Giáo viên: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP VỀ CÁC THÌ Trang 1 PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE 1. The director often……(return) home late. 2. I don’t understand the word “fiddlesticks”. What “fiddlesticks”(vớ vẩn, cái vĩ để kéo vi-o-lơng)(mean)? 3. The sun (rise) in the east and. (set) in the west. 4. you (notice) any change un her? 5. He…(teach) mathematics in the eleventh and twelfth grades. 6. She (fly) to Paris once a year. 7. When you (see) Tom to need help, remember to give my regards. 8. The swimming pool …(open) at 6:00 A.M. and (close) at 10: 00 PM everyday. 9. It (not rain) in the sky season. 10. If you (go) to the party, you will meet Ann. 11. Good Bye! I …(leave) now. 12. It’s really cold today. The ice in my drink (not melt). 13. This dictionary (belong) to me. 14. Look at that crowd. I (wonder) what they …(wait) for. 15. You (like) this toy car. I give it to my daughter for her birthday next week. 16. Ice. (melt) to become water. 17. “Listen! Somebody…………. (knock) at the door”. 18. If all……(go) well, I’ll finish it in the fortnight. 19. It (feel) warm in here at the moment. 20. The doctor……(feel) a patient’s pulse. 21. What you (say) when you…(see) him last week? 22. Why …………you (not tell) me about her family before? 23. It would be better if you (go) there yourself. 24. He. (teach) English in our school 4 years ago. 25. I. (mail) the letters when I went out to lunch. 26. My boss always (wear) a raincoat and (carry) an umbrella when he walked to the office. 27. The Williams (move) into their new apartment last month. 28. He needed some money, so he(sell) his car. 29. Tom (go) downtown at seven o’clock this evening. 30. If we (not buy) grain, we wouldn’t be able to raise animals for meat. 31. She (work) very hard yesterday. 32. They suddenly……(realize) that they (travel) in the wrong direction. 33. When I (pick) up the teapot, the handle (come off). 34. While I……(swim) yesterday, someone (steal) my clothes and I. (have) to walk home in my swimsuit. 35. As he (eat), he could not answer clearly. 36. As the goalkeeper (run) forward to seize the ball, A bottle (strike) him on the shoulder. 37. The train just. (start) when the door. (open) and two painting passengers (leap) in. 38. While I (wonder) whether to buy the dress or not, someone else (come) and (buy) it. 39. Everyone …(read) quietly when suddenly the door . (burst) open and a complete stranger …(rush) in. 40. The dentist’s waiting room was full of people. Some. (read) magazines, others just (turn) over the papers. A woman (knit); a child (play) with a toy car. Suddenly the door (open) and the nurse (say); “next, please”. 41. She is studying. She (start) to study ten minutes ago. She (study) for fifteen minutes. 42. The taxi (come); so we must go. 43. I live in this flat. I. (come) here in 1999. I (live) since 1999. 44. You… …(see) any good films lately? 45. – Yes, I …(go) to Hoa Binh theatre last week and (see) a Japanese film. 46. We. (telephone) your office everyday this week. Giáo viên: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP VỀ CÁC THÌ Trang 2 47. I……(ever visit) Australia, but I (see) a program on TV about it two weeks ago. 48. World war II (end) in 1945. 49. They (work) at the bookstore, they (take) some classes, and they (live) in the same dormitory. 50. Where (you be) all this morning? It’s nearly midday now. 51. Where (you be) this morning? I rang you up several times before midday. 52. She…(play) tennis since she was eight. 53. I am exhausted. I (work) for a long time. 54. I (still not, find) the key I lost yesterday. 55. My family(live) here for the last two months, and just … (decide) to move. 56. You (meet) her lately. 57. She (write) a novel for the last two years but she (not finish) it yet. 58. I (wait) for the prices of the house to come down before buying a house, but I think I (wait) too long and the prices are beginning to go up again. 59. We (mend) sheets all the morning but we only (do) three, and now the sewing machine (break) down so we’ll be even slower with the next one. 60. Why you……(make) such a terrible noise? - I (lose) my key and I……(try) to make my wife by throwing stones at her window. 61. It(rain) for two hours and the ground is too wet to play on, so the match (be) postponed. 62. When I…(reach) the station, the train …(already, leave). 63. It was not until I (read) your letter that I……(understand) the truth. 64. He (sleep) all night but he (be) still tired in the morning. 65. Tom and John(know) each other because they (meet) the summer before. 66. I (rush) to the airport, but the plane(leave). 67. I (start) college as soon as I …(finish) school. 68. Everyone (eat) dinner by the time we (get) to the dinning room. 69. Somebody (tell) me that I (be) late for the train. 70. My wife (buy) a new hat after I (ask) her not to do so. 71. A woman (come) in with a baby, who she (say) just (swallow) a safety pin. 72. The baby was crying. She (cry) for ten minutes when her mother came in. 73. By the time you met me, I (study) English for 7 years. 74. He said he …(work) as a secretary at that bank for years. 75. The rain (fall) all day so we (stay) inside. 76. Tom (go) to Vietnamese classes for 2 years before he (go) to Vietnam. 77. John said he (be) on holiday the month before. 78. She was cooking her husband’s dinner. She (cook) the children’s supper earlier. 79. I …(go) to bed as I (not feel) well all day. 80. She …(work) in the supermarket for a year when she (become) the manageress. 81. I. (finish) the book on India I (read). 82. When you arrive, I probably (play) chess. 83. She (wait) for you at the hotel at midday tomorrow. 84. This time next Monday, I. (sit) in a Paris café reading Le Figaro. You (not read). You’ll be looking at all the pretty girls. 85. By the time you come, he (be) in prison for exactly a year. 86. I (finish) this novel by tomorrow evening. 87. By this time next year I. …(save) 2, 000 USD. 88. By midnight he (be) conscious for 48 hours. 89. How long you (wait) for me? I’ve been sitting here for ten minutes. 90. By the end of the year he(work) in the office for ten years. 91. I (study) for an hour when you came. 92. The kettle(boil) for ten minutes. 93. It (rain) for three days now. There’ll be a flood soon. 94. “Can you call back later? My father (have) a bath at the moment”. Giáo viên: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP VỀ CÁC THÌ Trang 3 95. What time your mother (finish) work every day? 96. He (buy) that car five years ago but it still looks very new. 97. That’s a good novel but I (not read) it before. 98. Even though they (look) for a flat for a month now, they……(not be) able to find one anywhere. 99. I’m sorry. I (forget) already her name which you …… (give) me some days before. 100. They see that they (make) a mistake. 101. I. (work) so hard that I was always tired. 102. John (do) the test again at the moment because he . (not pass) it the first time. 103. He (traffic) in drug across the border when the police (catch) him last Friday. 104. In a few minutes’ time, when the clock. (strike) six, I (wait) here for three hours. 105. When we(see) them last night, they. (sing); they (say) they . (sing) since 6 o’clock. 106. I hope it (not rain) when the bride (leave) the church tomorrow. 107. When they (get) to the theatre, the play (begin) . They (be) twenty minutes late. 108. I (return) the book as soon as I finish (read) it. 109. Yes, I. (try) several times last year, but I … (fail). 110. When I (meet) him 6 years ago, he. (work) as a director for three years already. 111. While I (go) out of the office, I (see) a familiar face. 112. I (make) a cake when the light went out. I had to finish it in the dark. 113. Oh dear! Look out of the window. It (rain). 114. I don’t think we (meet) before. 115. By the time we stop we (drive) six hundred miles. 116. You (walk) too fast. That’s why you are tired. 117. My uncle (make) a speech on Friday. 118. The girl (sit) next me is very clever and hard working. 119. I only (use) this open once since the day I had it mended. 120. When I got to the bus stop, the bus (just leave). 121. He (live) in London for 2 years and then(go) to Paris. 122. Shakespeare (write) a lot of plays. 123. My brother. (write) several plays. He. (just finish) his fifth tragedy. 124. I…(not see) him for 3 years. I wonder where he is. 125. Chopin (compose) some of his music in Majorca. 126. I (see) a car accident while I. (wait) for you on this corner yesterday. 127. Mr. Jones(be) principal of our school since last year. 128. Mr. Smith (teach) in this school since he (graduate) in 1990. 129. My father (not watch) TV every night. 130. I (meet) Arthur three weeks ago. 131. Yesterday the police (report) that they (capture) the thief. 132. My friend (thank) me foe what I had done for him. 133. Someone (steal) my handbag on the bus. 134. The Browns…(live) in Paris for seven years when the second world war(break) out. 135. Last month I…(be) in the hospital for ten days. 136. Don’t call me in the afternoon. I usually……… (be) away in the afternoon. 137. Mr. Clark. (be) in New York 2 months ago. Mr. Rossi (be) in New York until 2 months ago. 138. John. (drive) that car ever since I (know) him. 139. People (speak) English in most of Canada. 140. The dog (wag) his tail whenever he……(see) me. 141. What you (do) when I……(ring) you last night? 142. Up to then I never (see) such a fat man. Giáo viên: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP VỀ CÁC THÌ Trang 4 143. I. ……….(not see) him on last Monday. 144. They had sold all the books when we (get) there. 145. I think he……(leave) as soon as he……(know) the news. 146. He (play) the piano when their guests (arrive) last night. 147. He. (come) and. (see) you soon. 148. I (come) as soon as I have finished my work. You (be) ready? 149. My mother (come) to stay with us next weekend. 150. Where you (spend) your holidays next summer? 151. Violets (bloom) in Spring. 152. We (not live) in England for two years now. 153. We(never forget) what you (just tell) me. 154. They……(prepare) the Christmas dinner at the moment. 155. When I (last stay) in Cairo, I. (ride) to the Pyramids on the camel that my friend (borrow) the day before. 156. Our teacher……(tell) us yesterday that he (visit) England in 2000. 157. George (work) at the university so far. 158. When he (live) in Manchester, he (work) in the bank. 159. Birds (build) their nests in the summer and(fly) to the south in winter. 160. My teacher (not smoke) for 5 years. 161. My aunt wasn’t at home when I……(arrive). She (just go) out. 162. How long Bob and Mary (be) married? 163. You (receive) any letter from your girl friend yet? 164. My brother…(join) the army when he (be) young. 165. You……… (remember) my mane or you …………(forget) it someday? 166. Tom (study) chemistry for three years and then he gave it up. 167. Miss Lee often (write) when she was on holiday. 168. He (leave) home two weeks ago and we (not hear) from him since then. 169. When the teacher came in, the pupils (play) games. 170. Columbus (discover) America more than 400 years ago. 171. By next month, I (finish) my first novel. 172. Bill said he…(forget) to buy a dictionary. 173. He felt asleep while he (do) his homework. 174. We (not see) my university friends for a long time. 175. It (rain) when we arrived. 176. Kite and I (wait) right here until you get back. 177. Dick (start) school when he was eight. 178. How long you …(study) in this school? 179. We. (not receive) any letter from him since he (leave) four months ago. 180. Where are you? I’m upstairs. I (have) a bath. 181. I(speak) to you about that matter after the meeting tonight. 182. Hurry up! The train (come). 183. Be quite! The teacher (be) angry. 184. Why didn’t you listen while I (speak) to you? 185. Some animals (not eat) during winter. 186. John (watch) TV at 8 last evening. 187. Mr. Pike (live) here since last October. 188. Someone (cut) down all the trees in the garden. 189. The house(build) two years ago. 190. Listen! The bird(sing). 191. Trees (plant) since it (stop) raining. 192. He often…(say) O. K when he (talk) with the guests. 193. What you (do) after you (go) home yesterday? 194. How long you (wait) for me? Just a few minutes. 195. He……(do) his homework before he went to the cinema. Giáo viên: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP VỀ CÁC THÌ Trang 5 196. By noon, I……(wait) for her for two hours. 197. Yesterday thieves (break) into the house and (steal) a lot of furniture while the guests …… (dance). 198. When I came in, they all (sit) round the fire. Mr. Pike. (do) a crossword puzzle, Mrs. Pike(knit), and the others (read). 199. She(ask) me to tell about him several times. 200. At 4 p. m yesterday? Well, I (work) in my office at that time. 201. A: I (play) football since I was 5 years old. B: you (play) since you…(come) to England? A: Oh, yes. I (play) quite a lot. I (join) a club the day after I……(arrive). 202. I’m preparing to support anything he (say) tomorrow. 203. Sometimes I (get) up before the sun ……(rise). 204. He said he (be) mistaken. 205. Don’t speak until someone (ask) you. 206. Mary (come) from London. 207. Please be quiet! I……(work). 208. When I. (be) a child, I (want) to be a doctor. 209. David (be) born after his father (die). 210. I (not send) the parcel until I hear from you. 211. The last train (leave) the station at 5 p. m. 212. Up to now, the teacher (give) our class five tests. 213. He thinks that it…(rain) tonight. 214. She said that she…(get) married soon. 215. Bill said that he (lose) his bicycle. 216. I was taught that the sun (be) bigger than the moon. 217. The boy knew that an hour. (have) sixty minutes. 218. I didn’t know what time it. (be), so I (turn) on the radio. 219. She says that she…(live) in the country when she. (be) a child. 220. They hope that they (end) soon. 221. The student who answered the questions (be) John. 222. Mary (have) dinner when her friend called. 223. John (live) in the same house since he left school. 224. Shut all the windows before you (go) out. 225. You may begin when you (be) ready. 226. He is saying his money so that he (take) a long vacation. 227. I see that Henry (write) his position now. 228. I had done that…(be) necessary. 229. I saw that I (make) a mistake. 230. The teacher asked Bill why he……(not go) to school the day before. 231. We find that we (take) a wrong way. 232. I want to know how long she. (live) here. 233. Do you hear what she (just say)? 234. They believed that the police (capture) the thief soon. 235. Did John say he (call) you again? 236. She has thought that the work……(be) easy. 237. I wonder what changes the new president (introduce). 238. The students have thought that the English test …… (be) rather difficult. 239. Mrs. Smith complains that her neighbor… (make) too much noise. 240. Tom promised that he. (not do) it again. 241. My father said he…(be) here by soon. 242. Miss. White swears that she……(never see) that man before. 243. She has told me her name……(be) Mary. 244. My brother Jeff (go) to the psychic last month. 245. He (be) absolutely amazed at what the psychic …… (tell) him. 246. Then psychic(begin) by telling Jeff about his life. Giáo viên: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP VỀ CÁC THÌ Trang 6 247. She(know) that Jeff……(have) two children and …… (build) houses for a living. 248. Then the psychic (make) some predictions about Jeff’s future. 249. She said, “You(have) your wife to seek happiness with another woman. Your business (do) well this year except that you yourself (hurt) badly at work”. 250. But the psychic (get) it wrong about Jeff’s business. 251. After seeing the psychic, he was too scared to go to work, so now his business (fall) apart. 252. If I……(not be bring up) in the city, I would want to live there now. 253. We(not be worry) about this right now if we hadn’t spent so much. 254. A: You ever(go) to Yellowstone Park before? B: Yes, I…(go) there three years ago. 255. Jill (be) to Disneyland five times before. Last year, she (take) her parents there when they (come) to visit her. 256. A: Can you give me a ride downtown? B: Sorry, I can’t. I…(just have) an accident and I’m a nervous wreck. 257. Many sociologists predict that people (have) more free time in the next few decades. 258. They believed that advanced technology (perform) the work of people. 259. Many economists worry that this……(mean) more unemployment. 260. Other economists believed, however, that by that time social scientists. (find) a solution to the unemployment problem. 261. Yet a recent book on the productivity of Americans indicates that this(not be) the case. 262. I……(read) my assignment right now, so please don’t disturb me. 263. Misty (put on) her makeup at the same time. 264. His family (always worry) about him on the road because he (always go) over the speed limit. 265. I…(read) the book you lent me, but I’m not finished yet. 266. I(read) the book you lent me. In fact, I stayed up until 3 a. m last night to finish it! 267. Who. (take) money out of my purse? This is the second time this week that this. (happen). 268. The professor (explain) this math problem for one hour and the students still can’t understand it. 269. A: How much longer you (be) at the school? B: About another year. A: By the time you leave, how long (study) you English altogether? B: Eighteen months. I hope I(master) the English language by then! 270. A: your son (finish) high school yet? B: No, he (graduate) next spring. How about your daughter? A: Oh, gosh, yes. By the time your son(graduate), she (spend) two years at college. B: It’s hard to believe, isn’t it? They grow up so fast. Before we know it we (retire)! 271. I(write) to let you know that I’ve arrived and that everything’s fine. At the moment I. (stay) at a hotel in Athens and I (do) a lot of sightseeing. Next week, I (move) to the island of Crete, which is where most people in my company ……(live). I……(rent) a villa there for summer. The weather’s not nice. It. (rain) at the moment. Still, it(get) better slowly, and I’m be sure it’ll be fine when you (come) in the summer. I (look) forward to it. The job……(not seem) to be too demanding. Most of the time I. (deal) with bookings and (answer) inquiries. But I (suppose) it’s different when the tourist reason (start) next month. Even now the restaurants (begin) to get busier. 272. I thought you would like to know some of me news. I …… (arrive) in New York two weeks ago and I (stay) with a family called the Browns. Mrs. Brown (work) in the bank, but at the moment Mr. Brown (not have) a job. He (do) a course in business management which starts next month. I …… (have) a good time here, but the work is boring. I would like to find another job. I (travel) on the underground the other day when I met Tom. Do you remember him? When we last (see) him, he …(work) for his father’s job. Now he (learn) English at a school here. We (see) an art exhibition together tonight, I’m really looking forward to it. I like New York very much, but I. (think) it’s very expensive. Could you do me a favor? I need some more money. Of course I will pay you back when I see you. Giáo viên: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP VỀ CÁC THÌ Trang 7 273. I’m sorry I (not write) to you for so long, but I (be) very busy lately. All last month I…(have) exams, and I (not do) anything else but study foe ages. Anyway, I (stop) studying now, and I (wait) for exam results. As you can see from the letter, I (change) my address and (live) in Croydon now. I. (decide) that I wanted a change from central London because it (become) so expensive. A friend of mine. (tell) me about this flat, and I(move) here about two months ago. When you (come) to London this summer, please visit me. I (stay) here until the middle id October. Then I (go) on holiday to Scotland. Please write soon. 274. Before I (visit) Australia, an Australia friend in London (tell) me I’d learn “the Australia salute”. “What’s that?” I……(ask). “You’ll find out when you get there, ” he …… (say). I (arrive) in Perth last week. Since then, I…… (stay) at nice hotel near am beautiful beach. I (never visit) Australia before and I am enjoying my stay. I (swim) every day from the time I (arrive). Yesterday, an Australia friend……(suggest) a tour in “the bush”. I (agree) at once. The first thing I (notice) when we…(be) in the bush (be) the flies. After a while I (remember) the talk I had had in London before I (come) here. “What’s the Australia salute?” I (ask) suddenly, as I wave my right arm to keep the flies away. “That’s it!” my friend asked he……(wave) back! 275. We (live) in our present house in the country for three years. We (move) here after our second child (be) born. We (live) in town for ten years, and (decide) that as soon as we (can) afford it. We (move) away from the smoke and the noise of the city center, which we finally ( be) in 2000. We(never forget) it. We (be) reminded of the wisdom of our decision every morning when we (draw) the curtains to see open fields stretching before us. When the children (have) breakfast, they (rush) outside to play, which they (be ) whatever the weather. While they (play) outside, we somehow manage to start the day. 276. Jim and Mary (marry) since 2000. 277. Since arriving in Jakarta, Daisy (become) very good at finding her way round. 278. I think I’ll have to go to the doctor as I (feel) ill for some days. 279. Mary (tell) me that she (have) a hard time persuading my son to share his toys. 280. Tom soon (realize) he couldn’t live as cheaply in England as he had hoped. 281. For the first time in years Peter……(remember) his wife’s birthday. 282. Peter claimed he…(respect) my feelings on the matter but he just……(can not) agree with me. 283. I don’t believe it! It’s three in the morning and that party still …(not finish). 284. I hope Mike…(write) his report by the end of this week because I want to check it. 285. Since the end of the conflict, many refugees (force) to stay in the camps for long periods. . Giáo viên: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP VỀ CÁC THÌ Trang 1 PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE 1. The director often……(return) home late. 2. I don’t. film. 46. We. (telephone) your office everyday this week. Giáo viên: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP VỀ CÁC THÌ Trang 2 47. I……(ever visit) Australia, but I (see) a program on TV about it two. you call back later? My father (have) a bath at the moment”. Giáo viên: Huỳnh Quang Minh Tuấn BÀI TẬP VỀ CÁC THÌ Trang 3 95. What time your mother (finish) work every day? 96. He (buy) that car