PRESENT AND PAST TENSES

A. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.

​1. He was writing to his friend when he __________a noise.

​A. was hearing ​B. heard ​C. had heard         D. hears

​2. I __________many people since I came here in June.

​A. met ​B. has met ​C. was meeting       D. have met

3. We __________ Maths at this time last week.

​A. were learning      B. are learning   ​          C. was learning    ​ D. learnt

4. She was playing games while he __________a football match.

​A. watched ​B. watches              ​C. was watching        D. watching

5. She __________to Ho Chi Minh city last year.

​A. goes ​B. has gone            ​C. go                          D. went 

6. Since we came here, we ______ a lot of acquaintances.

A. have had​      B. had​  C. have​           ​      D. are having

7. __________he playing football now?

​A. Will ​B. Does ​C. Was            ​ D. Is 

8. Every morning, I often sit in my garden and____ to my nightingale sing.

​A. listening ​B. listen ​C. listened              D. listens

9. She __________school when she was six.

A. start​B. started​C. has started        D. are starting

10. I. __________TV when the telephone rang.

​A. watched ​B. was watching​C. are watching    D. have watched

11. She__________ lunch by the time we arrived.

​A. had finished ​B. finished ​C. have finished   D. finishing

12. This record-shop__________ be a book-shop a few years ago. 

​A. used to​B. use​C. used                 D. used

13. I couldn't come to the party because I __________go to work.

​A. have ​B. had to ​C. have got           D. had

14. Yesterday, I _______ for work late because I _______ to set my alarm.

A. had left / forgot ​B. was leaving / was forgetting

C. left / had forgot ​D. had been leaving / would forget

15. By the time we ____ to the train station, Susan _____ for us for more than two hours.

A. will get / has been waiting ​B. got / was waiting

C. got / had been waiting ​D. get / will wait

16. While her brother was in the army, Sarah ___________ to him twice a week.

​A. was writing​B. wrote​C. has written       D. had written

17. The Titanic _______ the Atlantic when it _______ an iceberg.

A. was crossing / struck ​B. had crossed / was striking

C. crossed / had struck ​D. is crossing / strikes

18. In the 19th century, it _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.

​A. took  ​B. had taken ​C. had taken          D. was taking

19. Last night at this time, they ____ the same thing. She ______ and he _________ the Newspaper.                                                                                                                                            A. are not doing / is cooking / is reading                                                                                             ​B. were not doing / was cooking / was reading                                                                                                        C. was not doing / has cooked / is reading ​                                                                                                             D. had not done / was cooking /read                                                                                                    20. When I _____ home last night, I ____that Jane ______ a beautiful candlelight dinner.                                                                                                                                                    A. had arrived / discovered / prepared                                                                                                    B. was arriving / had discovered / was preparing                                                                                       C. have arrived / was discovering / had prepared                                                                                D. arrived / discover

giúp mik với ạ, mik đang cần gắp lắm :(((

 Bài 10:  Dựa vào những từ cho trước, viết thành câu hoàn chỉnh.

1.   Yesterday/ the plane/ take/ off/ early/ than/ I/ expect.

     __________________________________________________

2.  My mother/ look/ after/ us/carefully/ than/ my/ father.

     __________________________________________________

3.  They/ cut/ the/ big/ cake/ into/ small/ parts/ than/ l/ think.

     __________________________________________________

4.  My sister/ even/ tell/ me/ off/ often/ than/ my/ mother/ do.

     __________________________________________________

5.  Who/ see/ you/ off/ yesterday?

     __________________________________________________

6.  It/ cold/ today/ so/ I/ put/ on/ warm/ clothes/ than/ usual.

     __________________________________________________

7.  Yesterday/ my father/ pick/ me/ up/ late/ than/ usual.

     __________________________________________________

8.  You/ be/ pretty/ girl/ I/ ever/ know.

     __________________________________________________

9.  Unless/ you/ listen/ attentively/ to/ you/ teacher/ you/ not/ catch/ up/with/ your friends.

     __________________________________________________

10.     By far, “The Little Prince”/ be/ my/ favorite/ book

 Bài 8:  Hoàn thành các câu dưới đây bằng cách điền tiểu từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống.

1.   We will set _________ for Tokyo in the next few hours.

2.  Everyone says that Jim takes _________ his father but I think he is more like his mother.

3.  Who will take _________ your position when you are on parental leave?

4.  There are four of us so Peter cuts the cake _________ four pieces.

5.  I am going to buy a new bike, so I put my old one _________.

6.  Remember to put the trash _________ before the garbage truck comes.

7.  You must take _________ your hat before you come into a temple.

8.  I hate the way my manager shuts me _________ when she disagrees with me.

9.  What are you looking _________  ? My car keys.

10. Watch _________ for the dog. Everyone says that it is a fierce dog.

 Bài 9:  Đánh dấu [ü] trước câu đúng, đánh dấu [X] trước câu sai và sửa lại cho đúng.

_____    1.   Your son doesn’t take you after at all.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    2.  I think we will use the natural resources up in the near future.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    3.  Jim agreed me with when I said he needed to improve his living condition.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    4.  Mary and Peter broke them up after two months dating.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    5.  I rarely put down what the teacher says but I can remember most of her words.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    6.  The taxi driver dropped me off in front of the City Council building.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    7.  You should clear your room up before mom comes back.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    8.  I was happy that I run my old teacher into yesterday.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    9.  Mary is always showing her jewelry off.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    10. Both of us agreed with Jane’s opinion about our plan.

              _______________________________________________________

 Bài 2:  Khoanh tròn đáp án đúng.

1.   Jim boasted that he could run (faster/ fastlier) than anyone else in his class.

2.  Her presentation is (poorer/more poorly) prepared than I expected.

3.  Jim seems to care (littler/ less) about his health than he should.

4.  If you had tried (harder/ more hardly), you would have passed the test.

5.  Today the sun shines (brighter/ more brightly) than yesterday.

6.  Snow storm in my hometown is (more severe/ more severely) than anywhere else in the country.

7.  I think you could reach a (higher/ more highly) position in the company if you tried.

8.  If you behaved (cleverer/ more cleverly), they would look up to you..

9.  Although my computer is old-fashioned, it runs (smoother/ more smoothly) than many of the modern ones.

10. Thanks to immense practice, Jim can speak English much (more fluent/ more fluently) than he used to.

 Bài 10:  Dựa vào những từ cho trước, viết thành câu hoàn chỉnh.

1.   Yesterday/ the plane/ take/ off/ early/ than/ I/ expect.

     __________________________________________________

2.  My mother/ look/ after/ us/carefully/ than/ my/ father.

     __________________________________________________

3.  They/ cut/ the/ big/ cake/ into/ small/ parts/ than/ l/ think.

     __________________________________________________

4.  My sister/ even/ tell/ me/ off/ often/ than/ my/ mother/ do.

     __________________________________________________

5.  Who/ see/ you/ off/ yesterday?

     __________________________________________________

6.  It/ cold/ today/ so/ I/ put/ on/ warm/ clothes/ than/ usual.

     __________________________________________________

7.  Yesterday/ my father/ pick/ me/ up/ late/ than/ usual.

     __________________________________________________

8.  You/ be/ pretty/ girl/ I/ ever/ know.

     __________________________________________________

9.  Unless/ you/ listen/ attentively/ to/ you/ teacher/ you/ not/ catch/ up/with/ your friends.

     __________________________________________________

10.     By far, “The Little Prince”/ be/ my/ favorite/ book

 Bài 8:  Hoàn thành các câu dưới đây bằng cách điền tiểu từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống.

1.   We will set _________ for Tokyo in the next few hours.

2.  Everyone says that Jim takes _________ his father but I think he is more like his mother.

3.  Who will take _________ your position when you are on parental leave?

4.  There are four of us so Peter cuts the cake _________ four pieces.

5.  I am going to buy a new bike, so I put my old one _________.

6.  Remember to put the trash _________ before the garbage truck comes.

7.  You must take _________ your hat before you come into a temple.

8.  I hate the way my manager shuts me _________ when she disagrees with me.

9.  What are you looking _________  ? My car keys.

10. Watch _________ for the dog. Everyone says that it is a fierce dog.

 Bài 9:  Đánh dấu [ü] trước câu đúng, đánh dấu [X] trước câu sai và sửa lại cho đúng.

_____    1.   Your son doesn’t take you after at all.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    2.  I think we will use the natural resources up in the near future.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    3.  Jim agreed me with when I said he needed to improve his living condition.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    4.  Mary and Peter broke them up after two months dating.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    5.  I rarely put down what the teacher says but I can remember most of her words.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    6.  The taxi driver dropped me off in front of the City Council building.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    7.  You should clear your room up before mom comes back.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    8.  I was happy that I run my old teacher into yesterday.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    9.  Mary is always showing her jewelry off.

              _______________________________________________________

_____    10. Both of us agreed with Jane’s opinion about our plan.

              _______________________________________________________

 Bài 7:  Khoanh tròn đáp án đúng.

1.   My mother told me to (put/ get) on warm clothes before I went out

2.  Jim really (got/ put) me down when he forgot my birthday.

3.  My father never (tells/ drops) me off but my mother is always shouting at me.

4.  I couldn’t believe she (turned/ got) down my invitation for the second time.

5.  My mother often lets me (look/ take) after my younger brother.

6.  “Why did she (break/ stay) up with you?” “She said I didn’t care much about her”.

7.  Please (drop/ tell) me off in front of the theater.

8.  We’ve been (saving/ looking) up to travel to New York this summer.

9.  Have you (take/ put) out clean towels for the guests?

10. (Take/ Dress) off your rain coat before you come in.

11. I remember (paying/ looking) Jim back but he kept asking me for his money.

12. Jim’s poor test results (got/ looked) his parents down.

13. My grandmother (died/ passed) away before I was born.

14. I have many tasks to (attend/ took) to.

15. Who does this bag (belong/ own) to?

 Bài 3:  Cho dạng so sánh hơn hoặc so sánh nhất cùa các tính từ trong ngoặc để hoàn thành các câu sau:

1.   Josh is the second (intelligent) ____________________ student in his class.

2.  If only the traffic in my hometown was (convenient) ____________________ than it is now.

3.  Hanoi is amongst (polluted) ____________________ city in the world.

4.  I wish that my house was (spacious) ____________________.

5.  By far, this is (stunning) ____________________ scene I have ever seen.

6.  He seems to be (tall) ____________________ amongst the children at his age.

7.  You did a quite good job yesterday but I expected you to be (good) ___________________. You got me down a little bit.

8.  This must be (inspiring) ____________________ speech of yours. Everyone in the room clapped their hands in delight.

9.  Admittedly, I anticipated a (good) ____________________ performance of yours. You didn’t prepare well for this, did you?

10. This is not (expensive) ____________________ car in the showroom. There are many other cars at higher cost.

 Bài 4:  Viết lại câu sau sao cho nghĩa không thay đổi, sử dụng dạng so sánh hơn của trạng từ hoặc tính từ.

0.  Living in the city is much more expensive than living in the countryside.

     ð Living in the countryside is much cheaper than living in the city.

1.   My current house is more spacious than the old one.

     ð My old house _____________________________________________

2.  He performed better than he was expected.

     ð He was expected __________________________________________

3.  This time Mice run faster than his brother.

     ð This time Mike’s brother ____________________________________

4.  I think you will have a higher position in our company than Jim.                

     ð I think Jim will ___________________________________________

5.  Jane decorated her cake more beautifully than I did.

     ð I ______________________________________________________

6.  This year Peter invested a larger amount of money on his business than last year.

     ð Last year ________________________________________________

7.  My computer is costlier than Jim’s.

     ð Jim’s computer ___________________________________________

8.  Playing sports is more time-saving than playing computer games.

          ð Playing computer games         

 Bài 1:  Cho dạng so sánh hơn của các tính từ hoặc trạng từ trong ngoặc để hoàn thành các câu sau:

1.   Urban sprawl has happed (fast) ___________ than ever before.

2.  Ha Noi is much (populous) ___________ than my hometown.

3.  The city center is (densely) ___________ populated than the suburbs.

4.  You can count on Peter. He is (reliable) ___________ than he appears to be.

5.  This Singer performs (well) ___________ than she used to be three years ago.

6.  This year we travel (far) ___________ than we did last year.

7.  I noticed that today my daughter looked (happy) ___________ than usual.

8.  As people gets old, they try to maintain a (healthy) ___________ lifestyle than when they are young.

9.  Travelling by bus is much (slow) ___________ than travelling by bullet train.

10. Jim didn’t feel well today, so he performed (badly) ___________ than usual.

11. You are (good) ___________ than me when it comes to public speaking.

12. He seems to be (familiar) ___________ with this neighborhood than anyone else here.

13. Listen! Today Jim sings (beautifully) ___________ than any other day.

14. The air in the city is (polluted) ___________ than that in the countryside.

15. I think a computer will be (helpful) ___________ for you than a smartphone.

 Bài 2:  Khoanh tròn đáp án đúng.

1.   Jim boasted that he could run (faster/ fastlier) than anyone else in his class.

2.  Her presentation is (poorer/more poorly) prepared than I expected.

3.  Jim seems to care (littler/ less) about his health than he should.

4.  If you had tried (harder/ more hardly), you would have passed the test.

5.  Today the sun shines (brighter/ more brightly) than yesterday.

6.  Snow storm in my hometown is (more severe/ more severely) than anywhere else in the country.

7.  I think you could reach a (higher/ more highly) position in the company if you tried.

8.  If you behaved (cleverer/ more cleverly), they would look up to you..

9.  Although my computer is old-fashioned, it runs (smoother/ more smoothly) than many of the modern ones.

10. Thanks to immense practice, Jim can speak English much (more fluent/ more fluently) than he used to.