So far, you ( make) no mistakes on this exercise... I) Supply the correct verb form: The simple past or The present perfect.. Susan, come quickly.[r]
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1 Be quiet! The baby ( sleep)
2 We seldom ( eat) before 6.30
3 Look! A man ( run) after the train He ( want) to catch it
4 The sun ( set) in the earth
5 It ( be) often very hot in summer
6 I ( do) an exercise on the present tenses at this moment and I (think) that I (know) how to use it now
7 My mother sometimes ( buy) vegetables at this market
8 It ( be) very cold now
9 It (rain ) much in summer It ( rain) now
10 Daisy ( cook) some food in the kitchen at present He always
(cook) in the morning
11 My mother ( read) the newspaper now
12 Those children ( sleep) for two hours every afternoon
13 We always ( do) our English lessons carefully
14 At present, he (work) for a foreign company
15 Just a minute! I (look up) that word in the dictionary
16 The teacher ( point) at the blackboard when he (want) to explain something
17 We(study) the use of the verbs in English at the moment
18 The earth ( go) around the sun once every 365 days
19 That student ( know) all of the new words very well now
20 He generally ( sing) in English but today he (sing) in French
21 He usually ( leave) his office at seven o’clock, but this week he ( work) later
22 They ( not go) to the cinema very often but when they (go) they ( prefer) comedies
23 Those two sisters already ( speak) four foreign languages; now they ( learn) the fifth
24 He usually ( get up) at about seven o’clock; but this month he (be)
on holiday and so he (get up) later
25 My dog usually ( bark) at the postman- but look at that ! For once,
he ( be) friendly to the poor man
26 They left for England this morning I (wonder) whether they
( travel) by air or by train
27 I usually ( write) my letters on Sundays but ( write) this week’s letter today because this morning Sunday we ( go) out
28 She ( have) birthday party tomorrow and she (look) forward to it very much
29 I ( smoke) a lot those days because I ( study) for my final
examinations I always ( smoke) a lot when I ( study)
30 I ( not like) garlic when I ( smell) it but I (love) it when I (taste) it
31 Diane can’t come to the phone because she ( wash)
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33 Kathy ( sit, usually) in the front row during class, but today she ( sit) in the last row
34 Please be quiet! I ( try) to concentrate
35 ( Lock, you, always) the door to your apartment when you leave?
36 I wrote to my friend last week She hasn’t answered my letter yet
I ( wait, still) for a reply
37 After three days of rain , I’m glad that the sun ( shine) again
today
38 Every morning, the sun ( shine) in my bedroom window and
(wake) me up
39 A: look! It ( snow)
B: It’s beautiful! This is the first time I’ve ever seen snow It ( snow, not) in my country
40 Mike is a student, but he ( go, not) to school now because it’s
summer He ( attend) college from September to May every year, but
in the summers he ( have, usually) a job at the post office In fact, he ( work) there this summer
41 I can’t afford that ring It ( cost) too much
42 Look! It ( begin) to rain Unfortunately, I ( have not) my umbrella with me Tom is lucky He ( wear) a raincoat
43 I ( own not) an umbrella I ( wear) a waterproof hat on rainy days
44 Right now I ( look) around the classroom Yoko( write) in her book Carlos ( bite) his pencil Wan – Ning ( scratch) his head Ahmed ( stare) out the window He ( seem) to be daydreaming, but perhaps he ( think) hard about verb tenses What ( think you) Ahmed (do) ?
45 There’s a book on my desk, but it ( belong not) to me
46 Dennis ( ix) the roof of his house today, and he ( need) some help Can you help him?
47 Barbara ( tutor often) other students in her math class This
afternoon she ( help) Steve with his math assignment because he
( understand, not) the material they ( work) on in there class this week
48 Right now, I ( look) at Janet She ( look) angry I wonder what’s the matter She certainly ( have not) any fun right now
49 A: Who is that woman who ( stand) next to the window?
B: Which woman? ( talk, you) about the woman who ( wear) the blue and gold dress?
A: No, I ( talk not) a bout her I ( mean) the woman who ( wear) the blue suit
B: Oh, I ( know not ) I ( recognize not) her
50 A: Close your eyes Now listen carefully What ( hear, you) ? What (
do, I) ?
B: I ( believe) you ( rub) the top of your desk with your hand
A: Close, but not exactly right Try again ( listen, you) carefully?
B: Aha! You ( rub) your hands together
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51 A: Where are you? I (sit) in the kitchen
B: What you ( do) there? I (help) my mother
52: A: Why you ( wash) your clothes this morning?
B: Because the sun ( shine): I never ( wash) clothes when there are clouds in the sky
53.A: Where you (go) now?
B: I (go) to the theatre
C: I ( go) tonight also, but I ( not go) very often
D: I ( go) every week, but tonight I ( go) for the second time in three days
54 A: You ( hear) anything?
B: I ( listen) hard but I can’t hear anything
55 You can’t see Tom now He ( have) a bath
56 He usually ( drink) coffee but today he ( drink) tea
57 What she ( do) in the evenings? She usually ( play) cards or ( watch) TV
58 I won’t go out now as it ( rain) and ( not have) an umbrella
59 The last train (leave) the station at 11.30
60.He usually ( speak) so quickly that I ( not, understand) him
61 Ann ( make) dress for herself at the moment She ( make) all her own clothes
62 Hardly anyone ( wear) a hat nowadays
63 I’m afraid I’ve broken one of your coffee cups Don’t worry I ( like, not) that et anyway
64 I (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong
65 She ( not, work); she ( swim) in the river
66 He ( teach) his boy to ride
67 The aeroplane ( fly) at 2,000 metres
68 “ What Tom (do) now? “ He ( clean) his house”
69 “ It ( rain) “ “ Yes, it ( rain) very hard You can’t go out yet.”
70 “ What you( read) now?” “ I( read) Crime and Punishment”
71 It is lovely day The sun ( shine) and the birds ( sing)
72 She always (ring) up and (ask) questions
73 “ Where is Tom?” “ He ( lie) under the car”
74 Mother ( rest) now She always ( rest) after lunch
75 Could I ring you back in a few minutes?
I ( talk) to someone on the other line
76 Jane’s upstairs with Ann and Roy They ( have) a meeting about the catalogue
77 Could you tell Mr Ford that Miss Lee is here? He ( expect) me
78 What (make) a terrible noise?
It’s the pneumatic drill They ( repair) the road
79 “ What you( wait) for?” “ I ( wait) for my change”
80 I can’t hear what you ( say) The traffic ( make) too much noise
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82 You can’t see Tom now He ( read) in the room
83 The kettle ( boil) now Shall I make the tea?
84 Tom and I both ( belong) to big engineering firm I ( work) in the design section; Tom ( work) in the sales section He often ( go ) abroad on business
At the moment, he ( travel) around America, and next month he ( meet) a customer in Toronto He ( like) traveling and ( enjoy) his present trip, but he ( feel) happy to get back home
84 Tom can’t have the newspaper now because his aunt ( read) it
85 I’m busy at the moment I ( redecorate) the sitting room
86 You ( enjoy) yourself or would you like to leave now.?
I often ( enjoy) myself very much I want to stay at the end
87 How you ( get) to work as a rule
I usually ( go) by bus but tomorrow I ( go) in Tom’s car
88 Why you ( put) on your coat?
I ( go) for a walk You ( come) with me? Yes, I’d love to come You ( mind) if
I bring my dog?
89 How much you ( owe) him?
I (owe) him $5
You ( intend) to pay him
90 You ( belong) to your local library?
Yes, I do
You ( read) a lot?
Yes, quiet a lot
How often you ( change) your books?
I ( change) one everyday
91 Mary usually (learn) languages very quickly but she ( not, seem) able to learn modern Greek
92 I always ( buy) lottery tickets but I never ( win) anything
93 You ( like) this necklace? I ( give) it to my daughter for her birthday
tomorrow
94 I won’t tell you my secret unless you ( promise) not to tell anyone I
( promise)
95 You always ( write) with your left hand?
96 You ( love) him? No, I ( like) him very much but I ( not, love) him
97 You ( dream) at night?
Yes, I always ( dream) and if I ( eat) too much supper I ( have) nightmares
98 The milk ( smell) sour You ( keep) milk for along time?
99 Those work men are never satisfied; they always ( complain)
100 We ( use) this room today because the window in the other room is broken
101 He always ( say) that he will mend the window but he never ( do) it
102 You ( know) why an apple ( fall) down not up?
103.You ( write) to him tonight?
Trang 5Yes, I always ( write) to him on his birthday You (want) to send any message?
104 Tom and Mr Pitt ( have) a long conversation I ( wonder) what they ( talk) about
105 You ( believe) all that the newspaper say?
No, I ( not, believe) any of it
Then why you ( read) newspapers?
106 This car ( make) a very strange noise You ( think) it is all right
Oh, that noise ( not matter) It always ( make) a noise like that
107 The fire ( smoke) horribly I can’t see across the room
I ( expect) that birds ( build) nest in the chimney
Why you ( not, put) wire across the tops of your chimneys?
Tom ( do) that sometimes but it ( not, seem) to make any difference
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continuous.
1 When I ( arrive) at his house, he still ( sleep)
2 The light ( go) out while we ( have) dinner
3 Bill ( have) breakfast when I ( stop) at his house this morning
4 As we ( cross) the street, we ( see) an accident
5 Tom ( see) a serious accident while he ( stand) at the bus stop
6 While my father ( read) a newspaper, I ( learn) my lesson and my sister( do) her homework
7 The children ( play) football when their mother ( come) back home
8 The bell ( ring) while Tom ( take) a bath
9 I (be) very tired because I ( work) all day yesterday
10 He ( sit) in a cafe when I ( see) him
11 They ( study) in the library when the fire alarm went off
12 It ( snow) when I got up this morning
13 Albert Einstein ( die) in 1955
14 Tom ( go) to the post office twice yesterday
15 Helen ( wait) in the lobby, wasn’t she?
16 He ( work) in his way through college at that time
17 He ( teach) economics at Harvard for almost 50 years
18 The wind ( blow0 very hard when I went out this morning
19 He fell while he ( go) down the stairs
20 My car ( break) down this morning on the way to work
21 What she ( do) when you( arrive) there? She ( write)a letter
22 She ( have) her bath while her sister ( get) the breakfast ready
23 The storm ( begin) at half past ten while the class ( study) history
24 When the students ( hear) the bell , they ( get)up and ( leave)
25 Mr Harvey ( ask) me about my plans the next time he ( see) me
26 Just as I ( leave) for home, a student ( stop) me in the hall
27 As I ( cross ) the street, two cars ( race) by me at a full speed
28 Dorothy and I ( just, leave) the house when the telephone ( ring)
29 The minute I ( hear) the news, I ( send) him a telegram
30 I ( go) to ask you to help me, but you ( sleep) so peacefully when I ( look) into your room
31 I ( look ) up at that sky ; dark clouds ( gather)
32 As he come up to his house in the darkness, he ( see) that a man ( climb) out of one the bedroom windows
33 Just at I ( write) the letter, the inkpot ( fall) over
34 A noise of breaking chairs ( suggest) that the men ( fight)
35 My mother ( arrive) while I ( clean) the kitchen
36 He ( just, close) the church door when he ( notice) a man still
praying in the corner
37 John ( work) from morning to night; he ( study) to be a doctor
38 John( work) hard when suddenly the door ( open)
39 The men ( fight) bravely , but the general ( order) them to retreat
Trang 740 Lightning ( strike) the tree that they ( shelter) under Of course, they ( have) a terrible fright, but they ( be) very lucky No harm ( come)
to them at all
41 I am sitting in class right now I ( sit) in class at this time exact same time yesterday
42 I don’t want to go to the zoo today because it is raining The same thing happened yesterday I (want, not) to go to the zoo because it ( rain)
43 I ( call) Roger at nine last night, but he ( be, not) at home He
( study) at the library
44 I ( hear, not) the thunder during the storm last night because I ( sleep)
45 It was beautiful day yesterday when we went for a walk in the park The sun ( shine) A cool breeze ( blow) The bird ( sing)
46 My brother and sister ( argue) about something when I ( walk) into the room
47 I got a package in the mail When I ( open) it, I ( find) a surprise
48 Tommy’s went to his friend’s house, but the boys ( be , not) there They ( play) soccer in the vacant lot down street
49 Stanley ( climb) the stairs when he ( trip) and ( fall) Luckily, he ( hurt, not) himself
50 While Mrs Emerson ( read) the little boy a story, he ( fall) asleep,
so she ( close) the book and quietly ( tiptoe) out of the room
51 I really enjoyed my vacation last January While it ( snow) in Iowa, the sun ( shine) in Florida While you( shovel) snow in Iowa, I ( lie) on the beach in Florida
52 While Ted ( shovel) snow from his driveway yesterday, his wife ( bring ) him a cup of ht chocolate
53 I ( have, almost) a car accident last night I ( drive) down the
Washington Avenue when suddenly I ( see) a car in my lane It ( come) right at my car I ( step) on the brakes and ( swerve)to the right The other car ( miss, just) my car by about an inch
54 Ten years ago, the government ( decide) to begin a food program
At that time, many people in the rural areas of the country ( starve) due
to several years of drought
55 It was my first day of class I ( find, finally) the right room The room ( be, already) full of students On one side of the room, students ( talk, busily) in Spanish Other student ( speak) Japanese, and some ( converse) in Arabic It sounded like the United Nations Some of the students, however, (sit, just) quietly by themselves I (choose) an
empty seat in the last row and ( sit) down In a few minutes, the
teacher ( walk) into the room and all the multilingual conversation
( stop)
56 A: (Hear, you) what she just said?
B: No, I ( listen, not) I ( think) about something else
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B: I ( wait) for an overseas call from my family
58 A: I’m sure met Carol Jones at the party last night:
B: I don’t remember her What ( wear, she) ?
59 A: What’s wrong with your foot?
B: I (step) on a bee while I ( run) barefoot through the grass It ( sting) me
60 A: How ( break, you)your arm? B: I ( slip) on the ice while I ( cross) the street in front of the dorm
61 I lit the fire at 6.00 and it ( burn) brightly when Tom came in at 7.00
62 When I arrived at the lecture had already started and the
professor ( write) on the overhead projector
63 I ( make ) a cake when the light went out I had to finish it in the dark
64 I didn’t want to meet Paul so when he entered the room I ( leave)
65 Unfortunately, when I arrived Ann just ( leave), so we only had time for a few words
66 He ( watch) TV when the phone rang Very unwillingly he ( turn) down the sound and ( go) to answer it
67 He was very polite Whenever his wife entered the room he
( stand) up
68 The admiral ( play) bowls when he received news of the invasion
He ( insist) on fishing the game
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continuous or The present perfect
1 I ( not, see) your brother lately
2 Yes, he ( be sent ) to India
3 When he ( go)?
4 He ( go) last month
5 You ( have) any letters from him?
6 No, I haven’t but his wife ( receive) many letters
7 Does she intend to go out and join him?
8 No, they ( not, decide) yet
9 Where you ( be)? I ( be) at the sales
10 What you ( buy) ? I ( buy) some clothes
11 Why did you buy clothes? I ( tell) you never to buy clothes for me
I couldn’t resist it They ( be) very much reduced
12 My teacher ( teach) English at this school for six years
13 Listen! I ( think) someone ( knock) at the door
14 Mr Smith ( pay) all of his bills at the end of the month
15 Michael ( study) English for six months now
16 It usually (rain) very much in that part of the country
17 I ( be) sorry I ( forget) that fellow’s name already
18 My secretary ( sit) at the different desk today
19 Our present boss ( work) in this company all of his life
20 Up to present, George ( do) good work in this class
21 So far, you ( make) no mistakes on this exercise
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1 Susan, come quickly! The milk ( boil) over and ( make) an awful mess of the kitchen
2 I ( be) very sorry when I ( hear) of his death He ( be) an excellent
writer I ( read) all of his books more than once
3 We ( be invited) to a reception at the Palace next week
4 What’s matter? You ( not speak) a word since you ( come) home
5 Hilda, I’m furious with you I ( wait) in this rain for half an hour
6 I’m sorry dear I ( forget) to give Larry your message I ( leave) the
office in a great hurry
7 Do you remember that restaurant in Endinburgh that you ( take) us to last year? Well, we ( go) to find it again when we ( be) there last month
It ( be pull) down We ( be) very sorry
8 Oh dear! I think our main water –pipe ( break)
9 Somebody ( steal) my wallet Unlucky man! It ( be) a cheap plastic one and there ( be) no money in it at all
10 I ( not, just, get) on the train, you know Why do you keep asking
to see me my ticket? I ( already show) it to you three times in the last four hours
11 I ( see) her before
12 I ( see) her last year
13 Tom ( never be) in Hanoi
14 I ( read ) the novel written by Jack London several times before
15 What you ( do) yesterday?
16 You ( watch) TV last night?
17 She ( be) born in 1980
18 He (write) books since last year
19 Mr Green ( teach) English in this school since he ( graduate) from the University in 1986
20 How long you ( learn) English?
21 What you (learn, you) since you ( came) here? How many new friends ( make, you) ? I hope you ( meet, already) a lot of interesting people
22 Since classes began, I ( have, not) much free time I ( have)
several big tests to study for
23 Last night my roommate and I ( have) some free time, so we ( go)
to a show
24 I admit that I ( get) older since I last ( see) you but with any luck at all, I (get, also) wiser
25 The science of medicine ( advance) a great deal in the nineteenth century
26 Since the beginning of the twentieth century, medical scientists ( make) many important discoveries