the simple present simple and the present continuous 1.. It usually rain ………in the summer.. Rivers usually flow ………to the sea.. They often build ……… hotels, but this year they build ………
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1 The sun (set) …………in the West The earth (circle) ………the Sun once every 365 days
2 It usually (rain) ………in the summer Rivers usually (flow) ………to the sea
3 They often (build) ……… hotels, but this year they (build) ……… hospitals
4 Bees (make) ………honey
5 Look! Lan often (play)……….badminton but this afternoon she (play) ……… table tennis
6 I (not talk) ………to her at present.
7 How often………she (go) ………fishing?
- She (go) ………once a year
8 your friends (be)……… students? - Yes, they (be)
9 the children (play)………in the park at the moment?
- No, they aren’t They (learn) to play the piano
10 ………….you (go)……… to school on Sundays? – Yes, I do.
11 My mother (cook) ………a meal now She ( cook) ………everyday.
12 What…………your mother (do)……… at this time? - She (make) ………a dress.
13 she often (go)……… to the cinema every weekend?
- I don’t know But she always (go) to the church on Sundays.
14 Hurry up! The bus (come) ………
15 Tom can’t have the newspaper now because his aunt (read)……… it
16 I’m busy at the moment I (decorate)……… the meeting room
17 The students (not be) ………in class at present.
18 She always (wash) ………the dishes after meals
19 What your father usually (do) in the evenings ?
20 Oxygen (be)……….necessary for our life
21 What you (wait)………for? ~
I (wait)……….for the shop to open
22 I can (see) the children They (play) in the yard
23 You can’t see Tom now: he (have)……… a bath
24 I won’t go out now as it (rain)……… and I (not have) ……….an umbrella
25.Ann (make)……….her dress at the moment She (make)…… all her own clothes
26.You (love) ……… him?~ No I (like)………him very much but I (not love)
……… him
27.I (wear)……… my sun classes today because the sun is very strong
28.How you (get) ………to work as a rule? ~
I usually (go)……… by bus but tomorrow I (go) ……….in Tom’s car
29.You (enjoy)……….yourself or would you like to leave now? ~
I (enjoy)……….myself very much I (want) ……… to stay to the end
30 He always (drink)……… tea but today he (drink)……….tea
31 The last train (leave)………the station at 12:30
32.You (believe)………all that the newspapers say? ~
No, I (not believe) ……… any of it
33 You (hear)……….the wind? It (blow)………very strongly tonight
34 You (understand)……… what the lecturer saying? ~
Trang 236 Why you (walk)………so fast to day? You usually (walk) ……….quite slowly ~
I (hurry)……….because I (meet)……….my mother at four o’clock and she (not like) ………… ………… to be kept waiting
37 If he (not start)………now, he’ll be late for the course
38 She (own)………three hotels in Hanoi at the moment
39 The price of rice (go)……….up
40 When you (meet)……… her tomorrow, she’ll tell you the truth
41 The children in the next room always (make) noise……….at night
42.There is strong smell and the sound of frying Obviously Mrs Jane (cook) ……… fish
43 I always (buy)………lottery tickets but I never (win)……… anything
44 He always (say)……….that he will mend the window but he never (do)……….it
The simple past and the past continuous
45 He (watch)………TV when the phone rang Immediately, he (turn)……… down the sound and (go)……….to answer it
46 You (buy)……….this car last summer? ~
No, I (buy)……… it along time ago
47 I (make)………a cake when the light went out I (have)……… to finish it in the dark
48 When I arrived she (have)……….lunch She (say)………that she always (lunch)
……… at 12:30
49 The children (be) frightened because it (get) ………dark
50 It was a fine day and the road were crowded because a lot of people (rush)……….to the seaside
51 What you (think)……… of his last book? ~
I (like) ……….it very much
52.I (share)………a flat with him when we were students He always (complain)……… about my untidiness
53 You looked very busy when I (see)……… you yesterday What you (do)……….?
54 When I (look)………for my pen I (find)……… this old photo
55 He suddenly (realize)……….that he (travel)……….in the wrong direction
56 The boys (play)……… cards when they (hear)………their father’s step They immediately (hide)……….the cards and (take)……….out their lesson books
57 While he (water)………the flowers it (begin)………to rain
58 At this time yesterday we (sleep)……… on the train
59 At 3 am Mrs Pitt (wake)………her husband and (say)……… that she (think)………… that someone (try)……….to get into the house
60 He (clean)……….his gun when it accidentally (go)……….off and (kill)………him
61 The burglar (open)………the safe when he (hear)……….footsteps he immediately (put)
………out the torch and (crawl)……….under the bed
62.Yesterday evening I (do)……… my homework while my parents (watch)……….TV
Trang 363 As she (climb)……….the ladder it slipped sideways and she (fall)………off it
64 He (have)……… a bad fall while he (repair)………his roof