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TENSES IN ENGLISH
Exercise 1. Supply the correct verb form.
1. The simple present tense or the present continuous tense.
1. Be quiet! The baby (sleep)
2. We seldom (eat) before 6:30.
3. Look! A man (run) after the train. He (want) to catch it
4. The sun (set) in the West.
5. It (be) often hot in summer.
6. I (do) an exercise on the present tenses at this moment and I (think) that I (know) how to use it now.
7. My mother sometimes (buy) vegetables at this market.
8. It (be) very cold now.
9. It (rain) much in summer. It (rain) now.
10. Daisy (cook) some food in the kitchen at present. She always (cook) in the morning.
2. The present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
1. How long you (study) English? For 5 years.
2. I (wait) for two hours, but she (not come) yet.
3. They (live) in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975.
4. She (read) all the books written by Dickens. How many books you (read) ?
5. he (not, be) here since Christmas, I wonder where he (live) since then.
6. Jack (go) to Paris for a holiday. He never (be) there.
7. You (sleep) so far? I (ring) the bell for the last twenty minutes.
8. He (write) a novel for two years, but he (not finish) it yet.
9. Mary (lose) her hat and she (look) for it until now.
10. I (see) that film several times because I like it.
3. Present tenses.
1. Listen! I (think) someone (knock) at the door.
2. Up to the present, we (write) almost every lesson in the book.
3. The earth (circle) the sun once every 365 days.
4. The farmers (work) in the field at the moment
5. How many times you (see) him since he went to Edinburgh?
6. You (ever, see) a lion?
7. I (wait) for the manager for two hours.
8. We (be) from France. We (be) there for 20 years.
9. That house (belong) to Mr. Green.
10. Do you know that man, who (smoke) there?
4. Simple past or present perfect.
1. Tom (never be) in Hanoi.
2. How long you (learn) Spanish ?
3. Mr. Green (teach) Chinese in this school since he (graduate) for the university in 1986.
4. I (read) the novel written by Jack London several times before.
5. What you (watch) on TV last night?
5. Simple past or past continuous.
1. When I (arrive) at this house, he still (sleep).
2. The light (go) out while we (have) dinner.
3. As we (cross) the street, we (see) an accident.
4. While my father (read) a newspaper, I (learn) my lesson and my sister (do) her homework.
5. I (be) very tired because I (work) all day yesterday.
6. Simple past or past perfect.
1. They (go) home after they (finish) their work.
2. She said that she (already, see) Dr. Rice.
3. Before she (watch) TV, she (do) her homework.
4. They told me they (not, eat) such kind of food before.
5. It was the first time I (ever, see) such a beautiful girl.
7. Past tenses.
1. Yesterday John …………………… (go) to the store before he …………………… (go) home.
2. Our teacher …………………… (tell) us yesterday that he (visit) England in 1970.
3. When Henry and I got to the theatre, the movie …………………… (start) already.
4. Before Alice …………………… (go) to sleep, she …………………… (call) her family.
5. When the phone …………………… (ring), I …………………… (have) dinner.
6. Daisy …………………… (agree) with other members in the last meeting.
7. What you …………………… (do) at 6 p.m. yesterday?
8. The little girl asked what …………………… (happen) to her ice-cream.
9. He …………………… (teach) in this school before he …………………… (leave) for England.
10. She …………………… (win) the gold medal in 1986.
8. Simple future or simple present.
1. I (send) you some postcards as soon as I (arrive) in London.
2. I (wait) here until you (come) back tomorrow.
3. After the class (be) over, ask the teacher about that sentence.
4. We'll go out when the rain (stop).
5. I (come) and (see) you before I leave here.
9. Simple present, simple future, present perfect or future perfect.
1. I'll wait until he (finish) his novel.
2. When you (come) back, he already (buy) a new house.
3. I (give) her your letter when I (see) her tomorrow.
4. I (hope) it (stop) raining by 5 o'clock this afternoon.
5. The film (end) by the time we (get) there.
10. Simple present, simple future or future continuous.
1. When you (go) into the office, Mr. John (sit) at the front desk.
2. Our English teacher (explain) that lesson to us tomorrow.
3. What you (do) at 7 p.m. next Sunday?
I (practise) my French lesson then.
4. When you (come) today, I (work) at my desk in Room 12.
5. He (work) on the report at this time tomorrow.
11. Future tenses.
1. I'm sure they (complete) the new road by June.
2. At this same time tomorrow, we (drive) through Pennsylvania.
3. Who (look) after the children when you are away?
4. By November I (work) for this company for 6 years.
5. If you call her at 7, she (practise) the piano then.
6. Don’t call him at 2:30 p.m. He (interview) job applicants at that time.
7. I hope the weather (be) fine tonight.
8. He certainly (not do) all his homework by ten tonight.
9. By March 15, I (be) here for one year.
10.By the end of December, Kate (work) as a reporter for ten years.
12. Present Continuous, Future Simple, be going to.
1. I ……………………. (start) a new job next week.
2. I ……………………. (help) you with your homework.
3. Look at the tree. It ……………………… (fall) down.
4. I think he …………………….. (support) me.
5. He ……………………… (come) back to England on Friday night.
6. This summer I ……………………… (swim) and ……………………….
(sunbathe) a lot.
7. Stop or I ……………………. (call) the police.
13. Be going to and Present Continuous.
1. I …………………….. (cook) dinner tonight.
2. Sarah ………………….. (start) university on September 17th.
3. Look out! You ………………… (break) that glass!
4. I …………………… (meet) Pat at the theatre at 8.00.
5. His new secretary ………………….. (start) on Friday.
6. Look! It …………………… (rain).
7. What ……………………... (you/wear) this evening?
8. We …………………. (take) two exams this June.
9. She ……………. (eat) her breakfast.
10. They ……………… (fly) with a ten-o’clock plane.
Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
1. My father (work)……………………………..in this factory for many years.
2. Linh (study) ……………………… medicine. She (be)………………………a doctor.
3. How you (learn) ……………………….to drive? - My father (teach)………………me.
4. The film (begin)……………………when we (arrive)………………at the cinema yesterday.
5. What your sister (do) ……… in her free time? - She (read)………….books, (listen)………………to music or (watch)………………TV.
6. Yesterday (be)…………Sunday so Hoa (not go)…………………to school. She (stay)……………at home and (do)……….her homework.
7. Now he (live)…………………in district 9, in HCM. He (live)………………... in HN for 10 years before he (move)……………to HCM city.
8. We (visit) …………………………….our grandparents next week. You (go) ……………with us ?
9. Where you (be) while I (work)……………………at the office ?
10. You (ever/see)……………………that film before ? - No, I………………
- So this evening, we (go)………………to see it.
Exercise 1. Supply the correct verb form.
1. The simple present tense or the present continuous tense.
1. Be quiet! The baby (sleep)
2. We seldom (eat) before 6:30.
3. Look! A man (run) after the train. He (want) to catch it
4. The sun (set) in the West.
5. It (be) often hot in summer.
6. I (do) an exercise on the present tenses at this moment and I (think) that I (know) how to use it now.
7. My mother sometimes (buy) vegetables at this market.
8. It (be) very cold now.
9. It (rain) much in summer. It (rain) now.
10. Daisy (cook) some food in the kitchen at present. She always (cook) in the morning.
2. The present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
1. How long you (study) English? For 5 years.
2. I (wait) for two hours, but she (not come) yet.
3. They (live) in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975.
4. She (read) all the books written by Dickens. How many books you (read) ?
5. he (not, be) here since Christmas, I wonder where he (live) since then.
6. Jack (go) to Paris for a holiday. He never (be) there.
7. You (sleep) so far? I (ring) the bell for the last twenty minutes.
8. He (write) a novel for two years, but he (not finish) it yet.
9. Mary (lose) her hat and she (look) for it until now.
10. I (see) that film several times because I like it.
3. Present tenses.
1. Listen! I (think) someone (knock) at the door.
2. Up to the present, we (write) almost every lesson in the book.
3. The earth (circle) the sun once every 365 days.
4. The farmers (work) in the field at the moment
5. How many times you (see) him since he went to Edinburgh?
6. You (ever, see) a lion?
7. I (wait) for the manager for two hours.
8. We (be) from France. We (be) there for 20 years.
9. That house (belong) to Mr. Green.
10. Do you know that man, who (smoke) there?
4. Simple past or present perfect.
1. Tom (never be) in Hanoi.
2. How long you (learn) Spanish ?
3. Mr. Green (teach) Chinese in this school since he (graduate) for the university in 1986.
4. I (read) the novel written by Jack London several times before.
5. What you (watch) on TV last night?
5. Simple past or past continuous.
1. When I (arrive) at this house, he still (sleep).
2. The light (go) out while we (have) dinner.
3. As we (cross) the street, we (see) an accident.
4. While my father (read) a newspaper, I (learn) my lesson and my sister (do) her homework.
5. I (be) very tired because I (work) all day yesterday.
6. Simple past or past perfect.
1. They (go) home after they (finish) their work.
2. She said that she (already, see) Dr. Rice.
3. Before she (watch) TV, she (do) her homework.
4. They told me they (not, eat) such kind of food before.
5. It was the first time I (ever, see) such a beautiful girl.
7. Past tenses.
1. Yesterday John …………………… (go) to the store before he …………………… (go) home.
2. Our teacher …………………… (tell) us yesterday that he (visit) England in 1970.
3. When Henry and I got to the theatre, the movie …………………… (start) already.
4. Before Alice …………………… (go) to sleep, she …………………… (call) her family.
5. When the phone …………………… (ring), I …………………… (have) dinner.
6. Daisy …………………… (agree) with other members in the last meeting.
7. What you …………………… (do) at 6 p.m. yesterday?
8. The little girl asked what …………………… (happen) to her ice-cream.
9. He …………………… (teach) in this school before he …………………… (leave) for England.
10. She …………………… (win) the gold medal in 1986.
8. Simple future or simple present.
1. I (send) you some postcards as soon as I (arrive) in London.
2. I (wait) here until you (come) back tomorrow.
3. After the class (be) over, ask the teacher about that sentence.
4. We'll go out when the rain (stop).
5. I (come) and (see) you before I leave here.
9. Simple present, simple future, present perfect or future perfect.
1. I'll wait until he (finish) his novel.
2. When you (come) back, he already (buy) a new house.
3. I (give) her your letter when I (see) her tomorrow.
4. I (hope) it (stop) raining by 5 o'clock this afternoon.
5. The film (end) by the time we (get) there.
10. Simple present, simple future or future continuous.
1. When you (go) into the office, Mr. John (sit) at the front desk.
2. Our English teacher (explain) that lesson to us tomorrow.
3. What you (do) at 7 p.m. next Sunday?
I (practise) my French lesson then.
4. When you (come) today, I (work) at my desk in Room 12.
5. He (work) on the report at this time tomorrow.
11. Future tenses.
1. I'm sure they (complete) the new road by June.
2. At this same time tomorrow, we (drive) through Pennsylvania.
3. Who (look) after the children when you are away?
4. By November I (work) for this company for 6 years.
5. If you call her at 7, she (practise) the piano then.
6. Don’t call him at 2:30 p.m. He (interview) job applicants at that time.
7. I hope the weather (be) fine tonight.
8. He certainly (not do) all his homework by ten tonight.
9. By March 15, I (be) here for one year.
10.By the end of December, Kate (work) as a reporter for ten years.
12. Present Continuous, Future Simple, be going to.
1. I ……………………. (start) a new job next week.
2. I ……………………. (help) you with your homework.
3. Look at the tree. It ……………………… (fall) down.
4. I think he …………………….. (support) me.
5. He ……………………… (come) back to England on Friday night.
6. This summer I ……………………… (swim) and ……………………….
(sunbathe) a lot.
7. Stop or I ……………………. (call) the police.
13. Be going to and Present Continuous.
1. I …………………….. (cook) dinner tonight.
2. Sarah ………………….. (start) university on September 17th.
3. Look out! You ………………… (break) that glass!
4. I …………………… (meet) Pat at the theatre at 8.00.
5. His new secretary ………………….. (start) on Friday.
6. Look! It …………………… (rain).
7. What ……………………... (you/wear) this evening?
8. We …………………. (take) two exams this June.
9. She ……………. (eat) her breakfast.
10. They ……………… (fly) with a ten-o’clock plane.
Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
1. My father (work)……………………………..in this factory for many years.
2. Linh (study) ……………………… medicine. She (be)………………………a doctor.
3. How you (learn) ……………………….to drive? - My father (teach)………………me.
4. The film (begin)……………………when we (arrive)………………at the cinema yesterday.
5. What your sister (do) ……… in her free time? - She (read)………….books, (listen)………………to music or (watch)………………TV.
6. Yesterday (be)…………Sunday so Hoa (not go)…………………to school. She (stay)……………at home and (do)……….her homework.
7. Now he (live)…………………in district 9, in HCM. He (live)………………... in HN for 10 years before he (move)……………to HCM city.
8. We (visit) …………………………….our grandparents next week. You (go) ……………with us ?
9. Where you (be) while I (work)……………………at the office ?
10. You (ever/see)……………………that film before ? - No, I………………
- So this evening, we (go)………………to see it.