Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.

23. There (be) ……………… a traffic accident in front of my house this morning. A boy (ride) ………………….…………… a bicycle when suddenly a motorbike (hit) ……………… him from behind. He (fall) off and (get) ………………… fainted.

24. We’ll phone you right after we (reach) ………………………………………… the airport.

25. Birds (fly) ………………………………………… to the South when Winter (come) ………………………………………… .

26. There (be) ……………………………… nobody in the office this morning. I (be) ……………………………… the first to come.

27. I can’t remember where I (leave) ………………………………………… my keys last night.

28. Then, about ten years ago, he (disappear) ………………………………………… and I never (hear) ………………………………………… from him ever since.

29. We couldn’t eat the soup because my sister (put) ………………………………………… too much salt into it.

30. He (work) ………………..………… hard all the week but today he (have) …………………….……… a good time at home.

31. I (want / get) ……………………………………………………………………… an evening newspaper.

- But it (rain) ……………………..………. Why (you not wait) …………………..…………… until the rain (stop) ……………………………?

32. It was about 2 am. She (wake) ………………………………………… up and (look) ………………………………………… through the window. It (rain) ………………………………………… very hard.

33. It isn’t cold today. Why (you wear) ………………………………………… a coat?

34. What (she still do) ………………………………………… when her mother (go) …………………………………… to bed last night?

- She (do) ………………………………………… her exercises.

35. Why (you not listen) ………………………………………… while I am talking to you?

1. Everyday Ken (not go) ………… to work by car.

2. In the autumn, I sometimes (go) ………… picnic and (ride) …………… a horse.

3. What you (do) …….………? - I (write) ………… a letter to my friend.

4. John (be) ……… a creative boy. He always (give) ……… new ideas in different situations.

5. At the moment, I (do) …….… my homework and my brothers (play) ……… chess.

6. Mark and his friends (play) …….……… soccer at the moment. They (play)…….…………… it every afternoon.

7. It's 8.00 now. Jack (not study) …….……… English in the classroom.

8. They usually (go) ……………….. to the cinema together?

9. My children (get) ………… dressed and (brush) ………… their teeth at 6.00 everyday.

10. It’s 10.p.m now. My friends and I (lie)……………on the bed and watching TV.

1 there ( be ) ................20 students in class 9a . they are learning english now 2 when i ( arrive ) ...............yesterday , he was watching tv 3 they (live ) ...................here since 2003 4 my brother likes (play ) ....................soccer in his free time 5 the boy is too young (ride ) ................ a motorbike

1.  Last night, I ___________(spend) a day at the beach.

2.  Tuan _______________(not ride) a buffalo drawn cart before.

3.  The cattle _____________(graze) on the green pastures right now.

4.  Millions of Mongolians ___________(be) semi-nomadic herders for thousands of years.

5.  My family ___________(live) in a small town for ten years before moving to Boston.

6.  Country life ______________(not excite) me at all. It’s so boring.

7.  Nick would like ___________(visit) the countryside at the harvest time.

II. Make questions for the underlined words 1. The Khmer have three main festivals in a year.

      _________________________________________________ 2.  The Odu is the smallest ethnic group in Viet Nam. 

      _________________________________________________

3.    We can find terraced fields in the northern mountainous regions. 

      _________________________________________________

4.    Bom Bo village is about 200 kilometres from Ho Chi Minh city.                               

          ______________________________________________

5.    My mother washes her hair three times a week.

      _________________________________________________ 6. The girl with a shawl on her head is a member of the Thai. 

      _________________________________________________

III. Do as directed

1.  Jack’s pionts are worse than mine. 

    My points………………………………………………………….  

2.  Her old house is bigger than her new one.

    Her new house…………………………………………………..     

3.  My car is more expensive than her car.

    Her car …………………………………………………………..     

4.  Life in this village is more peaceful than life in my village.

    Life in my village………………………………………………..

5.  This film is more interesting than that film.

    That film ………………………………………………………….

6.  Mai drives more carefully than Hoa.

    Hoa doesn’t drive……………………………………………….

1. He (use) to ride a buffalo he lived in the countryside.

2. There (use) to be a bus station there.                                     

3. The people in the village (not, travel) by car ten years ago.                         

4. He (ever, win) an Oscar for Best Actor?

5. _________________ (you/ ever/ attend) any food festivals?

6. ____________________ (you/ ever/ drive) on the wrong side of the road?

7. My family ______________ (fly) back from our Hong Kong holiday two days ago.