BASIC TENSE 2 1. He often ( listen ) ………………….to classical music whenever he ( have ) ………………… spare time 2. My friends usually ( go ) to this supermarket 3. They ( not watch ) …………………… TV every day 4. It( not rain) ……………… much in autumn in the South of VN 5. My father ( be ) ………………………an engineer 6. Pupils in Vietnam ( go ) …………………… to school six days a week 7. The earth ( move ) ………………… around the sun 8. Mrs Green always ( take ) ……………………… a bus to go to work 9. The sun ( not set ) …………………… in the East 10. Mary usually ( stay up ) ………………….late 11. ………… you (be ) ……… a student in this high school ? 12. ……………you often ( watch ) …………….football matches on TV ? 13. ………….your father often ( watch ) ………………………… a football match on TV ? 14. ………….Your mother ( cook ) …………………………… meals for your family every day ? 15. I never ( ask ) …………………. my friends help me with my exercises 16. ………… a friend of yours ( come ) ……………………… ….to see .you every day ? 17. He ( not arrive ) ……………………….…here every day 18. I am sorry . I ( not be ) ……………………… rich enough to buy you a new car 19. In Vietnam , The climate ( not be ) ……………………very hot in summer It ( not be ) ………………… very cold in winter 20. People ( speak ) ……………………English in most of Canada 21. Be quiet ! My parents ( work ) …………………… in the room 22. Look ! the naughty pupils ( run ) ………………… after the bus 23. My mother ( make ) …………………………a cake for my birthday party now 24. Keep silent ! The teacher ( show ) ………………… us how to use the maps 25. Don’t make noise ! My brother ( concentrate ) ………………………………to study 26. Listen ! Our teacher ( explain ) ………………………….the lesson 27. Look ! too many planes ( fly ) …………………………in the sky 28. Good – bye . My bus ( come ) ………………… 29. Listen ! someone ( ring ) …………………………. the doorbell 30. Mr Vy and Mrs Tuyet ( work ) ………………………in the field at the moment 31. ……….Your sister ( study ) ……………… in her room at this time ? 32. My sister ( not study ) ………………….now . She ( write ) …………………….letters to her friends 33. My parents ( prepare ) ……………………lunch in the kitchen at present . 34. ………… Mary ( sing ) ……………….a French song now ? 35. No . she ( not sing ) ………………… now . she ( practice ) …………… speaking English at present 36. ………………she ( do ) ……………………her homework at present time ? 37. She ( not do ) ……………… her homework now . She ( sew ) ………………a dress for her doll now 38. Where are you Tom ? – I ( have ) ……………………….a bath 39. He often says yes while he ( talk ) …………………… to his friends 40. Look ! The train ( come ) …………………… 41. I ( encounter ) ……………… her last year 42. We ( go ) ………………….to the stadium last Sunday 43. Tom ( clean ) ………………… his car yesterday 44. She ( play ) ……………………an important role that film two years ago 45. They ( knock ) …………………….down their old house in 1999 46. She ( not be ) ……………………at home yesterday 47. Mr Pike ( become ) ………………… a chairman last month 48. We ( not meet ) ……………………each other last year 49. They ( not go ) ………………… to the library last Sunday 50. My parents ( not take ) ………………….me .to the zoo two years ago 51. That famous singer ( move ) ……………………to America in 1999 52. ………………you ( meet ) …………………her last year ? 53. ………………she ( leave ) ………………for Hollywood last month ? 54. ……………you ( watch ) ……………… a cartoon on TV last night ? 55. ………… you ( study ) ………………….in this school when you ( be ) …………… young ? 56. …………… the old man ( be ) …………………….….out of work three months ago ? 57. Where ………… you ( work ) …………………from 1999 to 2002 ? 58. Our teacher ( tell ) ………………… us yesterday the earth ( be ) ………………… round 59. That film star ( win ) ……………………the gold medal in 1982 60. She ( not be ) ……………….here last week . She (be ) ………………busy with her exam 61. When the writer ( be ) …………………….young , he ( use ) ………………… to swim in the river 62. What …………… you ( do ) ………………… when you ( be ) …………………a child ? 63. I ( be ) …………………born in 1991 64. …………….she often ( write ) ……………… letters to her friends ? 65. Yes . She ( write ) ……………………in her room now . 66. He ( write ) …………………over 20 letters yesterday 67. ………………your father ( read ) ……………… a newspaper or a magazine every morning ? 68. yes. He ( ( read ) ………………….a magazine at the present time . 69. Last week . a friend of her father ( give ) ……………her a sports magazine when he ( come ) ………………to see her father 70. My pupils ( not watch ) ……………… TV every evening because they ( be ) …………………busy preparing their lessons for the next day 71. Last summer vacation I ( stay ) …………………in Hue for two weeks 72. Where …………….you ( spend ) ………………. last summer holiday ? 73. People ( speak ) ………………….English in most of Canada 74. What hotel …………………you ( stay ) ……………………in when you (be ) ……………….on vacation last summer ? 75. They ( sell ) …………………….their old car two months ago 76. They ( work ) …………………… for a company in HCM city at present 77. Miss Lan often ( write ) ………………… to her friends when she was on holiday 78. My brother ( leave ) ……………………for London two weeks ago . 79. Who ( discover ) …………… ……………. Uranium ? 80. I ( just see ) ……………………. Her in the street 81. My mother ( already sell ) ………………… an old sewing machine 82. Tom ‘s father ( never visit ) …………………… Hanoi before 83. The writer ( write ) ……………….this novel since last year 84. Mr Green ( teach ) ……………………English in this school since he ( graduate ) …………………from the university five years .ago 85. How long …………… they ( learn ) ……………….this foreign language ? 86. I ( learn ) ………………………English for five years . 87. I ( learn ) …………………French since I ( move ) ………………… to this town 88. When I ( see ) ……………….him yesterday , I ( sit ) …………………on the bench in the park 89. While I ( come ) …………………….home from work yesterday , I ( hear ) …………… a little girl cry 90. When I ( arrive ) ……………… at the bus stop yesterday , The bus ( just leave ) ……………. 91. My little brother ( start ) ……………….painting the walls last Sunday while I ( cook ) ……… 92. While I ( prepare ) ………………my lessons last night , My sister ( play ) ………………….the piano 93. When I ( arrive ) …………………at .the office yesterday , I ( realize ) …………………that I (leave ) ……………….my keys at home 94. It (rain ) …………………….heavily this morning when he ( wake ) ……………… up 95. When I ( walk ) ………….through the park this afternoon , I ( see ) ………………… a wallet on a bench 96. When he ( enter ) ……………… the room last night , she ( watch ) ………………… a funny film 97. When Mrs green ( come ) ……………… home from work yesterday , her daughter ( just leave ) ……………for work 98. As soon as the manager had sat down , the telephone ( ring ) …………… 99. As soon as he opened the door , a cat ( run ) ………………….into the house 100. After I ( finish ) ……………………my work yesterday evening , I ( turn ) ………………on the TV 101. Before Mary ( go ) …………………out , she had turned off the lights carefully 102. When we had finished the work , we ( play ) ………………. computer games for a few minutes 103. While we ( walk ) ……………… home last week , It ( begin ) ……………… to rain 104. While we ( be ) ………… in our classroom , our schoolmates ( play ) ………………….soccer in the yard 105. I ( be ) …………………… at the seaside at this time last month 106. Tom ( go ) ……………… to his friend’s house last week but the boys ( not /be ) ……………….there . They ( play ) ………………………football in the yard 107. When I ( come ) …………………….to the party last night , everyone ( sing ) ……………… loudly 108. A thief ( break ) …………………into the house while everyone ( dance ) …………………last night 109. The manager ( not be ) ………………at the meeting last weekend because he ( wait ) ……………………….for an important call 110. When I ( enter ) …………… the hall , everyone ( already finish ) ………………………their work 111. I ( drive ) …………………….down the street last night when I suddenly (see ) ……………….a car in my lane . 112. He (be) ………………… a newspaper reporter before he became a famous writer 113. The patient felt .a little better after the doctor ( give ) …………………….him the medicine 114. I was late . The film ( already begin ) …………………… when I ( get ) ……………….to the theater 115. I ( never hear ) ………………………… any of Beethoven ‘’s music before I ( come ) ……………………to the Opera ‘ House last month . winter 20 . People ( speak ) ……………………English in most of Canada 21 . Be quiet ! My parents ( work ) …………………… in the room 22 . Look ! the naughty pupils ( run ) ………………… after the bus 23 . My mother. for my birthday party now 24 . Keep silent ! The teacher ( show ) ………………… us how to use the maps 25 . Don’t make noise ! My brother ( concentrate ) ………………………………to study 26 . Listen ! Our teacher. Our teacher ( explain ) ………………………….the lesson 27 . Look ! too many planes ( fly ) …………………………in the sky 28 . Good – bye . My bus ( come ) ………………… 29 . Listen ! someone ( ring ) …………………………. the