BÀI TẬP TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10 Put the verbs in brackets into correct tenses. 1. I usually ( go) …………… to school by bicycle. 2. My mother sometimes ( buy) …………………….vegetables at this market. 3. We seldom ( eat)……………… before 6.30. 4. Mr. Pike ( have) ……………… coffee for breakfast every morning. 5. She ( walk)…………………… to school every day. 6. Nam ( take)…………… lessons in physical exercise three mornings a week. 7. Rivers usually ( flow)…………………. to the sea. 8. Light ( travel) ………………….faster than sound. 9. John ( like)……………………. to go to the museum. 10. The Australian ( speak)……………… English as their first language. 11. That brown briefcase ( belong) ……………………….to Dr. Rice. 12. It ( be)……………… often hot in summer. 13. He ( live)………near my house but I ( not see)…………………. him very often. 14. She ( not know) ………………………… much French. 15. My parents ( not live)……………………. in this town. 16. ………… you ( have) …………………coffee for breakfast every morning? 17. How often…………. she ( read)………. a newspaper? 18. What time………. she ( go)…… to school every day? 19. What you ( do) before breakfast every morning? 20. I ( not be) …………….tired. ………… you ( be) tired? Choose the best answers. 1. Spring _________ summer. a. follows b. is following c. will follow d. has followed 2. Every twelve months, the Earth ________ the sun. a. circle b. circled c. has circled d. is circling 3. The sun _______ in the East and _______ in the West. a. rises/ set b. rises/ sets c. rose/ had set d. has risen/ has set 4. Water ________ at 100 degrees Celsius. a. boil b. boils c. is boiling d. boiling 5. The Earth ________ on the sun for its heat and light. a. is depend b. depending c. has depend d. depends 6. It ________ quite often in Britain during in the Winter. a. is snowing b. snows c. snowed d. was snowing 7. It ________ very much in the summer in our country. a. not rains b. don’t rain c. doesn’t rain d. isn’t raining 8. My mother always _________ up early. a. gets b. is getting c. got d. will get 9. The concert ________ at 7: 15. a. starts b. is starting c. has started d. is going to start 10. Susan usually _______ her homework after dinner. a. doing b. do c. is doing d. does 11. People ______ English and French in Canada. a. speak b. have spoken c. had spoken d. are speaking 12. According to the research reports, people usually ________ in their sleep 25 to 30 times. a. turn b. are turning c. have turned d. turned 13. Ann _____ tea very often. 1 a. doesn’t drink b. don’t drink c. didn’t drink d. hasn’t drink 14. Michael _______ thirty hours a week. a. works b. worked c. has worked d. is working 15. Lan is very good at languages. She ______ two languages very well. a. speaks b. is speaking c. spoke d. was speaking 16. John ______ tennis once or twice a week. a. usually play b. is usually playing c usually plays 17. _________ on Sundays. b. He always gets up late a. He gets always up late 18. Harry work all the time. He ________ . a. never relaxes b. relaxes never c. often relaxes d. relaxes sometimes 19. I _______ at six o’ clock, but ________ to be up by five. a. normally get up / I have sometimes b. normally get up / sometimes I have 20. _________ a long time for the bus. a. We have to always wait b. We always have to wait Choose the underlined part that needs correcting in each sentence. 1. Mr. Miller doesn’t likes being kept waiting. 2. She had coffee and bread for breakfast every morning. 3. Peter never go to bed before he has finished his homework. 4. The weather generally get quite hot in July and August. 5. Yes, I remembering that older fellow’s name now. 6. After the class are over, ask the teacher about that sentence. 7. Birds builds their nests in the summer and fly to the south in Winter. 8. Tom Smith have musical talent, but he is a very lazy boy. 9. He often is saying that he wishes he is born rich. 10. Frank is usually swimming before work, but this morning he is jogging Put the verbs in brackets into correct tenses. 1. The farmers ( work) …………………… in the field now. 2. At present, the author ( write) …………………… a historical novel. 3. Daisy ( cook) …………….some food in the kitchen at the moment. She always ( cook) ………………… in the morning. 4. It ( rain) …………….very much in the summer. It ( rain) ……………… now. 5. She usually ( have) ……………a glass of milk after breakfast, but now she ( drink)………………. a cup of coffee. 6. They rarely ( eat)…………… fish, but today they ( eat)……………………. it. 7. Look! The girl ( cry)……………… 8. Listen! I think someone ( knock) …………………………… on the door. 9. Be quiet! The baby ( sleep)…………………. in the next room. 10. Don’t talk any more! The teacher ( look)…………………………. at us strictly. 11. Look! A man ( run)……………. after the train. He ( want)………………. to catch it. 13. What… you ( do)…………… now? 14. Where…………. Ann ( be) at present? 15. Mary usually ( wear) ………….a blue dress, but now she ( wear)……………… a flowered one. 16. In the South Vietnam, it ( rain) ………a great in July, August, and September. Now it ( rain) ……………… outside. 17. Where………Mr. Buck ( live) …….now? He ( live) ……….with his daughter for 6 months every year. 18. It ( be) ……………….very cold now. 19. She( feel) ………….tired at the moment. 20. Yes, I ( remember)………………. that older fellow’s name now. 2 Choose the best answers. 1. Don’t make noise. My mother __________ with her friend. a. is talking b. was talking c. talks d. talked 2. We _______ English now. a. learn b. are learning c. will learn d. have learned 3. Mr. Jones often _______ to work by car everyday, but today he ______ by bus. a. goes/ goes is going/ will go c. went/ has gone d. goes/ is going 4. I ______ in the room now. a. am being b. was being c. have been being d. am 5. Don’t bother her. She ______ her French lesson; she always ______ it in the morning. a. takes/ is talking b. is talking/ takes c. takes/ takes d. is talking/ is talking 6. John _____ at the moment, so he can’t answer the phone. a. works b. is working c. has worked d. will work 7. Hurry up, Jane! We ______ for you. a. wait b. are waiting c. waiting d. are waited 8. My father usually _______ beer after meals but now he _______ tea. a. drank/ was drinking b. drinks/ is drinking c. has drunk/ drinks d. drinks/ drinks 9. Listen! Someone _______ up the stairs. a. is walking b. has walked c. will be walking d. will have walked 10. At the moment John ______ his new car. He _______ his car on Sundays. a. is washing/ often washes b. was washing/ has often washed 11. Hurry up! Everyone ________ for you. a. waits b. waited c. is waiting d. was waiting 12. Listen to those people. What language ___________? a. do they speak b. are they speaking c. they speak d.were they speaking 13. Mr. Gibbon usually drinks mineral water, but in this party he ______ champagne. a. drinks b. will drink c. has drunk d. is drinking 14. now my sister _______ a bicycle of her own. a. is having b. are having c. has d. had 15. Look oút The teacher __________. a. coming b. is coming c. comes d. has come 16. Be quiet, please. We ______ all the translation and you ______ a lot of noise. a. are working/ are making b. work/ are making 17. “ are you ready, Ann?” “ Yes, I __________ .” a. am coming b. come c. came d. have came 18. Listen! I ______ somebody knocking at the front door. a. am hearing b. heard c. have heard d. hear 19. She ______ . Is something wrong? a. cries b. is crying c. cry d. crying 20. I ________ for Christine. Do you know where she is? a. look b. looked c. looking d. am looking Choose the underlined part that needs correcting in each sentence. 1. Mike is usually driving to work, but today he is walking. 2. Please don’t make so much noise. I study. 3. She usually has a glass of milk after breakfast, but now she drinks a cup of coffee. 4. John lived in New York since 1990 to 1995, but he is now living in Detroit. 5. Hoa writing a letter in her room at the moment. Past Simple. 1. It ( rain )……………….heavily last night. 3 2. Yesterday he ( go) ………………….home late. 3. Sam ( arrive) …………… in San Diego a week ago. 4. Pasteur ( die)………………. in 1895. 5. She paid for her ticket and ( leave)…………………… 6. Kieu Story ( be) ………… written by Nguyen Du. 7. There ( be)………………… an interesting film on TV last night. 8. I ( not watch)…………………………. television last night. 9. He ( not be)……………………… present at class yesterday. 10. What ( happen) ………………… to you yesterday? 11. What …………you ( do)………. last Sunday? 12. We ( do) ………………a very hard exercise the day before yesterday. 13. I ( have) …………….a little trouble with my car last week. 14. My wife and I ( travel) …………………to Mexico by air last summer. 15. She ( work)…………………. here for ten years form 1989 to 1999. 16. Everybody ( drink)…………… a lot of beer at the party last night. 17. Where ………John ( work)………… two years ago? CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER. 1. Mike _____ one hour ago. a. phoned b. was phoning c. had phoned d. has phoned 2. They _____ us last night. a. would visit b. has visited c. had visited d. visited 3. It’s two years _______ Joe. a. that I don’t see b. that I haven’t seen c. since I didn’t see d. since I saw 4. Last year they _______ 22 million TV sets. a. were selling b. had sold c. has sold d. sold 5. The World War II ______ in 1939 and _____ in 1945. a. begins/ ends b. had begun/ ended c. began/ended d. has begun/ had ended 6. Marie Curie ______ a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. a. awarded b. was awarded c. had awarded d. had been awarded 7. It’s at least a month since _____ Tom. a. I last seen b. I last see c. I have last seen d. I last saw 8. Who ______ your bike? – Mike did. a. did give you b. did you give c. you gave d. gave you 9. The last time I _____ swimming was when we were in Spain. a. had gone b. went c. has gone d. was going 10. Galileo _____ his first telescope in 1609. a. builds b. built c. has built d. had built 11. The last time she _____ to me ______ in 2005. a. had written/ was b. writes/ is c. wrote/ is d. wrote/ was 12. The light _____ out while we were having tea. a. was going b. went c. had gone d. has gone 13. Who ______ the boss tell him that ? – Peter did. a. did hear b. does hear c. hears d. heard 14. My uncle _______ twenty calves last week, now he _______ them up to sell. a. had bought/ fed b. buys/ feeds c. bought/ is feeding d. was buying/ fed 15. He had a bath, and then he ______ to bed. a. went b. had gone c. goes d. was going 16. Helen _____ to the pool and _______ a swim. a. was going/ had b. went/ had c. went/ was having d. was going/ has had 17. It’s time we _____ this old car and bought a new one. a. will sell b. hace sold c. had sold d. sold 4 19. I _______ him last Sunday. a. didn’t see b. haven’t seen c. don’t see d. wouldn’t see 20. Everybody danced and ______ happily at the party last night. a. sings b. is singing c. sing d. sang IDENTIFY THE MISTAKE 1. We took the bus downtown, did a few errands, and had gone to lunch. 2. It’s ten years since we have left school in 1996. 3. Are you ready? It’s time we go. 4. I last saw him when I am a student. 5. Last Monday was a holiday, so my brother doesn’t have to go to work. PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS. 1. Sue ( work) …………………………… at ten o’clock yesterday morning. 2. What ……you ( do) …… at 4 p.m yesterday?- well, I ( work)……………… in my office. 3.At 9 last night, Mrs. Smith ( wash) …………………the dishes while her children (study)……………… … their lesson. 4. Yesterday I ( see)…… an accident while I ( wait)……………… for you on this corner 5. While I ( walk)………………. to class yesterday morning, I ( see)……… Mary. 8. When I ( be)…………… young, I often ( go) …………… fishing with my uncle. 9. My younger brother often ( cry) ……………at night when he ( be) ………………3 years old. 10. When he ( be) ………………young, he ( listen) ……………to the radio. 11. When he lived in the town, he often ( catch)………………… the bus to his university 12. I ( read)…………………… when the light ( go) …………… out. 13. When I (see) you last night, what you ( do)? 14. I ( talk)……………………. about him when suddenly he ( come)…………… in last night 15. Yesterday afternoon, the boys ( break)……. the windows when they ( play)…………… football CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER. 1 It was midnight. Outside it ______ very hard. a. rain b. is raining c. rained d. was raining 2. Right now, Jim ______ the newspaper and Kathy ____ dinner last night at this time, they_____ the same thing. a. is reading/ is making/ were doing b. reads/ makes/ had done 3. The light _____ out while we _______ tea. a. went/ were having b. was going/ had c. had gone/ are having d. has gone/ have 4. Alan took a photograph of Sandra while she __________ . a. didn’t look b. wasn’t looking c. hasn’t looked d. hadn’t looked 5. Helen often reads a newspaper while she ______ for the bus. a. waits b. is waiting c. was waiting d. has waited 6. Tim ______ his hair while I ________ up the kitchen. a. was washing/ was cleaning b. was washing/ cleaned 7. I ______ asleep while I ______ television. a. was falling/ watch b. fell/ was watching 8. While I was working in the garden, my son ________ video games. a. was playing b. played c. has played d. has been playing 9. When I was a child, _______ the violin. a. I was playing b. I had played c. I play d. I played 10. Glenda _______ extremely hard when she was a student. a. worked b. has worked c. was working d. had been worked 11. I ______ you yesterday. You _______ outside a café. a. saw/ were sitting b. saw/ sat c. was seeing/ sat d. was seeing/ were sitting 12. I _______ a book when he came in. 5 a. was reading b. read c. am reading d. have read 13. Stephen _______ on the phone when I came in. a. phoned b. was talking c. has talked d. has been talking 14. We _____ English this time last week. a. learned b. were learning c. have learned d. had learned 15. You ______ your new hat when I _____ you yesterday. c. wore/ had met d. were wearing/ met 16. He ______ in the garden when the storm ________ . a. was sitting/ has broken b. was sitting/ broke 17. When I last ______ him, he ________ in Hue. c. was seeing/ lived d. saw/ was living 18. Last night Tura ______ in bed when suddenly she ____ a scream. a. read/ heard b. read/ was hearing c. was reading/ heard d. had read/ heard 19. _______ along Canary Street, I saw a terrible accident. a. While walking b. While I walking c. While I had walked d. To walk 20. My father ______ for that company from 1995 to 2005. a. was working b. has worked c. had worked d. worked IDENTIFY THE MISTAKE 1. When I came in, everyone were watching a film. 2. When I arrived home, my father was reading the newspaper and my mother watched TV. 3. The phone rung while I was washing the dishes. 4. When I got home form work last night, my daughter did her homework. 5. Last year my little brother got lost when we had gone shopping. PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE. 1. My father ( work)………………………. in that factory before. 2. My father ( work)…………………… in that factory before 1999. 3. Up to now, I ( never see) ……………………….such a fat man. 4. Up to then, I ( never see)……………………………… such a fat man. 5. It’s the first time I (eat)…………………………… this. 6. This is the worst storm I ( ever see)…………………………. 7. It was the first time I (ever see)…………………………… such a beautiful girl. 8. It was the most exciting film I (ever see)……………………… 9. This was the dirtiest looking dog I (ever see)…………………………… 10. When I came here I ( find) ……………………that everything ( be) ………………ready. 11. I was late. The teacher ( already give)…………………. a quiz when I (get)……… to class. 12. When I (come)……………. there, she ( go)……………………. away half an hour before. 13. Sam ( already/ leave) ……………… …………….when we ( get)……………. there. 14a My friend (not see)………………… me for many years when I ( meet)……… him last week. 14. We soon knew that we ( take) ………………………….the wrong way. 15. They told me they ( not eat)…………………………… such kind of food before. 16. She said she ( already see) ………………………… Dr. Rice 17. He ( visit)… his friend yesterday and ( find) ………… that he ( be)……………… out. 18. Our teacher (tell) …………….us a funny story yesterday CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER. 1. When I arrived at the party, Martha ________ home already. a. went b. have gone c. had gone d. would go 2. It was the most interesting film I __________. a. never saw b. have ever seen c. had ever seen d. ever saw 3. The man sitting next to me on the plane was nervous because he _______ before. a. hasn’t flown b. didn’t fly c. hadn’t flown d. wasn’t flying 4. Karen didn’t want to come to the cinema with us because she _______ the film. 6 a. has already seen b. already had seen c. had already seen d. saw 5. Up to then, I ________ such a big fire. a. have never seen b. had never seen c. never saw d. never see 6. When I arrived home my father wasn’t there. He ________ out. a. went b. has gone c. had gone d. was going 7. Sarah started studying Spanish ________ . a. for two years b. since 2005 c. two years ago d. a & b 8. When the boss _______, the meeting ________ . c. was arriving/ had begun d. arrived/ had begun 9. I haven’t back to the village where I was born _______ a long time. a. during b. since c. ago d. for 10. The streets _______ wet yesterday because it ______ early in the morning. a. had been/ rained b. were/ rained c. had been/ had rained d. were/ had rained 11. Peter ______ his homework when the phone _______ . a. had just finished/ rang b. had just finished/ had rung 12. I ______ no difficulty in learning English since I _______ to learn it 6 years ago. a. have had/ began b. had had/ begin c. had/ has begun d. am having/ begin 13. At the moment John _______ his new car. He ______ his car on Sundays. a. is washing/ often washes b. was washing/ has often washed 14. We ______ them before the reception yesterday. a. haven’t met b. hadn’t met c. didn’t meet d. wouldn’tmeet 15. We had just got out of the car when it _____ to set fire. a. has begun b. had begun c. was beginning d. began 16. When Martin _____ the car, he took it out for a drive. a. was repairing b. has repaired c. had repaired d. repaired 17. The man got out of the car, ______ round to the back and opened the boot. a. walking b. walked c. walks d. walk 18. I haven’t heard from Maria ______ . a. since many months before b. for many months 19. He said that he ______ badly sick since he returned from abroad. a. was b. has been c. had been d. would be IDENTIFY THE MISTAKE 1. I was late. The teacher already had given a quiz when I got to class. 2. When we arrived at the airport, the plane has taken off. 3. I was walking along the street when I realized that there has been a man following me. 4. What are you doing when I phoned you at 8 o’clock this morning? 5. Mr. John together with his children haven’t visited us since last month. 6. The last time I went swimming was when I was being in Sam Son. 7. The mother had always took good care of her little son. 8. They said that they went to the supermarket before coming home. 9. After driving for 10 miles, he suddenly realized that he has been driving in the wrong direction. 10. I haven’t smoked since a long time. 7 . BÀI TẬP TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10 Put the verbs in brackets into correct tenses. 1. I usually ( go) …………… to school. the supermarket before coming home. 9. After driving for 10 miles, he suddenly realized that he has been driving in the wrong direction. 10. I haven’t smoked since a long time. 7 . West. a. rises/ set b. rises/ sets c. rose/ had set d. has risen/ has set 4. Water ________ at 100 degrees Celsius. a. boil b. boils c. is boiling d. boiling 5. The Earth ________ on the sun