used to
Complete the sentences with the present simple or present
continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
used to
Complete the sentences with the present simple or present
continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
used to
Complete the sentences with the present simple or present
continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
used to
Complete the sentences with the present simple or present
continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
Exercise 2: Complete these sentences with used to or didn't use to.
1. When Jane was young, she (go).............. swimming in the river but now she doesn't go swimming any more.
2........ you (cry.......) so much when you were a baby?
3. My young sister (be).............. afraid of dogs but now she isn't.
4. They (not like).............. her but they are best friends now.
5.Mr.Johnson (have)....... a car , but last year, he sold it and bought a new one.
6. My aunt (go)....... to work by motorbike.
7. People (not talk).............. on the phone many hundred years ago.
8. My parents (live).............. in Hue, but now we are living in HCMC.
9. Her father (take).............. them to the zoo when he was alive.
10. People (not think).............. that the earth was round.
III.Put the verb in brackets into correct form:
1. Last year, we (live) in Nha Trang but now we (live) in Ha Noi with my uncle.
2. Last week I (send) my friend -Daisy a letter but she (not reply). I(be) very sad now. 3. My father (not like) drinking beer but yesterday he (have )two big glasses of beer. He (be) happy to receive my mother’s news.
4. What you (do) yesteday? –I (phone) you but you (not be) in.
5. Last month my brother (send) me his photographs. He (send) his photographs every year.
6. I (think) you (not like) chocolate but it was wrong.
7. Nam is a careful driver but yesterday he (drive) carelessly.
8. What time you (go )to the market yesterday?
9. I (not know) how to dance when I (be) six years old.
10. Do you like swimming Ba ? - I (do) it when I (be) a child but not now.
IV. Join these ideas using “adj. + too / enough + (for O) + to-inf .”:
1. I’m too tired. I can’t go to the cinema this evening.
2. The table was too heavy. I couldn’t move it.
3. The children aren’t tall enough. They can’t reach that shelf.
4. They arrived too late. They didn’t see the beginning of the film.
5. Our old flat was too small. We couldn’t live in it.
6. He spoke too quietly. The people at the back of the room couldn’t hear.
7. The girl is so beautiful and clever . She can be the Miss World.
8. Nam is not tall. He couldn’t play volleyball for the school team.
9. The gas leak was serious.The police evacuated the building.
10. The problem isn’t important. We won’t focus on it.
V.Use the present simple of verbs in brackets:
1. Jet engines (make) a lot of noise.
2. I (not live) in London. I (live ) in Paris.
3. The sea (cover) two-thirds of the world.
4. Loud music (give) me a headache.
5. We ( not come) from Canada. We come from the USA.
6. She (work) from Mondays to Fridays. She (not work) at weekends.
7. Andrew and Les (not go) to school by bus every day. Most morning, Andrew (go) by bike and Les (walk).
8.You(not write) to your penfriend very often, but he (write) to you every week.
B. Exercises:
I. Make request for each situation below:
1. You want to ask your friends to go to the cinema with you :
.................................................................................
You see a person on the street with a heavy bag and you want to help her : ................................................................................
2. You want to go to a place at 7 o’clock and you want your friend agree with you.
.....................................................................................
II. Find and correct the mistakes in each sentence:
a/ Would you like try some coffee?
b/ Is 9 o’clock is ok?
c/ Can I speak Lan, please.
d/ He’s going to leave for for Bangkok e/ What are you going to do yesterday. f/ Can you to do me a favor ?
g/ Wait a minutes. Hold on!
h/ Let’s us meet outside the cinema i/ I know where is it.
j/ What are you going do?
III- Match A with B:
A
B
1/ Shall we go out dinnet tonight?
2/ Is 8 o’clock, ok?
3/ Would you like to go to the cinema with me? 4/ Can I speak to Nam, please?
5/ Let me help you do the housework.
a/ Yes, that’s fine
b/ That’s a good idea
c/ Certainly
d/ That’s very kind of you. e/ Yes, I’d love to.
IV- Supply verbs in the sentences:
1. Would you like (join) my class next Sunday? We (visit) the local museum.
2. My father likes (read) novel . He always ( read) books after dinner.
3. A friend of my brother (call) him last night, but he (not be) at home. So I (take) a message for him.
4. ( Be ) you busy this evening ?
Yes ,I (meet) Tuan at the library at seven. We (study) together. 5. Mai (telephone) you when she comes back.
V. Complete the sentences with the correct form of words:
1. Trung and his brother like ............ movies very much. (ACT)
2. Bell experimented with ways of transmiting ............ over along distance. (SPEECH)
3. Bell ......... demonstrated his invention . (SUCCESS)
4. Mr Phong made an ........ to see us at two o’clock. (ARRANGE)
5. Thomas Watson was Bell’s ......... ,wasn’t he? (ASSIST)
VI. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:
1. Alexander Graham Bell was born ......March 3nd, 1845 ........... Scotland. 2. He worked .............. deaf- mutes .............Boston University.
3. I’ll come ..............to pick her ..................8 o’clock.
4. Mrs Lam called ................her delivery service.
5. He worked very hard and finally come .......... .......... a very important invention.
Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in the brackets
1) My car ... (break) down when I ... (drive) home from work
2.Alan.......(look) out of the window when he.......(see) a UFO
3.When he.......(see) me, he.........(fall) of the wall
4.We.......(try) to log on when the Wifi .......(stop) working
5........Jim.......(smoke)when he.......(turn) on the gas?
6.She......(be) so tired that she......(sleep)for twelve hours
7.The tortoise..........(run)while the hare..........(have) a nap
8.I.........(phone) you four times last night but you..........(sleep)
9.The police.......(ask) them lots of questions before they.......(release) them
10.While the children......(surf) the Internet,they.......(find) a really interesting website about music
11.He........(walk) down the road when he.......(hear)a lound noise
12.When we.......(be) in Canada,we.......(go) skiing almost every day
13.Where......you.....(go) last summer holiday,Jim?-Well,I.......(take) a trip to Minneapolis
14.When I.......(arrive),they.......(say) hello but continued working
15.When you......(meet) me yesterday,I......(not go) to school,I.......(go) to the doctor's-I felt terrible
Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continous form of the verbs in brackets:
1.My car.........(break) down when I......(drive) home from work
2.Alan.......(look) out of the window when he.......(see) a UFO
3.When he.......(see) me, he.........(fall) of the wall
4.We.......(try) to log on when the Wifi .......(stop) working
5........Jim.......(smoke)when he.......(turn) on the gas?
6.She......(be) so tired that she......(sleep)for twelve hours
7.The tortoise..........(run)while the hare..........(have) a nap
8.I.........(phone) you four times last night but you..........(sleep)
9.The police.......(ask) them lots of questions before they.......(release) them
10.While the children......(surf) the Internet,they.......(find) a really interesting website about music
11.He........(walk) down the road when he.......(hear)a lound noise
12.When we.......(be) in Canada,we.......(go) skiing almost every day
13.Where......you.....(go) last summer holiday,Jim?-Well,I.......(take) a trip to Minneapolis
14.When I.......(arrive),they.......(say) hello but continued working
15.When you......(meet) me yesterday,I......(not go) to school,I.......(go) to the doctor's-I felt terrible
Complete the sentence with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1. The police … (ask) them lots of questions before they … (release) them.
2. While the children … (surf) the Internet, they … (find) a really interesting website about music.
3. He … (walk) down the road when he … (hear) a loud noise.
4. When we … (be) in Canada, we … (go) skiing almost everyday.
5. Where … you … (go) last summer holiday, Jim? ~ Well, I … (take) a trip to Minneapolis.
6. When I … (arrive), they … (say) hello but continued working.
7. When you … (meet) me yesterday, I … (not go) to school, I … (go) to the doctor’s - I felt terrible.
I. Make the questions with the suggestions. The first is done for you.
1. A: One of my favourite hobbies is cooking.
B: (What / like / cook )?
2.A: I get a terrible headache.
B: (When/ start/ get/ it ?)
3. A: We're planning our summer holiday at the moment.
B: ( Where/ think/ go ?)
4.A: I'm tired.
B: (What/ like/ to do/ tonight?)
II. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.
1. When did you finish (paint) the kitchen ?
2. I began (Earn) English ưhen I was 7.
3. I'm hungry, I don't know where (go) eating.
4. Lave used ( ski) when he was younger but not any more.
5. I go (ski) every winter
6. My instructor made me (ski) down the steep mountain.
7. I went for a walk (get) some fresh air.
8. It's important ( keep) vocabulary records .
9. There used ( be) a lot of traffic here but now there isn't s lot any more.
II. Use the correct form of the word given to complete each sentence.
1. She says shopping can be very _____.(tire)
2. In that restaurant, the food was good but the _____ was very slow.(serve)
3. I want to be a press _______ when I grow up.(photograph)
4. Mai brought a dictionary in her _______ for yesterday's English lessons.(pack)
III. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple or Present Progressive.
1. I'm afraid I have no time to help you now. I(write)_____ a report. But I (promise)_____I'll give you some help later.
2. Look, it (rain) _________ outside. The rain(get)_____ heavier.
3. Remember that the sun (rise)______ in the east. It's behind us so we (travel)_____ west.
4. The students(celebrate)______ Student's Day tomorrow.
5. Hoa (have)_____ a birthday party this evening.
6. She (get)________ taller and taller this year.
7. They (prepare)______ for their next performance.
8. The Greens(go)______ to the movies once a week.
9.There(be)____ a traffic jam in the city center almost every day.
10. Where is Mai?What(she/do)_____?
IV. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct tense.
1.Rice(not grow)______ in England.
2. Hurry. The bus (come) ____ and I (not want)______ to miss it.
3. What (you/do)_______ this evening?
I . complete the following sentences with used to or didn't use to
1. I often play chess now . I ............ ( not play ) chess when I was young
2. my brother ........... ( play ) soccer a lot but he doesn't play anymore
3. Peter often walks to school now . He ............. ( not walk ) to school two years ago
4. She likes eating durian now . She ............ ( not eat ) durian when she was young
5. I ............. ( not like ) her but we are best friends now
6. When I was a child , I ................( study ) hard
7. I often drink coffee now . I ............( not drink ) before
8. I ............. ( go ) fishing but now I don't go fishing anymore
9. My father gave up smoking a year ago . He .......... ( smoke ) twenty cigarettes a day
10. there .......... ( be ) a bridge here but it collapsed a long time ago
I. Make the questions with the suggestions. The first is done for you.
1. A: One of my favorite hobbies is cooking.
B: ( What/ like/ cook ?)
2. A: I get a terrible headache.
B: ( When/ start / get/ it?)
3. A: We're planning our summer holiday at the moment.
B:( Where/ think / go ?)
4. A: I'm tired.
B:(What/ like/ to do/ tonight?)
II. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.
1. Lave used ( ski) when he was younger but not any more.
2. I go ( ski) every winter.
3. My instructor made me ( ski ) down the steep mountain.
4. I went for a walk (get) some fresh air.
5. It's important (keep) vocabulary records.
6. There used (be) a lot of traffic here but now there isn't a lot any more.
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