.Thanh leaves Ha Noi________2pm. 2. He arrives________Singapore_________Monday evening. 3. ____________Tuesday morning, there is a meeting________11 am and pm. 4. He will be___________Singapore_______________Monday to Thursday. 5. Goodbye ! See you__________Monday. 6. The bus collected us____________5 o'clock early___________the morning. 7. We usually go____________our home village at least once_________the summer. 8. We walked______________half an hour to reach the waterfall. 9. They planned to have the trip__________June. 10. She loves to watch the stars________night. IV. Change these sentences into Reported speech: 1. She said to me, "I'm happy to see you." 2. Tom said, " This birthday cake is delicious today." 3. My sister said, "I love these roses." 4. He said, "I'm having a wonderful time here." 5. Mr.Chi said, "I will go to Hue tomorrow." 6. They said, "We must leave now." 7. She asked him, "Do you like pop music?" 8. Tom asked, "Where do you live now, Mary?" 9. They asked her "How old are you?" 10. They asked me, "Is your school near here?" V. Complete the correct tag questions 1. You have read this this article on the website,___________? 2. Baird produced the first TV picture in 1926,___________? 3. A daily newspaper was published in Germany in 1550,____________? 4. You don't like playing computer games,_________? 5. Trang didn't have much time for it,_____________? VI. Rewrite these sentences, using "I wish...". 1. I don't know many people in the town. 2. Nam cannot go to the party. 3. It's a pity the weather isn't fine today. 4. They don't like milk. 5. We won't play soccer..

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