BÀI TẬP BỔ SUNG VERB TENSES

Exercise 1 (Simple Present - Present Continuous)

1. Lan is very good at languages. She ______ two languages very well.
A. speaks B. is speaking C. spoke D. was speaking

2. The students in my class usually ______ early for the lessons.

A. have arrived B. arrives C. arrive D. arriving

3. It ______ very much in summer in our country.

A. not rains B. don’t rain C. doesn’t rain D. isn’t raining

4. He ______ in London at the moment.

A. is studying B. will study
C. studies D. has been studying

5. Can you keep calm for a moment? You ______ noise in class!
A. are always made B. always make
C. have always made D. are always making

6. Kim: “What ______ this weekend?”

Sally: “Oh, we’re going windsurfing. It’s fantastic!”
A. are you doing B. do you go C. would you do D. are you going

7. Hurry up! Everyone ______ for you.

A. waits B. waited C. is waiting D. was waiting

8. Listen to those people. What language ______?

A. do they speak B. are they speaking
C. they speak D. were they speaking

9. “Does Peter own that car?” - “No, I think his brother ______ it now.”
A. has owned B. is owning C. owns D. can own

10. I ______ sunglasses today because the sun is very strong.

A. am wearing B. wear
C. have been wearing D. have worn

Exercise 2 (Simple Past - Past Continuous)

1. Because Lan ______ breakfast, she isn’t hungry now.
A. eats B. ate C. had eaten D. was eating

2. I first met her two years ago when we ______ at Oxford University.
A. had been studying B. are studying
C. were studying D. have been studying
3. Our teacher came in when we ______ noisily.
A. had talked B. were talking
C. are talking D. having been talking

4. My brother ______ his driving test when he was 18.

A. was passing B. passed C. passes D. has passed
5. We first ______ each other in London in 2006.
A. meet B. was meeting C. met D. had met

6. During the lecture yesterday, he ______ the importance of a good education.

A. was stressing B. have stressed C. stressed D. stresses

7. Last Monday was a holiday, so my brother ______ have to go to work.

A. doesn’t B. didn’t C. wasn’t D. not

8. We ______ television when the telephone rang.

A. watched B. are watching C. have watched D. were watching

9. While we ______ on the phone, the power went out.

A. talked B. were talking C. are talking D. have talked

10. He was tired so he ______ to lie down for a little while.

A. decides B. decided C. was deciding D. has decided

Exercise 3 (Present Perfect - Present Perfect Continuous)

1. It is blowing so hard. We ______ such a terrible storm.
A. have never known B. have never been knowing
C. never know D. had never known

2. I ______ this letter around for days without looking at it.

A. am carrying B. will be carrying
C. carry D. have been carrying
3. She is very absent-minded: she ______ her cellphone three times!
A. has lost B. loses C. was losing D. had lost

4. “Oh, how I hate this weather!” - “I do too. It ______ three times this week.”
A. rained B. had rained C. has been raining D. has rained

5. Jane ______ law for four years now at Harvard.

A. has been studying B. has studied
C. studies D. studied

6. Robert ______ in three important water polo games so far.

A. is playing B. played C. has played D. has been playing
7. Our industrial output ______ from $2 million in 2002 to $4 million this year.
A. rises B. has been rising C. has risen D. rose

8. My favourite team ______ 15 games so far this season, and will probably win the
championship.
A. won B. have been wining C. are winning D. have won

9. I’m hungry. I ______ anything since breakfast.

A. don’t eat B. didn’t eat C. haven’t eaten D. haven’t been eating

10. People ______ leather to make shoes for hundreds of years.

A. are using B. used C. have used D. were using

Exercise 4 (Simple Past - Past Perfect- Past Perfect Continuous):

1. After she had returned home, she ______ herself a good dinner.
A. would be cooking B. has cooked
C. cooked D. was cooking

2. He went back to work in his country after he ______ his course on Advanced Engineering
in London.
A. had finished B. has finished C. finishes D. was finishing

3. He has been to the school library many times ______.

A. while the semester is starting B. after the semester starts
C. if the semester has started D. since the semester started

4. Margaret did not remember what I ______ her the day before.
A. would tell B. had told
C. had been telling D. had been told

5. We were extremely tired at the end of the journey. We ______ for more than 10 hours.
A. were traveling B. traveled
C. had been traveling D. have been traveling

6. She ______ on her computer for more than two hours when she decided to stop for a rest.
A. has worked B. has been working
C. was working D. had been working

7. The little girl started crying. She ______ her doll, and no one was able to find it for her.
A. has lost B. had lost C. was losing D. was lost

8. The student said there were a few points in the essay he ______ impossible to comprehend.
A. has found B. was finding C. had found D. would find
9. The cyclist ______ he crossed the main street.
A. looked with caution after B. had looked cautiously before
C. was looked cautious when D. looks cautious when

10. The men were very strong and healthy. Although they ______ for more than three hours,
they did not need a rest.
A. were walking B. have walked
C. have been walking D. had been walking

Exercise 5 (Future tenses)

1. Hurry up, or they ______ serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant.
A. will have stopped B. would stop
C. are stopping D. stopped

2. At half past ten tomorrow morning I ______ along the motorway.

A. will drive B. am driving C. will be driving D. drive

3. We couldn’t stay for dinner because the last bus ______ at nine o’clock.
A. would leave B. leaves C. will be leaving D. will leave

4. “You’ll recognize Jenny when you see her. She ______ a red hat.”
A. will wear B. will be wearing
C. wears D. is wearing

5. Mary ______ the country by the time this letter reaches her.
A. is going to leave B. will leave
C. is leaving D. will have left

6. By the time you come here tomorrow, the work ______.

A. will have been finishing B. will be finishing
C. will have been finished D. will be finished

7. By the end of next month we ______ this assignment.

A. will finish B. will be finishing
C. will have finished D. have finished

8. This time next month I ______ on a beach.

A. will sit B. am sitting C. will be sitting D. sit