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TENSE USES

Ex. 1: Simple future or “be going to”:

1. Why are you turning on the TV? – I (watch) the news.
2. I don’t know how to use this camera. – Don’t worry I (show) you.
3. Don’t sit in the sun for too long. You (be) ill.
4. We (go) to Dalat this summer. These are our flight tickets.
5. Why are you filling that bucket with water? - I (wash) my car.
6. I haven’t got any money. – Ok. I (lend) you some.
7. Where are you going? – I (buy) something for dinner.
8. Why did you buy so many tomatoes? – I (make) a lot of spaghetti sauce.
9. He (leave) for Hanoi tomorrow. He has already booked the tickets
10. After the course you (have) to pay some extra money.
Ex. 2: Future progressive or simple present?
1. He often (play) soccer on weekends. He (play) soccer when we (come) tomorrow.
2. I’ll meet you at the airport tomorrow. After you (arrive), look for me just outside the gate. I
(stand) right by the door.
3. David and Ruth won’t be at this school when classes (start) next summer. They (attend) a
new school in Taiwan.
4. Please come and visit today when you (have) a chance I (shop) from 1:00 to 2:30, but I’ll be
home after that.
5. When you (return) home tonight, your children (play) cards upstairs.
Ex. 3: A, B, C or D?
1. Buses .......... my house every hour. A. pass B. passed C. passes D. passing
2. Does he .......... boiled eggs? A. like B. liked C. likes D. liking
3. What a lovely day! The sun .......... and the birds .......... .
A. sing/shines B. is shining/sings C. is shining/is singing D. is shining/are singing
4. He said that he .......... tomorrow . A. come B. came C. coming D. will come
5. When I arrived, the lecture .......... . A. had already started B. have already started
C. already had started D. already have started
6. By this time tomorrow, we .......... on the beach relaxing.
A. will be lying B. will lie C. was lying D. lie
7. The bus 25 .......... . A. have just left B. just have left C. has just left D. just has left
8. When we .......... tomorrow, It’ll likely be raining.
A. arrive B. arrived C. will arrive D. have arrived
9. When I was on holiday, I .... letters to my parents. A. write B. wrote C. written D. writing
10. When I came, the bus ........... A. left B. had left C. leaving D. leave
11. The child .......... before the doctor ..........
A. died/came B. died/had come C. had died/came D. had died/had come
12. When they visited me yesterday, I .......... the car.
A. was washing B. wash C. am washing D. will be washing
13. We did not return home after the party because we .... the night out at my friends’.
A. spend B. spent C. will spend D. were spending
14. John .......... early every day but last night he .......... to bed very late.
A. sleeps/goes B. slept/went C. sleeps/went D. sleeping/went
15. Mr. Butt, with several students, …. in the class at the moment. A. is B. are C. was D. Were
16. “Where is Polly?”- “She……………………..”
A. is in her room studying B. in her room studying C. studies in her room D. has in
her room studied
17. “Hello, Alice? This is Jeff. How are you?” - “Jeff? I…………..about you when the phone rang.”
A. was just thinking B. just thought C. have been thinking D. have just been thinking

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18. What ………………. about the new tax law?
A. are you thinking B. do you think C. have you thought D. have you been thinking
19. His football team …..a championship until last season, when the new coach led them to take
first place in their league.
A. has never won B. never wins C. had never won D. had never been winning
20. I suddenly remembered that I ........to bring my keys.
A. having forgotten B. have forgotten C. had forgotten D. forgot
Ex. 4: Error Identification
1. He like working hard every morning.
A B C D
2. He doesn’t wants to go fishing because he is tired.
A B C D
3. Look! That man tries to open the door of your car.
A B C D
4. Cuckoos doesn’t build nests. They use the nest of other birds.
A B C D
5. He hasn’t spoken to me for they left.
A B C D
6. When I will be on holiday next week, I will read a lot of books.
A B C D
7. We haven’t seen her since she leaves school.
A B C D
8. After he finished his work, he started watching TV.
A B C D
9. I am making a cake when the lights went out.
A B C D
10. I usually go by bus but tomorrow I went in Tom’s car.
A B C D
EX. 5: Writing
1. I last saw her five years ago. > I haven’t .......................................................
2. They spent three years building the cinema in the city center.
> It .......................................................
3. Sebastian’s career as a journalist began two years ago. > Sebastian has .....................
4. She moved to England ten years ago. > It .......................................................
5. After locking the door of the shop, she left. > Before she .......................................
6. We've had ten hours of rain. > It...
Ex. 6: Reading
Many people think that we can learn a lot about the culture of a foreign country simply by living in
that culture. (1) ...... , this is not necessary true. Often the longer we stay in a foreign country, the
more we realize how little (2) ..... actually know about the culture of that country. Books and talks
about other people’s culture can even (3) ..... dangerous because they concentrate on cultural
differences and exaggerate national characteristics; sometimes a lot of the information (4) ....
contain is untrue.
In a survey recently carried out in Britain, people were asked to make a list of anything which they
thought was typical of Britain and would interest foreign visitors there. Most of (5) ....... mentioned
Shakespeare, the Queen, village inns, English folk dancing, football hooligans, umbrellas, English
castles, cricket, and fish and chips.
1. A. So B. Although C. Unless D. However
2. A. you B. one C. they D. we
3. A. be B. to be C. being D. will be
4. A. which B. they C. in that D. that
5. A. their B. theirs C. themselves D. them