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Đề cương 10 A PHẦN LÝ THUYẾT Grammar Some other grammar points VERB TENSES a The simple present tense (Thì đơn) Form ( Cấu trúc) I, we, you, they Vinf Use (Cách dùng)He, she, it, Vs/es Diễn tả chân lý, thật hiển nhiên The sun rises in the East Diễn tả thói quen, hành động xảy thường xuyên Mary often goes to school by bicycle Diễn tả việc xảy theo thời gian biểu chương trình, kế hoạch định theo thời gian bieåu The train leaves at seven twenty-three tomorrow morning * Lưu ý: Ta thêm es sau động từ tận là: o,s,x,xh,sh Time expressions ( Cụm từ thời gian) Always, usually, sometimes, often, normally, generally, occasionally, as a rule, never, rarely, seldom, … Every: everyday, every morning, every Saturday… Three times a week, twice a month, from time to time… b The present continuous tense ( Thì tiếp diễn) Form ( Cấu trúc) A m Vin We, you, Ar g they e He, she, it is Use (Cách dùng) Diễn tả hành động hay việc diển lúc nói The children are playing football now Diền tả hành động có tính tạm thời, diễn xung quanh thời điểm nói I am quite busy these days I am building a new house Diển tả kế hoạch, dự định tương lai gần,một xếp trước lúc nói He is coming next week Time expressions ( Cụm từ thời gian) Now, right now, at present, at the moment, still Today, this week, these days, this term, this year, this summer, nowadays… Look! Be quite! Don’t make noise! Listen! Watch out! Keep silent * Lưu ý: Không dùng tiếp diễn với từ nhận thức, tri giác như: to be, see, hear, understand, know, like, want, glance, feel, think, smell, love, hate, realize, seem, remember, forget… I am tired now She wants to go for a walk at the moment c The past simple tense ( Thì khứ đơn) Form ( Cấu trúc) Ve I, we, you, they, he, d she, it V2 Use (Cách dùng) Diễn tả hành động xảy chấm dứt khứ, thời gian xác định rõ Tom went to Paris last week Diễàn tả hành động diễn suốt khoảng thời gian khứ, hoàn toàn chấm dứt She worked as a secretary for five years and now she is a teacher Time expressions ( Cụm từ thời gian) Yesterday, yesterday morning, in the past, in 1985, when I was young, when I was a child… Last: last night, last year, last month, last summer Ago: two days ago, three weeks ago, a month ago d The past continuous tense ( Thì khứ tiếp diễn) Form ( Cấu truùc) We, you, wer they e Vin I, he, she, was g it Use (Cách dùng) Lu hµnh néi bé Dam Doi High School Đề cương 10 Grammar Some other grammar points Hành động diễn kéo dài thời gian khứ Yesterday, Mr John was working in the laboratory all the afternoon Hành động xảy vào thời điểm khứ I was doing my homework at 6:00 last Sunday Haønh động diễn khứ có hành động khác xen vào (hành động kéo dài ta dùng Past continuous, hành động ngắn dùng Past simple) When I came yesterday, he was sleeping Löu ý: Không dùng động từ nhận thức, tri giác Thay vào ta dùng Past simple I felt tired at that time Time expressions ( Cụm từ thời gian) At 6:00 yesterday, at this time yesterday, at the time last week, at that time… e The present perfect tense ( Thì hoàn thành) Form ( Cấu trúc) I, we, you, hav V3/ they e Ved He, she, it has (Thể phủ định S have/ has not PP; Thể nghi vấn Have/Has S PP?) Use (Cách dùng) Diễn tả hành động, việc vừa xảy I have just seen my sister in the park Diễn tả hành động lập lập lại nhiều lần khứ mà rỏ thời gian cụ thể khứ Hành động tiếp tục xảy tương lai I have seen that film several times Diễn tả hành động xảy khứ kéo dài đến xảy tương lai Mary has lived in this house for ten years Diễn tả hành động xảy khứ mà không rỏ thời gian I have lost my keys Diển tả hành động xảy khứ mà kết He has had lunch (He is full now.) Time expressions ( Cuïm từ thời gian) Since, for Just, recently, lately, already, never, ever, yet, so far, until now, up to now, for ages, for a long time, up to the present, how long,in the last few years… Lưu ý: Các trạng từ dùng kèm với tạ hoàn thành câu đơn Nếu câu từ hai mệnh đềø trở lên ta phải dựa vào ngữ cảnh không dựa vào trạng từ đó.) f The past perfect tense Form ( Cấu trúc) I we you they he she it d P P (Phủ định: had not = hadn’t; Nghi vấn: Had S PP?) Use (Cách dùng) Thì khứ hoàn thành dùng để diễõn tả hành động xảy ra, hoàn thành trước hành động, thời điểm khác khứ Time expressions ( Cụm từ thời gian) By + (the past time): by 2003, by last year By the time + clause: by the time we got there, by the time you went to bad… Before, after, when, already g The future simple tense (Thì tương lai đơn) Form ( Caáu I, we, you, they, Wil he, she, it l V trúc) (Phủ định: will not = won’t; Nghi vấn Will S Vo?) Use ( Cách dùng) Diễn tả hành động xảy tương lai He will come back next week Diễàn tẩ lời hứa, dự đoán, ý kiến, định tức thời, ngỏ ý I will give you a phone to night Time expressions ( Cụm từ thời gian) Next: next week, next month, next summer… Someday, soon, in 2050, in two weeks, in three days, tomorrow… Lu hµnh néi bé Dam Doi High School Đề cương 10 I think, I am sure… Grammar Some other grammar points B PHẦN THỰC HÀNH I The simple present tense Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question: Example: He (visit) visits _his parents very often He doesn’t visit his parents very often Does he visit his parents very often? He (go) _to School everyday She (come) _ from Germany Daisy usually (go) _ to work by car We (watch) TV every night He (walk) to work every day He (be) in Ca Mau They (be) students She (wash) _her clothes every Sunday She (study) _English every day 10 He (want) _ to become a teacher Exercise 2: Put the verb in the present simple tense: She usually (walk) _ to school What time Mary usually (get) up every morning? She (not wash) her clothes every weekend _they (be) teachers? It (not be) often cold in summer Tom usually (walk) _ to school He (be) _ a student I (be) _ sixteen years old They (be) very friendly 10 He often (wash) the car at weekends 11 What time you often (get) up every morning? 12 she (like) English? 13 Every week she (go) to visit her parents 14 What time your father usually (get) _ up? 15 We (not go) to school on Sundays 16 We (not be) _very lazy 17 The Earth (go) _around the Sun 18 I (visit) _my parents very often 19 _he (go) _to school every day? 20 _she (come) _from Japanese? II The present continuous tense Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question: Example: She (read) is reading _at the moment She isn’t reading at the moment Is she reading at the moment? He (watch) TV right now At present they (sit) _ in the class This year we (learn) _ English Look! Peter (play) football in the schoolyard Be quiet! The baby (sleep) _ Look! The man (smoke) there She (write) _ to her parents now My father (work) _in the garden at the moment John (listen) _ to the radio now 10 He (play) _chess at the moment Exercise 2: Put the verb in the present continuous tense: The workers (work) in the firm at the moment Please be quite! You (make) _ _so much noise so I can’t concentrate Tony (have) _ _a bath at the moment Listen! He (read) _a story by Shakespeare At present Richard (study) _in London This term I (study) _philosophy and economics Janet (have) _a shower at the moment They (not/study) _at present Lu hµnh néi bé Dam Doi High School Đề cương 10 Grammar Some other grammar points Yukiko (have) _a bath now 10 We (make) _a cake at the moment 11 Jane (watch) _television at the moment 12 Look! The boy (cry) 13 Alice and Mary (put) _ the dishes away right now 14 The farmer (work) _ in the field now 15 Look! It (snow) _ 16 Phong (sleep) _ right now 17 Mother (cook) some food in the kitchen at present 18 Just a minute! I (look up) that word in the dictionary 19 _you (write) a letter now? 20 They (not read) books in the sitting room right now 21 Look! They (play) _ football 22 She (sweep) _ the floor now 23 What she (do) now? 24 She (wash) the clothes at the moment 25 Listen! Peter and Daisy (sing) now 26 My brother (not watch) _TV now He (wash) his car 27 He (study) _ English this month 28 you (work) in the garden now? 29 Peter (talk) to Susan now 30 She (listen) _to the radio in her bedroom at the moment III The past simple tense Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question: Example: He (watch) watched a good programme on TV last night He didn’t watch a good programme on TV last night Did he watch a good programme last night? Mary (go) _ shopping for me yesterday The policeman (drive) away ten minutes ago The biscuit factory (close) last year The headmaster (come) _ to the school in 1985 You (spend) a lot of money last month I last (go) to Spain in 1990 The boy (finish) _their homework yesterday Rolf (buy) _ the leather jacket last week I (have) a little trouble with my car last week 10 She (wash) her clothes last night Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense: They (begin) to study at this school years ago She (lose) her handbag on the train yesterday morning We (visit) _ that city last year Peter and Daisy (be) born in 1978 you (spend) _ your holiday in Dalat last summer? She (clean) _the bicycle yesterday They (start) school in 1998 My friend and I (go) to the seaside last week We (spend) _ hours on the beach last Sunday 10 He (be) in Ha Noi last year 11 His father (die) _ in 1930 12 Lincoln (work) in this factory three years ago 13 I (do) _my homework last night 14 Miss White (write) to her father last Monday 15 My parents (buy) _the car last year 16 Hoa (read) _the book yesterday 17 He (listen) _to the radio last night 18 We (watch) _ a good programme on TV last night 19 Mary (go) _shopping for me yesterday 20 I (be) _ in Ha Noi last month 21 My parents (go) _to HCM city last week 22 Yesterday we (have) _a meeting at our school 23 Mary (meet) _her parents two week ago 24 She (be) _born in 1992 25 What you (do) _last night 26 Last summer I (study) _English in Can Tho City Lu hµnh néi bé Dam Doi High School Đề cương 10 27 28 29 30 IV Grammar Some other grammar points She (not visit) _her son last week In 1997 there (be) _a terrible storm They (build) _the house twenty years ago John (do not) _come to my birthday party last Sunday The past continuous: Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question: Example: At this time yesterday they (play) were playing _ football At this time yesterday they were not playing football At this time yesterday were they playing football? At this time yesterday we (play) tennis in the schoolyard At 7:00 pm yesterday (watch) TV Yesterday while my father (watch) _ TV, my mother (read) the newspaper, my sister (do) _her homework and I (play) chess with my friend What were you doing when I phoned you? I (have) a bath She (do) her homework at the time yesterday Marry (water) the flowers at 3:00 p.m yesterday They (visit) the zoo at ten o’clock yesterday Peter and I (do) _the exercise at this time last night Last night my father (feed) the pigeons at 7:00 10 At this time last year we (learn) _English in London Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense or the past continuous: When I (arrive) at this house, he still (sleep) The light (go) _ out while we (have) _dinner Bill (have) breakfast when I (stop) _ at this house this morning When I (arrive) _at this house, he still (sleep) As we (cross) the Street, we (see) _an accident Tom (see) a serious accident while he (stand) at the bus stop The children (play) _ football when their mother (come) _back home The bell (ring) while Tom (take) _ a bath He (sit) in a car when I (see) him 10 We (clean) _the house when she (come) _yesterday V The present perfect tense: Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question: Example: She (be) has been here for several days She has not been here for several days Has she been here for several days? Tom (see) this film before I (finish) my exercise already They (live) here since 1990 My father (just wash) his car The students (discuss) the question recently Mary (never, be) to Ha Noi We (know) each other for years So far we (learn) five lessons We (be) pen pals for a long time 10 They (stay) here since last week Exercise 2: Bob (see) this movie before Sandra (lend) her brother $ 200 so far Rashid (just pass) his driving test Karen (study) Italian for three years now and is still studying The teacher (already, tell) to be quite Tim (not, take) many photos yet Lu hµnh néi bé Dam Doi High School Đề cương 10 Grammar Some other grammar points Jorge (read) the newspaper already We (not begin) _ to study for the test yet John and I (be) pen pals for nearly years 10 He (wear) _ the same coat since he (move) _ here 11 I (not see) _ your brother recently 12 They (not contact) _ to each other for a long time 13 How long _you (study) English? 14 How many times _ you (see) _him since he went to Edinburgh? 15 Who is that woman? I (never/ see) _ her before 16 We (be) from French We (be) there for 20 years 17 I (see) that film several times because I like it 18 Mary (lose) _ her hat for days 19 He (not finish) _ doing it yet 20 He (not see) him since Christmas 21 (live) _in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975 22 He (just see) her 23 They (already show) _ the film 24 I’m sorry the car is not here I (just sell) it 25 The Bakers (be) in New York for months 26 My brother (use) this computer for years 27 They (live) in this street for a long time 28 Mr Green (teach) French since he left London in 1997 29 She (not speak) _ to me since last week 30 Up to now, Hoa (work) _ very hard VI The past perfect tense: Yesterday they (go) _ home after they (finish) their work When we came to the stadium, the match (already start) _ Many people (move) _ to the new place before the storm occurred I sat down ant rested after they (go) _ Before he died, he (be) _ ill for several days Last night before he (watch) _ TV, he (do) _ the exercise She went to the department after her (clean) _ the floor When I got to the party, they (go) _ home By the time the police arrived, the house (be) _ burned down 10 By last year, twenty schools in this province (be) _ built VII The future simple tense Exercise 1: Put the verb in the future simple tense you (take) _ at trip to London next week She (water) _ the flowers next month They (build) a new bridge in this province next year Tomorrow she (send) _ the letter to Ha Hoi In 2010 she (move) _ to live in Ho Chi Minh City I (meet) _ my parents in an hour I think it (be) _ sunny tomorrow I am sure he (pass) _ the exam I (stay) _ at home if it rains 10 He (send) the letter when he goes to the post office VIII The present simple or the present continuous tense: Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple or the present continuous tense: My father (have) coffee for breakfast every day His sister (study) in a shoe store this summer The students (look) _ up that new word now Mary (go) to school every day They (do) this exercise at the moment Ms Eden (read) _ a newspaper now It (rain) very much in the summer It (rain) _ now Bad students never (study) hard He generally (sing) in English, but today he (sing) in Spanish 10 We seldom (eat) before 6.30 11 She sometimes (buy) _vegetables at his market 12 We always (do) _ our exercises carefully 13 Look! A man (run) after the train He (want) _ to catch it Lu hµnh néi bé Dam Doi High School Đề cương 10 Grammar Some other grammar points 14 It (be) very cold now 15 John (travel) to England tomorrow 16 I (need) some money for my textbooks 17 Tom (like) to go to the museums 18 Mary (love) ice-cream 19 My mother (cook) some food in the kitchen at present She always (cook) in the mornings 20 I often (leave) the city at weekends 21 The guests (watch) the TV programes now 22 The sun (set) in the west 23 My friend (study) English for an hour every night 24 Listen! I (hear) _ someone knocking at the front door 25 I (do) an exercise on the present tense at the moment and I (think) that I (know) _how to use it now IX The present perfect or the simple past tense: Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect or the simple past tense We (never watch) that TV programme We (watch) a good programme on TV last night He (read) that novel many times before He (read) that novel again last vacation I (have) a little trouble with my car last week However, I (have) no trouble with my car since then I (not see) John for a long time I (see) him weeks ago He is very thirsty He (not drink) since this morning They (study) at this school for years now 10 They (begin) to study at this school years ago 11 How long ago he (start) to learn French? 12 She (lose) her handbag on the train yesterday morning 13 His dog (just run) out of the garden 14 Mr Brown (travel) by air several times in the past 15 He (travel) _ to Mexico by air last summer X The Past Simple Or The Past Continuous Tense Exercise: Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous tense He (sit) in a bar when I (see) him When I (go) out, the sun (shine) The light (go) out while I (have) tea While he (learn) to drive, he (have) an accident We (walk) to the station when it (begin) to rain He (have) a bad fall when he (repair) his roof It (start) to rain when we (play) football in the schoolyard yesterday He (eat) three sandwiches while you (talk) to him The servant (drop) _ two cups while she (wash up) last night 10 While he (write) a letter, the telephone (ring) 11 Last night we (watch) TV when the power (fail) 12 When I (stand) at the bus stop, I (see) an accident 13 Yesterday I (walk) to school when I (find) a wallet on the street 14 When I (have) dinner yesterday, Peter (come) to our house 15 The thief (steal) the bike when Mai (look) for some books in the shop XI The past simple or the past perfect tense Exercise: Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past perfect tense They (go) home after they (finish) their study Yesterday when I (arrive) to the party, the (already go) home After the guests (leave) , she (go) back into the living-room and (switch) off the light On arrival at home I (find) that she (just leave) just a few minutes before Before he (go) to bad, he (do) his homework When they (get) to the place, the man (die) He (do) _ nothing before he (see) _ me He (thank) me for what I (do) for him I (be) sorry that I (hurt) him 10 After they (go) , I (sit) down and (rest) 11 When I (arrive) _, the dinner (already, begin) 12 My friend (not see) _ me for many years when I (meet) _ last week 13 He (learn) English before he (leave) for England Lu hµnh néi bé Dam Doi High School Đề cương 10 Grammar Some other grammar points 14 In England, he soon (remember) all he (learn) before 15 They (tell) him they (not meet) him before 16 He (ask) why we (come) so early 17 She (say) that she (already, see) _ Dr Rice 18 By the time Bill (get) there, the meeting (start) 19 When we (arrive) at our place, we (find) that a burglar (break) in 20 Almost everybody (leave) _ for home by the time we (arrive) _ XII The simple present or the simple future tense Exercise: Put the verbs in brackets in the simple present or the simple future tense We (go) out when the rain (stop) I (stay) _ here until he (answer) me Wait until I (catch) you I (be) _ ready before you (count) _ ten John must eat his breakfast before he (go) out Miss Helen (help) you as soon as she (finish) that letter He (tell) _ you when you (get) there She (not come) until you (be) _ ready He (tell) you when you (ask) him 10 I (come) _ and (see) you before I (leave) _ for England XIII Mixed tenses Exercise 1: Put the verb in the brackets in the correct tense We seldom (eat) before am I (not see) him since I (meet) him months ago Listen! I (think) _ someone (knock) _ the door I (get) _ up early the day before yesterday The earth (circle) the sun once every 365 days you (watch) _ TV last night? The workers (work) _ in the firm at the moment How many times _ you (see) him since he went to Edinburgh? Rivers usually (flow) to the sea 10 Look! The boy (cry) _ 11 Do you know that man, who (smoke) _ there 12 Mrs Green always (go) _to work by bus 13 We (be) from French We (be) there for 20 years 14 I (move) to another town next week 15 I (see) that film several times because I like it 16 She always (go) _ go to bed before her mother does 17 Mary (lose) _ her hat for days 18 you (take) _ a trip to London next week? 19 She rarely (take) a bath before dinner 20 He (not finish) _ doing it yet 21 He (not see) him since Christmas 22 In what year _ World War II (break) out? 23 The sun (set) in the West 24 They (live) _ in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975 25 He (come) _ here once years ago 26 We will go out when it (stop) _raining 27 She (read) all the books written by Dickens How many books _ you (read) _? 28 Alice and Mary (put) _ the dishes away right now 29 What you (do) _ at 10 am yesterday? 30 She (finish) her homework recently 31 He (just see) her 32 They (already show) _ the film 33 I’m sorry the car is not here I (just sell) it 34 When _you (buy) your bicycle? 35 I (know) _Jack since we (be) _ students but I (not meet) _ him since we (leave) _ school in 1998 36 The Bakers (be) in New York for months 37 you (spend) _ your holiday in Da lat last summer? 38 We (visit) _ that city last year 39 The farmer (work) _ in the field now 40 John (see) that film sometimes Lu hµnh néi bé Dam Doi High School Đề cương 10 Grammar Some other grammar points 41 My brother (use) this computer for years 42 Mr Green (buy) a new tractor last month 43 They (live) in this street for a long time 44 My brother (play) _ football at the moment 45 Mr Green (teach) French since he left London in 1997 46 She often (go) _ to school by bicycle but yesterday she (go) by bus 47 Look! It (snow) _ 48 She (not speak) _ to me since last week 49 Up to now, Hoa (work) _ very hard 50 HCM city (be) the largest city in Vietnam 51 They (hold) the meeting recently 52 Phong (sleep) _ right now 53 He (live) in Hanoi since 2002 54 Long ago, my young brother often (cry) _ at night 55 you (see) _ him recently? 56 He (finish) his work since yesterday 57 Peter and Daisy (be) born in 1978 58 Please be quite! You (make) so much noise so I can’t concentrate 59 Look A man (run) after the train He (want) _ to catch it 60 It (be) very cold now 61 We (go) _ to the theatre last night 62 He usually (write) in green ink 63 She (play) _ the piano when our guests (arrive) _ last night 64 We (do) English exercise at the moment 65 She (just come) in and (see) you in minutes 66 I (come) _ as soon as my study is finished (You be) ready? 67 Where (you go) for your holiday last year? 68 I (not leave) Paris since we (go) _ to Dieppe three years ago 69 My mother (come) to stay with us next weekend 70 We (meet) only yesterday and (already decide) to get married 71 I (never see) snow 72 Violets (bloom) in spring 73 We (not live) _ in England for the last two months 74 I (lose) my keys; I cannot remember where I last (see) them 75 He (not arrive) when I (write) my last letter to you 76 Whenever you (go) _ to town nowadays, you (spend) _ a lot of money 77 I (never forget) what you (just tell) me 78 They (prepare) the Christmas dinner today 79 I (not see) John for a long time I (see) him weeks ago 80 He is very thirsty He (not drink) since this morning 81 Look at those black clouds It (rain) _ 82 We (not see) _ her since we (be) _ on holiday in Ha Long bay 83 Phuong (not finish) _ her homework yet 84 Would you like some coffee? I just (make) _ some 85 No one (use) _ this car for several years 86 Last night when we (visit) _ him, he (do) _ an experiment on the upstairs 87 The sewing machine which you (use) _ at present (invent) _ in 1830 by French 88 I (not see) your uncle recently - No He (not go) _ out since he (buy) _ a new color television 89 My uncle just (open) _ a new internet house on Trang Thi street 90 Her grandfather (die) _ 20 years ago She (never meet) _ him 91 Linh's brother (lose) _ his job last month and since then he (be) _ out of work 92 You (see) _ Mrs Chi lately? - Yes I (see) _ her at the school gate three days ago 93 The door won't open unless you (push) _ it hard 94 As soon as I (have) _ enough money, I'll buy a new car 95 I (not use) _ the car this evening, so you can have it 96 I (walk) _ along the street when I suddenly (feel) _ something hit me in the back I (not know) _ what it was 97 It (be) cold when we (leave) _ the house that day, and a light snow (fall) _ 98 I (not see) _ Daisy for ages When I last (see) _ him, he (try) _ to find a job in London 99 I (walk) _ along the street when suddenly I (hear) _ footsteps behind me Somebody (follow) _ me I was frightened and I (start) _ to run 100 When I was young, I (want) _to be a bus diver 101 I wish I (not be) here now Lu hµnh néi bé Dam Doi High School Đề cương 10 Grammar Some other grammar points 102 They (practice) _ their music lesson at o'clock last night 103 Thu (look) _after her little brother next Sunday 104 This book (just publish) _by Kim Dong publisher 105 The kids (sleep) when the bell rang 106 Who you (talk) _to on the phone now, Minh? 107 Where your new friend (live) , Nga? - She (live) on Hang Bac Street 108 You (be) free next Sunday morning, Tan? - No, I and my brother _(visit) our grandparents 109 Trang (not be) in her room at the moment She (cook) in the kitchen 110 Lien (not go) to the movie theater tomorrow She (stay) _at home and watch TV 111 Take these pills and you (feel) better then, Ba! 112 Minh (not visit) the museum with his class last Sunday because he (catch) a cold 113 The Pikes (move) to London since 2002 114 The students (play) _badminton at the moment 115 Ba and Phong (know) each other quite well for years 116 The phone (ring) _at midnight last night 117 The Brown (travel) to Asia many times 118 What you (do) last weekend? - I (go) to the theater with my family 119 John and I (be) _pen pals for nearly three years 120 We used (write) to each other every month when we (be) at secondary school 121 Minh (know) a little English, so she (wish) she (can) _speak it fluently 122 Maria (stay) _with us at the moment She (be) _my sister's friend 123 My mother (wash) the dishes while we (clean) the floor 124 Listen! The teacher (explain) the lesson 125 Viet Nam (have) _a lot of mountains and there (be) _many tall and big trees there 126 Lan (borrow) _some books from the library since Monday 127 Uyen (take) _a bus to school every day 128 Farmers often (harvest) _their crops in August 129 They (leave) Hanoi for HCM City yesterday 130 You look tired You (work) _hard? Exercise 2: Choose the best answer Water at 100 degree Centigrade A boil B boils C boiling D is boiling George to the movies very often A not go B don’t go C doesn’t go D not to How many languages ? A you speak B are you speak C are you speaking D will you speak The swimming pool at 9.00 am and at 6.30 pm A open/ close B opens / closes C opens/ close D open / closes Excuse me! I for a phone book Is there one here? A is looking B are looking C am looking D looking Would you like a cigarette? No, thanks, I A not smoke B doesn’t smoke C don’t smoke D am not smoke Listen! Can you hear those people next door? They A is yelling B are yelling C yells D yell Why your coat today? It’s very warm today A are you wear B you wear C you are wearing D are you wearing Where is Peter? He a bath A is talking B taking C is taking D is takeing 10 I your telephone number A not know B don’t know C don’t knew D am not knowing 11 Bad students never hard A works B work C are working D is working 12 The farmers in the field now A is working B are working C work D working 13 Do you know the man who there? A is smoking B are smoking C smoke D smokes 14 Those children for hours every afternoon A sleep B sleeps C is sleeping D are sleeping 15 Light faster than sound Lu hµnh néi bé Dam Doi High School 10 ... question I had studied the tenses before May The tenses 10 The school boys had wasted a lot of time A lot of time VIII Passive voice: Modal verb Example: You should brush... S + Be +V3/ED by O Tenses The simple present The simple past Active S The future simple The present continuous The past continuous The present perfect The past perfect Modal verb S Will V0 O S... him 10 I (come) _ and (see) you before I (leave) _ for England XIII Mixed tenses Exercise 1: Put the verb in the brackets in the correct tense We seldom (eat) before am I (not