TENSES

Exercise 1:
1. Be quiet! The baby (sleep) __________Be quiet! The baby
is sleeping_____________.
2. Daisy (cook) _________________ some food in the kitchen
at present. She always (cook) ________ in the morning.
3. Listen! I (think) ____________ someone (knock)
__________________.
4. Up to the present, we (write) __________________ almost
every lesson in the book.
5. The earth (circle) ___________ the sun once every 365
days.
6. How many times you (seen) ___________________
him since he went to England?
7. How long you (study) _______________ English? For 5
years.
8. I (do) __________ an exercise on the present tenses at
this moment and I (think) ______ that I (know)
___________ how to use it.
9. They (live) _______________ in Ho Chi Minh City since
1975.
10. I (see) ______________ that film several times
because I like it.
11. She (be) ___________________ in England
in 1980.
12. Yesterday John (go) _______________ to
the store before he (go) _______________
home.
13. When John and I got to the theater, the movie
(already, start) _____________________.
14. Before Alice went to sleep, she (call)
______________ her family.
15. They went home after they (finish)
__________________ their work.
16. After they had gone, I (sit) _____________ down
and (rest)_____________.
17. Yesterday after taking a bath, he (go)
_______________ to bed.
18. It was the first time I (ever, see)
_____________________ such a beautiful girl.
19. When I arrived at his house, he still (sleep)
______________.
20. As we (cross) _______________ the street, we
saw am accident.
21. Last month Tom (see) _________ a
serious accident while he (stand)
_____________ at the bus stop.
22. The children (play) ________________
football when their mother came back home.
23. Yesterday he (sit) _________________ in
a café when I (see) __________ him.
24. Bill was having breakfast when I (stop)
_____________ at his house this morning.
Exercise 2:
1. We seldom (eat) eat before 6:30.
2. What you (do) ___________________ at 6.00 p.m
yesterday?
3. Daisy (agree) _________________with other
members in the last meeting.
4. I (wait) __________________ for two hours, but
she (not come) _____________yet.
5. He (write) _________________ a book since last
year.
Exercise 2:
1. We seldom eat before 6:30.
2. What were you doing at 6.00 p.m yesterday?
3. Daisy was agreeing with other members in the
last meeting.
4. I have been waiting for two hours, but she hasn't
come yet.
5. He has been writing a book since last year.
6. Mr Green (teach) _____________________
English in this school since he _______
(graduate) from the university in 1986.
7. Our teacher (tell) _____________ us
yesterday that he _____________ (visit) England
in 1970.
8. When the phone (ring)_______________, I
(have) ____________ dinner.
9. Look! A man ____________ (run) after the
train. He (want) ___________ to catch it.
10. She said that she (already, see)
________________ Dr. Rice.
6. Mr Green has been teaching English in this school
since he graduated from the university in 1986.
7. Our teacher had told us yesterday that he visited
England in 1970.
8. When the phone rang, I was having dinner.
9. Look! A man is running after the train. He wants to
catch it.
10. She said that she had already seen Dr. Rice.
11. They told me they (not, eat) ______________ such
kind of food before.
12. What ___________ (be) he when he (be)
_____________ young?
13. When we came to the stadium, the match (already,
begin) _______________.
14. While my father was reading a newspaper, I (learn)
_______________ my lesson and my sister (do)
_________________ her homework.
15. By next month I (leave) _____________________ for
New Zealand.
11. They told me they hadn't eaten such kind of
food before.
12. What was he when he was young?
13. When we came to the stadium, the match had
already begun.
14. While my father was reading a newspaper, I
learnt my lesson and my sister did her homework.
15. By next month I will have left for New Zealand.
16. I (give) _________________ her your letter when
I (see) ______________ her tomorrow.
17. The film (end) ____________________ by the
time we get there.
18. Cuckoos (not build) __________________ nests.
They (use) _________ the nests of other birds.
19. You can’t see Tom now, he (have)
________________ a bath.
20. He usually (drink) __________ coffee but today
he (drink) _____________ tea.
16. I will give her your letter when I see her
tomorrow.
17. The film will have ended by the time we get
there.
18. Cuckoos don't bulid nests. They use the nests
of other birds.
19. You can’t see Tom now, he is having a bath.
20. He usually drinks coffee but today he is
drinking tea.
21. I won’t go out now as it (rain)
______________ and I (not have)
____________ an umbrella.
22. Tom can’t have the newspaper now
because his aunt ________________ (read) it.
23. I am busy at the moment. I (redecorate)
__________________ the sitting room.
24. I ______________ (make) a cake when the
light went out. I had to finish it in the dark.
25. My dog (walk) _____________ along
quietly when Mr Pitt’s Pekinese attacked him.
21. I won’t go out now as it is raining and I don't have an
umbrella.
22. Tom can’t have the newspaper now because his aunt is
reading it.
23. I am busy at the moment. I'm redecorating the sitting
room.
24. I was making a cake when the light went out. I had to
finish it in the dark.
25. My dog was walking along quietly when Mr Pitt’s
Pekinese attacked him.
26. He always wore a raincoat and carried an umbrella
when he walked to the office.
27. My brother has written several plays. He has just
finished his second tragedy.
28. Will you have time to help me tomorrow?
29. I’ll call for her at eight. ~ No, don’t, she still (have)
_____________ breakfast then.
30. By next winter, they (build) ______________ four
houses in that field
31. My two children don’t get along. It seems
they always (fight) ______________ about
something.
32. We (wait) ________________ for Ali for
over three hours before he finally arrived
yesterday.
31. My two children don’t get along. It seems
they always fighting about something.
32. We had been waiting for Ali for over
three hours before he finally arrived
yesterday.
33. Yesterday John ate breakfast at 8:00. He had
already eaten breakfast when he left for class at
8:45. He always eats breakfast before he goes to
class. Tomorrow before he goes to class, he will
eat/is going to eat breakfast.
34. Right now John is taking a nap. He fell asleep
an hour ago. He has been sleeping for an hour.
35. Since the beginning of the semester, John
(read) ____________ three novels. Right now
he (read) ______________ A Farewell to
Arms. He (read) _______________ that novel
for the past three days. He (intend)
__________________ to finish it next week.
In his life time, he (read) ______________
many novels, but this is the first Hemingway
novel he (read, ever) _________________.
35. Since the beginning of the semester, John has been
reading has read three novels. Right now he is reading A
Farewell to Arms. He has been reading that novel for the
past three days. He intends to finish it next week. In his life
time, he has read many novels, but this is the first
Hemingway novel he has ever read.
36. He (play) _____________ the guitar outside
her house when someone opened the window
and (throw) _______ out a bucket of water.
37. A: Where were you at this exact time
yesterday? And what activity was in progress
then?
B: Let me think. At this time yesterday, I was
at the bookstore. I (look) _______________ for
the books I needed to buy for this class.
36. He was playing the guitar outside her house when
someone opened the window and threw out a bucket of
water.
37. A: Where were you at this exact time yesterday? And
what activity was in progress then?
B: Let me think. At this time yesterday, I was at the
bookstore. I was looking for the books I needed to buy
for this class.
38. A: What (you, do)______________ at this exact time
tomorrow?
B: At this exact time tomorrow, I (sit)
____________________ in the classroom.
39. Alice and John! Why you
_____________________(whisper) to each other? If you
have something important to say, say it aloud to all of us.
40. Last Saturday while Sandy _________________
(clean) out the attic, she (find) ______________ her
grandmother’s wedding dress.
38. A: What will you be do doing at this exact time tomorrow?
B: At this exact time tomorrow, I will be has been sitting in the
classroom.
39. Alice and John! Why are you whispering to each other? If you
have something important to say, say it aloud to all of us.
40. Last Saturday while Sandy was cleaning out the attic, she
found her grandmother’s wedding dress.
41. The children are at the park. They (play)
______________________ ball for the last two hours, but
they don’t seem tired yet.
42. Virginia is a law student. Ever since she enrolled in law
school, she (miss, never) __________ a class due to illness.
43. Alexander Graham Bell (already, invent) _____________
the telephone by the time I was born.
44. No sooner she ____________ (say) it than she burst into
tears.
45. She hardly ___________ (speak) when she regretted it
bitterly.
41. The children are at the park. They are have been playing ball
for the last two hours, but they don’t seem tired yet.
42. Virginia is a law student. Ever since she enrolled in law
school, she has never missed a class due to illness.
43. Alexander Graham Bell had already invented the telephone by
the time I was born.
44. No sooner had she said it than she burst into tears.
45. She had hardly spoken when she regretted it bitterly.