Exercise: put the verb in bracket in correct tense.

1 Columbus ..................(discover)America more than 400 years ago.

2 They ..............(come) here a month ago. Albert Einstein .................(die) on 18,1995

3 We .........(go) to the mountains last Sunday.

4 They .............(come) here a month ago.

6 Nam.................(buy) several records last week.

7 .........she.............(do) her homework last night?

8 My father ...................(build) this house five years ago.

9 The factory.................(begin) operationlast year.

10 What.........you..........(do) yesterday?

11 They.................(finish) their dinner half an hour ago.

12 We (study)................a very hard lesson the day before yesterday.

13 I (read).....................that novel by Hemingway several times before.

14 We (study).........almost every lesson in this book so far.

15 My wife and I (travel)..............to Mexico by air last summer.

16 I (have)...............a little trouble with my car last week.

17 What you (do)..............yesterday?

18 How long you (learn)..................English?

19 Tom (never be).................in Hanoi.

20 The plane (stop)...............at a small town.

21 It the (take)..................off immediately after refueling...............

22 She (be)..........so happy when she (hear)............the news that she (cry)..............

23 After class, one of the students always (erase).........the chalk board.

1.I/write/thank/book/send/fifteenth/birthday

2. I/ like/very much/and help/me/much/ study.

3.He/take/English course/last month/now/English/get/good/and/good.

4.You/do/well/school/these /days/?/

5.I/look forward/hear/you

6.She/have/dog/name/Lucky

7.Thu/wish/she /have/a new bike.

8.They/be/in /Ha Noi/twice.

9.We used to/go/picnic/weekends/last year.

10.The children /not see/that show/Tv/last night

11.Hoa /visit/her aunt and uncle/next summer/when/have/ot/free time.

12.She/not go/work/time/because/traffic-jams.

13.Phong's father/catch/a train/Hai Phong/last night.

14.these pictures/take/famous photographer/last year.

15.Lan's brother/win/the race/last month.

16.They/plant/roses/garden/when/come over/hourse/yesterday.

17.They /not see/each other/long time.

18.The boys/keep/talking/animal shows/he/see/last week

19.It/raining/hard now/I/wish/it/not rain/today.

20.teacher/tell/students/what/do/evening.

2.This school/which/build/100 years ago/ now/famous/excellent generations/students

1.I/write/thank/book/send/fifteenth/birthday

2. I/ like/very much/and help/me/much/ study.

3.He/take/English course/last month/now/English/get/good/and/good.

4.You/do/well/school/these /days/?/

5.I/look forward/hear/you

6.She/have/dog/name/Lucky

7.Thu/wish/she /have/a new bike.

8.They/be/in /Ha Noi/twice.

9.We used to/go/picnic/weekends/last year.

10.The children /not see/that show/Tv/last night

11.Hoa /visit/her aunt and uncle/next summer/when/have/ot/free time.

12.She/not go/work/time/because/traffic-jams.

13.Phong's father/catch/a train/Hai Phong/last night.

14.these pictures/take/famous photographer/last year.

15.Lan's brother/win/the race/last month.

16.They/plant/roses/garden/when/come over/hourse/yesterday.

17.They /not see/each other/long time.

18.The boys/keep/talking/animal shows/he/see/last week

19.It/raining/hard now/I/wish/it/not rain/today.

20.teacher/tell/students/what/do/evening.

21.This school/which/build/100 years ago/ now/famous/excellent generations/students

1.( the newspaper / come )..........................................? Yes, Ann ( read) ....................... it attentively. It seems very interesting.2. When he ( be ) ................ in London, he ( write ) ..................... to mke every week.3. ( you / know ) .................................... what the writer's name (be) ..........................? Oh, I ( forget) ........................... I ( read) ................. it a long time ago.4. No one (know) ......................... how long the meeting tomorrow ( last).......................5. They ( not stop) ......................... to eat since they ( arrive) ...........................6. The boys ( not enjoy ) .....................(do)................. lessons. They'd like ( play ) .......... games.7. ( you / ever be ) ......................... to Cambridge? Yes, I ( be) ......................... there last month. How ( you / get ) .......................... there? My brother ( take )...................... me in his car.8. How long ago ( you / buy ) .................................. this motorbike?9. When I ( get ) ........... up this morning, everything ( be ) .......... lovely. The sun ( shine) ............................, the birds ( sing ) ................................10. I used to ride a bicycle a lot but I ( not have ) ........................ a chance ( do ).............. any since I ( come ) ....................... here.11. There ( be ) ............................ no rain here for the last month.12. ( Know ) .................. that he was poor, I ( offer ) ................. (pay) ........... his bill.

1.What the student (wear)...................................... at school two years ago?

2. Where you (put) the cake yesterday?

3. What time you (leave )..................................home for school yesterday?

4. What Ba(receive).................................from Liz last week?

5. How long he (do)............................this hat yesterday?

6. What time you (go)...................................to bed last night?

7. You (go) ...................................to Dalat for last tet vacation/

8. He (have) ...................................a lot of friends in Ho Chi Minh city 3 years ago?

9. His uncle (take).............................him to see Tri Nguyen aquarium last week?

10. Liz (buy)........................... a lot of souvenirs yesterday?

11. They (put) ...........................the fish in the big bag last Sunday?

12. They (eat)............................meat in her meals in Vung Tau yesterday?

13. I(wear) the .........................cap with a dolphin om it yesterday/

14.Liz (teach)................................. Ba some English last week/

15. Bad and Tan (remember) .....................their trip to Nha Trang last month?

16. Nam (return) .............................to Ha Noi last week?

17. I (go)............................to Ben Thanh market last Monday

18.He (get)..............................up at 7 o’clock yesterday.

19. What time you (go) .....................to bed last night?

20. She ( not go)..................................to work last weekend.

21. Lan (meet).................................her at the party 3 years ago.

22. Last summer vacation,Mom (not buy).............................me a new buy?

23. When he (leave)............................... for work last week.

24. What you (do)................................. yesterday?

25. We (begin)....................................to learn English 3 years ago.

26. She (be).........................................an engineer last week.

27. Lan (be not)...................................at home yesterday

28He (wear) .....................................the shirt last week.

29. They (be ) ................................here yesterday.

30. You (go) ...............................to school yesterday?

31 Tam (be)...................................... at home last night? – Yes, he (be).

32. Where he (go)........................................ yesterday?

33. I (be)......................................... sick last night.

34.Why you ( not come ) .....................................to calss yesterday?

37.We ( be ) ........................................... i the librery yesterday.

1.Ba(be not) bad yesterday.

2.Lan and Ba(be) good last week.

3. you(be) a good student last year?

4.I(be) a teacher ten years.

5.She(have) three classes two days.

6.They(have) a week off last week.

7. he(do) his housework yesterday evening?

8.She(not work) very hard last week.

9. Tan(go) home this morning?

10.Na(know) the area very well a month.

11. you(cook) meals last night?

12.Nhi(wash) her clothes last weekend.

13.My father(speak) english well year.

14. Lan(listen) to music 7 o'colck?

15.I(stay) in bed late recently.

16.My father(not shout) at us yet.

17.We(just,sing) in english together.

18.The doctor(not examine) the old patients yet.

19.Nga(tell) a lie recently.

20.Lan(be) very friendly recently.

13.

Supply the correct verb tense or form:

1. He (see).....her while he (walk)....... down the street yesterday

2.After he (do)..... his homework, he went to the cinema

3. Tom (play)........ football when he was a little boy

4. Let's go for a walk as soon as it stops (rain).......

5. Last night, when I (come)...... there, they ( already/ go)......to the party

6.Do you remeber (read) ..... about it? No, at that time I was too young (read)..... newspaper

7.My brother is a stamp collector. He started ( collect)...... stamps when he (be)..... 15 years old. He (collect)...... many kinds of stamps

8. The last time he (see) ....... in public, he (wear)....... a great suit

9. We (not/see) ..... her since she (leave) ....... school

10. Lan said that she (get)....... married soon.

11. My brother (go)..... to bed after he (turn)........ the lights off last night

12. She is not accustomed to ( take)...... care of by others.

13. We (live)..... in the house since we came here

14. She entered the university after she (graduate)...... from gigh school

15. They ( finish)........ the project by the end of the next year

16. When Mark arrived, the Johnsons (have)...... dinner, but they (stop).......(talk)... to him

17. They (live)...... next door to my house since I (be).... young

18. By the end of the next year, I (work)....... for him for 25 years

19. While she (talk)......on the phone, the children (start)..... (fight)...... and (break)........on a window

20. When I (be) .....a boy, I often (go) ..... fishing with my father

21. Columbus (discover)......... America 500 years ago

22.When I (leave)........ my office last night, it (still/rain)........very hard

23. What do you think the children (do) .... when we (get)......home tomorrow?

24. He (lose)...... his job last month and since then he (be)...... out of work

25. When we (come)...... there last night, they (be)......there for an hour

1. Mary (be) ____________________ seriously ill since last night.
2. They sometimes (go) ____________________ school by bus.
3. How long __________ you (study) __________ English? - I (study) ____________________ it for 7 years.
4. We last (see) _____________ them last Sunday.
5. I (not meet) ____________________ him since he moved to Hanoi.
6. Now they (play) ____________________ happily in the school yard.
7. We (not finish) ____________________ our exercises yet.
8. My friend said he (be) __________ working in Hanoi then.
9. Mr. David (just buy) ____________________ a new house.
10. They (build) ____________________ a new hospital in my neighborhood next month.
11. It (not rain) ____________________ since the beginning of this month.
12. Lan asked me if I (like) __________ pop music.
13. We (begin) ____________ to learn English three years ago. Now we (learn) __________________ for 3 years.
14. __________ you ever (be) __________ to Ho Chi Minh City?
15. The telephone (ring) __________ when we (watch) ____________________ television last night.
16. Mrs Hoa (teach) ____________________ English in this school since she (leave) __________ the university.
17. Look! That car (run) _________________ very fast.
18. The Browns (have) ____________________ dinner at the moment.
19. He (live) ____________________ in Hanoi for 20 years.
20. Alexander Graham Bell (invent) _____________ the telephone many years ago.
21. She (be) __________ very ill now. She (not go) ___________________ to school since Monday.
22. + __________ you (be) __________ to Phong Nha before?
+ Yes. I (spend) _____________ my holiday there last summer.
23. I must go now. I (phone) ________________ you when I (arrive) ______________ there.
24. When I last (see) __________ them, they ( work) ____________________ in a factory in Hanoi.
25. Ba`s teacher (give) __________ him a lot of homework last week.
26. Tom hopes he (meet) __________ many interesting people when he goes to Hanoi next month.
27. Mai and her friends (walk) ____________________ to school now.
28. They (go) __________ to Sao Mai Movie Theater last night.
29. She (not see) ____________________ that film before.
30. My mother was waiting for me when I (come) ______________ home.
31. Ann and Susan (cook) _____________________ dinner when Martin arrived home.
32. The light (go) ______________ out while we were having dinner.
33. + What __________ you (do) ______________ at this time yesterday?
+ I (play) _____________________ games on the computer.
34. Tom! Turn off the TV. You (always watch) ____________________ TV.
35. Lan often (do) __________ her homework carefully.
36. This is the first time Hoa (meet) ____________________ Tim`s family.
37. They said they (go) ____________________ to Hanoi the following day.
38. Yesterday (be) __________ a beautiful day. The Sun (shine) ____________________ brightly when we
(leave) ______________ home.
39. The teacher asked me if I (know) __________ where the Statue of Liberty was.
40. Listen! Mai (play) ____________________ the piano in her room.
41. + What kind of music ____________ you (like) __________ ?
+ I like pop music.
42. In summer, the Sun usually (shine) __________________ brightly.
43. I (not finish) _______________________ reading the novel you lent me yet.
44. Julia (write) ________________________ an email to her boy friend now.
45. Jack (not meet) _______________________ Tom the last time he came to America.

II. Cho dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc. ( Give the correct verb forms )
1. Would you mind (open) ______________ the windows. It`s so dark inside.
2. Do you mind (wait ) ______________ a moment?
3. Do you mind if I (smoke) ______________ here?
4. Would you mind if I (use) ______________ your handphone?
5. The boy (read) ______________ a book is Ba.
6. The old lamp (make) ______________ in China is five dollars.
7. The window (break) ______________ last night has been repaired.
8. Do you know the man (talk) ______________ to Tom?
9. The man (sit) ______________ next to me was very nervous.
10. He suggested (travel) ______________ around the

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.