Were they painting - came - were planting
Were they painting; came; were planting
They (plant) ……………………trees in the garden while their friends (dig) ……………………….the ground yesterday afternoon.
PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THE CORRECT FORM OF THE PAST SIMPLE OR THE PAST CONTINOUS
1. he ................... ( break ) his leg when he ..................... ( ski ) in the alps
2. we ....................( see ) an accident while we ...................... ( wait ) for the bus
3. while she ........................( prepare ) lunch , she .................... ( cut ) herself
4. which countries ................... they ............................ ( visit ) when they ...................( travel ) round the world ?
5. ............you ................... ( work ) in the garden when i ................ ( come ) to the house ?
6. they ................. ( live ) in canada when they .............. (meet ) each other
Frogs are amphibians, meaning that they can live both in and out of the water. All frogs lay their eggs in the water, and a female frog will lay thousands of eggs at a time. When the eggs hatch, (1)_____ come out are not frogs but rather tadpoles. Unlike frogs, tadpoles must spend all their time in the (2)_____, being unable to breathe air at this point. Tadpoles also lack arms and legs, and have a tail which they (3)_____ as they develop into frogs. Tadpoles are herbivours, which means that they only eat (4)_____. Specially, tadpoles eat algae, a water plant which can be harmful if there is too much of it. (5)_____, tadpoles are important to keep most ponds healthy.
As tadpoles develop into mature frogs, they develop the lungs which allow them to (6)______ air, and the arms and legs which allow them to move across (7)_____. At this point the mature frogs leave the ponds, (8)_____ some species stay near the water for their entire lives. Mature frogs are carnivores, (9)_____ insects and small fish. Most frogs hunt using their long, sticky tongueto catch their prey. Some species of frogs have developed extremely strong poisons to defend (10)_____ from their other animals.
1. While i (lie)........ in bed last night, i (hear)...... a strange noise in front of tge door
2. It (rain).... heavily when i (sleep) yesterday afternoon.
3 . While Mrs Smitg (plant).... flowers in the garden, Mrs Smith (change).... the oil in his car.
4. When we (arrive)... at the airport, they (wait).... for us there.
5. He (do) .... a lot of jobs before he (work)... in this company.
6. Yesterday while i (look)... at my vomputer screen, i (start).... fell a little dizzy, so i (take) .... a break.
7. Susan (send).... a letter to her university after she (receive).... scholarship check.
8. Tom (meet).... Mary in 1986 and they have been good friends since then.
9. After they ( visit)... Paris, they (go)... to Manchester.
10. George (work) ....at the university 45 years before he (retire)....
11. After tom (wash)... his clothes, he (begin)... to study
12. Before i could say anything, they (admit).... their mistakes.
Change the following sentences into passive voice.
A. Modal verbs and future tense.
1. They will post your letter tomorrow.
2. They will ask you a lot of questions at the interview.
3. She can finish this work in time
4. They will finish the work next week 5
. Pupils must obey all the rules.
6. People should clean the windows every week.
7. Someone will drive your car to London on Tuesday.
8. In this August, they will build a new house.
9. My mother could take the lady to station.
10. You must answer all the questions on the paper .
11. You must plan your work carefully.
B. Present Continuous:
1. My friends are washing their bikes.
2. He is not repairing his car.
3. We are searching their house.
4. Are they watching an Italian film ?
5. I am making a birthday cake.
6. My mother is planting flowers in the garden.
7. Her sister is cooking lunch in the kitchens.
8. The children are playing football at this time.
9. I am cleaning the floor.
10. We are writing a new novel.
C. Past Continuous:
1. Tom was writing a letter to his parents at this time yesterday.
2. The police were asking the thief at 4 pm last Monday .
3. They were doing their homework at that time .
4. They were decorating their classroom when she came.
5. Was your brother telling stories when you phoned?
6. She wasn't watering flowers at 3am yesterday.
7. I was making cakes when the lights went out.
8. Our teacher was explaining a difficult exercise at 4 pm 2 days ago.
D. Special:
1. They are going to take their children to the zoo .
2. I am going to sell my old motor.
3. The man is going to repair our house .
4. We have to help him.
5. The little boy used to steal things.
6. They are going to paint the ceiling pink.
7. She has to cook dinner before five o'clock
8. You have to water the flowers everyday.
9. My mother used to sell vegetables.
10. I used to read detective stories.
E. MIXED EXERCISE
1. The teacher returned my test yesterday.
2. I won't correct the exercise tomorrow.
3. He has to repair the car .
4. My grandmother is going to tell a story.
5. Mr. Brown was teaching us French at that time.
6. She used to pull my hat over my eyes.
7. You must clean the wall before you paint it.
8. They will hold a meeting before May Day.
9. Workers are planting many rubber trees in the forest.
10. They are going the open a new cinema here.
11. You should follow your doctor's advice.
Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses
1. Ms Eden ( read ) .................................. a newspaper right now .
2. What ....................... you ........................ when I called you last night ? ( do )
3. Bad students never ( study ) ....................... hard .
4. He generally ( sing ) ........................... in English , but today he ( sing ) ........................... in Spanish .
5. She ( buy ) ........................ vegetables last week .
6. They ( go ) ................................... home after they ( finish ) ............................. their work .
7. A boy ( run ) .................................. after the train when I saw him yesterday .
8. The climate ( be ) ........................... very cool today .
9. John ( travel ) .......................... to England in 2000 . He ( not / be ) ........................... there ever since .
10 . My mother ( cook ) ................................ some food in the kitchen at present . She always ( cook ) ........................ in the mornings .
11. My aunt often ( leave ) ......................... the city at weekends when she was young .
12. They ( not / call ) ................................... yet .
13. The sun ( set ) ............................ in the west .
14. My friend ( study ) .......................... English for 6 years .
15. Listen ! Someone ( knock ) ............................... at the front door .
16. I ( do ) ............................ an exercise on the present tense at the moment and I ( think ) ................. that I ( know ) .................... how to use it now .
HELP ME !!!!!!!!!!!!
Read the following passage and answer the questions below
Today is the first day of the new school year. Behind the school gate everything looks bright and clean. The smell of fresh paint greets all the students in their uniforms. Most of them have already known one another quite well. However, there are some newcomers. Some of the old students gather in small group and talk to one another in the school yard. Others are eager to help the newcomers. It’s difficult for newcomers to make friends and get into games in a new school. Sometimes they do not know the new regulations so they talk or do things differently. All the students look eager to start the new school year.
Questions:
How does everything look on the first day of the new school year?
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Are all the students in their uniforms?
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What do some of the old students do in the school yard?
…………………………………………………………………………………
Why do newcomers sometimes talk or do things differently?
…………………………………………………………………………………
What do the students look like?
…………………………………………………………………………………
1. Operation Stargate was the name of a secret spying operation that was run by the Pentagon in the United States for over 20 years. The aim of the operation was to (1) ............... the possibility of using mind readers, clairvoyants and astrologers to help with spying operations. The pentagon employed six of these psychic people, and the experiments were held at a secret military base in Maryland. Put in special rooms, the psychics were asked to concentrate on particular spting operations. By using a technique called 'remote viewing', they were asked to (2) ............... solutions to specific problems. The team had a limited number of successes. They were able to give (3) ............... of the layout of the building where American diplomats were held hostages in 1979, and on another occasion they assisted Customs officials by describing exactly where a drug dealer could be found. When a US diplomat was kidnapped in Italy, they described the town he was in and in addition said exactly what the building looked like. (4) ..............., they had many more failures than successes. In the end, the government ordered the CIA to take over the mission. The team was then examined by a group of experts, who were not (5) ............... by the results. They decided that (6) ............... the psychics had been right a few times, this had probably just happened by (7) ............... At other times, they were probably repeating information that they had (8) ............... in newspapers orr magazines. The military authorities now have the (9) ............ task of explaining to (10) ......... they wasted $ 20 million on the project.
1- A. look through B. look down on C. look up D. look into
2- A. come into B. come up with C. come across D. come up agianst
3- A. description B. definition C. plan D. details
4- A. But B. Yet C. Although D. However
5- A. impressive B. impressing C. impressed D. impression
6- A. despite B. although C. in spite of D. besides
7- A. chance B. possibility C. occasion D. opportunity
8- A. come into B. come round C.come across D. come up against
9- A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. embarrassment D. embarrass
10- A. critical B. criticize C. criticism D. critics
2, Điền từ vào chỗ trống:
curious, fold, illness, misbehaved, gestures, touched, opportunity, refused, manners, lonely
When Helen Keller was a baby, she had a fever. After her (1) ...... she became blind, deaf and dumb. It was the beginning of a (2) ...... life. No one could understand Helen and she couldn't see, hear or talk to people. As she grew older, she was (3) ....... to know what was going on around her. She (4)....... the lips of others when they spoke but she could not understand them. No one could understand Helen's (5)........ This made her very angry and she often kicked and screamed until she was very tired. Doctors couldn't help Helen. Her parents became exasperated when they couldn't find a teacher for her. It looked as though Helen would never have an (6)...... to learn. Things changed when Annie Sullivan decided to take up the challenge to teach Helen. During Annie's first breakfast with the Kellers, Helen (7)........ She grabbed other people's food off their plates and (8)....... to use a spoon. Annie took almost 2 hours to teach Helen how to (9).......... her napkin and eat properly. During that time, Helen lost her temper, but Annie was determined to teach naughty Helen table (10)...... Amazingly, Helen soon learned many things through the careful guidance of Annie Sullivan, her mentor.
3. Viết lại câu:
In Whales we saw Edward II'S birthplace.
In Whales we saw the castle ....................
