UEE PREPARATION COURSE

2023-2024

LESSON 1. VERB TENSES

I. The Present Simple and The Present Continuous

1. My eldest daughter _______ up quite late every morning.

A. get B. got C. gets D. is getting

2. Katie ______ enormous breakfasts.

A. usually eats B. is usually eating
C. eats usually D. has usually eaten

3. We ______ problems dealing with our students.

A. have rarely B. rarely have C. are rarely having D. rarely are having

*** Adverbs of frequency:

_ always / generally / normally / invariably / constantly / (all the time)

_ usually / often / frequently / regularly / (more often than not / every so often)
_ sometimes / occasionally / (now and then/again / at times)
_ seldom / rarely / scarcely / (once in a while)
_ never (at no time)

4. She ______ to customers shopping at her stationer’s.

A. is polite always B. has always been politely
C. is always being polite D. is always polite

5. They ______ without their parents’ permission.

A. never go out B. go out never
C. never are going out D. never don’t go out

6. Helen goes to the cinema ______.

A. once every per week B. twice every three weeks
C. twice times every three weeks D third time a week

7. The children ______ to start a new school year now.

A. look really exciting B. look really excited
C. really looks excited D. look really excitedly

8. They ______ good friends.

A. are B. become C. keep D. feel

9. There ______ a post-office and two small stores behind the market.
A. are B. is C. were D. is being

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10. Your suggestion ______ good.
A. tells B. comes C. runs D. sounds

11.
- Patriotism ___________ good citizens.

- Learning never ____________ the mind. (Leonardo Da Vinci)

- The earth ____________ on its axis.

- Antartica ____________ a larger area on the earth than any other continents.

12. The next train ______ the station at 15 o’clock.

A. will leave B. is going to leave C. leaves D. is leaving

13. The match between Vietnam and Man City ______ at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
A. starts B. has started C. is starting D. will start

14. The Thanh Nien: Hundreds of passengers miraculously ______ an Asiania Airlines plane
crash.
A. survive B. have survived C. survived D. are surviving

15. The Sports Illustrated: Federer ______ to claim his 9th Wimbledon title.
A. fails again B. failed again C. again fails D. again failed

16. Once upon a time, there ______ in an isolated castle.

A. is a princess living B. lives a princess
C. did a princess live D. a princess was living

I admit I can’t play it as well as I used to.

 an admission

I assume that my friend was innocent.

 an assumption

(performative verbs: accept / advise / acknowledge / apologize / deny / guarantee / hope /

inform / predict / promise / refuse / recommend / suggest / suppose / warn)
I would advise you to set off early.

The article explains why the number of drug addicts has been rising so high.

The survey finds that most young people enjoy X-games.

*** I gather / know / see / hear / understand

I gather you’re concerned about the spread of the disease.

Barcelona is coming to our city, and I hear they’re playing two exhibition matches.

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17. The forming of V-ing
look  form  yacht 
default  care  queue 
agree  canoe  lie 
swim  answer  open 
begin  fly  study 
play  cancel  occur 
ski  panic 

18.
- Gary / plant / flower / garden / now.

 ____________________________________________________

- They / work / new project / moment (/ present time).

 ____________________________________________________

- Davis / appear currently / a play / City Theatre.

 ____________________________________________________

- Look out! / bus / come / you.

 ____________________________________________________

19.
- We have made a plan to buy a new electric bike next week.

 We are ___________________________________________

- Their decision is to go away on holiday this summer break.

 They are __________________________________________

- His plan is to send her a parcel tomorrow morning.

 He’s ______________________________________________

20. Prices on household goods ______ higher and higher these days.
A. are getting B. got C. are going to get D. were getting

21. The number of people being infected ______ rapidly all the time.
A. increase B. is increasing C. increases D. are increasing

22. That little girl ______.

A. is getting nicer and nicer B. have been getting nicer and nicer
C. is getting nice and nice D. has gotten nice and nice

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23. He normally ______ to work by car, but this week he ______ there by bus.
A. goes / goes B. is going / goes C. goes / is going D. goes / has gone

*** Let’s wait for a little while before you say something. He ______ being angry now.
A. has been B. is being C. will be D. hardly is

24.
- Why on earth can you make the same mistakes all the time? (always)

 __________________________________________________

- I’d complain about my students coming to class late repeatedly. (continually)

 __________________________________________________

25.
- Now I realize / am realizing that English is of great importance.

- It may sound strange, but I believe / am believing his story now.

- He’s got / He’s having a house to sell.

- I love / am loving you with all my heart, darling.

- Our today’s lesson consists / is consisting of five parts.

- You look / are looking very tired; you need a rest.

- This is a decisive attempt, but the athlete stays / is staying calm.

- The battery is / is becoming flat; you should recharge it now.

TO BE CONTINUED

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