Yesterday Ann introduced me to her husband.. Linh lives in Hanoi but her brother Minh live……… in Thai Nguyen.. He arrive ……… yesterday to visit her.. She love ………her brother and is happy
Trang 1VERB TENSE : Put each verb in brackets in the correct tense :
1 It was a beautiful morning The sun (shine)……… About 1,000 people (stand)
……… in front of the Palace At 10:00 , the guards (open)……… the gates and the president’s car (drive)……… out
2 Last year (not, be)……… a good year for Pete and Sonia Pete (have) ……….a car accident and (spend) ……… a month in hospital The children (not, pass) ……….their exams
3 Yesterday Ann introduced me to her husband As I (see)……… him, I (know)……… that I (meet)
……….him before We went to primary school together
4 When she (go) ……… out of the house this morning , she (take) ……….her umbrella because it (rain)
………
5 When he was a boy at school, Edison asked a lot of questions The teacher (think) he was stupid and she (send)
……… him home Edison’s mother (teach)……… her son at home and he (begin)
………to carry out a lot of experiments
6 I (never, meet) ……….anyone famous yet Have you ? – Yes, I (have) ……… I (meet)……… Elton John in NewYork in 1998 and we (talk)……… to each other a lot
7 Last night I (have)……… dinner at arestaurant when Harry Steele (come)……… in Harry (use) ……….to work in a lawyer’s office years ago , but now he (work)……… at abank He (get)……… a good salary, but he always (borrow)……… money from his friends and never (pay) ……… it back Since I knew him he (not, borrow) ………… any money from me
8 When I (come)……… to see Jane yesterday , she (cook) ……….in the kitchen Her husband (be)……… in the garage He (clean ) ……….his car Their children (play) ………games
9 You (see)……… this film ? – Yes, I have When you (see)………… it ? – I (see)………… it last week
10 Annette Peterson is a short story writer She (write)……… several books of short stories, and she (win)
………several rewards for her books A few years ago, she (receive)……… the prize for the most promising author of the year At the moment, she (write)……… a detective story
11 Linh lives in Hanoi but her brother Minh (live)……… in Thai Nguyen He (arrive)
……… yesterday to visit her She (love) ………her brother and is happy to be with him Tomorrow she (take)……… him to some interesting places in Hanoi
12 His name is Robert Jodon He (be)……… an engineer He (be) ……… an engineer for seven years He now (work)……… in a factory in Sedney He (like)……… playing baseball twice a week at an amateur baseball club in the town Last month he (go)……… to Hawaii for a week He (stay)……… in a hotel by the sea and (swim) ……….a lot
13 Albert Maltz was a progressive American writer He (be)……… born in 1908 He (write)
……… his first play “Peace on Earth ” in 1943 It was against wars, so the American police (arrest)
……… him in prison in 1950
14 Disease has always been a part of life Researchers (have)……… great success in fighting some illnesses, but they (be) ………less successful in fighting others They (make)……… progress in fighting serious diseases such as cancer and AIDS, but they (not, find)……… any cures yet And although they (already, develop)……… vaccine for the common cold
15 We (not, go) ………to school on foot every day
16 What you (have) ……… in your bag? My bag (have)……… nothing
17 Your father (like) ………football ? No, he (not) …………He (like)……… badminton
18 What he usually ( do) ………at weekends ? He usually (go)……… to the cinema
19 She (not, play) ……….tennis at the moment She (play)……… badminton
20 He can’t answer the phone now He (have) ……….a bath in his bathroom
21 Don’t make noise, my grandfather ( sleep)………
22 Look! The train ( come)……… You (wait)……… for that train ?
23 I’m busy at the moment, I ( redecorate)……… the sitting-room
24 What Tom ( do) ………now ? He (clean)……… his shoes
25 It’s a lovely day The sun (shine) ……….and the birds (sing)………
26 Be quiet please, I (listen) ………to teacher’s lecture
27 What you (do) ………at the moment ? We (write)……… reports
28 When he (begin) ………studying English ? He (begin) ……… studying it 3 years ago
29 Bill (cut)……… his hair last month
30 She (drive) ……….carelessly and (have) ……….an accident last night
31 I (phone) ……….you twice yesterday and ( get, not) answer Where you (go)……… ?
32 She (be) ………….born on January 5 th , 1987 Yes, she (be)………
33 My father (plant)……… this tree 6 years ago
Trang 234 You (help)……… this woman last week ? No, I ( not)………… I (help) ……… her last month.
35 What he (do)……… last night ? He (do) ………his homework
36 Mary and John (watch) ……… T.V with you last night ? Oh, yes, we (watch) ………T.V together
37 Where you (go) ………last Sunday ? , Lan ? I (not, go)……… anywhere I (stay)
……… at home
38 What he (do)……… yesterday afternoon ? He (play)……… football with his friends
39 Her husband (die)……… 5 years ago and (leave) ………her 5 children without money
40 My cousin (just, tell)……… me about you
41 You (see)……… Mai and Nam recently ? Yes, I (just, see) ………them
42 He (not, make)……… any mistakes yet
43 They (do)……… their homework yet ?
44 Daisy (write)……… many books about this matter
45 They (not, meet)……… each other since they (say) ……… goodbye
46 We (not, buy)……… any newspaper for three weeks
47 Peter (know)……… how to play the guitar since he (be)……… 5 years old
48 I (teach) ………English here for six years
49 Since when his father (be)……… a teacher ? He (be) ……… a teacher since 1997
50 How long your brother (be)……… in New York ? He (be)……… there for 3 months
51 They (start ) ……… building that school in 2005 but they (not, finish)……… it yet
52 I (give)……… a birthday party tonight Will you come ?
53 We (see) ………you next week Are you okay?
54 They (enlarge) ………their farm next year
55 If Lan (pass)……… the exam , she (be) ………very happy
56 They will sad if they (fail) ………the exam
57 She (not, meet)……… me when she (get)……… to the station
58 When it (be) ………wet, we (not, go)……… out for a walk
59 I (leave) ……….for New York tomorrow
60 She (be) ………seventeen next week
61 You (play) ……… football this afternoon ? No, I won’t
62 Nam says he (write)……… to me soon
Write the most suitable words in each gap (ago, yesterday, last, while, when, as, on, in, at)
1) Tommy's father worked in that office 2 years ………
2) The plane was flying ………… 8 p.m ………
3) My best friend went to London ……… month
4) ………I was having dinner, my sister was having a shower
5) ………… did the supermarket close?
6) Your aunt studied German ……… 2001
7) Rose played in an orchestra ……… she was 12 years old
8) Jason was swimming ………… his girlfriend was drinking a coke
9) The TV broke ………… 26th October
10) ………….did he deliver the shopping?
11) My father's friend had a baby ………
12) The suspect can't have committed the crime He was having dinner in the restaurant …………that time ……… 13) My cousin bought the PSP …………he was in London