Put the verbs given in the brackets into their appropriate tenses or forms.

35. Were I your age, I (do) …………………………differently.

36. He is the man whose car (steal) …………………………last week.

37. He wishes that he (work) …………………………harder but it’s too late now.

38. Some days of rest may help (reduce) …………………………the pressure of work.

39. National Parks (establish) …………………………to create the environment for rare animals to survive and produce offspring.

40. John Robbins, whom I spoke to by telephone, (instruct) …………………………me how to make a good preparation for a job interview.

I/ Put the verbs in brackets into the correct Tenses:  

1/ She ( buy ) some food yesterday. 

2/ I ( not be ) here last week. 

3/ Mrs Wilson had an accident While she ( drive) car to work this morning. 

4/ We’ll go out when it (stop) raining. 

5/ My uncle (live) in the USA since last year. 

6/ I saw her when I ( walk down) the street. 

7/ Hurry up ! the train ( come ).  

8/ Why didn’t you listen while I ( speak ) to you?  

9/ Where ………. you ( spend ) your Summer holiday last year?  

10/ Let’s go out. It ( not rain ) now. 

11/ It ( not rain ) in the dry season. 

12/ Up to now, I ( do ) every exercise in this book. 

13/ I have been here since I ( be) ten years old. 

14/ My sister always ( wash) her hands before meals. 

15/ Please don’t say anything while I ( learn) my lesson. 

16/ We were good friends. We (know) each other for a long time. 

17/ We arrived home and found that  a burglar ( break ) in. 

18/ We aren’t hungry. We ( have ) Lunch. 

19/ I had finished my work before ( go ) to bed. 

20/ While John was reading a book, Mary ( watch ) TV. 

21/ He ( return ) to his hometown recently. 

22/ She ( just come ) back from Japan. 

23/ Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia ( be ) tropical countries. 

24/ ……………. Your sister ( like ) lemon juice? 

25/ We ( learn ) English at the moment. 

I. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses:
1. Lan always (go) home after school, but now she (do) the exercises because she (have) a Math test tomorrow.
2. We (study) English for 4 years
3.They (buy) a new house last year.
4. Yesterday, when I (come) to her house, she (cook) dinner.
5. They(not/know) the new teacher yet.
6. I (live) here since I was born.
7. They (give) me the letter a few minutes ago.
8. When I saw him, he (sit) asleep in a chair.
9. What you (do) at 7 p.m yesterday?
10. My brother (write) several plays.
11. We (learn) English now.
12. He (write) a long novel at present.
13. My friends and I (go) fishing tomorrow.
14. Before you (go) out, you (do) your homework.

I.                Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.

1.     John Bruce (win) ………………… three million euros in a lottery. He (buy) ………………… the lottery ticket last Saturday.

2.     Princess Lola and Sir John Falstaff (marry) ……………… They (meet) ……………… at a party at Windsor Castle in 2009.

3.     I (buy) ………………… a new house last year, but (not sell) ………………… my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses.

4.     Peter (try) ………………… to come in quietly but his mother (hear) ………………… him and called out. “Where you (be) …………………? Your supper (be) ………………… in the oven for an hour.

5.     In the evening, I often play chess with my next door neighbor. I (play) ………………… chess with him ever since I (come) ………………… to live here ten years ago.

6.     How long you (be) ………………… in your present job?” “I (be) ………………… there for 6 months”. “And what you (do) ………………… before that?” “Before that I (work) ………………… for Jones and Company.”

7.     Pop star Madonna (go) ………………… to live in Greenland. She really (like) ………………… her new house.

8.     This bicycle (be) ………………… in our family for fourteen years. My father (use) ………………… it for the first five years, my brother (ride) ………………… it for the next five, and I (have) ………………… it for the last four.

9.     - I hear that your MP, Mr Simpson, (make) ………………… a very clever speech last night. How long he (be) ………………… your MP?

- Oh, we only (have) ………………… him since January. His predecessor Mr Alien (resign) ………………… suddenly because of ill-health and there (be) ………………… a by-election

I.                Put the verbs in brackets in correct tenses.

1.     Thomas (go) ………………… to Maidstone High School. He normally (walk) ………………… to school because he (live) ………………… quite close to the school. But this week he (get) ………………… the bus. He (not, go) ………………… to school at all. He (work) ………………… in a clothes shop.

2.     I (live) ………………… in Minsk for 10 years already but I (leave) ………………… for another place soon.

3.     Steven Brock is a golf player. He (win) ………………… several competitions, and he (earn) ………………… a lot of money from advertising different products.

4.     Timothy Spinks was a biologist. He (study) ………………… the plants of New Zealand, and he (write) ………………… several books on biology.

5.     I (send) ………………… Ed three emails last weeks, but he (not reply) ………………… to any of them yet.

6.     I (buy) ………………… this bicycle five years ago and I (use) ………………… it every day since then.

7.     You ever (try) ………………… to give up smoking? ~ Yes, I (try) ………………last year, but then I (find) …………………that I was getting fat so I (start) …………………again.

8.     My nephew (come) …………………to stay with me next weekend. ~ Where you (put) ………………… him? ~ I (put) ………………… him in the room in the tower. 

9.     Mr. Pitt (just / phone) …………………to say that he (not come) ………………… back till Wednesday night. 

10.  They (call) …………….…us when they (arrive) ………………in Monaco last week, but we (not hear) ………..…… from them ever since.

11.  Jackie (be) ……….… late several times in the past month and that’s why his boss (warn) ……..…… him a few minutes ago.

12.  Her parents (hold) ………………… a party for her next month. They (invite) ………………… 60 guests.

13.  I am sorry that the children (see) ………………… the accident.        

- I don’t think it (matter) ………………… They soon (forget) ………………… all about it.

14.  You (hear) ………………… the wind? It (blow) ………………… very strongly tonight.

15.  In my opinion, in the future people (not/ play)...................................individual games.

16.  When I (buy) …………………my new house I (ask) …………………for a telephone. The Post Office (tell) …………………me to wait, but I (wait) …………………a year now and my phone still (not come) ………………….

I. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses:

1. My mother sometimes (stay) ..... up late.

2. We usually (be) ....... happy.

3. He (leave) ...... Hue lately.

4. They wish they (visit) ...... Hue some day.

5. He (not finish) ...... his work last week.

6. She wishes it (not rain) .... now.

7. He (not meal) .... her for long time.

8. We (live) ..... there since last year.

9. Last night she (watch) ..... TV late.

* Put the verbs given in the brackets into their appropriate tenses or forms.
1. I wish I (know) ………………………her address now.
2. He (serve) ………………………in the army in the last war.
3. What tune (play) ………………………when we came in?
4. Five kilometers (be) ………………………a long way for a little boy to walk.
5. Peter did not get used to (get) ………………………up early when he first came to Vietnam.
6. She regrets (not / buy) ………………………that house. It is much more expensive now.
7. In five more minutes, they (talk) ………………………for three hours on the phone.
8. The prisoner is thought (escape) ………………………by climbing over the wall yesterday.
9. By the time your brother (return) ………………………here next year, the city will have changed a lot.
10. My marriage (arrange) ………………………by my parents. I’m marrying a man I hardly know.

3. Put the verbs in to the correct tenses. 1. It....(be)often very cold in the winter 2. It...(not rain) much in the autumn 3. My mother .......(cook) for the homeless people twice a week? 4. When I .....(arrive) at his house, he still slept 5. what....you....(do) yesterday? 6. Last year she ......(not attend) the entrance exam. 7. they....(prepare) carefully for the party next week 8. We........(not plan) for the weekend picnic because we don't have much time 9. you.......(enroll) in the Dancing courses next year?