ex1: use the past form of the verbs:
1. I (be)........................ a student 2 years ago
2. He (be)............................ a doctor two years ago
3. They (be)............................. farmers last year
4. Lan and Ba (be)................... nues last year
5. It (be not).................. cold yesterday
6. She (be not).....................a pupil last week
7. This hat (be not)....................... new yesterday
8. My parents (be not)........................ teachers two years ago
9. He (be not)........................... a mechanic last Monday
10. (Be)......................... he an engineer yesterday. No, he (be not).......................
11. (Be)........................ It hot last week?
12. The windows (be)..............................open last Monday
13. (Be)..................... you a teacher two years ago? yes, I (be).............
14. Where (be)........................Nam from yesterday?
15. Why (be).................................he unhappy last Tuesday?
16. He (wear)....................... the shirt last week
17. You (go)...........................to school yesterday?
18. Where he (go).........................yesterday?
19. Hoa (buy).........................a lot of things for her birthday party
20. What time4 you (leave)...............................home for school yesterday?
1. Bill .... ( be ) born in 1980
2. They .... ( build ) this house 2 years ago
3. Lan and Hoa .... ( not/ go ) to school yesterday
4. Mai .... ( leave ) school last years
5. .... ( you/ visit ) your grandmother last night ?
6. What .... ( he/ buy ) last week ?
Fill in Present Simple , Present Cont , Past Simple , Present Perfect , will or be going to.
My cousin‘s name (1.be)…………….Sylvie Dupont .She (2.live)………………….in Pairs and (3.work)…………………
in a café in the centre of the city . She (4.work)………………………… there for three years .At the moment her best friend from England (5.stay)……………………….with her.She (6.enjoy)………………………her holiday very much .They (7.already/visit)…………………………………many museums together and they (8.be)……………………. to the theatre three times .Next week they (9.see)…………………….a film and then (10.have )………………………..dinner at an expensive restaurant .Last Tuesday they (11.go)……………………. to a disco with some friends of their .They (12.not/come)…………….…………home until very late . Sylvie (13.be)………………………..…so tired at work the following day customer .She doesn’t think she(15.see)……………………….him at the café again ! In the future she(16.not stay )……………………….out so late and she (17.be)……………………….more careful while she is serving customers
my family (travel)..................to spain by air last summer
why you (not come)........................to my birthday party last night?
she never (stay) ..................... up late at night
my father (be) ................. in quang ninh last week
minh (water)...................the flowers in the garden at the moment
lan always (go)................to school by bike
I(catch)...............bad cold two days ago
wait for a moment.I(write).................a report
: Give the right form of the verbs in brackets:
1. Lan and her father (visit) ……………..the Temple of Literature last week.
2. They (not eat) ……………….breakfast yet.
3. My brother hates (do) ………………the same things day after day.
4. My brother usually (go) …………………fishing in his free time.
5. I think ( collect).......................dolls is interesting.
6. What ……………you …………………..(do) last weekend?
7. I ……………………( go ) to the theater with my family last weekend.
8. They ( not come) ………………..to Maryam’s farewell party last night.
9. Would you like( come)…………………..to my house next week.
10. Tomorrow, I( study)……………………….unit 2.
11. We shouldn’t( eat)……………………sweet food.
12. We must( stay)…………………..in bed when we have a flu.
1. Yesterday, Hoa and her aunt (go)...........................to the market
2. I would like (tell)...........................you about my family.
3. You shoudn't (eat).......................too much candy
4.I ( be).........................fourteen years old next week.
5. What about (go)....................to the movies?
6.She never (allow).......................her children to stay up late.
7.Nam likes ( watch)..................basketball
8. What you ( do)............................last night?
9.You ought ( finish )........................your homework before(watch) TV.
10.I (not have)................(get)..........up early.
11.His uncle(teach).......................English in our school five years ago.
12,The children should ( spend )...........only a small part of their free time ( play )..........vedeo games
13. My English teacher ( get )...................a bad cold last week
14. They (not go)...........................to the movies last Sunday.
15,They ( build )..............................this school in 1995
16.You (meet )...........................your old teacher yesterday?
17. We would like ( fly ) ....................................to Jakarta
18. What you ( do )........................last Saturday?-I ( go )..........................fishing
Past simple tense
1. Bill .... ( be ) born in 1980
2. They .... ( build ) this house 2 years ago
3. Lan and Hoa .... ( not/ go ) to school yesterday
4. Mai .... ( leave ) school last years
5. .... ( you/ visit ) your grandmother last night ?
6. What .... ( he/ buy ) last week ?
ll. Present perfect tense
1. They (not speak) … to each other since they quarelled.
2. I wonder where he (live) … since then.
3. You already (drink)… three cups of tea since I sat here.
4. I (wait) … here for her since 7 o’clock and she (not come) … yet.
5. John (do) … his homework already.
6. We (go) … on a picnic in the countryside several time before.
7. I (not see) … him today.
8. How much you (pay) … for it?
9. She (feed) … the cat yet?
10. They (do) … their homework?
11. You (find) … your book?
12. You (be) … here before?
13. She (use) … this car for 5 years.
14. Someone (take) … my bike.
15. He isn’t here. He (go) … to Canada.
16. He (lose) … his key.
17. I (not work) … since last week.
18. We (buy) … a new lamp.
19. We ( not/ plan ) … our holiday yet/
20. Where (be/ you) …?
lll. Past simple or present prefect tense
1. We (study) … a very hard lesson the day before yesterday.
2. We (study) … almost every lesson in this book so far
3. We (watch, never) … that television program.
4. We (watch) … an interesting program on TV last night.
5. My wife and I (travel) … by air many times.
6. My wife and I (travel) … to Mexico by air last summer vacation.
7. I (read) … that novel by Hemingway several times before.
8. I (not see) … him for three weeks. I wonder where he is.
9. The concert (begin) … at 2.30 and (last) … for two hours. Everyone (enjoy) … it very
much.
10. The play (just, begin) … . You’re a little late
11. Mr. Count (work) … as a cashier for 25 years. Then he (retire) … and (go) … to live in the
countryside.
12. We (miss) … the bus. Now we have to walk.
13. I (not, see) … him since last Monday.
14. I (never, read) … such an interesting story in my life.
15. How many films you (see) … this month?
16. His health (improve) … since he (leave) … India.
Supply the correct verb form:
1:what ......you......( do) last weekend?
2:I........ ( go) to theater with my family last weekend .
3: they ( not come ) ..........to maryam's faewell party last nghit.
4: I wish I ..........(be) there with you.
5: lan thinks she.........( speak) english well.
6: the want him........( help) them.
7: they........( be) pen pals for a long time.
8: would you like ( come) .........to my house next week.
9: we used to .......( write) to each other every month when we .....( be) at secondary school.
10:Tomorrow,I ( study) .......unit 2.
11:we shouldn't( eat) ........sweet food.
12: we must ( stay) ..........in bed when we have a flu.
Use the correct tense of the verbs
1. George (like).................swimming when he was 8
2.They (stay).................at the Rose Hotel last vacation
3. They (not be)..............at home yesterday
4.Minh (play)...........the piano when he (be).........8 years old
5. Mary (not make)..........the dress for you a week ago