Student’s name: __________________________
A. Put the verbs in the brackets in the Present
Simple or the Past Simple.
1. Every day Peter (go) _________ to school by bicycle
but yesterday he (go) _________ by bus.
2. When a boy, he (be) ________ very fat and short.
3. Fred (stay) ___________ on a farm for two weeks
last summer.
4. In our country, the rainy season (begin) ________ in
May and (end) ___________ in November.
5. The boy (leave) _________ for school very early this
morning.
6. He (try) _________ very hard but he couldn’t type
the report in a day.
7. No one (know) ________ how to do it. We should
ask Jim for help.
8. It (be) ________ always hot in April in Vietnam.
9. When a boy, my father (live) __________ in a small
village.
10. Who often (wash) ___________ dishes after dinner
every day?
B. Put the verbs in the brackets in the
Past Simple or the Present Perfect.
1. I (meet) ______________ him twice but I can’t
remember is name.
2. Kathy (pay) ____________ him a visit last month, and
they (have) _____________ a good time.
3. This is the nicest restaurant I (ever have) __________
a meal in.
4. The doctor (be) _____________ here since eight
o’clock.
5. I (already / tell) _______________ him many times
that I can’t come.
6. She (work) ______________ in the factory for six
months, she may knows who he is.
7. ______ you (finish) _____________ your work yet?
It’s time to go.
8. A: ______ you (meet) ________ them yesterday?
B: No, I didn’t. They (leave) ____________ for
London very early in the morning.
9. A: My name’s Dean Martin. I’d like to see Mr. John
Marvick.
B: I’m sorry, he (already / go) ________________ to
Paris on business.
10. How many people (come) _______________ to
the party last night?
C. Put the verbs in the brackets in the Present Simple
or the Present Progressive.
1. A: Where’s Peter?
B: He (be) _________________ in the garden. He
(pick) ___________________ some flowers.
2. The show (start) ________________ at eight o’clock
every night.
3. She (listen) __________________ to the radio in her
bedroom at the moment.
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4. The children (go) _______________ to
bed at nine o’clock.
5. We (go) _____________________ to the
beach now.
6. Peter and Susan (spend) ____________
a week in Ha Noi every summer.
7. I’m sorry but I (disagree) ____________
with you.
8. I (work) ______________ in Washington,
though I (stay) ______________ in New
York at the moment.
9. He (know) ___________ you are wrong.
10. The man (go) ___________________ to
Nha Trang next week.
D. Put the verbs in the brackets in the
Past Simple or the Past Progressive.
1. When I arrived, the teacher (write) _____
___________ my name on the board.
2. I (make) _________________ a cake
when the light went out. I (have) ______
_______ to finish it in the dark.
3. He (watch) __________________ TV
when the phone rang. He (turn) _______
______ down the sound and (go) ______
_______ to answer it.
4. He (not allow) ____________________
us to go boating yesterday as a strong
wind (blow) ___________________.
5. While I (look) __________________ for
my books, I (find) __________ this paper.
6. While he (water) __________________
the flowers it (begin) _______________ to
rain. He (put) _______________ on his
raincoat and (go) ________ on watering.
7. As he (get) ____________________ into
the bus, it (start) ________________
suddenly and he (fall) ______________
backwards onto the road.
8. As I (cross) ___________________ the
road, I (step) _________________ on a
banana skin and (fall) ______________
heavily. I still (lie) __________________
on the road when I (see) _____________
a lorry approaching. Luckily, the driver
(see) ____________________ me and
(stop) ______________ the lorry in time.
9. He (fall ) __________________ off the
wall when his wife (open) ____________
the window.
10. When the man (sit)
________________ down on the couch,
he (notice) ________ ________
something unusual in the room