Homework for tenses Homework for tenses I Simple present or present continuous 1 I (have) coffee for breakfast every morning 2 My brother (work) in a shoes store this summer 3 The student (look up) th[.]
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I (hear) …………… someone knocking at the front door 14 I (see) …………… that you (wear) …………… your clothes 15 I (do) …………… an exercise on the present tense at this moment and I (think) …………… that I (know) how to use it now 16 She sometimes (buy) …………… vegetables at this market II The present perfect continuous tense Kevin is studying He began studying three hours ago He …………………………………………… for three hours I’m learning Spanish I started learning Spanish in December I ……………………………………………….since December An is looking for a job She began looking for a job for six months ago An ……………………………………………… for six months Mary is working in London She started working there on 18 January ……………………………………………………….since 18 January George smokes He started smoking five years ago …………………………………………………………… for five years III Present perfect or present perfect continuous I (try) …………… to learn English for years, but I (not succeed) …………… yet I (wait) …………… for two hours, but she (not, come) yet She (read) …………… all the works of Dickens How many you (read) ……… I (wait) …………… here for my girl friend Joanna for nearly half an hour Do HONGTU HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB ENGLISH CLUB you think she (forget) …………… to come? Jack (go) …………… to Paris for a holiday – I never (be) …………… there That book (lie) ……… on the table for weeks You (not read) ……… it yet He (not, be) …………… here since Christmas, I (wonder) ………… where she (live) …………… since then Mary (rest) …………… in the garden all day because she (be) ………… ill She (work) ……… so hard this week that she (not have) …………… time to go to the movies 10 We (live) …… here for the last six months, and just (decide) ……… to move IV make sentences with present perfect or present perfect continuous My uncle / work / the Beer factory since 1972 ………………………………………………………………………………… He / talking / the teacher / one hour ………………………………………………………………………………… They / already / see / royal tombs / Hue ………………………………………………………………………………… It/ rain / since nine o’clock ………………………………………………………………………………… He / just / leave / his village ………………………………………………………………………………… They / swim / the river /two hours ………………………………………………………………………………… V Present tenses I (be) ……… sorry I (forget) ……… that fellow’s name already Jack (look) ……… no trouble with my English lesson up to now Michael (work) ……… thirty hours a week At present, that author (write) ……… a historical novel How long you (learn) ……… English? The weather generally (get) ……… quiet hot in July and August Fred’s brother just (graduate) ……… from Oxford University That brown briefcase (belong) ……… to Dr Rice 10.Robert (wait) ……… for you since noon 11 Yes, I (remember) ……… that fellow’s name now VI Simple past or present perfect We (study) ……… a very hard lesson the day before yesterday We (study) ……… almost every lesson in this book so far We (watch, never) ……… that television program We (watch) ……… an interesting program on television last night My wife and I (travel) ……… by air many times My wife and I (travel) ……… to Mexico by air last Summer HONGTU HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB ENGLISH CLUB I (read) ……… that novel by Hemingway several times before I (read) ……… that novel again during my last vacation I (have) ……… a little trouble with my car last week 10 However, I (have) ……… no trouble with my car since then VII Simple past or past continuous He (work) ……… all day yesterday When I (arrive) ……… at his house he still (sleep) ……… As we (cross) ……… the street, the policeman (shout) ……… at us The light (go) ……… go out when we (have) ……… dinner The children (do) ……… their homework when their father (come) ……… back from the office Bill (have) ……… breakfast when I (stop) ……… at this house this morning While I (walk) ……… about the park, I (see) ……… Mr Jone When I (go) ……… out the sun (shine) ……… Just as I (leave) ……… for home, a student (stop) ……… me in the hall 10 When the students (hear) ……… the bell, they (get) ……… up and (leave) ……… VIII make sentences with Past continuous and simple past We / discussing many things when / headmaster / come/ in ……………………………………………………………………………… When/ teacher / come in/ , Lam / clean / blackboard ………………………………………………………………………………… Dick / listen / classical music / when / friend / arrive ………………………………………………………………………………… They / work / garden / when / rain ………………………………………………………………………………… When / telephone / ring / I / read / novel ………………………………………………………………………………… When her father / enter / room / Lan / clean / floor ………………………………………………………………………………… We / watch / television / when our father /call / us up ………………………………………………………………………………… It / raining / when we / get / school ………………………………………………………………………………… Tom / talk / another boy when I / see / him this morning ………………………………………………………………………………… 10 When the bell / ring / I / have / lunch ………………………………………………………………………………… 11 While Bob / clean / windows/ Peter / wash / dishes ………………………………………………………………………………… 12 while / we / read / novel/she / listen / radio HONGTU HONGTU HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU CLUB ENGLISH ENGLISH CLUB ENGLISH CLUB ………………………………………………………………………………… IX Simple past or past perfect They (go) ……… after they (finish) ……… their work He (do) ……… nothing before he (see) ……… me He (thank) ……… me for what I (do) ……… I (be) ……… sorry that I (hurt) ……… him After they (go) ……… they (sit) ……… down and (rest) ……… My friend (not see) ……… me for many years when I (meet) ……… him last week In England he (remember) ……… all he (learn) ……… They (tell) ……… him they (not meet ) ……… him before He (ask) ……… why we (come) ……… so early 10 She (say) ……… that she already (see) ……… Dr Rice X Past tenses when the phone (ring) ……… I (have) a bath You (wear) ……… your new hat when I (meet) ……… you yesterday When it (rain) ……… she (carry ) ……… an umbrella While you (play) ……… the piano, I (write) ……… a letter The house (be) ……… much smaller than he (think) ……… at first Before you (mention) ……… him, I (never hear) ……… of that author When he (go) ……… to see them last night, they (play) ……… cards They (say) ……… , they (play ) ……… since six o’clock My friend (sing) ……… when I (come) ……… into the room The little girl (ask) ……… what (happen) ……… to her ice-cream 10 He (eat) ……… dinner when I (go) ……… to see him XI The simple present tense, the simple future tense, the present perfect tense or the future perfect tense I’ll wait until he (write)………… his next novel When you (come) ………… back, he (already buy) ………… a new house Don’t come until I (finish) ………… lunch I hope it (stop) ………… raining by five o’clock this afternoon The river ………… (not begin) to swell until some rain ………… (fall) When I………… (be ) in Egypt for ten years, I………… (write) a book By next month, I………… (leave) for India He………… (finish) this work before you ………… (leave) The meeting ………… (finish) by the time we ………… (get) there 10 Before you ………… (go) to see them, they ………… (leave) the country 11 My father (retire) …………for ten years 12 In two years’ time, I………… (live) for twenty five years 13 My sister ………… (come) in two minutes 14 By the time you come here, we (finish) ………… dinner XII The simple present tense, the simple future tense or the future continuous tense I ………… (give) Mr Brown your letter when I………… (see) him tomorrow When you ………… (go) into the office, Mr John ………(sit) at the front desk Our English teacher………… (explain) that lesson to us tomorrow Mr and Mrs White ………… (live) in their new house by next Spring We ………… (wait) for you when you ………… (get) back tomorrow When you see Mr Johnson tomorrow, we ………… (remind) him of that We ………… (wait) for you right here when you ………… (return) at 5.30 When you………… (come) today, I………… (work) at my desk in room 12 The Browns ………… (travel) through New England at this time tomorrow 10 He ………… (work) on the report when you ………… (arrive) this afternoon XII Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets Going to the circus That after noon we all ( 1.get) …………ready to go to the pictures We (2.get) …………a 63 bus to take us to the Elephant and Castle, because the pictures are just next door There (3.be) …………a great big queue waiting to go in and we (4.be) ………… at the very back Soon we (5 get) …………in The picture (6 already start) ………… and it was very dark in there We (ha to go down some stairs to get our seats but instead of walking down them we (7 fall) …………down them Soon we were in our seats We (8 sit) …………there watching the film when something (9 hit) ………… me on the head It was an ice-cream tub I (10 turn) ………… round to see who it was and a little boy who (11 sit) ………… two rows behind me said; “ I am very sorry It was meant to hit you It was meant to hit the boy in front.” the little girl and the wolf One afternoon a big wolf (1 wait) ………… in a dark forest for a little girl to come along carrying a basket of food to her grandmother Finally the little girl did come along and she (2 carry) …………a basket of food “ Are you carrying that basket to your grandmother?” asked the wolf The little girl said ‘yes’ So the wolf (3 ask) ………… her where her grandmother lived and the little girl (4 tell) …………him and he (5 disappear ) ………… into the wood When the girl (6 open) …………the door of her grandmother’s house she (7 see) …………that there was somebody in bed with a nightcap and nightgown on She (8 approach) ………… no nearer than twenty five feet from the bed when she (9 see) ………… that it was not her grandmother but the wolf, for even in a nightcap, the wolf did not look in the least like anybody’s grandmother So the little girl (10 take) …………an automatic pistol out of her basket and (11 shoot) ………… the wolf dead HONGTU HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB HONGTU ENGLISH CLUB ENGLISH CLUB XIII Error analysis I am studying here since last January By the time I return to my country, I am away from home for more than three years As soon as I will graduate, I going to my hometown By the end of the 21st century, scientists will had discovered the cure for the common cold I want to get married, but I don’t meet the right person yet I have been seeing that movie three times, and now I am wanting to see it again Last night I have had dinner with two friends I knew both of them for a long time I am not like my job at the restaurant My brother wants me to change it I am thinking he is right So far this week, the teachers are giving us a lot of homework every day 10 There are fewer than 40 presidents of the United States since it became a country George Washington had been the first president He was become the president in 1789 11 Mr Sellers was just getting off the plane when he feels a sharp pain in her chest 12 When I got home to my apartment last night, I use my key to open the door as usual But the door didn’t open I trying my key again and again with no luck So I am knocking no the door for my wife to let me in Finally the door opens, but I don’t saw my wife on the other side I saw a stranger I had been try to get into the wrong apartment! I quickly apologizing and am went to my own apartment 13 By the end of this year, I had done all the exercises in this book 14 I am liking this program very much 15 My sister has been waiting for me for two hours when I arrived