I. TENSE.
A.Put in the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:
1.When……he (leave) Hanoi for HCM city?
-He …….(leave) yesterday morning.
2.They…….(start) to learn E when they ………(be) only 10 years old.
3.she ……..(play) the piano when we ….(arrive).
4.What you………(do) at 8 o`clock yesterday when he………(come) to see you?
-Oh, I………(write) a leter to my eldest brother.
5.They still…….(sleep) when their father………(come) back from work.
6.She……..(come) into the room,……..(open) the window,…….( turn) on the light, and ………(begin) to read a newspaper.
7.It……….(rain) hard when they ……..(be) on their way home.As they………(have) no raincoats with them, they…..
(be) wet through.
8.Her mother …….(cook) in the kitchen while her father……
(clean) the sitting - room.
9.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.
10. It…….(be) 2a.m. Elisa………(wake) up.She ……(look) out.It……….(snow).
B.Use the simple present, the present continuous tense, the simlpe past or past continuous tense.
1.We often……..(drink) coffee in the morning. But yesterday morning we……..(drink) tea.
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) it two hours ago.
5.What she still……..(do) when her mother………(go) to bed last night?
-She still……..(write) an essay on the hames.
6.What you……..(do)now?
-We ……(repair) our house. We……..(hope) everything …..
(be) nice.
7.He often…….( buy) presents for his daughter on her birthday.Yesterday ………(be) her 15th birthday. He………
(buy) her a big doll.
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…….(believe) that he just …..(come) back from London last week.
C.Use the simple past or present perfect tenses.
1.They just…….(decide) to buy a new house.
2."Gone with the Wind" is the most interesting film we……
( see) recently.
3.You……..(see) Nam last Sunday.?
Oh, no I……..(not see) him for many days now.
4.Since when you…….(learn) E?
I……..(learn) it since I……….( be) a girl of twelve.
5.You ever ……(be) to HCM city?
-No, I ……(not be) there yet. But my parents ……..(be) there twice this year.
6.They ……..(do) nothing 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 universiy.
8.How long you……..(live) in this town?
-I……….(live) in this town for ten years.
9.My sister……….(finish) school in 1997 and ……..(be) a student at the National University since then.
10.My parents……….(go) out.They will be back soon.
D.Use the simple past or past perfect tense.
1.What you………(do) there before you ……..(return) home?
2.When I…….(come) to his house yesterday, his mother…..
(tell) me that he……..(go) to the cinema with his friend two hours before.
3.He………(go) to England after he………(study) E 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.By the time he………..( return) home from England, they
Already………(build) a new house for him.
7.When Peter………(arrive) at the cinema, the film already
……..(start).
8.The boy …….(say) that he………..(do) all his homework before