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TENSE REVISION Exercise Give the correct tense of each verb
1 The Earth (go)……… around the Sun
2 Dennis (go) ……… to Oxford University for ten years We (not see)………… ……… each other for a long time
4 We usually (grow)…… ……… vegetables in our garden.
5 Diane can’t (answer)……… ……… the phone because she (wash) the dishes I (say) ………goodbye to him already
7 He (just leave) ……….here
8 They (not / come)………to school on Sundays He (stay)……….up late yesterday
10 Leaves (fall)……… ……… ……… in Winter
11 I (see) ……… ………this film yesterday
12 The plan (fly) ………ten times before it landed on its roof
13 While Joan was writing the report, Henry (look) ………for more information
14 The war (break) ………out three years ago.
15 What you (do) ………last weekend? Exercise Choose the best answer
1 Look at! The black car toward the top of the hill
A move B moves C is moving D has moved
2 The soup thinner now
A tastes B has tasted C is tasting D taste
3 Lan has learnt English since she a small girl
A has been B had been C was D would be
4 Birds……… to their nests in Winter
A fly B flies C flied D flying We to Da Lat several times It’s a foggy city
A were B have been C were being D had been
6 Be careful! The bus near
a will come B will be coming C is coming D has come
7 I haven’t met him since he school
A left B was leaving C had left D was left
8 I interested in jazz since I left school
A have been B was C am D had been
9 Do you think it tomorrow?
A rains B is raining C rained D will rain
10 My brother ……… 20 miles everyday
A ran B runs C run D is running
EXERCISE Choose the underlined part in each sentence (A, B, C, or D) that needs correcting Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it
A B C D
2 Having fed the dog, he was sat down to his own meal A B C D
3 When I turned on my computer, I was shocked to find some junk mail, and I just delete it all
A B C D
4 The boss laughed when the secretary has told him that she really needed a pay rise A B C D The telephone rang several times and then stop before I could answer it
A B C D
6 Debbie, whose father is an excellent tennis player, has been playing tennis since ten years
A B C D
7 I have seen lots of interesting places when I went on holiday last summer
(2)8 When I’m shopping in the supermarket, I ran into an old friend who I hadn’t met for five years
A B C D
9 Some people are believing there is life on other planets
A B C D
10 Recently, the island of Hawaii had been the subject of intensive research on the occurrence of earthquakes