PRACTICE

Exercise : Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets

1. Mary and John (be) ___are______ neighbors. They (know) ______have known___ each other
for a long time. Mary (move) ___moved______ into her house in 1990, and John (live) __has
lived _____ next door since he (come) __came______ to the area in 1988.
2. Today (be) __is___ Sunday. Nga (not go) ___doesn’t go______ to school. She (stay)
_______stays__ at home. She (do) is doing_________ her homework now. She (do) __has
done_______ it for two hours.
3. I (be) ____am_____ in New York. I (come) _came________ here two years ago. My friend,
Nancy (live) __have lived_______ here since 1982. So she (know) _knows________ the area
very well.
4. Trung usually (go) ___goes______ to the library three times a week.
5. Yesterday I (be) __was_______ busy, so I (not have) ___didn’t have______ time to phone
you.
6. Mrs. Trang (not go) _didn’t go________ to work last week. She (not be) __wasn’t_______
feeling well.
7. I (do ) __did_______ all the housework. The flat is really clean now.
8. How long have you (live) __lived_______ here? – Since 1997.
9. Mr. Quang (teach) _has taught________ in this school since he (graduate) ___was
graduated______ from the university in 1989.
10. My brother (leave) ___left______ home 10 years ago. I (never meet) __have never
met_______ him since then.
11. Where did you (spend) ___spend______ your summer holiday last year, Tam?
12. When we (be) ___were______ small, our family (live) _lived________ in the countryside.
13. I (read) _am reading________ an interesting book at the moment.
14. How long have you (know) _known________ Mrs. Chi? – I (know) __have known_______
here for five years.
15. We (not see) _haven’t_seen_______ her since we (be) __were _______ on holiday in Ha
Long bay.
16. Phuong (not finish) __hasn’t finished_______ her homework yet.
17. It’s three years since I last (see) ___saw______ Nam.
18. Were You (be) _________ away? – Yes. I (go) __went_______ to the country last Sunday.
19. I (not eat) _haven’t_eaten_______ anything for two days.
20. They (move) _moved________ to Ho Chi Minh City in 1990 and (live) _have
lived________ there since then.