* Thì Simple Present được dùng để chỉ một hành động diễn ra trong thời gian nói chung, không nhất thiết phải là thời gian ở hiện tại.. Không gì quí hơn độc lập tự do 2 Thì Present Contin
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TENSES
CÁCH DÙNG CÁC THÌ (THE USE OF TENSES)
Để biểu thị thời gian và trạng thái của hành động được diễn đạt bằng động từ người ta dùng THÌ (tenses) Động từ tiếng Anh có 12 thì (tenses) ở dạng chủ động Để hiểu được hình thái của các thì, ta có thể nghiên cứu cách chia động từ TO STUDY trong bảng dưới đây :
Present
- I (You / We /
They) study
- He (She / It)
studies
- I am studying
- He (She / It) is studying
- You (We / They) are studying
- I (You / We / They) have studied
- He (She / It) has studied
- I (You / We / They) have been studying
- He ( She / It) has been studying
Past - I (You / He /
She / It / We /
They) studied
- I (He / She / It) was studying
- You (We / They) were studying
- I (You / He / She / It /
We / They) had studied
- I (You / He / She / It / We / They) had been studying
Future - I (We) shall
study
- You (He /
She / it / They)
will study
- I (We) shall be studying
- You (He / She / It /
They) will be studying
- I (We) shall have studied
- You (He / She / it / They) will have studied
- I (We) shall have been studying
- You (He / She / It / They) will have been studying
VÀ THÌ PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Tiếng Anh có hai thì hiện tại mà đa số các em học sinh hay lẫn lộn cách sử dụng Đó là thì hiện tại đơn
(Simple Present) và thì hiện tại tiếp diễn (Present Continuous).
* Thì Simple Present được dùng để chỉ một hành động diễn ra trong thời gian nói chung, không nhất
thiết phải là thời gian ở hiện tại Thời gian nói chung là thời gian mà sự việc diễn ra mỗi ngày (every day), mỗi tuần (every week), mỗi tháng (every month), mỗi năm (every year), mỗi mùa (every spring / summer / autumn / winter)…
- He goes to school every day (Nó đi đến trường mỗi ngày)
- Mr.Brown travels every summer (Hè nào ông Brown cũng đi du lịch)
* Thì Present Continuous được dùng để chỉ một hành động đang xảy ra (a current activity) hay một sự
việc chúng ta đang làm bây giờ (now/ at present/ at this moment), hôm nay (today), tuần này (this week), năm nay (this year)…
- We are learning English now (Bây giờ chúng tôi đang học tiếng Anh)
- Mary is playing the piano at the moment.
(Hiện giờ Mary đang chơi dương cầm)
Hãy so sánh : - I study in a bakery every day.(Tôi làm việc ở tiệm bánh mỗi ngày)
-I’m studying in a bakery this week.(Tuần này tôi đanglàm việc ở tiệm bánh).
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(1) + Thì Simple Present thường được dùng với các động từ chỉ tri giác (verbs of perception) như : feel
(cảm thấy), see (nhìn thấy), hear (nghe)… và các động từ chỉ trạng thái như : know (biết), understand (hiểu), mean (có ý định), like (thích), prefer (thích hơn), love (yêu), hate (ghét), need (cần), want (muốn), remember (nhớ), recognize (nhận ra), believe (tin)…
+ Ngoài ra chúng ta còn dùng thì Simple Present với động từ : be, appear (có vẻ), belong (thuộc về ai), have to (phải)…
+ Thì Simple Present còn được dùng với các trạng từ chỉ tần suất lập đi lập lại (adverbs of
frequency) như : always (luôn luôn), usually (thường thường), often (thường), sometimes (đôi khi), seldom (ít khi), generally (thường), rarely (hiếm khi), never (không bao giờ) …
- That child needs care (Đứa bé đó cần sự chăm sóc)
- This book belongs to me (Quyển sách này là của tôi)
- He never comes late (Nó không bao giờ đến trễ)
+ Chúng ta cũng dùng thì Simple Present để chỉ một chân lý hay một sự thật hiển nhiên (a general
truth)
- The sun rises in the east (Mặt trời mọc ở hướng đông)
- Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom.
(Không gì quí hơn độc lập tự do)
(2) Thì Present Continuous còn được dùng để chỉ hành động ở một tương lai gần (a near future action)
và thường đi với các trạng từ chỉ tương lai như : tomorrow (ngày mai), next week (tuần tới), next month (tháng tới), next year (năm tới), next summer (mùa hè tới) …
- I am going out tonight ( Tối nay tôi sẽ đi chơi)
- My father is travelling to Japan next week.
(Ba tôi sẽ du lịch tới Nhật trong tuần tới)
Exercise I : Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple or the present continuous tense.
1/ My father (have) coffee for breakfast every day
2/ His sister (study) in a shoe store this summer
3/ The students (look) _ up that new word now
4/ Mary (go) to school every day
5/ They (do) this exercise at the moment
6/ Ms Elen (read) _ a newspaper now
7/ It (rain) very much in the summer It (rain) _ now
8/ Bad students never (study) hard
9/ He generally (sing) in English, but today he (sing) in Spanish
10/ We seldom (eat) before 6.30
11/ She sometimes (buy) _ vegetables at his market
12/ Be quiet The baby (sleep)
13/ We always (do) _ our exercises carefully
14/ Look A man (run) after the train He (want) _ to catch it
15/ It (be) very cold now
16/ John (travel) to England tomorrow
17/ I (need) some money for my textbooks
18/ Tom (like) to go to the museums
19/ Mary (love) ice-cream
Trang 320/ My mother (cook) some food in the kitchen at present She always (cook) in the mornings
21/ I often (leave) the city at weekends
22/ The guests (watch) the TV programmes now
23/ I (see) _ you (wear) _ your best clothes
24/ The sun (set) in the west
25/ My friend (study) English for an hour every night
26/ Listen I (hear) _ someone knocking at the front door
27/ I (do) an exercise on the present tense at the moment and I (think) that I (know) _how
to use it now
28/ Honesty (be) the best policy
29/ The earth (go) round the sun
30/ Two and two (make) four
* 2 SO SÁNH THÌ PRESENT PERFECT VÀ THÌ SIMPLE PAST
* Thì Present perfect (Hiện Tại Hoàn Thành) được dùng để chỉ một quá khứ không rõ thời điểm và còn
liên lạc với hiện tại
* Thì Simple Past (Quá Khứ Đơn) được dùng để chỉ một quá khứ có thời điểm rõ rệt cắt đứt với hiện tại + CHÚ Ý :
(1) Thì Present Perfect thường đi với những từ như : up to now, up to the present, so far (cho tới nay), not … yet (vẫn chưa), for, since, ever (đã từng), never, several times (nhiều lần), just (vừa), recently (vừa mới), lately (mới đây)
- Have you ever seen a tiger ? (Bạn có bao giờ nhìn thấy cọp chưa)
- The train has not arrived yet (Chiếc xe lửa vẫn chưa đến)
- We have lived here for six years.
(Chúng tôi đã sinh sống tại nơi đây được 6 năm)
- The bell has just rung (Chuông vừa mới reo)
(2) * Thì Simple Past thường đi với những tiếng chỉ thời gian quá khứ xác định như : yesterday (ngày hôm qua), the day before yesterday (ngày hôm kia), last week (tuần rồi), last month (tháng rồi), last year (năm rồi), last summer (mùa hè rồi), ago (cách đây).
- We came here a month ago (Chúng tôi đến đây cách đây một tháng)
- He went to the cinema yesterday (Hôm qua nó đi xem phim)
* Thì Simple Past còn được dùng để chỉ một chuỗi các hành động kế tiếp xảy ra trong quá khứ.
- He closed all the windows, locked the doors and then went out.
(Nó đóng tất cả cửa sổ lại, khóa các cửa cái lại, rồi đi ra khỏi nhà)
Exercise II : Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect or the simple past tense.
1/ We (never watch) that TV programme
2/ We (watch) a good programme on TV last night
3/ He (read) that novel many times before
4/ He (read) that novel again last vacation
5/ I (have) a little trouble with my car last week
6/ However, I (have) no trouble with my car since then
7/ I (not see) John for a long time I (see) him 3 weeks ago
8/ The school bell (ring) We must go now
9/ I (meet) Mary last night She (become) a very big girl
Trang 410/ He is very thirsty He (not drink) since this morning.
11/ It is very hot Summer (come)
12/ They (study) at this school for 7 years now
13/ They (begin) to study at this school 7 years ago
14/ Since when (you know) _ her ?
15/ How long ago (he start) to learn French ?
16/ She (lose) her handbag on the train yesterday morning
17/ My mother (be) in hospital for a long time and she cannot go home yet
18/ His dog (just run) out of the garden
19/ Mr Brown (travel) by air several times in the past
20/ He (travel) _ to Mexico by air last summer
* 3 SO SÁNH THÌ PRESENT PERFECT VÀ THÌ PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
+ Thì Present perfect (Hiện Tại Hoàn Thành) được dùng để chỉ kết quả của một tình trạng ở hiện tại (the
result of the present state), một việc xảy ra trong quá khứ không rõ thời điểm, lập đi lập lại nhiều lần và kéo
dài đến hiện tại
+ Thì Present Perfect Continuous (Hiện Tại Hoàn Thành Tiếp Diễn) được dùng để chỉ sự tiếp diễn của
một hành động (the continuity of an action) cho tới hiện tại.
- I have been waiting for two hours, but she has not come yet.
(Tôi đã chờ suốt hai tiếng nhưng cô ấy vẫn chưa đến)
- He has been living here since 1975 (Ông ấy đã sống ở đây từ năm 1975.)
- We have been studying in the garden all morning.
(Chúng tôi đã làm việc ở ngòai vườn suốt cả buổi sáng.)
+ Thì Present Perfect Continuous còn được dùng với các động từ như : lie (năm), wait (chờ đợi), sit (ngồi), stand (đứng), study, learn (học), live (sống), rest (nghĩ nghơi), stay (ở)…
- They have been learning English since 1995.
(Họ đã học tiếng Anh liên tục từ năm 1995 đến nay) -The chair has been lying in the store window for ages.
(Cái ghế này nằm ở trong tủ kính đã lâu lắm rồi)
Exercise III : Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect or the present perfect continuous tense.
1/ I (try) to learn French for years, but I (not succeed) _ yet
2/ She (read) _ all the studys of Dickens How many (you read) _?
3/ I (wait) here nearly half an hour for my girlfriend; do you think she (forget)
to come ?
4/ Mary (rest) in the garden all day because she (be) ill
5/ Although John (study) at the University for 5 years, he (not get) his degree yet
6/ Jack (go) to Switzerland for a holiday He (never, be) _ there
7/ We (live) here for the last six months, and (just, decide) to move
8/ That book ( lie) on the table for weeks You (not read) it yet ?
9/ He (not be) _ here since Christmas; I wonder where he (live) since then 10/ He (lose) his books He (look) for them all afternoon, but they (not turn up) _yet
Trang 511/ She (study) _ so hard this week that she (not have) _ time to go to the cinema
12/ Your hair is wet (You swim) for a long time ?
13/ Bill is still a bad driver although he (drive) cars for six years
14/ You look very tired (You study) very hard ?
15/ The phone (ring) for 2 minutes, but I (not answer) it yet
Exercise IV : Put the verbs in brackets in the present tenses.
1/ I (be) sorry I (forget) that fellow’s name already
2/ Jack (look) forward to his vacation next June
3/ I (have) no trouble with my English lessons up to now
4/ Mr and Mrs Brown (be) _ in New York for 2 months
5/ Michael (study) 38 hours a week
6/ At present, that author (write) _ a novel
7/ George (do) good study in this class so far
8/ The weather( generally, get) hot in July
9/ You must wake her up She (sleep) soundly for 10 hours
10/ Listen! I (think) someone (knock) at the front door
11/ How long (you learn) English?
12/ That student (know) all the new words very well now
13/ Alice (lose) her Vietnamese-English dictionary
14/ Fred (just, graduate) from Oxford University
15/ The earth (circle) the sun once every 365 days
16/ That grandfather clock (stand) there for as long as I can remember
17/ That brown briefcase (belong) to Dr Rice
18/ Jim (study) on his report this year
19/ Robert (wait) for you since noon
20/ That museum (stand) _ here for centuries
21/ The sun (get) very hot during the afternoon
22/ Tom (buy) _ a new car next week
23/ The boys and girls (go) _ home after this lesson
24/ Davis (play) football every afternoon
25/ Up to the present, we (write) almost every lesson in this book
* 4 SO SÁNH THÌ SIMPLE PAST VÀ THÌ PAST CONTINUOUS
+ Thì Simple Past (Quá Khứ Đơn) được dùng để chỉ một hành động ngắn (thình lình) xảy ra trong quá khứ.
- I met him in the street yesterday (Hôm qua tôi gặp hắn ta ở trên đường)
+ Thì Past Continuous (Quá Khứ Tiếp Diễn) được dùng để chỉ một hành động kéo dài trong quá khứ
tương ứng với một hành động khác cũng trong quá khứ
- I met him while he was crossing the street (Tôi đã gặp hắn ta khi hắn ta đang băng qua đường)
- She was going home when she saw an accident (Cô ấy đang về nhà øthì cô ấy nhìn thấy một tai
nạn)
+ Thì Past Continuous còn diễn tả một hành động kéo dài tại điểm thời gian xác định ở quá khứ hoặc hai
hành động liên tiếp song song với nhau
- My father was watching TV at 8 o’clock last night (Vào lúc 8 giờ tối qua ba tôi đang xem TV.)
Trang 6- I was doing my homestudy while my father was watching TV (Tôi đang làm bài tập trong khi ba tôi đang
xem TV.)
Exercise V : Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous tense.
1/ He (sit) in a bar when I (see) him
2/ When I (go) out, the sun (shine)
3/ The light (go) out while I (have) tea
4/ When it (rain) , she(carry) an umbrella
5/ We (walk) to the station when it (begin) to rain
6/ He (teach) _ English for 2 months when he (live) in Germany and (study) _ as
a journalist
7/ The house (burn) fast, so we (break) the window to get out
8/ He (eat) three sandwiches while you (talk) to him
9/ The servant (drop) _ two cups while she (wash up) last night; neither of them
(break) _
10/ While he (write) a letter, the telephone (ring) ; as he (go) to answer it, he (hear) a knock on the door; the telephone (still, ring) while he (walk) to the door, but just as he (open) it, it (stop)
* 5. SO SÁNH THÌ SIMPLE PAST VÀ THÌ PAST PERFECT
+ Thì Past Perfect (Quá Khứ Hoàn Thành) dùng để chỉ một hành động xảy ra trước một hành động khác
cũng trong quá khứ (past action)
- When he had finished his study, he went home (Khi đã làm xong việc, nó trở về nhà)
-By the time I arrived at the station, the train had gone (Vào lúc tôi đến nhà ga thì xe lửa đã chạy
rồi)
+ Thì Past Perfect còn diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trước một điểm thời gian xác định ở quá khứ.
- By 10 o’clock last night, I had gone to bed (Tôi đã lên giường ngủ trước 10 giờ tối qua.)
Exercise VI : Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past perfect tense.
1/ They (go) home after they (finish) their study
2/ He (do) _ nothing before he (see) _ me
3/ He (thank) me for what I (do) for him
4/ I (be) sorry that I (hurt) him
5/ After they (go) , I (sit) down and (rest)
6/ When I (arrive) _, the dinner (already, begin)
7/ My friend (not see) _ me for many years when I (meet) _ last week
8/ He (learn) English before he (leave) for England
9/ In England, he soon (remember) all he (learn)
10/ They (tell) him they (not meet) him before
11/ He (ask) why we (come) so early
12/ She (say) that she (already, see) _ Dr Rice
13/ By the time Bill (get) there, the meeting (start)
14/ When we (arrive) at our place, we (find) that a burglar (break) in
15/ Almost everybody (leave) _ for home by the time we (arrive) _
* 6 SO SÁNH THÌ PAST PERFECT VÀ THÌ PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Trang 7+ Thì Past Perfect Continuous (Quá Khứ Hoàn Thành Tiếp Diễn) dùng để nhấn mạnh tính liên tục của
hành động trước khi một hành động quá khứ khác xảy ra Hãy so sánh :
- She had been studying English before she came here for classes (Cô ấy đã liên tục học tiếng Anh trước
khi đến đây học).
- She had studied English before she came for classes (Cô ấy đã học tiếng Anh trước khi đến đây học).
Và hãy so sánh :
- It had been raining when I got up this morning (Mưa đã dứt khi tôi thức dậy.)
- It was raining when I got up this morning (Mưa vẫn còn khi tôi thức dậy.)
Exercise VII : Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past perfect continuous tense.
1/ I (ask) _ him what he (do)
2/ Tom (be) _ tired He (run) for an hour
3/ Although he (go) to the doctor for 6 months, he (not, feel) any better 4/ The telephone (ring) _ for 5 minutes before it (be) _ answered
5/ They (tell) me you (live) in London before the war
6/ The poor man (wait) for 6 hours before he (be) brought into the room 7/ By noon that day, we (drive) for 5 hours
8/ The robber who (watch) him running to the tree (sit) down under its branches and (begin) _to attack him
9/ I (ask) _ her what she (do) _ since she (arrive) _ in England
10/ She (tell) me that she (study) English literature
* 7 SO SÁNH THÌ SIMPLE FUTURE VÀ THÌ FUTURE CONTINUOUS
+ Thì Simple Future (Tương Lai Đơn) diễn tả một hành động sẽ xảy ra (có hoặc không có thời gian xác định ở tương lai); còn thì Future Continuous (Tương Lai Tiếp Diễn) diễn tả một hành động liên tiến tại điểm
thời gian xác định ở tương lai
- He will go to the stadium next Sunday (Chủ nhật tới tôi sẽ đến sân vận động)
- We will / shall have the final test (Chúng tôi sẽ làm kiểm tra cuối cùng.)
Hãy so sánh :
- I will eat breakfast at 6 o’clock tomorrow (Vào lúc 6 giờ sáng mai, tôi sẽ (bắt đầu) dùng bữa
điểm tâm.)
- I will be eating breakfast at 6 o’clock tomorrow (Vào lúc 6 giờ sáng mai, tôi sẽ đang dùng bữa
điểm tâm.)
+ Trong các mệnh đề trạng từ chỉ thời gian (adverb clause of time) hay mệnh đề điều kiện (adverb clause
of condition), thì Simple Present được dùng để thay thế cho thì Simple Future.
- I shall not go until I see him (Tôi sẽ không đi cho tới khi nào tôi nhìn thấy nó.)
- If he comes tomorrow, he will do it (Nếu ngày mai nó đến, nó sẽ làm điều đó.)
+ Chú ý : WILL còn được dùng cho tất cả các ngôi.
Exercise VIII : Put the verbs in brackets in the simple present or the simple future tense
1/ We (go) out when the rain (stop)
2/ I (stay) _ here until he (answer) me
3/ Wait until I (catch) you
4/ I (be) _ ready before you (count) _ ten
5/ John must eat his breakfast before he (go) out
6/ Miss Helen (help) you as soon as she (finish) that letter
7/ He (tell) _ you when you (get) there
Trang 88/ She (not come) until you (be) _ ready.
9/ He (tell) you when you (ask) him
10/ I (come) _ and (see) you before I (leave) _ for England
* 8 SO SÁNH THÌ FUTURE PERFECT VÀ THÌ FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
+ Thì Future Perfect (Tương Lai Hoàn Thành) được dùng để chỉ một hành động sẽ hoàn thành trước một
hành động khác trong tương lai hay một điểm thời gian ở tương lai
- The taxi will have arrived by the time you finish dressing.(Chiếc taxi sẽ đến trước khi bạn thay xong quần
áo.)
- By next Christmas, he will have lived in Dalat for 5 years (Đến mùa Giáng sinh này, ông ấy sẽ sống ở
Dalat được 5 năm.)
+ Để nhấn mạnh tính liên tục của hành động, chúng ta dùng thì Future Perfect Continuous (Tương Lai
Hoàn Thành Tiếp Diễn)
- By the time you receive this letter, we shall have been travelling through Russia (Lúc bạn được bức thư
này, chúng tôi sẽ đi băng qua nước Nga.
- By next June, they will have been studying in this factory for 12 years (Đến tháng sáu này, tôi làm việc
liên tục ở nhà máy này được 12 năm.)
Exercise IX : Put the verbs in brackets in the simple present, simple future, present perfect or future perfect tense.
1/ I’ll wait until he (write) his next novel
2/ When you (come) _ back, he (already buy) a new house
3/ Don’t come until I (finish) _ lunch
4/ I (hope) _ it (stop) raining by 5 o’clock this afternoon
5/ The river (not begin) _ to rise until some rain (fall)
6/ I (stay) here until you (finish) _ your study
7/ By next month, I (leave) _ for India
8/ He (finish) _ his study before you (leave)
9/ Before you (go) , they (leave) the country
10/ The meeting (finish) _ by the time we (get) _ there
Exercise X : Put the verbs in brackets in the simple present, simple future, future continuous or future perfect tense.
1/ We (send) you a telegram as soon as we (arrive) _ in London
2/ When George (come) _ this afternoon, he (bring) _ his friends
3/ I (speak) _ to you about that matter after the meeting tonight
4/ By the time you (receive) this letter, we (cross) the Atlantic Ocean 5/ By this time next week, you (meet) my boyfriend, Ali
6/ I (wait) _ for you right here when you (come) out of the building
7/ She (wait) for you at 5 o’clock this afternoon
8/ I (give) it back as soon as he (want) it
9/ I (not move) from here until you (get) back
10/ They (not come) home until they (see) everything
Exercise XI : Supply the correct tense.
1/ They (just decide) that they (undertake) _ the job
2/ We (go) _ to the theatre last night
3/ He usually (write) in green ink
4/ She (play) _ the piano when our guests (arrive) _ last night
Trang 95/ We (do) an English exercise at the moment.
6/ She (just come) in and (see) you in 5 minutes
7/ I (come) _ as soon as my study is finished (You be) ready ?
8/ Where (you go) for your holiday last year ?
9/ I (not leave) Paris since we (go) _ to Dieppe three years ago
10/ My mother (come) to stay with us next weekend
11/ We (meet) only yesterday and (already decide) to get married
12/ I (never see) snow
13/ Violets (bloom) in spring
14/ We (not live) _ in England for the last two months
15/ I (lose) my keys; I cannot remember where I last (see) them
16/ He (not arrive) when I (write) my last letter to you
17/ Whenever you (go) _ to town nowadays, you (spend) _ a lot of money
18/ I (never forget) what you (just tell) me
19/ They (prepare) the Christmas dinner today
20/ When I last (stay) _ in Cairo, I (ride) to the Pyramids on a camel that my friend (borrow) _ the day before
21/ I (finish) _ the book before my next birthday
22/ “Hello! (You make) a cake ?
23/ He (walk) very quickly when I (meet) him yesterday
24/ We (meet) _ you tomorrow after you (finish) your study
25/ Yesterday I (buy) a new watch as my old one (be) _ stolen
Exercise XII : Supply the correct tense.
1/ He said he (be) sorry he (give) me so much trouble
2/ I am sorry that I (not know) _you (leave) _ your pipe when you (come) _ to see me last Thursday
3/ He (be) _ so good to me when I was a boy that to this day I (not forget) _his kindness, and I hope that I (never forget)
4/ He (sleep) _ and (not understand) what you (say) _ to him He (wake) if you (speak) louder
5/ Some animals (not eat) _ during the winter and only (come) out in spring 6/ After leaving school he (study) French in Paris for two years and then (move) to America, where he now (live) _ He (visit) England once or twice and (know) English well; but (not have) yet the opportunity of visiting European countries
7/ I (know) him for a very long time
8/ When my friend Tom grows a beard, even his closest friends (not recognize) _ him 9/ When I (meet) _ him in the street, he (go) to the pictures
10/ I (study) _ English for six years now
11/ I expect he (leave) for France as soon as he (get) _ a visa
12/ He (visit) his friend yesterday and (find) that he (be) out
13/ They (sell) _ all the dresses before we (get) there
14/ After she (study) at the hospital for two years, she (decide) to give up the job
15/ He will come at once because I (tell) him by phone that you (need) him urgently I’m sure he (find) his way easily although he (never visit) this house before
Trang 1016/ By the time you get back, I (finish) _ all my correspondence and then I (can help) you with yours
17/ In a few minutes’ time, when the clock (strike) six, I (wait) here for an hour
18/ He (know) her a long time before he finally (get) _ married to her
19/ I hope it (not rain) when the bride (leave) the church
20/ I (tell) a lie if I said that I (like) you
21/ They (intend) _ to go there next week; but now they (find) they (not have) _ enough money
22/ When he grew old he often (think) _ of all the things he (do) when he (be) _ young
23/ When we (go) to see them last night, they (play) cards; they (say) _ they (play) since six o’clock
24/ This is the second time you (break) a cup; you (break) one yesterday My last servant (never break) anything, and you (break) _ nearly half the things
in the house
25/ I always (tell) _ you to comb your hair, but you never (do) _ what I (say) _
26/ Last night I (go) to a party When I (get) _, the room (be) full of people Some of them (dance) _ and others (talk) One young woman (stand) by herself I (never, meet) _ her, so I (introduce) myself to her
27/ John is in English class He (study) English this semester He (also, take) some other classes His Classes (begin) at 9 o’clock every day
28/ I (see) _ you in the school play last night You (do) _ a terrific acting job (you ever act) _ in a play before this one?
-Yes, I (start) _ acting when I was in elementary school
29/ Yesterday I (go) _ to my daughter’s dance recital I (be never) _ to a dance recital before I (take, not) _ dancing lessons when I (be) _ a child
30/ When I (hear) _ a knock at the door last night, I (walk) _ to the door and (open) it When I (open) _the door, I (see) my brother I (greet) him and (ask) _ him to come _ in
MORE EXERCISES
EXERCISE I_ Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets
a) The last time I went to London, I _ (not have) time to visit all the places I (want) to see
I _ (be) able to find my way, of course, and I soon (get) to know where the main streets and the most famous buildings were But I had no time to go inside and ( have) a good look at them This time I hope to do better I think I _ ( spend ) a day at Westminster if I can (go) to the Houses of Parliament Of course, I can spend a long time in Westminster Abbey and _(learn) about all the interesting things there
b) Language is one of man’s most precious possessions Without it , he _(be) unable to exchange ideas with his fellow men In the Middle Age, Latin _(be) the universal language Most university classes ( conduct) in Latin and all important documents _ (write) in that language Gradually, however, Latin _ (fall) into disuse, and by the 18th century , French (become) the language of diplomacy Today, however, English (use) commonly in international affairs For this reason, English _( refer) to as a universal language
c) Yesterday afternoon, Tom _(have) a letter from his sister, who lives in Canberra He _( not see) her since she _(move) to Australia Through her letter , he knows that she _ (come) to