I ______(sit) in a cafe when you ___________ (call).
When you ________ (arrive) at the party, who _______ (be) there?
Susie __________ (watch) a film when she ______ (hear) the noise.
Yesterday I ________ (go) to the library, next I _______ (have) a swim, later I ___________ (meet) Julie for coffee.
We _________ (play) tennis when John ______ (hurt) his ankle.
What ______________ (they/do) at 10pm last night - it was really noisy?
He _______ (take) a shower when the telephone _________ (ring).
He _________ (be) in the shower when the telephone _________ (ring).
When I ______ (walk) into the room, everyone ________ (work).
It _______ (be) a day last September. The sun _________ (shine) and the birds ______ (sing). I _________ (walk) along the street when I _________ (meet) an old friend.
He _______ (live) in Russia when the Revolution ____________ (start).
When her train ________ (get) to the station, we _______ (wait) on the platform.
He _______ (be) so annoying! He ________ (always leave) his things everywhere.
On holiday we _______ (visit) Rome, ______ (see) the Vatican, and ________ (spend) a few days at the beach.
Why ________ (stand) on a chair when I ________ (come) into the room?
They ______ (live) in Germany when ______ (be) young.
At 7pm yesterday, we ________ (listen) to music.
When I ______ (leave) the house, it ______ (snow).
He _______ (work) in a bank when he ______ (meet) his wife.
What ________ (you/ do) when I ________ (call) you last night?
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11. I have seen lots of interesting places when I went on holiday last summer.
12. When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she stopped moving and listen intently.
13. I think it’s time you change your way of living.
14. Roger felt the outside of his pocket to make sure his wallet is still there.
15. When I’m shopping in the supermarket, I ran into an old friend who I hadn’t met for five years.
16. The police arrested the man while he is having dinner in a restaurant.
17. Peter and Wendy first met in 2006, and they are married for three years now.
18. Some people are believing there is life on other planets.
19. Recently, the island of Hawaii had been the subject of intensive research on the occurrence of earthquakes.
20. Every morning, the sun shines in my bedroom window and waking me up.
TO-INFINITIVE / V-ING
1. Students stopped (make) ___________ noise when the teacher came in.
2. She couldn’t help (shed) __________ tears when she saw the film “Romeo and Juliet”.
3. Would you mind (buy) ____________ me a newspaper?
4. They postpone (build) ____________ an Elementary School for the lack of finance.
5. Are his ideas worth (listen) ____________ to?
6. My grandfather is used to (get) _____________ up early in the morning.
7. They are looking forward to our (visit) _______________them.
8. He used to fall asleep without (take) ___________ his shoes off.
9. My watch keeps (stop) ___________.
10. I remember (meet) ____________ you somewhere last month.
It takes me ten minutes _________to school every day.
A. walking B. to walk C. walk D. walked
We expect him ______________ tomorrow.
A. arrive B. arriving C. to arrive D. will arrive
3. Would you mind not _________ the radio on until I’ve finished with this phone call?
A. turning B. to turn C. being turned D. to be turned
4. Would you like __________to my birthday party?
A. coming B. come C. came D. to come
5. I tried ___________the bus, but I missed it.
A. catch B. catching C. to catch D. caught
6. Everyday I spend two hours _________ speaking English.
A. practise B. to practise C. practising D. practised
7. Tommy admitted _________ the rock through the window.
A. throwing B. being throwing C. to throw D. to be thrown
8. He suggested _________ a double railway tunnel.
A. to build B. built C. building D. that building
9. The children stopped ___________ games when their mother came home.
A. playing B. play C. to play D. played
10. I can’t go on __________ here any more. I want a different job.
A. working B. to work C. work D. worked
11. My uncle has given up ___________ for 3 years.
A. to smoke B. smoking C. smoke D. smoked
12. Remember _____________Lan a present because today is her birthday.
A. send B. sending C. to send D. sent
13. We were allowed ___________ photographs in this room.
A. sell B. to sell C. selling D. sold
14. It’s not good to avoid _________ the teacher’s questions in class.
A. answer B. answering C. answered D. to answer
15. Does Dr Johnson mind ________ at home if his patients need his help?
A. to call B. to be called C. calling D. being called
16. We hope that the students themselves will enjoy _______ part in the projects.
A. to take B. taking C. to be taken D. being taken
17. Your house needs _________ .
A. redecorate B. redecorating C. redecorated D. to redecorate
18. Please wait a minute. My boss is busy ________ something.
A. to write B. write C. wrote D. writing
19. It is no good _________ sorry for yourself.
A. to feel B. feeling C. feel D. felt
Write the correct form of the words
a. She’s always tired. She shouldn’t................... to bed late every night. (go)
…………………………………
b. What (you/ do) when I phoned?
…………………………………
c. At 8p.m yesterday, we _____________(watch) a film
…………………………………
d. They were walking through the forest when the storm …………….(start)
…………………………………
A. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
1. He was writing to his friend when he __________a noise.
A. was hearing B. heard C. had heard D. hears
2. I __________many people since I came here in June.
A. met B. has met C. was meeting D. have met
3. We __________ maths at this time last week.
A. were learning B. are learning C. was learning D. learnt
4. She was playing games while he __________a football match.
A. watched B. watches C. was watching D. watching
5. She __________to Ho Chi Minh city last year.
A. goes B. has gone C. go D. went
6. Since we came here, we ______ a lot of acquaintances.
A. have had B. had C. have D. are having
7. __________he playing football now?
A. Will B. Does C. Was D. Is
8. Every morning, I often sit in my garden and____ to my nightingale sing.
A. listening B. listen C. listened D. listens
9. She __________school when she was six.
A. start B. started C. has started D. are starting
10. I. __________TV when the telephone rang.
A. watched B. was watching C. are watching D. have watched
11. She__________ lunch by the time we arrived.
A. had finished B. finished C. have finished D. finishing
12. This record-shop__________ be a book-shop a few years ago.
A. used to B. use C. used D. used
13. I couldn't come to the party because I __________go to work.
A. have B. had to C. have got D. had
14. Yesterday, I _______ for work late because I _______ to set my alarm.
A. had left / forgot B. was leaving / was forgetting
C. left / had forgot D. had been leaving / would forget
15. By the time we ____ to the train station, Susan _____ for us for more than two hours.
A. will get / has been waiting B. got / was waiting
C. got / had been waiting D. get / will wait
1.After they……………………….(watch) the film, they …………………………..(go) to a nearby café to drink something. 2.The boy………………….(start) crying when the man………………………… (hit) him. While he………………….(cry), his mother…………………………(come) and she asked him what……………………….(happen). 3.By the time Rian…………………………….(get) to the airport, the plane…………………………(already/leave). 4.As we………………………….(drive) to work last Monday, we………………………………..(see) someone who……………………………….(lie) in the middle of the road! 5.Tifany……………………………….(drive) for 6 hours before she finally………………………….(reach) the remote village. As she………………………………(park) her car, her grandma …………………………………….(come) out of the house to say hello. 6.Kein…………………………………..(watch) T.V. every day during the summer holiday when he……………………………………..(be) a kid
Put the verbs in the correct form of past continuous
1. You (study) when she called.
2. I (watch) TV when she called.
3. When the phone rang, she (write)a letter.
4. While we (have)the picnic, it started to rain.
5. What ( you / do) when the earthquake started?
6. I (listen) to my iPod, so I didn't hear the fire alarm.
7. While John (sleep)last night, someone stole his car.
8. Sammy (wait) for us when we got off the plane.
9. While I (write)the email, the computer suddenly went off.
10. Last night at 6 PM, I (eat) dinner.
11. At midnight, we (still drive)through the desert.
12. Yesterday at this time, I (sit)at my desk at work.
13. I (study)while he (make) dinner.
14. While Ellen (read), Tim (watch) television.
15. You (listen) while he (talk)?
Near future tense.
1. There’s a film on television tonight.
You ……………….. (watch) it?
2. I’m too tired. I ………………..(have) an early night.
3. I hear Ann has won a lot of money. What ………………..she (do) with it?
4. I’ve heard she ………………..(travel) around the world.
5. I ate lunch with Alan yesterday and I (eat) lunch with him tomorrow.
6. I ………………..(watch) the news tonight.
7. The sky is full of black clouds. It ………………..(rain)
8. There is a hole in the bottom of the boat. It is filling up with water very quickly. It ………………..(sink).
9. Ann is driving. There is very little petrol left in the tank. The nearest petrol station is a long way away. It………………..(run) out of petrol.
10. What ………………..you (wear) tonight?
A- Put the verbs in the correct tense: past simple or past Continuous.
1. It ____________(rain) when I got up.
2. When Mathew arrived, we ____________(have) dinner.
3. She heard him because he ____________(talk) loudly.
4. The taxi ____________(stop) when the train left.
5. He saw her when she ____________(stand) on the terrace.
6. The child fell asleep when I ____________ (watch) TV.
7. When they ____________(get) married, I ____________ (be) on holiday in France.
8. While my mother ____________(garden), my father ____________(do) the washing up.
9. ____________(There to be) a bell at 8.15 and the classes ____________(start) immediately.
10. When I saw Jim at the disco, he ____________(talk) to the DJ.
11. We ____________(go) swimming in the sea because the weather ____________(be) fine.
12. They ____________(have) a good time when the disaster ____________(happen)
13. He ____________(buy) some greeting cards when I ____________ (meet) him at Harrods.
14. When the alarm____________(ring), he ____________(have) a drink in the bar.
15. Robert ____________(ski) down a mountain when he____________(fall).