III. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets
1. Mary and John (be) _________ neighbors. They (know) _________ each other for a long time. Mary (move) _________ into her house in 1990, and John (live) _________ next door since he (come) _________ to the area in 1988.
2. Today (be) _________ Sunday. Nga (not go) _________ to school. She (stay) _________ at home. She (do) _________ her homework now. She (do) _________ it for two hours.
3. I (be) _________ in New York. I (come) _________ here two years ago. My friend, Nancy (live) _________ here since 1982. So she (know) _________ the area very well.
4. Trung usually (go) _________ to the library three times a week.
5. Yesterday I (be) _________ busy, so I (not have) _________ time to phone you.
6. Mrs. Trang (not go) _________ to work last week. She (not be) _________ feeling well.
7. I (do ) _________ all the housework. The flat is really clean now.
8. How long you (live) _________ here? – Since 1997.
9. Mr. Quang (teach) _________ in this school since he (graduate) _________ from the university in 1989.
10. My brother (leave) _________ home 10 years ago. I (never meet) _________ him since then.
11. Where you (spend) _________ your summer holiday last year, Tam?
12. When we (be) _________ young, our family (live) _________ in the countryside.
13. I (read) _________ an interesting book at the moment.
14. How long you (know) _________ Mrs. Chi? – I (know) _________ her for five years.
15. We (not see) _________ her since we (be) _________ on holiday in Ha Long bay.
16. Phuong (finish) _________ her homework tonight.
17. It’s three years since I last (see) _________ Nam.
18. You (be) _________ away? – Yes. I (go) _________ to the country last Sunday.
19. I (not eat) _________ anything for two days.
20. They (move) _________ to Ho Chi Minh City in 1990 and (live) _________ there since then.
IV. Writing
A. Rewrite these sentences.
1. “Could you help me with my English speaking, Ba?”
Minh told
2. “You shouldn’t make noise in class, Trung”
The teacher said__________________________________________________________________
3. “Can you wait for me here, Jerry?”
Tom told ________________________________________________________________________
4. “Could you buy me an English exercise book, Ha?”
Nam asked ______________________________________________________________________
5. “ Get up early to learn your lesson, Toan”
Toan’s father told him _____________________________________________________________
6. “ You should improve your English pronunciation, Nga”
Nga’s teacher said ________________________________________________________________
7. “ You should stay in bed for a few days, Mr. Hoang”
The doctor said __________________________________________________________________
8. Hung is strong. He can carry that heavy box.
Hung is
9. The fire isn’t very hot. It won’t boil the kettle.
The fire ________________________________________________________________________
10. The weather wasn’t warm. We couldn’t go swimming.
The weather ____________________________________________________________________
11. Jane is a skillful swimmer.
Jane ___
12. Lan learns English very well.
Lan is __________________________________________________________________________
13. Loan is a good swimmer.
Loan ___________________________________________________________________________
14. Hung run very fast.
Hung is _________________________________________________________________________
15. Plays are not as interesting as films.
Films are ______
16. English isn’t as difficult as French.
French is _______________________________________________________________________
17. Jill is more intelligent than Bill.
Bill isn’t ________________________________________________________________________
18. I’m lucky . I have a friend like you.
I’m lucky enough_________________________________________________________________
19. My father often smoked 20 cigarettes a day, but now he doesn’t smoke any more.
My father used___________________________________________________________________
20.. Tom is very strong. He can lift that heavy table.
Tom is strong_______________________________________________________________
21. Nam’s father drank a lot of wine ten years ago but now he doesn’t .
Nam ‘s father used to__________________________________________________
