32 The simple present and the present continuous.1 What does Tom think of the Budget?. 14 This message has just arrived and the man is waiting for in case you want to send a reply.. 33 T
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Fostering English for grade 8
Nguyen Hong Anh Junior High School.
Full name: VanLam Nguyen
Schoolyear: 2009- 2010.
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1) What does Tom think of the Budget?
He thinks it most unfair
I agree with him
2) What does this one cost?
It costs forty pence
3) Do you hear the wind? It is blowing very strongly tonight
4) Do you see my car keys anywhere?
No, I’m looking for them but I don’t see them
5) He never listens to what you say He always thinks about something else
6) This book is about a man who deserts his family and goes to live on a Pacific island 7) Do you understand what the lecturer is saying?
No, I don’t understand him at all
8) What do you have for breakfast usually?
I usually eat a carrot and drink a glass of cold water
9) When the curtain rises we see a group of workers They are picketing a factory gate 10) Why are you walking so fast today? You usually walk quite slowly
I am hurrying because I am meeting my mother at 4 o’clock and she doesn’t like to
be kept waiting
11) I wish that dog would lie down He is keeping jumping up on my lap
I think he wants to go for a walk
12) Do you recognize that man?
I think that I have seen him before but I don’t remember his name
13) Look at that crowd I wonder what they are waiting for
14) This message has just arrived and the man is waiting for in case you want to send a reply
15) Stop! Aren’t you seeing the notice?
I see it but I can’t read it because I am not wearing my glasses What does it say?
It say ‘ These premises are patrolled by guard dogs’
16) She is always borrowing from me and she never remembers to pay me back
17) Do you need another blanket or do you fell warm enough?
18) Does it save time if you take the path through the wood?
No, It doesn’t matter which path you take
19) I am saving up because I am going abroad in July
20) I think it is a pity you don’t take more exercise You are getting fat
21) The plane that you are looking at now just taking off for Paris
22) Tome never does any work in the garden; He always works on his car
23) What is he doing to his car now?
I think he is polishing it
24) That film is coming to the local cinema next week Do you want to see it?
25) How does Peter get on at school?
Very well He seems to like the life
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Mr Pitt is smoking a cigarette and dropping tha ash on the carpet
27) This is our itinerary We leave home on the 8th , arrive in Paris on the 9th , send the day in Paris, and set our that night for Venice
That sounds most interesting You must tell me all about it when you get back 28) This story is about a boy who makes friends with a snake which he finds in his garden Then he goes away but he doesn’t forget the snake and some years later he returns and looks for it
29) He finds the snake who recognizesits old friend and coils round him affectionately But, unfortunately, the snake is by now a full- grown boa- constrictor and its
embrace kills the poor boy
30) Does the snake feel sorry about this?
I don’t know The story ends there
31) How do you end a letter that begin, ‘Dear Sir’?
I always put, ‘Yours truly’, but Tom prefers ‘Yours faithfully’
32) What does the word ‘catastrophe’ mean?
It means ‘disaster’
33) What are you waiting for?
I am waiting for the shop to open
But it doesn’t open till 9.00
I know but I want to be early, as their sale starts today
34) Why are you smoking a cigar, Mrs Pitt? You doesn’t smoke cigars as a rule
I’m smoking it because I want the ash This book says that cigar ash mixed with oil
is removing heat stains from wood
35) Who owns this umbrella?
I don’t know Everybody uses it but nobody knows who owns it
36) Do you mind if I ask you a question?
That is depending on the question
It concerns your brother
I refuse to answer any question about my brother
(33) The simple past tense.
1) I went to work by bus
2) I met her on Tuesdays
3) He always wore black
4) I used to make cake every week
5) She got up at 6.30
6) He understood me
7) He shuted the shop at 6.00
8) She spoke slowly
9) He left the house at 9.00
10) I used to read a chapter every night
11) You ate too much
12) I used to see him everyday
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14) He used to cry when he was hurt
15) Who knew the answer?
16) I think I knew it
17) The curtain rose at 8.00
18) He used to take the dog out twice a day 19) We bought them here
20) I used to dream every night
21) Bluetits often laid eggs in that nesting box 22) He often felt ill
23) I knew what he wanted
24) I usually paid him five pound
25) His dog always bit me
26) It smelt odd
27) It cost 30p
28) My back hurt
29) I lay down after lunch
30)We drank water
31) His roses grew well
32) He used to ride everyday
33) He often fell off
34) These dogs fought whenever they met 35) He used to put up his prices every year 36) He slept badly
(34) The simple past tense.
1) (-) She didn’t see your brother
(?) Did she see your brother?
2) (-) We didn’t hear a terrible noise
(?) Did you hear a terrible noise?
3) (-) He didn’t sleep till 10.00
(?) Did he sleep till 10.00?
4) (-) He didn’t look at the picture
(?) Did he look at the picture?
5) (-) They didn’t drink all the wine
(?) Did they drink all the wine?
6) (-) They didn’t set out early enough
(?) Did they set out early enough?
7) (-) She didn’t think about it
(?) Did she think about it?
8) (-) The police didn’t catch the thief
(?) Did the police catch the thief?
9) (-) He didn’t hit the letter
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10) (-) She didn’t find her watch
(?) Did she find her watch?
11) (-) His nose didn’t bleed
(?) Did his nose bleed?
12) (-) My mother didn’t choose this hotel (?) Did your mother choose this hotel? 13) (-) She didn’t lend you enough money (?) Did she lend you enough money? 14) (-) Keiko didn’t teach Japanese (?) Did Keiko teach Japanese?
15) (-) Tom didn’t hurt his foot
(?) Did Tom hurt his foot?
16) (-) He didn’t break his arm
(?) Did he break his arm?
17) (-) His wife didn’t come at 8.00 (?) Did his wife come at 8.00
18) (-) He didn’t lose his wallet
(?) Did he lose his wallet?
19) (-) His son didn’t write a novel
(?) Did his son write a novel?
20) (-) They didn’t fly to New York (?) Did they fly to New York?
21) (-) Ann didn’t draw you a map
(?) Did Ann draw you a map?
22) (-) Tom didn’t lay the table
(?) Did Tom lay the table?
23) (-) Mr Pitt didn’t fall downstairs (?) Did Mr Pitt fall downstairs?
24) (-) She didn’t lose her way
(?) Did she lose her way?
25) (-) He didn’t forbid her to leave (?) Did he forbid her to leave?
26) (-) I didn’t send it to the laundry (?) Did you send it to the laundry? 27) (-) Jack didn’t keep the money
(?) Did Jack keep the money?
28) (-) He didn’t ride slowly
(?) Did he ride slowly?
29) (-) They didn’t spend it all
(?) Did they spend it all?
30) (-) They didn’t sell the car
(?) Did they sell the car?
31) (-) Jean didn’t ring the bell
(?) Did Jean ring the bell?
32) (-) The sun didn’t rise at 6.00
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33) (-) The boys didn’t run home
(?) Did the boys run home?
34) (-) He didn’t shake the bottle
(?) Did he shake the bottle?
35) (-) He didn’t forgive her
(?) Did he forgive her?
36) (-) They didn’t broadcast an appeal for money
(?) Did they broadcast an appeal for money?
(35) The past continuous tense.
1) Detective: I’m afraid I must ask you both what you were doing yesterday at 10.20p.m Mr.X : I was playing chess with my wife
Mr Y : I was listening to a play on the radio
2) The children were frightened because it was getting dark
3) It was a fine day and the roads were crowded because a lot of people were rushing to the seaside
4) The aeroplane in which the football team was traveling crashed soon after taking off 5) He usually wears sandals but when I last saw him he was wearing boots
6) The house was in great disorder because he was redecorateing it
7) The director didn’t allow the actors to travel by air while they were working on the film
8) The car has nobody in it but the engine was running
9) Two children were playing on the sand and two fishermen were leaning against an upturned boat
10) I was alone in the house at that time because Mr Jones was working in the garage and Mrs Jones was shopping
11) He said that he was the captain of a ship which was sailing that night for Marseilles 12) Are you going to Rome? I thought that you were going to Milan
13) My wife and I were talking about you the other day
14) When I first met him he was studying painting
15) There was a strong smell and the sound of frying Obviously Mrs Jones was cooking fish
16) Tome ate nothing for lunch because he was dieting He said that he was trying to lose
10 kilos
17) Who were you talking to on the telephone as I came in?
I was talking to Mr Pitt
18) As she was climbing the ladder it slipped sideways and she fell off it
19) When I first met him he was working in a restaurant
20) He watched the children for a moment Some of them were bathing in the sea, others were looking for shells, others were playing in the sand
21) Where was he living when you saw him last?
22) She was standing at the bus stop I asked her what bus she was waiting for
23) From the sounds it was clear that Mary was practicing the piano
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Ambulance
25) Two men were fighting at a street corner a policeman was trying to stop them
What were they fighting about?
Nobody seemed to know
26) Tom was sitting in a corner with a book I told him that he was reading in very bad light
27) I went into the garden to see what the boys were doing James was weeding and Alexander was cutting the grass
28) They had taken off the wheel of the car and were mending the puncture I asked when it would be ready
29) When I arrived at the meeting the first speaker had just finished speaking and the audience were clapping
30) The traffic was making so much noise that I couldn’t hear what he was saying
31) While he was learning to drive he had twenty- five accidents
32) He had a bad fall while he was repairing his roof
33) He was a little mad He was always trying to prove that the earth was flat
34) While we were fishing someone came to the house and left this note
35) The exam had just begun and the candidates were writing their names at the top of Their papers
36) Just as I was wondering what to do next, the phone rang
(36) The simple past and the past continuous.
1) I lit the fire at 6.00 and it was burning brightly when Tom came in at 7.00
2) When I arrived the lecture had already started and the professor was writing on the overhead projector
3) I was making a cake when the light went out I had to finish it in the dark
4) I didn’t want to meet Paul so when he entered the room I was leaving
5) Unfortunately when I arrived Ann just was leaving, so we only had time for a few words
6) He was watching TV when the phone rang Very unwillingly he turned down the sound and went to answer it
7) He was very polite Whenever his wife entered the room he stood up
8) The admiral was playing bowls when he received news of the invasion He insisted on fishing the game
9) My dog was walking along quietly when Mr Pitt’s Pekinese attacked him
10) When I arrived she was having lunch She apologized for starting without me but said that she always lunched at 12.30
11) He was always wearing a raincoat and carrying an umbrella when he walked to the office
12) What did you think of his last book?
I liked it very much
13) I shared a flat with him when were students He was always complaining about my untidiness
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15) He was playing the guitar outside her house when someone opened the window and threw out a bucket of water
16) I was just opening the letter when the wind blew it out of my hand
17) The burglar was opening the safe when he heard footsteps He immediately put out his torch and crawled under the bed
18) When I was looking for my passport I found this old photograph
19) You looked very busy when I saw you last night What were you doing?
20) The boys were playing cards when they heard their father’s step They immediately hid the cards took out their lesson books
21) He was cleaning his gun when it went off and killed him
22) He didn’t allow us to go out in the boat yesterday as a strong wind was blowing 23) As I was crossing the road I stepped on a banana skin and fell heavily
24) I was still lying on the road when I saw a lorry approaching
25) Luckily the driver saw me and stopped the lorry in time
26) How did you damage your car so badly?
I ran into a lamp- post yesterday
I suppose you drove too quickly or were not looking where you was going
27) As he was getting into the bus it started suddenly and he fell backwards on to the road
28) I was calling Paul at 7.00 but it wasn’t necessary because he already got up
29) When he mended the fuse he got a very bad shock
30) When I heard his knock I went to the door and opened it, but I did not recognize him
at first because I didn’t wear my glasses
31) When I came in they were sitting round the fire Mr Pitt was doing a crossword puzzle, Mrs Pitt was knitting, the others were reading Mrs Pitt smiled at me and said “ Come and sit down”
32) While the guests were dancing thieves broke into the house and stole a lot of fur coats
33) The next day, as they knew that the police was looking for them, they hid the coats in
a wood and went off in different directions
34) She was very extravagant She was always buying herself new clothes
35) Her mother often told her that she spent too much money but she never listened 36) Whenever the drummer began pratising, the people in the next flat banged on the wall
(37) The simple past and the past continuous.
1) Mr Smith never woke up in time in the mornings and was always getting into trouble for being late; so one day he went to town and bought an alarm clock
2) To get home he had to go through a field where a bad- tempered bull was usually grazing
3) This bull didn’t normally chase people unless something made him angry
Unfortunately, as Mr Smith crossing the field, his alarm clock went off
4) This annoyed the bull, who immediately began to chase Mr Smith
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to the ground ran away as fast as he could
6) The bull stopped and began to attack the umbrella While he was doing this Mr Smith escaped
7) When he awoke she was sitting by the window She was looking at something in the street, but when he called her she turned and smiled at him
8) Why did you interrupt me just now? I had a very interesting conversation with Mr Pitt 9) The murderer was carrying the corpse down the stairs when he heard a knock on the door
10) When I looked through your books I noticed that you have a copy of
Murder in the Cathedral.
11) As they were walking along the road they heard a car coming from behind them Tom turned round and held up his hand The car stopped
12) When I arrived at the station Mary was waiting for me She was wearing a blue dress and looked very pretty As soon as she saw me she waved and shouted something, but I couldn’t hear what she was saying because everybody was making such a noise 13) The prisoner escaped by climbing the wall of the garden where he was working He wore blue overalls and black shoes
14) She said that the car was traveling at 40 k.p.h when it began to skid
15) She said that she didn’t like her present flat and tried to find another
16) While he was making his speech the minister suddenly felt faint But someone brought him a glass of water and after a minutes he was able to continue
17) When I saw him he was painting a portrait of his wife
Did you like it?
He only just started when I saw it , so I couldn’t judge
18) I took my friend to a murder trial the other day
Who was tried?
A man called Bill Sykes
Was he acquitted?
I don’t know They were still listening to the evidence when we left
19) I was sorry that I had to leave the party early, because I enjoyed myself
20) As we were comig here a policeman stoppedus He said that he was looking for some stolen property and asked if he could search the car
21) I saw you yesterday from the bus Why were you using a stick?
I was using a stick because I had hurt my leg that morning falling off a horse
Whose horse did you ride?
22) The floor was covered with balls of wool.Obviously Mrs Pitt was knitting something 23) Ann said that she was on holiday I said that I hoped that she enjoyed herself
24) While he was watering the flowers it began to rain He put up his umbrella and went
on watering
25) I was just writing a cheque when I remember that I had nothing in the bank
26) I found this ring as I was digging in the garden It looks very old I wonder who it belonged to?