Exercise 3: Give the correct verb form

1. "Was Paul at the party when you arrived?" "No, he ...had gone....(go) home "

2. I felt very tired when I got home, so I ........went......(go) straight to bad.

3. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody.......had gone.....(go) to bed

4. Sorry I'm late. The car.............had broken....(break) down on my way here

5. We ..........were driving..(drive) along the road when we ........saw...(see) a car which .........had broken.... (break) down, so we .......stopped...(stop) to help

1. I felt very tired when I got home, So I ..................went.................. (go) straight to bed.

2. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody .............had gone...................... (go) to bed.

3. Sorry Iam late. The car .....................had broken................... (break) down on my way here.

4. We were driving along the road when we .................saw.................. (see) a car which....................had broken..................( break) down, so we ...................stopped....................(stop) to see if we could help.

1.stays

2.is planting

3.did/leave

4.is going

5.played/was

6.brush/forgot.

Đáp án: Have you ever used – have – did you last use – used

I. Supply the correct form or tense of the verb in the brackets. (2.5pts)

1. Mary ( have)………………had………………. dinner at 7 o’clock last night .

2. We …………have written…….. (write) to him since 1990.

3. How often …………does…………..(he / go) …go………. to restaurant?

4. Crops are ……………destructively………….. severely by a drought. (destruction)

5.That T-shirt was ……inexpensive……… ( expensive ) but I don’t have enough money to buy it.

6. After John (examine) ………had examined…………… her,he (give) ……gave……………… her a prescription.

7. Where (she / be) …………was she……….. yesterday?

8. Look! The bus (come) ………………is coming……………

9. They were greatly impressed by (modernize) …………………modern……………. life in New York.

10. The lovely café offers a wide ………varieties ……………….. (vary) of delicious sandwiches.

II. Rewrite the sentence so that the new sentence has a similar meaning to the original one.Using the word in brackets. (2.5 pts)

1. He expects to hear from her as soon as possible. (TO)  ……He looks forward to hearing from her as soon as possible……………………………………………..………………………………………………………

2. Jane was born and spent her childhood in a small village in Danang city. (GREW) 

…………Jane was born and grew up in a small village in Danang city ………………..………………………………………………………..

3. Nick is a good student,but she didn’t receive a scholarship last year. (Use the subordinator “Even though” to make sentence) 

…Even though Nick is a good student, she didn’t receive a scholarship last year ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4. The girl asked her mother “Does this dress look nice with me?” ( Using: reported speech) 

………The girl asked her mother if that dress looked nice with her…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. The weather is bad. Minh still decides to take part in the Rice-cooking Festival. 

Despite……the bad weather,Minh still decides to take part in the Rice-cooking Festival. …………………………………………………………………………………………..

6. He spent two hours writing the essay. (TOOK) 

It took him  two hours to write the essay. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

7. I have to come there at 5 p.m,………don't I…………………………? (make the tag question)

8. I’m sorry I can’t speak English fluently. (Using: Wish) 

I……wish I could English fluently. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

9. You sing well and everybody will clap their hands. 

If………you sing well, everybody will clap their hands …………………………………………………………………………………………………

10. He passed the test even though he was frequently absent from class. 

In spite of ……being frequently absent from class, He passed the test  ……………………………………………………………………………………..

III. Give correct form or tense of the verb.
15. I was made (scrub) to scrub floors
16. We got a carpenter (repair) to repair the cupboard.
17. A supermarket (build) is being built near the street market at the moment.
18. They (never/ go) have never gone to the cinema when they lived in the country.
19. He (always/ ask) is always asking silly questions

use the correct form and tense of the verb provided to complete the sentences:

1. last night my father ( arrive ) ........arrived................. home at 10: 30 pm. he (have).....had........... a bath and then (go) .....went........... to bed.

2. ........Were.......... you (visit).........visiting............. one pillar pagoda when you were in ha noi?

3. the telephone (invent)........was invented.............. by alexander bell.

1. last night my father arrived home at 10: 30 pm. he had. a bath and then went to bed.

2.Did you visit one pillar pagoda when you were in ha noi?

3. The telephone was invented. by Alexander Bell.

use the correct form and tense of the verb provided to complete the sentences:

1. last night my father ( arrive ) .............arrived............ home at 10: 30 pm. he (have).......had......... a bath and then (go) ........went........ to bed.

2. ..........Did........ you (visit)...........visit........... one pillar pagoda when you were in ha noi?

3. the telephone (invent)...........was invented........... by alexander bell.

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VI. Give the correct form or tense of the verb in brackets.

1. The meeting _____has been put off______ (put off) until January to give the management team longer to decide.

2. We booked a hotel, but I'd sooner ______sleep______ (sleep) in a tent.

3. It was only when I got home that I realised someone _____had stolen_______ (steal) my wallet.

4. It was dark by the time I ______finished______ (finish) repairing the roof.

5. We _____had been driving_______ (drive) for approximately ten minutes when the car stopped running; we _____had run out_______ (run out) of petrol.