12 Tenses in English Theory

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (HCMC)
Session 3. THEORY OF 12 TENSES IN ENGLISH
Anh văn 4A/ TOEIC 600+ Page 1 of 8 Course Instructor: Huỳnh Đức Thịnh
THEORY OF 12 TENSES IN ENGLISH ducthinhnna@gmail.com
EXERCISE ON 12 ENGLISH TENSES – SECTION A

PAST - PRESENT - FUTURE (Simple & Continuous)
Decide which of the choices – (A), (B), (C), or (D) – best completes the sentence using Past Simple or
Past Continuous, Present Simple or Present Continuous, and Future Simple or Future Continuous.
1. You need to be at the airport terminal by 8:00 2. Mr. Brian ------- Ms. Jenny as officer-in-charge
A.M. as the flights to Texas ------- promptly at for duration of his European business trip last
8:15. Wednesday.
(A) departs (A) designate
(B) will depart (B) is designating
(C) depart (C) has designated
(D) departed (D) designated
3. Unfortunately, rapid industrialization ------ 4. The left-hand side of the brain ------- the
much of the plant and animal life in the country right-hand side of the body.
at the present. (A) control
(A) destroy (B) controled
(B) is destroying (C) will control
(C) destroys (D) controls
(D) are destroying
5. The teacher was writing something on the 6. Analysts predict that agricultural
blackboard when suddenly the headmaster biotechnology ------- little interest for investors
------- into the classroom. because of the opposition to genetically modified
(A) bursted products.
(B) burst (A) hold
(C) bursting (B) will hold
(D) bursts (C) held
(D) are holding
7. She normally get up at 7:00 o’clock, but this 8. Currently, China ------- many inexpensive
week she ------- work earlier because it’s a busy processed goods, including machinery and
period. textiles, and income from foreign trade.
(A) start (A) are exporting
(B) starts (B) exports
(C) is starting (C) is exporting
(D) started (D) exported
9. The bus drivers usually ------- a side street 11. Mr. Brian ------- ink cartridges when I want to
rather than the main highway to avoid rush hour use the printer in the conference room.
traffic. (A) is always removing
(A) use (B) is removing always
(B) used (C) always is removing
(C) uses (D) removing is always
(D) using
11. A competent manager ------- opportunities for 12. Many commuters believe that in the future
his employees to improve themselves more and more people ------- to work by plane
professionally. due to its reasonable prices.
(A) created (A) commute
(B) create (B) will be commuting
(C) creates (C) commutes
(D) creating (D) commuted
13. More and more people ------- the advantages 14. Next week, the state government ------- a set
of being able to learn a foreign language for of measures to stimulate the sluggish economy
international communication. and to create jobs in the short term.
(A) are regconizing (A) annoucing
(B) regconizes (B) annouced
(C) is regconizing (C) will announce
(D) regconize (D) is announced
15. Mr. And Mrs. Robertson, who ------- the 16. Facilities at the university recreational center
Strong Children Organization, will be giving ------- Olympic-sized swimming pool, five
speeches at our company dinner tonight. racquetball courts, and an indoor track.
(A) founding (A) are including
(B) foundation (B) include
(C) found (C) includes
(D) founded (D) has included
EXERCISE ON 12 ENGLISH TENSES – SECTION B

PAST - PRESENT - FUTURE (Perfect & Perfect Continuous) + OTHER WAYS TO EXPRESS THE FUTURE
Decide which of the choices – (A), (B), (C), or (D) – best completes the sentence using Past Perfect or
Past Perfect Continuous, Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous, Future Perfect or Future
Perfect Continuous, and Other Ways to Express the Future.
1. This year the car industry ------- many investors 2. The headmaster punished the pupils because
because automotive products now make up 15 they ------- trouble a few weeks before.
percent of the country’s exports. (A) has caused
(A) attract (B) caused
(B) has attracted (C) have caused
(C) attracting (D) had caused
(D) had attracted
3. For the past two years, Henley Vivian ------- to 4. I am extremely tired because I ------- on reports
be a talented and motivated journalist. on our website all night.
(A) is proving (A) has been working
(B) proving (B) had been working
(C) prove (C) have been working
(D) has proven (D) will have been working
5. A new printer for the faculty room ------- 6. MyHealth Company ------- a wide range of
purchased once the requisition slip is signed. vitamin supplements since 1998.
(A) will be (A) had produced
(B) would be (B) will have produced
(C) had been (C) has produced
(D) have been (D) have been producing
7. By exercising at the gym during lunchtime, she 8. The manager will give us a pay rise as soon as
could relieve work-related stress that we ------- in three new customers a week.
------- built up from the morning. (A) bring
(A) are (B) brings
(B) would (C) has brought
(C) has been (D) will bring
(D) had been
9. Improvements to the subway system and the 11. After the mechanic ------- the vehicle,
construction of bicycle lanes ------- city residents he identified the reason why the engine lost
to reduce their reliance on cars in recent years. power.
(A) has allowed (A) had identified
(B) had allowed (B) have examined
(C) have allowed (C) has been examining
(D) will have allowed (D) has examined
11. Television viewership ------- slightly since the 12. My grandfather ------- in an airplane before,
event of the Information Age and the invention so this is his first time.
of the personal computer. (A) have never flown
(A) drop (B) has ever flown
(B) will drop (C) has never flown
(C) has dropped (D) have flown
(D) dropping
13. They ------- in the queue for over an hour 14. By the time the chief executive officer returns
when the manager told them that there were no to the office from his vacation, he ------- several
more tickets. new clients who want to import our new mobile
(A) has been standing devices.
(B) standing (A) will meet
(C) have been standing (B) meet
(D) had been standing (C) have meet
(D) are meeting
15. This time next month, Jenny ------- as a 16. Mr. Sanders ------- out of the country until
president assistant at the company for exactly 10 next Friday, but you can contact him by e-mail if
years, and she doesn’t intend to quit this job. there are matters of urgency.
(A) will have been working (A) is being
(B) have been working (B) will be
(C) has been working (C) will have been
(D) had been working (D) has been
17. More people in the United States ------- in 18. In the past ten years, the number of
townhouses or gated communities in the near Americans using 90% percent of their disposable
future. income to pay off credit card debts ------- by 30
(A) will have lived percent.
(B) are going to live (A) was rising
(C) are living (B) rising
(D) had been living (C) has risen
(D) will have risen
19. When Mr. Arellano and his team ------- the 20. My sister ------- in Norwich for two months, so
write-up, they will send it to my desk she seems to like it there and is not planning to
immediately. leave.
(A) will finish (A) has been living
(B) would finish (B) have been living
(C) finish (C) lived
(D) will have finished (D) was living

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (HCMC)

Session 3. THEORY OF 12 TENSES IN ENGLISH

EXERCISE ON 12 ENGLISH TENSES – SECTION A

EXERCISE ON 12 ENGLISH TENSES – SECTION B

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