Open the verbs 1/ She ( be) here for many years 2/ He used ( smoke a lot when he (be) . young 3/ They ( not visit ) . me since they ( come ) here 4/ Mr Lam ( be ) a worker. He ( work ) in that factory for a long time 5/ When my father ( come ) . home from work, I ( cook ) . dinner 6/ Lan ( go ) to school by bike everyday 7/ The chie dren ( play) . soccer in the school yard now 8/ You ( go) to Hanoi last month? 9/ Did you promise ( take) . the children to the zoo ? 10/ Please remember ( buy) . me some stamps. 11/ They llow their children ( go) out on Sunday 12/ Don’t forget ( lock ) . the door before going out 13/ We can ‘t afford ( buy ) . a new house 14/ If he were taller. He ( join) the football team 15/ I ( not write ) any letters home since I ( come ) . here 16/ It’s time we went . If we ( not leave ) . now , we ( miss ) . the train 17/ I remember ( give ) . him . I gave him yesterday 18/ We are made ( do ) the housework eveyday 19/ I suggest ( go) on a picnic on Sunday 20/ Lan ( not phone ) .since she ( go) to HCM city 21/ I ( take ) . a bath when the phone ( ring ) yesterday 22/ It’s ( not rain ) . for two months 23/ The teacher let Jane ( leave ) . the school early 24/ She ( learn) . a lot of English sine she ( go) to Australia 25/ My father ( try) to give up ( smoke) four times without success 26/ I still remember ( hear) ( sing ) . this song very beautifully 27/ I ( work ) . on my report for 3 hours and I ( finish ) two thirds of it now 28/ This is the first time I ( read) . a novel ( write ) . by an Engish novelist 29/ He ( lose) his job last month and ever since he ( be ) out of work 30/ My mother usually ( get) . up very early, but yesterday she ( not get) . up until 9 o’clock 31/ Who ( look ) . after the children when you ( be ) away on business next month ? 32/ When I ( come ) . to his house , , he ( work ) in the garden 33/ My brother and I ( go ) to the cinema three times since we moved to the city 34/ If you ( be ) in my position, what you ( do) .? 35/ Yestrday John ( cross ) . a street when a truck turned the corner very fast and almost hit him 36/ What you ( do ) at 5 o’clock yesterday morning 37/ I ( give ) him your passage when he ( come ) tomorow 38/ Don’t turn on the radio! The children ( study) . 39/ Look ! The bus ( come ) 40/ He often ( wear ) a T- shirt , but today he ( wear) a shirt 41/ They ( wacth ) TV while their parents ( do) . the housework 42/ He (start) . ( work ) . for this company two years ago 43/ I never ( hear) . a more amusing story than this one 44/ It’s ages since we last ( have ) a party 45/ He drove right past me when we ( wait) . for the bus 46/ What you ( do ) . at the moment? - We ( write ) . a leeter to my parents 47/ You ( have ) your bicycle repaird at the moment ? 48/ We were all looking forward to ( have ) . diner tonight 49/ I know that he ( live ) . in HN since 2000 50/ What your father ( do) . when you came yesterday? 51/ If he doesn’t start at once , he ( be ) . late for the train 52/ He refused ( join ) . us on the trip to the mountains