Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:
1. When they came home yesterday, their children are=>were preparing dinner.
2. I feel not=>don't feel as tired taday as i felt yesterday.
3. We didn't begin to study for=> since the test yet.
4. It's pleasant of reading=>to read books in spare time.
I. Correct the mistake in each of the following sentences: 1) Were not you playing the guitar at 9 p.m every day last year. 2) They didn’t used to buy for their friends but for their parents. - What? I don’t understand what you mean. - I mean the things they were using. 3) She used not to have dinner here when she was a little girl. 4) Yesterday that naughty boy was beating his friend. 5) The teacher was teaching English in that secondary school last year. 6) What did you do when I went home yesterday. 7) There didn’t use to have many tall trees in this street 10 years ago.
1 : he ( have ) ................ dinner when his friend called
2 : Joan ( travel) ............ around the world
3 : we ( not begin) ........... to study for the test yet
4: don't get on a bus while it ( run ) ..............
5 : I ( invite ) ................... them to my birthday party yesterday , however , they ( not come ) ..............
6 : Look ! Somebody ( clean ) ........ the room
7 : my brother ( begin ) .................... looking for a job in January
Past tenses:
1. His uncle(teach) ................ English in our school 5 years ago.
2. The old man (fall) ............. as he (get) ................. into the bus.
3. They (not go) .............. to the movies last Sunday.
4. When I saw him, he (sit) ............... asleep in a chair.
5. ............... You (find) ............. my oen yesterday?
6. The light (go) ........... out when we (study) .............. our lesson
7. There (be) ............... a lot of noise at the fair yesterday.
8. They (give) .............. me the letter a few minutes ago.
9. What she (do) .................... when you (arrive) ....... there? She (write) ................ a letter.
10. She (have) ........... her bath while her sister (get) ........... the breakfast ready.
11. The storm (begin) ......... at half past ten while the class (study) .............. history.
12. When the students (hear) .............. the bell, they (get) ............ up and (leave).
13. Mr. Harvey (ask) ............. me about my plans the next time he (see) .................. me.
14. As I (cross) ............... the street, two cars (race) .......... by me at full speed.
15. Just as I (leave) ............ for home, a student (stop) .............. me in the hall.
16. Dorothy and I (just leave) .............. the house when the telephone (ring) ...............
17. The minute I (hear) ............... the news , I (send) ................ him a telegram.
18. I (go) ............ to ask you to help me, but you (sleep) ........... so peacefully when I (look) .......... into your room that I (decide) to do it alone.
19. When I (arrive) ............ at his house, he still (sleep) ............
20. The light (go) .............. out while we (have) ............ dinner.
21. Bill (have) ............. breakfast when I (stop) ............. at his house this morning.
22. As we (cross) ............ the street, we (see) .............. an accident.
23. Tom(see) ............. a serious accident while he (stand) ............... at the bus stop.
24. While my father (read) ....... a newspaper, I (learn) ............. my lesson and my sister (do) ........... her homework.
25. The children (play) ........... football when their mother (come) ......... back home.
26. The bell (ring) ........... while Tom (take) ................. a bath.
27. I (be) ................. very tired because I (work) .............. all day yesterday.
28. He (sit) ............. in a cafe when I (see) ............ him.
I .Put the verb in brackets in the correct verb tense : the Preseng Perfect or Past Simple
1.They (not see) ______ the film Titanic yet .
2.Tom (call) ______ his boss yesterday .
3.John (read) __________ the letter from Mary already .
4.We ( not begin) ________ to learn for the test yet .
5. I (meet) _________ Robert at the supermarket this morning .
6. Nancy (be) __________ to Viet Nam several times .
7.I (not see) ____________ your brother yet .
8.When (your father / give up) ________ smoking ?
9.My pen isn't here any more . Someone ( take) ________ it already .
10. The motorbike looks clean . (you / wash) _________ it ?
II . Hoàn thành câu với từ cho sẵn :
1. I (write) ______ hundreds of e-mail in my life . I (write) ______ ten last night .
2.I (do) ________ my homework when I came home . , but I (not do) _______ the washing-up yet .
3. We ( have) _______ Chinese food last week , but we ( never have) ______ Japanese food.
4.My brother (make) _________ two CDs already . He (make) ______ the first one two years ago .
5.My parents (give) ________ lots of nice presents . Last year , they (give) ________ me a DVD player .
6.My friends (go) ______ to lots of countries . Last summer , she (go)______ to India .
VII.Complete the sentences with the verbs given in the correct form.
1. I ___________ hundreds of e-mail in my life. I __________ ten last night ( write )
2. I __________my homework when I came home , but I (not)__________the washing-up yet ( do )
3. We __________ Chinese food last week, but we (never)__________Japanese food. (have )
4. My brother __________two CDs already. He __________ the first one two years ago. (make )
5. My parents __________ me lots of nice presents. Last year, they __________ me a DVD player. (give)
6. My friend __________to lots of countries. Last summer, she WENT to India (go)
7. "__________ you __________ the tennis match yesterday?" -" No. I (never) _________ a match againist Jack " (win)
8. ____ you ____ a concert last weekend?_________you ever ______ in the USA ? (play)
III/ Fill "tobe": am, is, are, was, were in each sentense.
1. The homework.......... very difficult yesterday.
2. The children..... ..in the park five minutes ago.
3 Nha Trang ........... a beautiful place.
4.I .......... late for school yesterday.
5. Where. ..she yesterday ?- She............ at home.
6. We............tired today. We............at the party last night.
7. She. ........unhappy because she doesn't have any friends in the city.
8.. .you at home yesterday morning ?
9.I.......a student now.
10.This ..... the first time they went to Nha Trang.
Complete the sentences. Use the verb in parentheses
1.Ann and I ( go) ______ to the bookstore yesterday. I ( buy) _______some stationery and a T - shirt .
2. I had to fo downtown yesterday.I (catch)________the bus in front of my apartment and ( ride)_______to Grand Avenue. Then I ( get off)__________the bus and night . I ( eat,not)________anything.I'm on a diet.
4.Maria ( ask)____the teacher a question in class yesterday.The teacher (think)_______about the question for a few minutes and then said , "I don't know"
5. I ( want)________(go)_________to the basketball game last night, but I (stay)_______ home because I have to study.
6. Last night I ( read)__________an article in the newspaper. It ( be)_______about the snowstorm in Moscow.
7. Yesterday Yoko ( teach ) ________us how to say "Thank you" in Japanese. Kim ( teach) _______ us how to say "I love you" in Korean.
8.When Ben and I ( go )_________to the department store yesterday, I ( buy)______ some new socks.Ben (buy,not)________anything.
9. Rita ( pass,not) _______ the test yesterday.She ( fail) _____it.
10. Last summer we ( drive)________ to Colorado for our vacation . We ( visit ) _____a national park, where we ( camp) in our tent for a week. We ( go )_____fishing one morning. I ( catch) _____ a very fish, but my husband ( catch,not)______anything. We(enjoy) _____cooking and eating the fish for dinner. It (be)_____delicous.I like fresh fish.
11.I almost (have) ________ an accident yesterday. A dog (run) ________into the street in front my car . I (slam) _____on my brakes and just (miss)____ the dog.
12. Yesterday I ( play) ______ball with my little boy.He (catch)______ the ball most of the time, but sometimes he ( drop) _____it.
