Bài tập chuyên đề về thì của động từ

I was having a bath at the time/ that time, so I didn’t hear the doorbell.. Everyone was talking but stopped at the time/ the moment Mr Smith arrived.. I’ve seen Bill quite often lately/

BÀI TẬP CHUYÊN ĐỀ VỀ THÌ CỦA ĐỘNG TỪ

I Matching A and B

1 I haven’t been feeling very well a time and time again

2 I went to the dentist’s b all my life

4 Don’t worry I haven’t been waiting d for the time being

5 I’ve written two pages e for the past hour or two

6 I waited outside your house f yet

7 I’ve warned you about this g till half past eight

8 i haven’t made a decision h for a while

10 I’ve decided to believe you j long

II Underline the most appropriate option

1 Once/ Afterwards I’d read the manual, I found I could use the computer easily.

2 It was more than a month before/ untill I realised what had happened.

3 I managed to talk to Carol just as/while she was leaving.

4 It wasn’t untill/ up to 1983 that Nigel could afford to take holidays abroad.

5 George always let me know by the time/whenever he was going to be late.

6 I was having a bath at the time/ that time, so I didn’t hear the doorbell.

7 We bought our tickets and five minutes after/ later the train arrived.

8 According to grandpa, people used to dress formally those days/ in his days.

9 Everyone was talking but stopped at the time/ the moment Mr Smith arrived.

10 The letter still hadn’t arrived by/ untill the end of the week.

11 It’s a long time since/when I last saw you.

12 I’ve seen Bill quite often lately/ from time to time

13 Have you spoken to the director beforehand/ already ?

14 I’ve lived in the same house for years/ forever.

15 I’ve read the paper now/ still.

16 Diana has bought a computer two years ago/ since then.

17 I’ve finished reading her new book at last/ this evening.

18 Nothing much has been happening by now/ so far.

19 Sue bought a CD player last week and she’s been listening to music ever sine/ for a

while.

20 Sorry, but I haven’t got that work finished already/ yet.

III Verbform :

1 It’s a long time since I saw/ have seen/ have been seeing your brother Paul What did

he do/ has he done/ has he been doing lately ?

2 I can’t believe it, inspector You mean that Smith stole/ has stolen/ has been stealing

money from the till all this time !

3 You three boys look very guilty! What did you do/ have you done/ have you been

doing since I left/ have left the room.

4 Why on Earth didn’t you tell/ haven’t you told me about that loose floorboard ? I

tripped/ have tripped over it just now and hurt myself.

5 I can’t belive that you ate/ have eaten/ have been eating three pizzaa already! I only

bought/ have only bought them in fifteen minutes ago !

6 Don’t forget that you didn’t see/ haven’t seen Mrs Black She has waited/ has been

waiting outside since 10.30.

7 What did you think/ have you thought of Brighton ? Did you stay/ have you stayed

there long ?

8 I feel really tired I weeded/ have weeded/ have been weeding the garden for the last three hours and didn’t rest/ haven’t rested for a single moment.

9 I’m having problems with David He has called/ has been calling me up in the middle

of the night and told/ telling me his troubles.

10 How long did you have/ have you had/ have you been having driving lessons ? And

did you take/ have you taken/ have you been taking your test yet ?

11 This is my new car What (you, think) of it ?

12 A : Who are you ?

B : What do you mean ? I (live) here

13 I can’t find the car keys What (you,do) with them ?

14 Sorry I haven’t fixed the plug I (mean) to get round to

it, but I just haven’t found the time

15 What (you,do) on Saturday ?

16 I don’t know what time we’ll eat It (depend) when Helen gets here

17 I supported you at the time because I (feel) that you were right

18 Peter couldn’t understand what had been decided because too many people

(talk) at once

19 Jean, I’m so glad you’ve got here at last I (expect) you all day

20 I think that people ( become) tired of the poor quality of

TV programmes, though they ( improve) lately

I

1e/ 2i/3b/4j/5c/6g/7a/8f/9h/10d

II

1 once

2 before

3 as

4 untill

5 whenever

6 at the time

7 in his days

8 later

9 the moment

10 by

11 since

12 lately

13 already

14 for years

15 now

16 since then

17 so far

18 at last

19 ever since

20 yet

III

1 saw/ has he been doing

2 has been stealing

3 have you been doing/ left

4 didn’t you tell/ tripped

5 have eaten/ only bought

6 haven’t seen/ has been waiting

7 did you think/ did you stay

8 have been weeding/ haven’t rested

9 has been calling/ telling

10 have you been having/ have you taken

11 do you think

12 live

13 have you done

14 was meaning

15 do you do

16 depends

17 felt

18 were talking

19 have been expecting

20 are becoming/ have improved