Exercise 1. Decide which tenses do you needs to in the space of each sentence bellow
was walking in the park yesterday
he has not gone out of his room
used to read comic books
it rains today
moved to Hue
had finished my work
I have finished my work
I am cooking the dinner
Will have been working here
Example:
0. By September of 2020, I _______________________________for 20 years
1. Nam met an old friend while he ___________________________________________
2. I will come to pick you up as soon as I ___________________________________
3. When I was small, I _____________________________but I no longer do it now.
4. After I _________________________________, I turned off the lights and left the office.
5. His family ________________________________________ in 2006.
6. Can you look after the bay while ______________________
7. Since my mother bought my brother a laptop, he ____________________________________
8. Please bring this umbrella in case _______________________________________
Exercise 2. Put the verbs in the right tenses/ forms to complete the sentences bellow.
Example: I will return the camera as soon as I (finish)________reach _______home.
1. My sister usually (go)____________to school by bus but yesterday she (cycle)_____________
2. “Would you like to go out with me tonight”
“I’d love to but I (visit)__________________my uncle”
3. My father (work)______________________as a biologist since he graduated from the university.
4. By the year 2050, scientists (find)____________________out the cure for many fatal diseases such as cancer.
5. There (have)_____________________an old building here but now it is a supermarket.
6. In the last few years, life in the rural areas of Vietnam (change)___________________dramatically.
7. I phone you as soon as I (get)___________________________the report
8. He looked tired because she (work)__________________________hard all day in the garden.
9. He said he (buy)___________________me a motorbike but he never did this.
10. By the time I reached the airport, the plane (already/ take off)_________________________
Exercise 4. Rewrite the following sentences so that their meaning stay the same.
1. They began to cook for the party three hours ago.
They …………………………………..………………………………………………..
2. The last time we heard from Nam was in 2006.
We ………………………………..………………………………………………….
3. This is the first time I have ever eaten Thai food.
I ……………………………………………………………………………………..
4. This is the most interesting film I have ever seen.
I have ………………………………………………………………………………
5. He came in the middle of our dinner
While …………………..………………………………………………………………….
6. My brother finished the course in the UK. Then, he came back Ha Noi
After ………………………………………………………………………………….
7. Please bring it umbrella. It possibly rains this afternoon. (in case)
Please ………………………………………………………………………………..
8. The rain will stop. Right after that I will pick you up.
As soon as ………………………………………………………………………….
Exercise 3. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences below by circling A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.
Question1._________I had read the instruction carefully; I began to write the answer.
A. Before B. After C. While D. By the time
Question2. I will tell you about it as soon as I ________________the answer from Anna.
A. will receive B. receive C. had received D. am receiving
Question3. Stay in the house _______________the rain stops.
A. as long as B. until C. in case D. by the time
Question4. (THPT 2018) Only after she ______ from a severe illness did she realize the importance of good health.
A. would recover B has recovered . C had recovered . D was recovering
Question5. (MH 2017): The preparations _______ by the time the guests arrived.
A. have finished B. have been finished
C. had been finished D. had finished
Question 6. (THPT 2016) By the end of the 21st century, scientists_______a cure for the common cold.
A. will find B. will have found
C. will be finding D. will have been finding
Question7. (MH 2017) He is exhausted. He _______ around the whole afternoon trying to clean the house before the guests arrive.
A. was running B. has run C. be running D. has been running
Question 8 (MH 2018): I first met her two years ago when we ________________ at Oxford University.
A. had been studying B. are studying C. were studying D. have been studying
Question 10 (DH 2011)In the last few months, the cost of
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