My name's Lisa and I'm from Spain. I (1. leave) school last year and I (2.not find) a job yet, so I'm trying to improve my English in the meantime. I have been studying ina private school here in Barcelona for three months, and I think I (3. make) quite a lot of progress.
Apart from studying English my other main interest is sport, especially swimming and beach volley. I (4. win) several cups for swimming and our team won (5. win) the Regional Beach Volley Championship last year.
I) Put the correct form of the verb
30.He (lose).....his books. He (look)....... for them all afternoon, but they (not turn up)........
31.She (work) ........so hard this week that she(not have)....... time to go to the cinema
32.Your hair is wat.(You swim).......for a long time?
33.You look very tired.(You wok) .........very hard?
34.The telephone (ring).......for 2 minutes, but I (not answer)........it yet
35.Saigon..........(grow) now into a big city
36.I.......(not see) Nam for a long time.I......(see) him last three years ago.
37.The bell.........(ring) so we must go
38.I.......(meet) Mary last night. She........(become) a very big girl
39. He is very thirsty; He.......(not drink) for twenty-four hours.
40.Nam.....(be) in this school for four years (and he is still here)
41. My mother........(be) in hospital for a long time and she cannot go home yet
42.She .....(read) a lot of books this year
43. Ever since he left university he .....( have) 5 different jobs in different cities
44.When he was ten he.....(run) away from home
45.How many cigarettes.....you........(smoke) today?
46.In those days, mum.........(look) after us very carefully
47.Shakespreare........(write) plays as well as poems.
48. Since my father retired, he......(write) three books
49.Iam not studying today. I.....(study) a lot yesterday. I.....(study) a lot this week.
50.Could you imagine I.......(make) ten phone calls abroad today?
51.How long........you.......(be) here for?
52.I........(like) English all my life.
53.I.......(want) to be a doctor until I was twenty
54.They...........(unemploy) since they left London
55.How long......you......(study) French?
56.I..........(not read) many novels since I went to university.
57.When I was a child, I....(like) street fook
58. I......(have) trouble concentrating for a week now.
59.He ............(learn) a lot in his job.
60.My friend Lan and I...........(know) each other for ages.
61.I........(stay) with my friends while I was in India
62.I....(go) to Toronto last year for business.I....(go) there several times since then.
63.I....(live) in British Columbia from 1998 to 2002
64.My friend,Joe......(live) in Vancouver since 2000
65.Before Joe.......(move) to Vancouver, he......(work) on cruise ships as a cook.
66.My collage roomate from Ghana.We...(room) together for three years, and then she .... (return) home.
67.My grandfather......(be) a great golfer for most of his life and really enjoys it.
68.Since my husband began working the night shift,he....(sleep) not very well
69.Minh works in a bookshop.He....(work) there for three years
70.Last year we....(go) to Nha Trang for a holiday.We...(stay) there for 3 weeks.
71.Tan and Quang.....(play) tennis yesterday afternoon
72.My hair is clean.I.....(wash) it
73.I......(wash) my hair after breakfast this morning
74.........you.......(see) Lan last year?
75.When I was child I......(not like) picture books
76........you ever........(be) to the United States?
77.What time....you......(go) to bed last night?
78.My aunt is a writer.She.....(write) many books
79.Kathy loves travelling.She .....(visit) many countries
80.We (study)....a very hard lesson the day before yesterday.
The 1990s
In January 1990, I was at primary school and in January 2000, I was at university! I left primary school in September 1990 and went to a secondary school five kilometres from my house. I took the bus every day at 7.30am and didn't get home until 5 o'clock in the evening. What a difficult life!
My family bought a satellite TV in 1990 and a new video the next year. In 1994, my brother bought a computer and I got a bicycle the same year.
I left my school in 1997 but decided not to go to university like most people: instead, I went walking in France alone for three months and then drove around America for three months with my brother. For the first six months of 1998, I got a job in a health food shop and then went to university in October 1998 in Wales.
Find all the verbs in the past simple tense:
Which ones are irregular?:
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________II.
1. I (learn) English for seven years now.
2. But last year I (not / work) hard enough for English, that's why my marks (not / be) really that good then.
3. As I (pass / want) my English exam successfully next year, I (study) harder this term.
4. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) me on a language course to London.
5. It (be) great and I (think) I (learn) a lot.
6. Before I (go) to London, I (not / enjoy) learning English.
7. But while I (do) the language course, I (meet) lots of young people from all over the world.
8. There I (notice) how important it (be) to speak foreign languages nowadays.
9. Now I (have) much more fun learning English than I (have) before the course.
10. At the moment I (revise) English grammar.
11. And I (begin / already) to read the texts in my English textbooks again.
1. I (learn) English for seven years now.
2. But last year I (not/ work) hard enough for English, that's why my marks (not/ be) really that good then.
3. As I (pass/ want) my English exam successfully next year, I (study) harder this term.
4. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) me on a language course to London.
5. It (be) great and I (think) I (learn) a lot.
6. Before I (go) to London, I (not/ enjoy) learning English.
7. But while I (do) the language course, I (meet) lots of young people from all over the world.
8. There I (notice) how important it (be) to speak foreign languages nowadays.
9. Now I (have) much more fun learning English than I (have) before the course.
10. At the moment I (revise) English grammar.
11. And I (begin/ already) to read the texts in my English textbooks again.
12. I (think) I (do) one unit every week.
13. My exam (be) on 15 May, so there (not/ be) any time to be lost.
14. If I (pass) my exams successfully, I (start) an apprenticeship in September.
15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) back to London to work there for a while.
16. As you (see/ can), I (become) a real London fan already.
Chia động từ:
1. Our summer vacation ( start) ..... in June and ( last ) ..... for almost three months.
2. Now he ( play ) ..... volleyball in the sports ground.
3. Eating and talking are the most common ways of ( relax ) ......
4. I (be) ..... free tomorrow evening.
5. The energetic students of ten ( play ) ..... basketball.
6. Thu ( have ) ..... English classes on Wednesday and Thursday.
7. She ( be) ..... back at about 6 o'clock.
8. They never ( have ) ..... time to play the whole game.
9. He ( travel ) ..... to work by car.
10. They ( just decide ) .......... that they ( undertake) .......... the job.
11. Where ( you go ) ........ for your holiday last year ?
12. I ( not leave ) ......... Paris since we ( go ) ..... to Dieppe three years ago.
13. We ( meet ) ..... only yesterday and ( already decide ) .......... to get married.
14. I ( never see ) .......... snow.
15. Violets ( bloom) ..... in spring.
16. We ( not live ) ....... in England for the last two months.
17. I ( lose ) ..... my keys; I cannot remember where I last ( see ) ..... them.
I. Complete the sentences with the corect form of the asjectives in brackets
1. I was very .................... in the lesson because our teacher is very ........................ in history ( interest )
2. My friend is a very ......................... sort of person but he hates doing ...................... activities ( relax )
3. Studying for exams is very ....................... I get ........................... when I open my school books ( tire )
4. We were all very ........................... about the school trip but it wasn't an ...................... trip at all ( excite )
5. It's a .......................... book and I'm ........................... every time I start reading it ( bore )
II. Complete the sentences using although, despite, in spite of, however. or nevertheless. Sometimes, two answers are possible
1. I think I did OK in my speench last night ............................ I'd had almost no sleep for 24 hours
2. .......................... I heard the telephone ring, I didn't answer it
3. We enjoyed our holiday ............................. the rain
4. ..................... he got top marks at high school, he never went to university
5. .................... there was no electricity, I was able to read because I had a candle
6. She failed the test ........................... she studied hard
7. ........................ diffculties, the firemen managed to save many people who were caught in the fire
8. Everyone thought she would accept the offer. ............................, she turned it down
9. Carol arrived at thr meeting ............................ I asked her not to be there
10. It looks like they're going to succeed .............................. their present diffculties
11. ......................... it was raining heavily, he went out without a raincoat
12. My father is very busy. ........................, he is always willing to give a hand with the housework
13. The sky was grey and cloudy. ............................, we went to the bech
14. Some English words have the same pronunciation ............................. they are spell differently, for example, dear and deer
15. I was cold and wet ........................ Bob put on his swimming suit and went to the beach
I study English for 6 hours per week in secondary school. For 1 hour each week we have conversation classes with a (1)______ speaker of English where we talk about topics (2)____ as drugs, politics anf culture. I know it’s really good opportunity to practice my spoken English, (3)_____ I never made a contribution to discussion. It’s not (4)________ I don’t have an opinion, or that I’m shy, but more that I don’t have the Vocabulary to express my views. I feel really Fustrated at the end of the lesson. Nobody (5)______ in group seems to have the same problem.
Katalin
I’m a 24 years old business student (6)_____ Malaysia and I’ve been attending English class at night school for the past 5 years. Up to now, I (7)_____ considered myself to be a good student. Last month, I went to Britian to (8)_____ my relatives there and it was awful. (9)_____ could understand my pronunciation and I couldn’t understand them either. What went wrong? My English teacher is very good and I always (10) _______ the highest in grammar test.
Bài tập chia động từ
1. I (learn) English for seven years now.
2. But last year I (not/ work) hard enough for English, that's why my marks (not/ be) really that good then.
3. As I (pass/ want) my English exam successfully next year, I (study) harder this term.
4. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) me on a language course to London.
5. It (be) great and I (think) I (learn) a lot.
6. Before I (go) to London, I (not/ enjoy) learning English.
7. But while I (do) the language course, I (meet) lots of young people from all over the world.
8. There I (notice) how important it (be) to speak foreign languages nowadays.
9. Now I (have) much more fun learning English than I (have) before the course.
10. At the moment I (revise) English grammar.
11. And I (begin/ already) to read the texts in my English textbooks again.
12. I (think) I (do) one unit every week.
13. My exam (be) on 15 May, so there (not/ be) any time to be lost.
14. If I (pass) my exams successfully, I (start) an apprenticeship in September.
15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) back to London to work there for a while.
16. As you (see/ can), I (become) a real London fan already.
