CHUYÊN ĐỀ 1

GRAMMAR: PRACTICE ON TENSES

Give the correct form of the verb in brackets.
- The huge damage (1. now report)is now reported (2. cause) to have been caused by the
recent violent earthquake.
- He suggested that a petition (3. draw) should be drawn up.
- He set off alone a month ago and (4. not hear) has not been heard from since then.
- It was our fault to keep Jane (5. wait) waitting so long. We (6. inform) should have informed her in advance.
- Neither industries nor the garbage disposal (7. account) accounts for the pollution in this city.(fact)
- All the lights are on. You (8. forget)must have forgotten 9. turn)to turn the lights off before going to
bed last night.
- I would rather you (10. not/ be) hadn’t been absent from class yesterday.
- What a shame! I’d rather you (11. not dismiss) had not been dismissed like that.
- I'm sorry, I wasn't in when you came round. I would like (12. see) to have seen you.
- Would you be so kind as (13. switch off) to switch off the lights when leaving?
- The portrait is widely known (14. paint) to have been painted by an Italian.( đã được vẽ trược )
- Can you keep calm for a moment? You (15. always make)are always making noise in class.
- When I noticed the blank stare, he (16. give) was giving me, I (17. realize)
realized that he didn’t understand me.
- It’s imperative ( cấp bách ) that the wildlife program (18. broadcast)be broadcast tomorrow.
- You (19. be) should have been more careful. You (20. avoid)could have avoided having had this
accident.
- She has made up her mind to have(21. have) a garage built _ (22. build) next to the house.
- Anyone who has not finished (23. not finish) his work won’t be allowed to leave now.
- I always prefer driving to being driven (24. drive).
- Nothing has been done (25. do) since I moved here.
- It is necessary that the campaign to raise funds be started (26. start) at once.
- She fell over some pieces of wood left (27. leave) lying (28. lie) around.
- You should not have gone (29. not go) there because he did not expect you.
- He was elected (30. elect) president of the football club at their last meeting.
- I’d rather you (31. not wear) did not wear jeans to the office.
- The money (32. steal) stolen in the robbery was never found.
- This building (33. finish) will have been finished by the end of
2022 you in advance.
- It was our fault to keep you waiting so long. We (34. inform) should
have informed
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- You look tired.have you (35. work) been working hard?
- A: “Was Carol at the party last night?”
B: “Yes, she (36. wear) was wearing a really nice dress.”( wear “ tiếp
diễn)
- I remember (37. give) being given a toy drum on my fifth birthday.
- It was urgent that she (38. leave) leave at once.
- Minh (39. not/steal) could not have stolen your money yesterday because we went out together all yesterday.
- Jim hurt his arm while (40. play) playing tennis.
- The last time she (41. see) was seen in public, she (42. wear) was wearing a grey
suit.
- If I had taken my parents’ advice, I (43. not be) would not be in danger now.
- The number of people (44. injure) injured in the accident (45. be) was small.
- I don’t know the reason why you are always (46. talk) talking in class noisily, boys.

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- You (47. be)should have been more careful. You (48. avoid)could have avoided
having had this accident.
- It’s urgent that this letter (49. post) be posted immediately.
- He talks as if he (50. do) had done all the work himself. In fact Tom and I did most of it.
- Mike was exhausted because he (51. work)had been working in the garden all day.
- I didn’t do the test well. I (52. prepare)should have prepared it very carefully at home.
- The cup, which is very old, certainly (53. lose) has lost. its original color.

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- I don’t mind her (54. appoint)being appointed above me.
- She feels as though she (55. sit)were sitting on a fire.
- He suggested that a petition (56. draw)be drawn...up now.
- The price of gold (57. say) is said……….. (58. go)to be going up now.
- I would rather you had not been (59. not be) absent from class yesterday.
- Mr. Taylor was angry with the newspaper agent because his Sunday newspaper had not been delivered
(60. not deliver).
- All the lights are on. You must have forgotten (61. forget) to turn (62. turn) the lights off before
going to bed last night.
- It is our recommendation that Bob should study (63. study) much more if he wants to pass all his classes.
- George as well as his brothers does not go (64. not go) to the cinema very often.
- The children are looking forward to being filmed (65. film) for that television program.
- She spoke about her daughter, then she went on (66. talk) to talk about her son.
- If these machines had not been invented (67. not invent), we couldn’t live as we do now.
- I appreciated being invited (68. invite) to your home.
- Not only the Browns but also Mr. Smith (69. not receive) has not received any support of late.
- The huge damage now (70. report) is reported (71. cause) to have been caused by the recent violent
earthquake.
- Neither my colleagues nor I (72. be) am particularly interested in the training course next month.
- We (73. look) had been looking at the painting for about ten minutes before we realized who the artist
(74. be)
was .
- The plane (75. travel) will be traveling_ at twice the speed of sound when it passes overhead.
- I enjoy (76. invite) being invited to the parties.
- If I weren't working for an accounting firm, I (77. work) would be working for a bank.
- Scientists (78. discover) have discovered that, all over the world, million of frogs and toads are dying.
- Can you tell me when the train for Ho Chi Minh City leaves (79. leave)? - At 8 every morning.
- This is the first time I _have read (80. read) a novel written (81. write) by an
English novelist.
- I sat (82. sit) down for a rest while the shoes were being repaired (83. repair).
- At that time I did not know _ (84. not know) what to do (85. do) since I was too
shocked.
- During the trip, try to avoid being bitten (86. bite) by mosquitoes.
- They said that they h a d (87. work) there for twenty-nine years and they would stop working the
been working_
following year.
- Have you seen my keys? I remember putting _ (88. put) them on the table this morning but I can’t find it
now.
- Vladimir Putin was appointed (89. appoint) prime minister in 1999 by the foundering president, Boris N.
Yeltsin and became (90. become) the president of Russia a year later.
- Having written (91. Write) the letter, she put it carefully in an envelope and went to bed.
- The man sitting (92. sit) next to me was nervous because he has not flown (93. not fly) before.
- No sooner had the president arrived (94. arrive) than they had an important discussion.
- I don’t know why you are always talking (95. talk) in class, boy.
- Hue is a first year student. By the end of the year, she will have been learning (96. learn) English for two
years.
- Were I to know the answer, I could tell (97. tell) you right away.
- Peter, together with his family members, has visited (98. visit) Halong Bay twice this year.
- Don’t be surprised when you see how thin Matin is. He has been (99. be) extremely ill.
- The ideas presented (100. present) in this book are not really interesting.