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BÀI TẬP ÔN HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN (Dec 8th)
BÀI TẬP ÔN HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN (Dec 8th)
Exercise 1: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past simple
1. We _________ (go) to the beach last weekend.
2. My cousins _________ (not/ visit) us every weekend.
3. ___________ (your mum/ make) a chocolate yesterday?
4. I _______ (send) Jessica an email yesterday afternoon
5. The children always ______ (do) their homework yesterday afternoon.
6. Last year, I ___________ (travel) to Japan.
7. ___________ you ___________ (have) dinner last night?
8. He ___________ (arrive) from the airport at 8:00, ___________ (check) into
the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.
9. I ___________ (receive) three messages two minutes ago.
10. She ___________ (work) at the movie theater after school.
11. Yesterday she ___________ (go) to the cinema and ___________ (watch)
a horror movie.
12. Carlos always ___________ (eat) spaghetti but two days ago he
___________ (eat) soup.
13. We seldom ___________ (drink) alcohol during the forenoon.
14. Somebody ___________ (take) the flowers from the graves in the morning
15. When ___________ your grandpa ___________ (come) home after war?
16. Some girls ___________ (not/ read) the book yesterday
17. When ___________ (be) they in London the last time? - I think in 2002
18. Why ___________ you ___________ (help) your brother with the
homework? - Because he ___________ (be) rather lazy all the time
19. My dog sometimes ___________ (catch) a mouse and ___________ (bring)
it to the front door.
Exercise 3: Put the verbs in the present simple or the past simple
1. A: ___________________ (you/ go) to work yesterday?
B: No, I __________. I ___________ (never/ work) on Saturdays.
2. A: _______________ (you/ see) Charles yesterday?
B: Yes. We ________ (have) lunch together.
3. A: ____________ (Colin/ work) at a bank?
B: No, he ____________. He __________ (work) at a post office
4. A: ____________ (you/ do) anything exciting last Sunday?
B: No, not really. I _____________ (watch) TV and _________________ (read)
a book. It was a boring weekend.
5. A: What __________ (you/do) at weekends?
B: We usually ___________(go) to the beach.
Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the time expressions from the list
at the moment always yesterday last night every week last summer
1. We watched a really good film at the cinema __________.
2. He is upset because he failed his driving test __________.
3. She ____________ brushes her teeth before she goes to bed at night.
4. I am working _____________ I can’t come with you.
5. My mother does the shopping _______________.
6. I went to a beautiful exotic island ____________. The weather was very hot.
Exercise 6: Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the past simple
1. Tommy Brown ________ (like) making up stories. No one ______ (believe)
what he ______ (say) because he always _____ (tell) lies. He ________ (live)
in a small village and _______ (work) on a farm just outside the village. One
night last week, Tommy ______ (finish) work late. It _________ (be) dark and
cold. Suddenly, he _______ (hear) a strange noise, so he _________ (look) up.
It __________ (be) a UFO bright flashing lights. The UFO ________ (come
down) towards him and he ________ (see) two green men looking him from
outside. He ___________ (scream), ___________ (drop) his bag and
______________ (run away). When he ______________ (arrive) in the village,
he ______________ (run) into some villagers and ______________(start)
telling them about the aliens but they all ______________ (laugh) at him. No
one ______________ (believe) Tommy.
2. Steven’s friends _____________ (come) to his birthday party last night and
_____________ (give) him wonderful presents. His parents _____________
(cook) a special dinner for him. His girlfriend _____________ (promise) to
come, but she _____________ (not be) there. He _____________ (try) to
phone but he couldn’t get through. He _____________ (be) really upset. Only
she _____________ (not wish) him a Happy Birthday.
Exercise 7: Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the past simple
Ling: Hi Amy. ___________ (1. you/ be) at home last weekend?
Amy: No, I ___________ (2. not/ be). My family and I ___________ (3. go) to
the beach. We often ___________ (4. go) to the beach at weekends.
Ling: You’re lucky. ___________ (5. you/ have) a nice time?
Amy: Oh, yes! I ___________ (6. have) a great time!
Ling: Where ___________ (7. you/ stay)?
Amy: We ___________ (8. stay) at my grandparents’ house
Ling: Oh. ___________ (9. they/ live) near the beach?
Amy: Yes, they do. Their house ___________(10. be) right by the beach.
Ling: Wow! That’s cool. And what did you do there?
Amy: We ___________ (11. walk) along the beach and ___________ (12.
swim) in the sea.
Ling: That sounds like a lot of fun.
Exercise 8: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past simple
1. “Romeo and Juliet” ______________ (write) by Shakespeare
2. These pictures ________________ (take) during our last Christmas
3. All the reports ________________ (type) by secretary
4. The garbage ________________ (collect) every day.
5. The email ________________ (send) to you two hours ago.
6. When ________________ your mother ________________ (get up) in the
morning?
7. I ________________ (not/ know) how to drive a car.
8. Tom always ________________ (eat) breakfast. Yesterday he
________________ (not to eat) breakfast because he ________________ (get
up) late.
9. He never ________________ (shout) at his students. He
________________ (be) a wonderful teacher, I remember.
10. Who ________________ (ring) you up an hour ago?
11. I ________________ (have) dinner with my family yesterday.
12. She ________________ (know) all the works of Chopin. She
________________ (enjoy) listening to his waltz last night.
13. Queen Elizabeth II ________________ (be) born in 1926. She
________________ (become) Queen of England in 1952.
14. - ________________ you always ________________ (get up) at seven
o’clock?
- No, sometimes I ________________ (get) up at half past seven.
15. Her friends ________________ (be) ready at five o’clock.
Exercise 9: Fill the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Put them in the correct tense
I don’t usually ____________ (go) to the cinema but yesterday I ____________
(go) to see a film. It ____________ (be) fantastic. I ____________ (cry) a little
because the film ____________ (be) very romantic.
Mellisa ____________ (be) with me. She never ____________ (cry) at the
cinema so she ____________ (not cry) yesterday but she also ____________
(enjoy) the film very much.
Now I ____________ (write) to my friend Peter to tell him about it. Peter usually
____________ (live) here in London, like me but this week he ____________
(live) in Bristol with her aunt because his parents ____________ (be) in Italy.
They ____________ (go) there last week on business. Peter is one of my best
friends. He ____________ (be) fourteen years old and we go to the same
school.
Last summer Melissa, Peter and I ____________ (go) to Amsterdam on holiday
for a week. We really ____________ (have) a nice time there. We
____________ (visit) lots of interesting places. We ____________ (not stay) in
a hotel. We ____________ (stay) at my uncle’s house. His name is George. He
____________ (be) an engineer. He is always very busy but that week he
____________(be) on holidays and he ____________ (take) good care of us.
He ____________ (show) us the city and we ____________(like) it very much. I
must study now. I ____________ (learn) French this year as I would like to
____________ (visit) Paris next summer.