They used to ……… swimming in the afternoon.. I wish they ……… here tomorrow.. I wish they ……… here text time.. They used to ……… swimming in the afternoon.. I wish they ……… here next time.
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Trang 2EX1:Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form:
1 They used to ……… swimming in the afternoon ( go )
2 He wishes he ……… a doctor ( be )
3 Is Lan used to ……… to Maryam? ( write )
4 They ……… their work yet ( not finish )
5 I wish they ……… here tomorrow ( be )
6 I would rather you ……… the test well ( do )
7 It’s time we ……… the bus ( catch )
8 Is Lan used to ……… to Maryam? ( write )
9 I wish they ……… here text time ( be )
10 It’s time we ……… ( go )
EX2:Supply the correct verb form:
1 She ( often take ) ……… to the theatre by The Green
2 My car ( repair ) ……… yesterday
3 ……… your house ( rebuild ) ……… next year?
4 Can this car ( repair ) ……….?
5 Must this test ( finish ) ……… on time?
6 Water can’t ( find ) ……… ……….here
7 He used to ( take ) ……… to school by his mother
8 ……… English ( learn ) ……… all over the world?
9 My car ( not repair ) ……… yet
10 I ( invite ) ……… to her party last night
EX3:Supply the correct tense for the verbs in brackets:
1 They used to ……… swimming in the afternoon ( go )
2 He wishes he ……… a doctor ( be )
3 Is Lan used to ……… to Maryam? ( write )
4 I wish they ……… here tomorrow ( be )
5 I would rather you ……… the test well ( do )
6 It’s time we ……… the bus ( catch )
7 He used to ……… to the cinema on the weekends ( go )
8 I wish they ……… here next time ( be )
9 She would rather he ……… ………… here on time ( come )
10 It’s time we ……… ( go )
EX4:Supply the correct verb form:
1 She asked me where I ( buy ) ……… that car
2 She asked him where he ( be ) ……… from
3 They said that they ( sell ) ……… their house
4 I asked them if they ( pass ) ……… the final exam
Trang 35 I asked him if he ( can ) ……… help me.
6 She said to me that she ( sell ) ……… that car the following day
7 He asked me where I ( go ) ……… the previous day
8 The teacher asked her why she ( not do ) ……… the test
9 I asked her if she ( pass ) ……… the final exam
10 They asked him if he ( must ) ……… go then
EX5:Supply the correct form for the verbs in brackets:
1 It took me 2 hours ……… (do) this work
2.When did you finish ……….( paint) the kitchen?
3 I began ……….(learn) English when I was seven
4 Some people like ……… ( have ) breakfast in bed, but I don’t
5 Don’t forget ……… (post) my letter!
6 What do you want ……….(do) tonight?
7 I love ……… (listen) to pop music
8 She continued ……… (talk) during the whole meal
9 They spent all morning ………(learn) the lessons
10 I am fond of ………(go) to the movie on Sundays
EX6:Use the correct form of the verbs in parenthese:
1 Maryam ……… Hanoi last year ( visit )
2 I wish I ……… a doctor (be)
3 He used to ……….to the cinema with me ( go )
4 He ……….here yesterday ( not come )
5 This car was ……… last week ( buy )
6 They used to……… soccer in the evening ( play )
7 He wishes he ……….to Malaysia next year ( go )
8 If you ……… here on time, you can meet him ( come )
9 I wish you ……… noise in class ( not make )
10 You must study hard if you ……… to pass the final exam ( want )
EX7: Supply the correct verb form:
1 She ( often take)………to the theater by The Greens
2 My car (repair) ……… yesterday
3 ………… Your house (rebuild) ……… next year?
4 Can this car (repair)………… ?
5 Must this test ( finish)………on time?
6 Water can’t (find)……… here
7 He used to(take)……….to school by his mother
8 ……… English (learn)……… all over the world?
9 My car ( not repair)……… Yet
10 I ( invite)……… to her party last night
EX8: Supply the correct tense of the verb.
1 They are used to……… (live) in this romote area
Trang 42 He can't speak English without ……… (make) mistakes.
3 We heard him……… (sing) in the next room
4 She noticed something ……… (burn) in the kitchen
5 They decided ……… (have) a picnic in the mountain
6 People prefer furniture ……… (make) of plastic
7 Hamlet, ……… (write) by William Shakespeare, is a famous tragedy
8 They told me……… (not tell) their children about that
9 I wish I……… (be) at home yesterday to meet her
10 If the test……… (be) longer, I might have failed
EX9: Supply the correct verb form.
1 She asked me where I (buy)……… that car
2 She asked him where he (be)……….from
3 They said that they (sell)………their house
4 I asked them if they (pass)……… the final exam
5 I asked him if he (can)……… help me
6 she said to me that she (sell)……… That car the following day
7 He asked me where I (go)………… the previous day
8 The teacher asked her why she (not do)……… the test
9 I asked her if she (listen) ……… to music
10 They asked him if he (must)……… go then
Put the verbs in the right tense or form
1 If he (learn) to drive, he would be able to drive his car
2 They will lose their way if they (not have) _ a map
3 If the students (attend) _ Quang Trung school, they have to wear uniform
4 Frogs and toads (die) a lot if people continue to use electricity to catch fish
5 If Lan (not have) a bicycle, she will not go camping with us
6 His father would buy that house if it (not be) expensive
7 If students do not throw plastic bags anymore, our school yard (clean) _
8 I would do the test in five minutes if it (not be) _ difficult
EX9: Give the correct form of the verb given in the brackets.
1 My dad (not like) coffee, he never (drink) it
2 Ba is short He wishes he (be) taller
3 This house is empty It (not live) in for many years
4 I hate (get) up early in winter
5 Traditionally, the ao dai (wear) by both men and women.
6 This is my house I (live) here for 7 years.
7 I'm busy at the moment I (clean) the floor.
8 Where you (spend) your holiday last summer ?
9 I (see) Nam while I (go) to school yesterday We (say) hello
and (walk) the rest of the road to school together
10 My brother is a teacher He (work) in a school in the city centre
11 Listen! They (sing) an English song.
VERB TENSES
I Simple Present.
1 They often (have) eggs for breakfast
2 We usually (play) _ badminton
3 She sometimes (wake up) _ late
4 He always (go) to the cinema at weekends
5 Mary (watch) _ TV every night
6 She always (kiss) _her children before she (go) _ to bed
7 My parents (teach) _ chemistry
8 She (dance) _ very well
9 _Tom often (arrive) _ late?
Trang 510 _you always (go) _ to school in the morning?
11 We (not wake up) _ early
12 _these hens (lay) _ brown eggs?
13 She (be) _very nice
14 _he (be) _ tall?
15 _you (be) _a teacher?
II Present continuous & simple present.
1 Be quiet! The baby (sleep) _
2 The student (look up) _ the new word right now
3 He (play) _ game at the moment
4 At present, that author (write) _a historical novel
5 She (play) _ tennis when It (rain) _
6 She sometimes (buy) _ vegetables at this market
7 I (read) _book while they (do) _ homework
8 I (see) that you (wear) _your best clothes
9 My mother (cook) _some food in the kitchen at present
She always (cook) _ in the morning
10 Sarah often (work) _late at the office
III Simple Past
1 She (spend) all her money last week
2 Mum (never spend) _ any money on herself
3 I (lend) my penknife to someone, but I can't remember who it was now
4 John and his father (build) _ the cabin themselves last year
5 My parents (sell) the stereo at a garage sale
6 _You (tell) _ anyone about this yesterday?
7 The unidentified plant (bear) _ gorgeous flowers
8 She (tear) _ the letter to pieces and threw it in the bin
9 He often (wear) _ glasses for reading
10 Before God He (swear) _ he was innocent
11 Yesterday Clouds (creep) _ across the horizon, just above the line of trees
12 We both (sleep) _ badly that night
13 She (weep) _ for the loss of her mother
14 Jane (keep) _ the engine running
15 A huge wave (sweep) _ over the deck
16 Mum (pay) _ for my driving lessons
17 He (lay) _ his hand on my shoulder
18 He (break) the biscuit in half and handed one piece to me
19 He (choose) _ his words carefully as he (speak) _
20 Yesterday, I (go) to the restaurant with a client
21 We (drive) around the parking lot for 20 mins to find a parking space
22 When we (arrive) at the restaurant, the place (be) _ full
23 The waitress (ask) us if we (have) reservations
24 I (say), "No, my secretary forgets to make them."
25 The waitress (tell) us to come back in two hours
26 My client and I slowly (walk) back to the car
27 Then we (see) a small grocery store
28 We (stop) in the grocery store and (buy) some sandwiches
29 That (be) better than waiting for two hours
30 I (not go) to school last Sunday
31 She (get) married last year?
32 What _you (do) _last night?- I (do) my homewor
33 I (love) him but no more
34 Yesterday, I (get) _ up at 6 and (have) breakfast at 6.30
35 Tom (not shave)……… this morning because he (not have) …………time
Trang 636 Where ……….you (go)………?
37 I (be)……… hungry, so I (buy)……… something to eat
38 She (not invite)……… her to the party
39 ……… They (be) ……….at work yesterday?
40 We all (leave)……… the party at 11 o’clock
41 I (be) ……… angry because Tom and Ann (be)……… late
42 What……… you (do) ……….at the weekend?
43 They (sell)……… their house
44 Professor Kenneth (teach) ……… another class last year
45 We (spend) ……… two weeks in JAPAN
46 The rain (stop) ……… in the middle of the afternoon
47 We (speak) ………to our friends last night
48 I (realize) ……… my error at once
49 We (eat) ……… lunch at the cafeteria with them
50 He (drive) ……… his car to work yesterday
51 Albert Einstein (die) ……… in 1955
52 Tom (go) ……… to the post office twice yesterday
53 My car (break) ……… down this morning on the way to work
54 I (see) ……….her last year
55 What ……….you (do) ……….yesterday?
56 You (watch) ……….TV last night?
57 She (be) ……….born in 1980
58 We (study) ……… almost every lesson in this book so far
59 We (watch, never) ……… that television program
60 We (watch) ……… an interesting program on television last night
61 My wife and I (travel) ……… to Mexico by air last Summer
62 I (read) ……… that novel again during my last vacation
63 I (have) ……… a little trouble with my car last week
64 However, I (have) ……… no trouble with my car since then
65 He (work) ……… all day yesterday
IV.Present Perfect and simple past.
1 I (wait) for two hours, but she (not come) yet
2 He (write) a book since last year
3 How long you (learn) English?
4 Tom (already finish) his homework
5 I (read) the novel written by Jack London several times before
6 Mai (never be) in Hanoi
7 She (study) _ Korean for two years
1 How many times you (see)……… him since he went to Edinburgh?
2 We are from French We (be)……… there for 20 years
3 I am sorry I (forget)……… that girl’s name already
4 Mai (lose) ……….her dictionary
5 I (wait) ………for the manager for two hours
6 ……….You (ever, see)……… a lion?
7 I (work) ……… very hard for the exam
8 I (live) ……….here since 1970
9 ………….You (be) to the zoo?
10 I’m afraid you (look) ……….aty the wrong one
11 Why are the police here? What……… (happen)?
12 Please stay for dinner, Jane (cook) ……… a lovely meal
13 He (learn) ……… English for three years, but he can’t even read a newspaper yet
14 My teacher (teach) ………… English at this school for six years
15 Michael (study)……… English for six month now
16 Up the the present, George (do) …………good work in this class
17 Our present boss (work) ………… in this company all of his life
Trang 7V.Simple past and Past Perfect.
1 When the police (arrive) _, the car (go) _
2 They (eat) everything by the time I (arrive) at the party
3 When I (find) _ my purse, someone (take) _the money out of it
4 By the time I (get) _ into my town, the shop (close) _
5 They (go) after they (finish) _their work
6 He (do) nothing before he (see) _ me
7 When they (get) _ the station, the train (leave) _
VI>Gerund, to infinitive & bare infinitive
1 I hope (have) a job
2 Try to avoid (make) him angry
3 He thinks of (leave) _ his job
4 Would you mind (show) _ me how (work) the lift?
5 It's no use (wait)
6 I hate (see) _ a child (cry) _
7 I'm looking forward to (see) you
8 He warned her (not touch) _ the wire
9 Gravity makes water (run) downhill
10 Please let me (know) your decision
11 It is difficult (please) every body
12 We are eager (return) to school in the fall
13 Stop (argue) and start (work)
VII- past continuous;
1 This time last year I (live)………… in Brazil
2 What……… you (do)………… at 10 o’clock lastnigt?
3 Tom (cook) ………the dinner
4 Tom burn his hand when he (cook) ………the dinner
5 We(read)………… a book when he arrived
6 What………… he (do) ……… when you came?
7 At 9.o’clock yesterday Lan (not watch)………… T.V
8.All the students (read) ………the text carefully
9.They (walk) ………to the corner
10.They (study) ……… in the library when the fire alarm went off
11.It (snow) ………when I got up this morning
12.Helen (wait) ………in the lobby, wasn’t she?
13.The wind (blow) ………very hard when I went out this morning
14.He fell while he (go) ………down the stairs
15.Where………… she (be) at 5 o’clock this morning?
VIII- past simple or past continuous:
1 His uncle (teach)……… English in our school 5 years ago
2 The old man (fall………….) as he (get)……… into the bus
3 They (not go)……… to the movies last Sunday
4 When I saw him, he (sit) ……… asleep in a chair
5 ………You …………(find)………… my pen yesterday?
6 It (take)……… me 5 minutes to walk to school last year
7 The light (go) ………out when we (study)………… our lesson
8 There (be)……… a lot of noise at the fair yesterday
9 They (give) ……… me the letter a few minutes ago
10 What she (do) ……… when you (arrive) ……… there? She (write)
……… a letter
11 She (have) ……… her bath while her sister (get) ……… the breakfast ready
Trang 812 The storm (begin) ……… at half past ten while the class (study) ……… history
13 When the students (hear) ………… the bell, they (get) ……… up and (leave) ………
14 Mr Harvey (ask) ……… me about my plans the next time he (see) ………… me
15 Just as I (leave) ………for home, a student (stop) ………me in the hall
16 As I (cross) ……… the street, two cars (race) ……… by me at full speed
17 Dorothy and I (just leave) ……… the house when the telephone (ring) ………
18 The minute I (hear) ……… the news, I (send) ……… him a telegram
19 I (go) ……… to ask you to help me, but you (sleep) ………… so peacefully when I (look) ……… into your room that I (decide) ……… to do it alone
20 My mother (arrive) ……… while I (clean) ……… the kitchen
21 John (work) ………from morning to night: he (study) ……… to be a doctor
22 Just as I (write) ………the letter, the inkpot (fall) ………over
23 A noise of breaking chairs (suggest) ………that the men (fight) ………
24 He (just close) ………the church door when he (notice) ………a man still praying in the corner
25 The men (fight) ……… bravely, but the general (order) ……… them to retreat
26 As he (come) ……… up his house in the darkness, he (see) ……… that a man (climb) ……… out of one of the bedroom windows
27 John (work) ……… hard when suddenly the door (open) ………
28 When we (open) ………the front door we (see) ………… someone walking out of the gate
29 Lighting (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
30 When I (arrive) ………at his house, he still (sleep) ………
31 The light (go) ………out while we (have) ………dinner
32 Bill (have) ………breakfast when I (stop) ……… at his house this morning
33 As we (cross) ………the street, we (see) ……… an accident
34 Tom (see) ……… a serious accident while he (stand) ……… at the bus stop
35 While my father (read) ……… a newspaper, I (learn) ……… my lesson and my sister (do) ……… her homework
36 The children (play) ……… football when their mother (come) ………back home
37 The bell (ring) ………while Tom (take) ……… a bath
38 I (be) ………very tired because I (work) ………… all day yesterday
39 He (sit) ………in a cafe when I (see) ……… him
TENSES
1 He bought a Vietnamese-English dictionary and (give)……… it to me
2 The coffee was all right,but the cream (be)……… sour
3 He has a piano and a violin, but he (not have)………….a flute
4 He says that he (arrive)……… on time tomorrow
5 She says that she (arrive)………… on time yesterday
6 I think that Victor (be)………late
7 He said that he (graduate)……….from university in 1991
8 We thought they (move)………to Califoria
9 The teacher said that water (consist)… of hydrogen and oxygen
10 I (be)……….there when you arrive
11 They were still waiting when I (get)……… there
12 He has worked very hard since he (be)………here
13 We have just come in when you (call)…………
14 We’ll have already gone before you (get)………back
15 We decided to go home because it (be)……….very late
16 We have been very busy while they (be)………… here
Trang 917 I haven’t seen him since he (arrive)…………
18 The teacher gave us too many assignments, that we (can not) ……… go to the concert
19 It was such a beautiful day that I (feel)……….like taking a walk
20 He works on sundays so that he (can)………earn money to pay his tuition
21 I (be) ……… busy since we last met
22 I’m very fond of Jane but I (not see)………….much of her lately
23 There (be)……… no guests at all since I left?
24 I never(see)………….anyone more beautifulthan your wife
25 I (meet)……… your husband this afternoon at the station
26 He solved the problem more quickly than I (do)…………
27 This one of the best books that I (ever read)………
28 She has already telephoned the people who (come)………tomorrow
29 I’ll never forget the kindness that you (show)………me
30 Are they the Italians who (own)………… this store?
31 It was the Smiths who (call)………….you
32 She left her home last week and nobody (see)……….her since
33 The video film is so interesting that I (see)…………it twice
34 It is the first time I (meet)……… him here
35 It was at the age of 14 that Jack London (leave)…………school and (become)…………a sailor
36 The video film was so interesting that I (see)…………it twice
37 It was the first time they (ever meet)………
38 The news (be)………quite alarming yesterday
39 We (not live)……… in England for two years now
40 I (never forget)………… what you (just tell)………….me
41 They (prepare)………… the christmas dinner at the moment
42 When I last (stay)……… in Cairo,I (ride)………to the Pyramids on a camel that my friend (borrow)………… the day before
43 Our teacher (tell)……… us yesterday that he (visit)………England in 1970
44 George (work)………at the university so far
45 When he lived in Manchester,he (work)……… in a bank
46 Birds (build)………their nests in the summer and (fly)…….to the south in winter
47 I (lose)………my key Can you help me look for it?
48 My father (not smoke)……….for 5 years
49 My teacher wasn’t at home when I (arrive)…………He (just go)…….out
50 How long Bod and Mary (be)…………married?
51 You (receive)……….any letter from your parents yet?
52 My brother (join)…………the army when he (be)……….young
53 I (see)…… a car accident while I (wait)……… for you at this corner yesterday
54 Mr.John (be)……… principal of our school since last year
55 Mr Smith (teach)……….at this school since he (graduate)……… in 1990
56 My father (not watch)……….TV every night
57 I (meet)……… Arthur 3 weeks ago
58 Yesterday the police (report)…………that they (capture)……… the thief
59 My friend (thank)………me for what I had done for him
60 Someone (steal)………… my handbag on the bus
61 The Browns (live)…… in Paris for 7 years when the second world war (break)……… out
62 Last month I (be)……….in the hospital for ten days
63 Don’t call me in the afternoon I usually (be)……… away in the afternoon
64 John (drive)……… that car ever since I (know)……….him
65 People (speak)……….English in most of Canada
66 The dog (wag)………his tail whenever he (see)………me
67 I (never see)…………anyone more punctual than your brother
68 I (meet)…… your brother this afternoon at Green Street
69 He (light)……… a cigarrette and (walk)………to the window
70 The performance (begin)………….at 7 o’clock and (last)……… for 3 hours
71 “You (be)…….here before? ” - Yes, I (spend)…… my holidays here last year
Trang 1072 He (leave)…………for London 2 years ago and I (not see)…… him since.
73 You (be)………to the laboratory this week?
74 Thousands of people (see)……… this exhibition by the end of the month
75 By the time you (finish)………… cooking they (do)……… their homework
76 I don’t think he (change)………in the thirty years I (know)…… him
77 Then about a year ago he (disappear)………….and I (never hear)……… from him since
78 My father (fight)………… for 4 years in the last war
79 I’m taking my daughter out tonight She (not have)………… fun for a long time
80 When I (look)………… at my suitcase,I could see that somebody (try)……….to open it
81 When we (get)………… to the restaurant, we (find)……….that nobody (remember)
……… to reserve a table
82 The doctor (examine)……….him, and that he (break)……… his arm
83 As soon as she arrived England, she (find)…… that the language (be)……quite different from the English that she (learn)……… at school
84 I’m going to bed I (work)……… for hours and I’m tired
85 Good afternoon Can I help you? – Yes I (bring)……… my watch to youfor repair 3 weeks ago Is it ready yet?
86 I wanted to be the first to teel her the news, but I was too late Someone (already tell)
………her
87 He (come) ………in to the room a moment after I (get)…… there
88 I hardly (be)………there 5 minutes when Mrs Brown (come)…………in with the coffee
89 Scarcely they (move)……… into the new house when their friends (come)…… in
90 I (meet)……… John before I (be)……… a fortnight in Paris
91 He no sooner (reach)…… the door than he (come)…….back
92 He (have)………a bad fall while he (repair)………his roof
93 By the end of this month, I hope, I (write)………200 pages of my new novel
94 It (take)…….a moment before Nick (realise)………… he (offer)……… a cigarette by the stranger
95 While he (learn)…… to drive he (have)……… 25 accidents
96 It’s no using getting inpatient.The plane (not arrive)…… until the weather (clear)……up
97 I (think) …… about you a lot lately and I (come)……… to the conclusion that I(not be)
…… able to live without you
98 I don’t mind (wait)………I’d rather (be)…….too early than too late
99 Those students who (fail)………the exam are going to take another one held in August
100 “ I am just going out to get an evening paper.” “ But it (rain)……….Why you (not wait)
……… till the rain (stop)………?
101 I (think)……… your father’s health (improve)………so much since I (see)……him last
102 Don’t worry We (finish)……… …… the report by 11
103 Listen to this ! I think this news (surprise)…………you
104 When I first (come)…….to this village, it was quiet place But since then the population(double)
………and a lot of leisure facilities (build)………
105 Hurry up or you (be)…… ……….late for class
106 The Ajax shoe company (employ)…… 25 new men next month
107 Don’t talk to me I (try)………… to learn this page by heart
108 A:Call a doctor quickly! The old man (die)………
B: The doctor is on the way He (just leave)……… his house
109 Don’t be upset.I (understand)………….perfectly
110 We must take umbrella It (rain)………
111 Wood usually (float)………… on the water
112 Look out! The ceiling (fall)………in
113 It’s too late Nothing (matter)………… now
114 I (listen) ……… to the radio when you (ring)………… the bell first time , and that’s why I (not hear)………….you
115 At school, We (learn)…… two foreign languages
116 As a boy , I (always read)………….I always (have)……… my nose in a book
117 John (learn)……….English for seven years, and at last he (master)………the irregular verbs