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I Simple Present.
1 They often (have) eggs for breakfast
2 We usually (play) _ badminton
3 She sometimes (wake up) _ late
4 He always (go) to the cinema at weekends
5 Mary (watch) _ TV every night
6 She always (kiss) _her children before she (go) _ to bed
7 My parents (teach) _ chemistry
8 She (dance) _ very well
9 _Tom often (arrive) _ late?
10 _you always (go) _ to school in the morning?
11 We (not wake up) _ early
12 _these hens (lay) _ brown eggs?
13 She (be) _very nice
14 _he (be) _ tall?
15 _you (be) _a teacher?
II Present continuous & simple present.
1 Be quiet! The baby (sleep) _
2 The student (look up) _ the new word right now
3 He (play) _ game at the moment
4 At present, that author (write) _a historical novel
5 She (play) _ tennis when It (rain) _
6 She sometimes (buy) _ vegetables at this market
7 I (read) _book while they (do) _ homework
8 I (see) that you (wear) _your best clothes
Trang 29 My mother (cook) _some food in the kitchen at present
She always (cook) _ in the morning
10 Sarah often (work) _late at the office
III Simple Past
1. She (spend) all her money last week
2. Mum (never spend) _ any money on herself
3. I (lend) my penknife to someone, but I can't
remember who it was now
4. John and his father (build) _ the cabin themselves last year
5. My parents (sell) the stereo at a garage sale
6. _You (tell) _ anyone about this
yesterday?
7. The unidentified plant (bear) _ gorgeous flowers
8. She (tear) _ the letter to pieces and threw it in the bin
9. He often (wear) _ glasses for reading
10. Before God He (swear) _ he was innocent
11. Yesterday Clouds (creep) _ across the horizon, just above the line of trees
12. We both (sleep) _ badly that night
13. She (weep) _ for the loss of her mother
14. Jane (keep) _ the engine running
15. A huge wave (sweep) _ over the deck
16. Mum (pay) _ for my driving lessons
17. He (lay) _ his hand on my shoulder
18. He (break) the biscuit in half and handed one piece to me
19. He (choose) _ his words carefully as he (speak) _
20. Yesterday, I (go) to the restaurant with a client
Trang 321. We (drive) around the parking lot for 20 mins to find a parking space
22. When we (arrive) at the restaurant, the place (be) _ full
23. The waitress (ask) us if we (have) reservations
24. I (say), "No, my secretary forgets to make them."
25. The waitress (tell) us to come back in two hours
26. My client and I slowly (walk) back to the car
27. Then we (see) a small grocery store
28. We (stop) in the grocery store and (buy) some
sandwiches
29. That (be) better than waiting for two hours
30. I (not go) to school last Sunday
31. She (get) married last year?
32. What _you (do) _last night?- I (do) my
homewor
33. I (love) him but no more
34. Yesterday, I (get) _ up at 6 and (have) breakfast at 6.30
35. Tom (not shave)……… this morning because he (not have)
…………time
36. Where ……….you (go)………?
37. I (be)……… hungry, so I (buy)……… something
to eat
38. She (not invite)……… her to the party
39. ……… They (be) ……….at work yesterday?
40. We all (leave)……… the party at 11 o’clock
41. I (be) ……… angry because Tom and Ann (be)
……… late
42. What……… you (do) ……….at the weekend?
43. They (sell)……… their house
44. Professor Kenneth (teach) ……… another class last year
Trang 445. We (spend) ……… two weeks in JAPAN.
46. The rain (stop) ……… in the middle of the
afternoon
47. We (speak) ………to our friends last night
48. I (realize) ……… my error at once
49. We (eat) ……… lunch at the cafeteria with them
50. He (drive) ……… his car to work yesterday
51. Albert Einstein (die) ……… in 1955
52. Tom (go) ……… to the post office twice yesterday
53. My car (break) ……… down this morning on the way to work
54. I (see) ……….her last year
55. What ……….you (do) ……….yesterday?
56. You (watch) ……….TV last night?
57. She (be) ……….born in 1980
58. We (study) ……… almost every lesson in this book so far
59. We (watch, never) ……… that television program
60. We (watch) ……… an interesting program on television last night
61. My wife and I (travel) ……… to Mexico by air last Summer
62. I (read) ……… that novel again during my last vacation
63. I (have) ……… a little trouble with my car last week
64. However, I (have) ……… no trouble with my car since then
65. He (work) ……… all day yesterday
IV.Present Perfect and simple past.
1 I (wait) for two hours, but she (not come)
yet
2 He (write) a book since last year
3 How long you (learn) English?
4 Tom (already finish) his homework
5 I (read) the novel written by Jack London several times before
Trang 56 Mai (never be) in Hanoi.
7 She (study) _ Korean for two years
1. How many times you (see)……… him since he went to
Edinburgh?
2. We are from French We (be)……… there for 20 years
3. I am sorry I (forget)……… that girl’s name already
4. Mai (lose) ……….her dictionary
5. I (wait) ………for the manager for two hours
6. ……….You (ever, see)……… a lion?
7. I (work) ……… very hard for the exam
8. I (live) ……….here since 1970
9. ………….You (be) to the zoo?
10. I’m afraid you (look) ……….aty the wrong one
11. Why are the police here? What……… (happen)?
12. Please stay for dinner, Jane (cook) ……… a lovely meal
13. He (learn) ……… English for three years, but he can’t even read
a newspaper yet
14. My teacher (teach) ………… English at this school for six years
15. Michael (study)……… English for six month now
16. Up the the present, George (do) …………good work in this class
17. Our present boss (work) ………… in this company all of his life
V.Simple past and Past Perfect.
1 When the police (arrive) _, the car (go)
_
2 They (eat) everything by the time I (arrive) at the party
3 When I (find) _ my purse, someone (take)
_the money out of it
4 By the time I (get) _ into my town, the shop (close) _
Trang 65 They (go) after they (finish) _their work
6 He (do) nothing before he (see) _ me
7 When they (get) _ the station, the train (leave) _
VI>Gerund, to infinitive & bare infinitive
1 I hope (have) a job
2 Try to avoid (make) him angry
3 He thinks of (leave) _ his job
4 Would you mind (show) _ me how (work) the lift?
5 It's no use (wait)
6 I hate (see) _ a child (cry) _
7 I'm looking forward to (see) you
8 He warned her (not touch) _ the wire
9 Gravity makes water (run) downhill
10 Please let me (know) your decision
11 It is difficult (please) every body
12 We are eager (return) to school in the fall
13 Stop (argue) and start (work)
VII- past continuous;
1 This time last year I (live)………… in Brazil
2 What……… you (do)………… at 10 o’clock lastnigt?
3 Tom (cook) ………the dinner
4 Tom burn his hand when he (cook) ………the dinner
5 We(read)………… a book when he arrived
6 What………… he (do) ……… when you came?
7 At 9.o’clock yesterday Lan (not watch)………… T.V
8.All the students (read) ………the text carefully 9.They (walk) ………to the corner
Trang 710.They (study) ……… in the library when the fire alarm went off
11.It (snow) ………when I got up this morning
12.Helen (wait) ………in the lobby, wasn’t she?
13.The wind (blow) ………very hard when I went out this morning
14.He fell while he (go) ………down the stairs
15.Where………… she (be) at 5 o’clock this morning?
VIII- past simple or past continuous:
1. His uncle (teach)……… English in our school 5 years ago
2. The old man (fall………….) as he (get)……… into the bus
3. They (not go)……… to the movies last Sunday
4. When I saw him, he (sit) ……… asleep in a chair
5. ………You …………(find)………… my pen yesterday?
6. It (take)……… me 5 minutes to walk to school last year
7. The light (go) ………out when we (study)………… our
lesson
8. There (be)……… a lot of noise at the fair yesterday
9. They (give) ……… me the letter a few minutes ago
10. What she (do) ……… when you (arrive)
……… there? She (write) ……… a letter
11. She (have) ……… her bath while her sister (get)
……… the breakfast ready
12. The storm (begin) ……… at half past ten while the class (study) ………history
13. When the students (hear) ………… the bell, they (get)
……… up and (leave) ………
14. Mr Harvey (ask) ……… me about my plans the next time
he (see) ………… me
Trang 815. Just as I (leave) ………for home, a student (stop)
………me in the hall
16. As I (cross) ……… the street, two cars (race)
……… by me at full speed
17. Dorothy and I (just leave) ……… the house when the telephone (ring) ………
18. The minute I (hear) ……… the news, I (send)
……… him a telegram
19. I (go) ……… to ask you to help me, but you
(sleep) ………… so peacefully when I (look) ……… into your room that I (decide) ……… to do it alone
20. My mother (arrive) ……… while I (clean)
……… the kitchen
21. John (work) ………from morning to night: he (study)
……… to be a doctor
22. Just as I (write) ………the letter, the inkpot (fall)
………over
23. A noise of breaking chairs (suggest) ………that the men (fight) ………
24. He (just close) ………the church door when he (notice)
………a man still praying in the corner
25. The men (fight) ……… bravely, but the general (order)
……… them to retreat
26. As he (come) ……… up his house in the darkness,
he (see) ……… that a man (climb) ……… out of one of the bedroom windows
27. John (work) ……… hard when suddenly the door
(open) ………
28. When we (open) ………the front door we (see)
………… someone walking out of the gate
29. Lighting (strike) ……… the tree that they (shelter)
………under Of course, they (have)
Trang 9……… a terrible fright, but they (be) ……… very lucky No harm (come) ………to them at all
30. When I (arrive) ………at his house, he still (sleep)
………
31. The light (go) ………out while we (have)
………dinner
32. Bill (have) ………breakfast when I (stop) ……… at his house this morning
33. As we (cross) ………the street, we (see)
……… an accident
34. Tom (see) ……… a serious accident while he (stand)
……… at the bus stop
35. While my father (read) ……… a newspaper, I (learn)
……… my lesson and my sister (do) ……… her homework
36. The children (play) ……… football when their mother (come) ………back home
37. The bell (ring) ………while Tom (take) ……… a bath
38. I (be) ………very tired because I (work) ………… all day yesterday
39. He (sit) ………in a cafe when I (see) ……… him
CHIA thì
1. He bought a Vietnamese-English dictionary and (give)
……… it to me
2. The coffee was all right,but the cream (be)
……… sour
3. He has a piano and a violin, but he (not have)………….a flute
4. He says that he (arrive)……… on time tomorrow
5. She says that she (arrive)………… on time yesterday
Trang 106. I think that Victor (be)………late.
7. He said that he (graduate)……….from university in 1991
8. We thought they (move)………to Califoria
9. The teacher said that water (consist)… of hydrogen and
oxygen
10. I (be)……….there when you arrive
11. They were still waiting when I (get)……… there
12. He has worked very hard since he (be)………here
13. We have just come in when you (call)…………
14. We’ll have already gone before you (get)………back
15. We decided to go home because it (be)……….very late
16. We have been very busy while they (be)………… here
17. I haven’t seen him since he (arrive)…………
18. The teacher gave us too many assignments, that we (can not)
……… go to the concert
19. It was such a beautiful day that I (feel)……….like taking a walk
20. He works on sundays so that he (can)………earn money to pay his tuition
21. I (be) ……… busy since we last met
22. I’m very fond of Jane but I (not see)………….much of her lately
23. There (be)……… no guests at all since I left?
24. I never(see)………….anyone more beautifulthan your wife
25. I (meet)……… your husband this afternoon at the station
26. He solved the problem more quickly than I (do)…………
27. This one of the best books that I (ever read)………
28. She has already telephoned the people who (come)……… tomorrow
29. I’ll never forget the kindness that you (show)………me
30. Are they the Italians who (own)………… this store?
Trang 1131. It was the Smiths who (call)………….you.
32. She left her home last week and nobody (see)……….her since
33. The video film is so interesting that I (see)…………it twice
34. It is the first time I (meet)……… him here
35. It was at the age of 14 that Jack London (leave)…………school and (become)…………a sailor
36. The video film was so interesting that I (see)…………it twice
37. It was the first time they (ever meet)………
38. The news (be)………quite alarming yesterday
39. We (not live)……… in England for two years now
40. I (never forget)………… what you (just tell)………….me
41. They (prepare)………… the christmas dinner at the moment
42. When I last (stay)……… in Cairo,I (ride)………to the
Pyramids on a camel that my friend (borrow)………… the day before
43. Our teacher (tell)……… us yesterday that he (visit)
………England in 1970
44. George (work)………at the university so far
45. When he lived in Manchester,he (work)……… in a bank
46. Birds (build)………their nests in the summer and (fly)
…….to the south in winter
47. I (lose)………my key Can you help me look for it?
48. My father (not smoke)……….for 5 years
49. My teacher wasn’t at home when I (arrive)…………He (just go)…….out
50. How long Bod and Mary (be)…………married?
51. You (receive)……….any letter from your parents yet?
52. My brother (join)…………the army when he (be)
……….young
53. I (see)…… a car accident while I (wait)……… for you at this corner yesterday
Trang 1254. Mr.John (be)……… principal of our school since last year.
55. Mr Smith (teach)……….at this school since he (graduate)
……… in 1990
56. My father (not watch)……….TV every night
57. I (meet)……… Arthur 3 weeks ago
58. Yesterday the police (report)…………that they (capture)
……… the thief
59. My friend (thank)………me for what I had done for him
60. Someone (steal)………… my handbag on the bus
61. The Browns (live)…… in Paris for 7 years when the second world war (break)……… out
62. Last month I (be)……….in the hospital for ten days
63. Don’t call me in the afternoon I usually (be)
……… away in the afternoon
64. John (drive)……… that car ever since I (know)……….him
65. People (speak)……….English in most of Canada
66. The dog (wag)………his tail whenever he (see)………me
67. I (never see)…………anyone more punctual than your brother
68. I (meet)…… your brother this afternoon at Green Street
69. He (light)……… a cigarrette and (walk)………to the window
70. The performance (begin)………….at 7 o’clock and (last)
……… for 3 hours
71. “You (be)…….here before? ” - Yes, I (spend)…… my
holidays here last year
72. He (leave)…………for London 2 years ago and I (not see)
…… him since
73. You (be)………to the laboratory this week?
74. Thousands of people (see)……… this exhibition by the end of the month
75. By the time you (finish)………… cooking they (do)
……… their homework