LESSON 1 : EXERCISES OF TENSES

Ex1: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form

1: Be quite! the baby (sleep)______
2: We seldom (eat)_______ before 6:30
3: It (be)______ often hot in summer
4: It (be)______ very cold now
5: It (rain)______ so much in summer. It (rain) ________now
6: Daisy (cook) ________some food in the kitchen at present. She always (cook) in the morning
7: How long you (study)_______ English ? - For 5 years
8: Listen ! I think someone (knock)_______ at the door
9: I (see)________ that film several times because I like it
10: Mary (lose) ________her key and she (look) _______for it until now
11: The earth (circle)________ the sun once every 365 days
12: How many time you (see) ________him since he went to Edinburgh
13: That house (belong)__________ to Mr. Green
14: You (ever, see) __________a lion ?
15: River usually (flow)_________ to the sea.
16: Do you know the man, who (smoke) ________over there?
17: Up to the present, we (write)_________ almost every lesson in the book.
18: I (wait)__________ for the manager for two hours
19: I (see) ___________him before
20: What (do)________ you do yesterday ?
21: I (read)_________ the novel written by Jack London several times before
22: She (born) _______in 1980
23: He (write) _______his book last year
24: How long you (learn) __________English?
25: Mr Green (teach)________ English in this school since he (graduate) _______from the
university in 1986
26: When I (arrive)_______ at this house, he still (sleep)________ yesterday
27: They (go)_______ home after they (finish) ________their work yesterday
28: When we came to the stadium, the match (already, begin)_______ ?
29: After they had gone, I (sit) _______and (rest)_______.
30: He (sit)_________ in a café when I (see) _________ him this afternoon.
31: The bell (ring) __________while Tom (take) _______a bath this morning .
32: As we (across)______ the road, we (see)_________ an accident.
33: He (write)________ a book since last year
34: What he (be)_____ when he ________(young) ?

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35: It was the first time I (ever, seen) ________such a beautiful girl
36: Our teacher (tell) _______us yesterday that he (visit) England in 1970.
37: When John and I got to the theater, the movie (start, already) ___________
38: When the phone (ring)_______, I (have) _____________dinner
39: What you (do) ____________at 6 pm yesterday ?
40: He (teach)_______ English in this school before he (leave) ______for England
41: She (win) _________the gold medal in 1986
42: Daisy (agree)___________ with other members in the last meeting.
43: I (stay)________ here until he_________ (answer) me.
44: I (come)_______ and (see)_______ you before I leave.
45: I send you some postcards as soon as I (arrive)_________ in London
46: We (start)____________ our plan next week
47: They (build)___________ a house by June next year
48: The film (end) _____________before the time we (get)________ there.
49: Our English teacher (explain)__________ the lesson to us tomorrow.
50: What you (do) _______________at 7 p.m next Sunday?
I (practice)____________ my English lesson then.
51: He (work) ___________on the report at this time tomorrow.
52: ________ you (finish) _________your work by 9 pm tonight?
53: By this time next week, he (write)___________ his novel for 8 months.
54: I saw a car accident while I (wait) _________for you on this corner yesterday.
55: Mr John (be)__________ principal of our school since last year.
56: My father (not watch) ___________ tv every night.
57: I (meet)__________ Authur three weeks ago
58: The police (report) _________that they (capture) the thief the day before.
59: My friend (thank)_________ me for what I had done for him.
60: When the teacher came in , the pupils (play) ______________ games
61: He (leave)_____home two weeks ago and we ______(not hear) from him since then
62: Tom (study) __________chemistry for three years and then he gave it up.
63: My father (not smoke) _______________for 5 years.
64: _________ you (receive)______ the letter from your parents yet ?
65: Last month, I (be) ________in the hospital for 10 days
66: I (not see) ___________ him since last Monday
67: I (never forget) _______what you _________(just tell) me
68: What____ you_____ (do) when I (ring) _________ you last night ?
69: He (work)______________ at the university so far
70: By the next month, I (finish) ____________ my novel

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71: He felt asleep while he ______________(do) his homework
72: It (rain) ___________ when we arrived
73: Colombus (discover) ___________America more than 400 years ago
74: How long you (study)___________ in this school?
75: I (speak)____________to you after the meeting tonight.
76: Hurry up ! the train ______________(come)
77: I (finish) _____________the book before my next birthday
78: John (watch) _______________TV at 8 last evening
79: The house (build)______________ two years ago
80: What you (do) _________after you (go)________ home yesterday ?
81: The last train (leave)__________ the station at 5p.m
82: Up to now the teacher (give) ____________our class five tests
83: When I (be)____________ a child, I wanted to be a doctor
84: At this time tomorrow, we (drive)_______________ through Pennsylvania
85: In two years from now, the contract __________(come) to an end
86: If you call her at 6, she (practice)________________ the piano then
87: We (see)________________ you next Monday
88: We (move)_____________ to our new house at Christmas this year
89: By March 15, I (be)__________ here for one year
90: By the end of December, john (work)__________ as a reporter for ten years
91. I (do)__________ an exercise on the present tense at this moment and I (think) that I
(know) how to use it now
92. I (wait)_________ for two hours, but she (not come) ____________yet
93. He (not be)________ here since Christmas, I wonder where he_______ (live) since then
94. Jack (go) __________to Paris for a holiday. He never___________ (be) there
95. You sleep so far ? I_____________ (ring) the bell for the last twenty minutes
96. He (write)_________ a novel for two years, but he (not finish)__________ it yet
97. I (be)________ sorry. I (forget)________ that girl’s name already
98. The farmers (work) __________in the field at the moment
99. We (be)___________ from France. We (be) _________there for 20 years
100. Tom never (be)___________ in Hanoi
101. The light (go)___________ out while we (have) ___________dinner yesterday
102. Bill (have) ________breakfast when I (stop)______ at this house this morning
103. Jane (see)___________ a serious accident while she______ (stand) at the bus stop
104. While my dad (read)________ a newspaper, I (learn)______ my lesson and my sister (do)
__________her homework
105. The children (play)_____football when their mother (come)________back home

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106. I (be)________ tired because I (work)_________ all day yesterday
107. She said that she (already, see)________________ Dr. Rice
108. They told me they (not eat)_____________ such kind of food before
109. Yesterday John (go)________ to the store before he (go) _________home
110. Before Alice (go)________ to sleep, she (call)__________ her family last night
111. We’ll go out when the rain (stop)______________
112. Wait until I (catch)_______________ you
113. Miss Helen (help) ______you as soon as she (finish) _______the letter tomorrow
114. After the class (be) _______over, ask the teacher about that sentence
115. We (go)________ home as soon as we have finished our work
116. I’ll wait until he (finish)___________ his novel
117. When you (come)_________ back home, he already (buy)_________ a new house
118. I hope it____________ (stop) raining by 5 o’clock this afternoon
119. He (wait) _________for you when you (get)____________ back tomorrow
120. Who (look)____________ after the children when you are away
121. Don’t call him at 2.30 p.m. He (interview)___________ job applicants at that time
122. At 4 p.m yesterday ? Well, I (work)________________ in my office at that time
NOTE:
1) Chú ý phân biệt các cặ p thì hay bị nhầ m trong câu:
Quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn; quá khứ đơn và quá khứ hoàn thành
2) Thì hiện tạ i hoàn thành và thì hiện tạ i hoàn thành tiếp diễn trong mộ t số trườ ng hợ p (tương
lai hoàn thành và tương lai hoàn thành tiếp diễn hoặ c quá khứ hoàn thành và quá khứ hoàn thành
tiếp diễn) có thể dùng thay thế lẫ n nhau mà không làm thay đổ i ý nghĩa củ a câu
3) Mộ t số các độ ng từ thể hiện trạ ng thái (stative verbs: không nhấ n mạ nh vào hành độ ng) không
dùng trong các thì tiếp diễn: Understand, know; realize; seem; sound; hate; like; love; believe;
want; need; smell; taste….

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Ex2: Circle the correct answer
1: He is tired now. He _____ the gardening for hours
A: does B: is doing C: did D: has been doing
2: I _____ a driving test next month
A: have B: will have C: will be having D: will have had
3: I haven’t smoked since a long time
A B C D
4: Can you please help I to fill this application form ?
A B C D
5: It is blowing so hard. We______ such a terrible storm
A: never know B: had never known
C: have never known D: have never been knowing
6: Jane _____ law for four years at Harvard
A: is studying B: has been studying
C: studies D: studied
7: When the old school friends met, a lot of happy memories ___back
A: were brought B: has been brought
C: had brought D: bought
8: He has been to the school library many times ____
A: if the semester has started B: while the semester is starting
C: since the semester started D: After the semester starts
9: Hurry up, or they _____ serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant.
A: stopped B: will have stopped C: Are stopping D: Would stop
10: I _____ with my aunt when I am on holiday in HCM city next month.
A: will have been staying B: will have stayed C: stay D: will be staying

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