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Verb tenses REVIEW TENSES I. The present simple and present continuous tense. 1. The often (play) …………… football after school. 2. During the English lessons we often (speak) ……….english to our teacher and friends. 3. My son (do) ……. his homework after dinner. He (do) …………it now. 4. What you (read) ……………… when you have some free time? I (read) …………….short stories or novels. I (read) ………….a short story now. 5. Nam (do) ……… his morning exercises regularly. He (do) ……………them in the garden now. 6. You (understand) …………the use of the present simple tense now? Yes, I (do) …….an exercise on it at the moment and I (think) ……….that I (understand) …….it now. 7. What you (do) ……….after school? We often (play) ………….football. And what about you? We often (read) ………….books in the school library. 8. How your father (go) …………to work? He often (go) ………to work by motorbike. 9. She often (return) ………… to her home village when she (have) ………….much spare time. 10. Where Nam (be) ………now? He (be) …….in the garden. He (water) …………….the flowers. 11. Mr. Green always (go) ………………… to work by bus. 12. It (not rain) ……………… in the dry season. 13. They (have) ………… lunch in the cafeteria now. 14. My little sister (drink) ……….milk everyday. 15. The doctor sometimes (return) …………………home late. 16. He (write) ……………a long novel at present? 17. Look! The bus (come)……………… 18. the earth (move) ………………around the sun. 19. Something (smell) ……………… good in the kitchen now. 20. They often (thank) …………….me for what I do for them. 21. Hurry! The bus (come)………………I (not want) ………………….to miss it. 22. Listen! Somebody (sing) ……………………… 23. How often you (read) ………………a newspaper? 24. The sun always (rise) …………… in the east. Look!, it (rise) ……………… now. 25. I (hear) ………….you. I know what you (say) …………… 26. The concert (start) ………………at 7:30 this evening. 27. Ann, we (go) ………… to town. You (come) ………….with us? 28. She (have) ………… coffee for breakfast every morning. 29. I (see) …………….that you (wear) …………… your best clothes. 30. She sometimes (buy) ………………vegetables at this market. II. The past simple and past continuous. 1. His uncle (teach) ………… English in our school five 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 (see) ………… him, he (sit) ………………asleep in a chair. 5. You (find) …………….my fountain pen yesterday? 6. Where she (be) ………… at 5 o’clock this morning? 7. It (take) …………… me five minutes to walk to school last year. 8. the light (go) ……………….out when we (study) ………………….our lesson. 9. There (be) …………… a lot of noise at the fair yesterday. 10. They (give) ……………….me the letter a few minutes ago. 11. When the football (start) ……………? It (start) ………………….ten minutes ago. Typed by Hong Nhung 1 Verb tenses 12. They (start) ……………….to learn English when they (be) …………… only ten years old. 13. She (play) ……………….the piano when we (arrive) ……………………. 14. What you (do) …………… at 8 o’clock yesterday when he (come) …………to see you? Oh, I (write) …………….a letter to my eldest brother. 15. They (do) ……………… their homework when their mother (return) ……………home. 16. She (come) …………… into the room, (open) ………… the window, (turn) ………….on the light, and (begin) ………….to read a newspaper. 17. It (rain) ………….hard when they (be) ………….on their way home. As they (have) ………… no raincoats with them, they (be) …………… wet through. 18. Her father (cook) …………… in the kitchen while her father (clean) ………… the sitting room. 19. When I (come) …………to her house, she (work) ……………in the garden. She (tell) …………me that she usually (do) ………….the gardening when she (have) ……………free time. 20. She (eake) …………up and (look) …………through the window. It (rain) ………… hard. 21. They (have) ………….tea when the doorbell (ring) ……………… 22. Father (smoke) ……………his pipe while mother (read) ………….a magazine. 23. While he (mow) …………… the lawn, it (start) ……………… to rain. 24. He (have) ………… breakfast when the toaster (blow) …………… up. 25. When I (come) ……….into the office, my boss (wait) ………… for me. 26. When we (see) ………….Brian, he (drive) …………….a taxi. 27. Father (wait) ……………in the car while mother (do) ………….the shopping. 28. When he (arrive) …………… , we (have) ……………….dinner. 29. While they (play) ………………chess, we (go) ………………….shopping 30. They (have) ………………….a party while he (sleep) …………………. 31. He (take) ……………….a photo when I (feed) …………….the ducks. 32. They (play) …………… football when the lights in the stadium (go) …………….out. 33. While George and John (clean) …………their room, she (do) ………… the ironing. 34. Sam (do) ……… the ironing when Jack (phone) ……………her up. 35. We (wait) ……….at Victoria station when the train (arrive) ……………… 36. when I (arrive) …………… at his house, he still (sleep) …………… 37. She (water) ………….the flowers in her garden while her next door neighbour (chat) …………with her over the fence. 38. As we (cross) ……………the street, we (see) ………………an accident. 39. She (hear) ……… a noise and (get) ……out of bed when the door (open) ……………. 40. The children (play) ……………video games when their mother (come) ……………….back. 41. Who (be) ……….the man that you (talk) …………to? I (see) ……….him at the gate when I (come) …………in 42. We (wait) …………for the bus when he (pass)……… by in his car and (offer) …………us a lift. 43. I (be) ………….very tired because I (work) …………… all day yesterday. 44. When the students (hear) ………… the bell, they (get) ………….up and (leave) ……………… III. Present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous. 1. We often (go) ……… to bed early. But yesterday we (go) ……….to bed very late. 2. On my way home I often (meet) ………….many children who (go) ………… to school. 3. The sun (rise) ………….in the east and (set) ………….in the west. 4. When they (finish) …………….their work? They (finish) …………….two hours ago. 5. What she still (do) ………………when he mother (go) ………… to bed last night? She still (write) ………….an essay on the Thames. 6. What you (do) …………now? We (play) …………computer games. 7. He often (buy) ………… present fot his daughter on her birthday. Yesterday (be) ………….her 15 th birthday. He (buy) ……………her a big doll. Typed by Hong Nhung 2 Verb tenses 8. He (begin) …………to learn foreign languages when he (be) ……………quite young. 9. People know that Columbus (discover) …………… America nearly 500 years ago. 10. They all (say) …………….that he (buy) ………… a new mortobike a few days ago. IV. The past simple or the present perfect tense. 1. They just (come) ……………….from London. 2. “Gone with the wind” is the most interesting film we (see) …………resently. 3. You (see) …………… Nam last Sunday? Oh, no. I (not see) ………….him for many days now. 4. Since when you (learn) …………English? I (learn) ………it since I (be) ………a girl of twelve. 5. You (do) ………….your English exercises yet? Yes, we just (finish) ……….them. 6. They (do) ……….morning exercises since they (get) ……… up. 7. My brother (join) …………the army when he (be) ………… 18. He (serve) ………in the army for 3 years and then (go) ………… to university. 8. How long you (live) …………….in this town? I (live) ………… in this town for ten years. 9. My sister (finish) ……… school in 2007 and (be) ………….a student at the National University since then. 10. How long you (stay) ……….here? Oh, I (stay) ………… for a week. 11. Today is Thursday, and she (be) …………late twice this week. She (be) ……… late yesterday and on Monday. 12. He (live) ………………in the same house since 1999. 13. He (feel) ………….extremely ill when he went to hospital, but he (feel) ……….much better since he (come) …………out of hospital a month ago. 14. John (dig) ………… in the garden all afternoon. Why you (not help) ………………him? 15. We (not see) ………… him since he (get) …………….married. 16. It (rain) ……….for two hours and the ground is too we to play tennis. 17. He (move) …………to Ho Chi minh city last year and I (not meet) …… him since then. 18. We (not decide) …………….what to do with the money yet. 19. My father (work) ……………….as a teacher for thirty years . 20. She (be) ……………promoted three times since she (work) …………… here. 21. We (study) ………………a very hard lesson yesterday. 22. I (read) ………… that novel by Hemingway several times. 23. We (study) ……………almost every lesson in this book so far. 24. My wife and I (travel) …………… to Mexico by air last summer. 25. I (have) …………a little trouble with my car last week. 26. What (you) …………… do yesterday? 27. How long you (learn) ………………English? 28. Tom never (be) ……………….in Hanoi. 29. The plane (stop) …………at a small town. It then (take) ……… off immediatelly. 30. She (be) ………….so happy when she (hear) …………….the news that she (cry) …………… V. The past simple and past perfect tense 1. What places of interest you (visit) ………… before you (return) …………………home? 2. When I (come) ………….to his house yesterday, his mother (tell) ……………me that he (go) ………… to the cinema with his friends two hours before. 3. He (go) ………….to England after he (study) …………English for two years. 4. Before they (go) ………… very far, they (find) ………… that they (lose) …………their way. 5. When their father (get) ………….home from work, they (tell) …………him that they already (cook) ………….the dinner. 6. He (forget) ………….what I (tell) ………… him. I (remind) ……………him many times, but he still (not bring) …………what I (want)……………. Typed by Hong Nhung 3 Verb tenses 7. He (ask) …………me whether I (see) …………… his pen on the table. I (tell) ………….him that I (not see) ………….it around. 8. If I (wait) ………………only a little while longer, I would have met her. I (not see) ……….her since we last (meet) ………….two years ago. 9. They (go) …………… home after they (finish) …………… their work. 10. When we (come) …………… to the stadium, the match (already, begin). 11. They told me they (not eat) ……………….such kind of food before. 12. After they (go), I (sit) …………….down and (rest)……………… 13. After taking a bath, he (go) …………….to bed. 14. What (be) ………he when he (be) ………….young? 15. It was the first time I ever (see) ……………….such a beautiful girl. VI. Future simple tense or past tense 1. Miss Snow (type) …………….ten letters before lunch time yesterday. 2. The train (start) ………………before we arrived at the station. 3. There (be) ………………… English class in this room tomorrow evening. 4. The film already (begin …………………when we go to the cinema 5. He (say) …………… that he (see) ………………… that man before. 6. I (take) ……………….my brother to the zoo tomorrow. 7. Mr. Brown died after he (be) ………………….ill for a long time. 8. You (stay) ……………….at home tonight? 9. By December 1 st last year, he (work)………………… in the bank for 5 years. 10. I (be) ……………….twenty years old next June. VII. Give the correct form of the verb 1. Mrs. Green (take)………………. Alice to the dentist many times. 2. My sister always (wash) ……………….her hands before meals. 3. Hurry up! The train (come)…………………… in. 4. I hope it (not rain) ………………when we start early tomorrow. 5. Hw (sleep) ………………so he didn’t understand what you said to him. 6. Will you wait a minute while I (look) ……………… through the text? 7. You must tell me what you (do) ……………….since I last saw you. 8. An econamic crisis often (follow)…………………. the war. 9. You (witness)………………… many things by the time you die. 10. So far you (make) ………………….no mistakes on this exercise. 11. What you (do)……………… at 7 pm yesterday? 12. We didn’t recognize him. He (change)………………… a lot. 13. He discovered to his harrar that he (eat) …………………a lot. 14. Where you (spend) ………………your holiday last year? 15. He (do) ……………… nothing before he saw me. 16. All of them (sing) ………………… when I came. 17. She constanly (invite) ………………… me to lunch and dinner with her once or twice a year. 18. Why didn’t you listen while I (speak)…………………… to you. 19. They had sold all the books when we (get)…………………. there. 20. Where are you? I’m upstairs. I (have)……………………. a bath. 21. I usually (go) …………… to school by bus. 22. Yesterday morning I (get)…………………. up at 6.30. 23. We (need) …………………some money so we (sell)……………… our car. 24. She ever (be) ……………… to Span? 25. What Peter (do) …………………now? Typed by Hong Nhung 4 Verb tenses 26. Please don’t make so much noise. I (study)…………………………. 27. Water (boil) ………………… at 100 degree celcus. 28. Now Ron (phone) ………Jill again. It (be) ……… the third time he (phone)…… . her this evening. 29. It (rain)………………… now. It (begin)………………. raining 2 years ago. So it (rain) …………… for two hours. 30. You (hear)…………………… from Tom? 31. It (rain)…………….? She always (ask)…………… me. 32. New York (be)……………… one of the largest cities of the world. 33. This house (cost)………………. 3500 pounds in 1980. 34. You (go) ………………… out last night? 35. While Tom (play)…………………. tennis, Ann (take) ……………… a shower. 36. It (not see)…………………. his dog. 37. Make (play) ……………… chess. How long he (play)…………… ? 38. “You (speak) ………………….English?” she asked. 39. When they (work)……………… in the garden, the phone (ring)………………… . 40. After they (have)……………… their breakfast, they (go)……………… shopping yesterday. 41. I’m busy at the moment. I (redecorate) ……………….the sitting room. Typed by Hong Nhung 5 . you (live) …………….in this town? I (live) ………… in this town for ten years. 9. My sister (finish) ……… school in 2007 and (be) ………….a student at the National. (witness)………………… many things by the time you die. 10. So far you (make) ………………….no mistakes on this exercise. 11. What you (do)……………… at 7 pm yesterday? 12. We didn’t