This document provides a lesson on verb tenses with examples for students to practice identifying and using the correct verb tense. It contains 122 sentences with blanks for students to fill in the verbs in the appropriate tense. The sentences cover a variety of tenses including present, past, future, perfect, progressive, and perfect progressive tenses to help students distinguish between them. The document also notes some common tense pairs that students often confuse and stative verbs that are not used in continuous tenses.
This document provides a lesson on verb tenses with examples for students to practice identifying and using the correct verb tense. It contains 122 sentences with blanks for students to fill in the verbs in the appropriate tense. The sentences cover a variety of tenses including present, past, future, perfect, progressive, and perfect progressive tenses to help students distinguish between them. The document also notes some common tense pairs that students often confuse and stative verbs that are not used in continuous tenses.
This document provides a lesson on verb tenses with examples for students to practice identifying and using the correct verb tense. It contains 122 sentences with blanks for students to fill in the verbs in the appropriate tense. The sentences cover a variety of tenses including present, past, future, perfect, progressive, and perfect progressive tenses to help students distinguish between them. The document also notes some common tense pairs that students often confuse and stative verbs that are not used in continuous tenses.
Ex1: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form
1: Be quite! the baby (sleep)______ 2: We seldom (eat)_______ before 6:30 3: It (be)______ often hot in summer 4: It (be)______ very cold now 5: It (rain)______ so much in summer. It (rain) ________now 6: Daisy (cook) ________some food in the kitchen at present. She always (cook) in the morning 7: How long you (study)_______ English ? - For 5 years 8: Listen ! I think someone (knock)_______ at the door 9: I (see)________ that film several times because I like it 10: Mary (lose) ________her key and she (look) _______for it until now 11: The earth (circle)________ the sun once every 365 days 12: How many time you (see) ________him since he went to Edinburgh 13: That house (belong)__________ to Mr. Green 14: You (ever, see) __________a lion ? 15: River usually (flow)_________ to the sea. 16: Do you know the man, who (smoke) ________over there? 17: Up to the present, we (write)_________ almost every lesson in the book. 18: I (wait)__________ for the manager for two hours 19: I (see) ___________him before 20: What (do)________ you do yesterday ? 21: I (read)_________ the novel written by Jack London several times before 22: She (born) _______in 1980 23: He (write) _______his book last year 24: How long you (learn) __________English? 25: Mr Green (teach)________ English in this school since he (graduate) _______from the university in 1986 26: When I (arrive)_______ at this house, he still (sleep)________ yesterday 27: They (go)_______ home after they (finish) ________their work yesterday 28: When we came to the stadium, the match (already, begin)_______ ? 29: After they had gone, I (sit) _______and (rest)_______. 30: He (sit)_________ in a café when I (see) _________ him this afternoon. 31: The bell (ring) __________while Tom (take) _______a bath this morning . 32: As we (across)______ the road, we (see)_________ an accident. 33: He (write)________ a book since last year 34: What he (be)_____ when he ________(young) ?
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35: It was the first time I (ever, seen) ________such a beautiful girl 36: Our teacher (tell) _______us yesterday that he (visit) England in 1970. 37: When John and I got to the theater, the movie (start, already) ___________ 38: When the phone (ring)_______, I (have) _____________dinner 39: What you (do) ____________at 6 pm yesterday ? 40: He (teach)_______ English in this school before he (leave) ______for England 41: She (win) _________the gold medal in 1986 42: Daisy (agree)___________ with other members in the last meeting. 43: I (stay)________ here until he_________ (answer) me. 44: I (come)_______ and (see)_______ you before I leave. 45: I send you some postcards as soon as I (arrive)_________ in London 46: We (start)____________ our plan next week 47: They (build)___________ a house by June next year 48: The film (end) _____________before the time we (get)________ there. 49: Our English teacher (explain)__________ the lesson to us tomorrow. 50: What you (do) _______________at 7 p.m next Sunday? I (practice)____________ my English lesson then. 51: He (work) ___________on the report at this time tomorrow. 52: ________ you (finish) _________your work by 9 pm tonight? 53: By this time next week, he (write)___________ his novel for 8 months. 54: I saw a car accident while I (wait) _________for you on this corner yesterday. 55: Mr John (be)__________ principal of our school since last year. 56: My father (not watch) ___________ tv every night. 57: I (meet)__________ Authur three weeks ago 58: The police (report) _________that they (capture) the thief the day before. 59: My friend (thank)_________ me for what I had done for him. 60: When the teacher came in , the pupils (play) ______________ games 61: He (leave)_____home two weeks ago and we ______(not hear) from him since then 62: Tom (study) __________chemistry for three years and then he gave it up. 63: My father (not smoke) _______________for 5 years. 64: _________ you (receive)______ the letter from your parents yet ? 65: Last month, I (be) ________in the hospital for 10 days 66: I (not see) ___________ him since last Monday 67: I (never forget) _______what you _________(just tell) me 68: What____ you_____ (do) when I (ring) _________ you last night ? 69: He (work)______________ at the university so far 70: By the next month, I (finish) ____________ my novel
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71: He felt asleep while he ______________(do) his homework 72: It (rain) ___________ when we arrived 73: Colombus (discover) ___________America more than 400 years ago 74: How long you (study)___________ in this school? 75: I (speak)____________to you after the meeting tonight. 76: Hurry up ! the train ______________(come) 77: I (finish) _____________the book before my next birthday 78: John (watch) _______________TV at 8 last evening 79: The house (build)______________ two years ago 80: What you (do) _________after you (go)________ home yesterday ? 81: The last train (leave)__________ the station at 5p.m 82: Up to now the teacher (give) ____________our class five tests 83: When I (be)____________ a child, I wanted to be a doctor 84: At this time tomorrow, we (drive)_______________ through Pennsylvania 85: In two years from now, the contract __________(come) to an end 86: If you call her at 6, she (practice)________________ the piano then 87: We (see)________________ you next Monday 88: We (move)_____________ to our new house at Christmas this year 89: By March 15, I (be)__________ here for one year 90: By the end of December, john (work)__________ as a reporter for ten years 91. I (do)__________ an exercise on the present tense at this moment and I (think) that I (know) how to use it now 92. I (wait)_________ for two hours, but she (not come) ____________yet 93. He (not be)________ here since Christmas, I wonder where he_______ (live) since then 94. Jack (go) __________to Paris for a holiday. He never___________ (be) there 95. You sleep so far ? I_____________ (ring) the bell for the last twenty minutes 96. He (write)_________ a novel for two years, but he (not finish)__________ it yet 97. I (be)________ sorry. I (forget)________ that girl’s name already 98. The farmers (work) __________in the field at the moment 99. We (be)___________ from France. We (be) _________there for 20 years 100. Tom never (be)___________ in Hanoi 101. The light (go)___________ out while we (have) ___________dinner yesterday 102. Bill (have) ________breakfast when I (stop)______ at this house this morning 103. Jane (see)___________ a serious accident while she______ (stand) at the bus stop 104. While my dad (read)________ a newspaper, I (learn)______ my lesson and my sister (do) __________her homework 105. The children (play)_____football when their mother (come)________back home
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106. I (be)________ tired because I (work)_________ all day yesterday 107. She said that she (already, see)________________ Dr. Rice 108. They told me they (not eat)_____________ such kind of food before 109. Yesterday John (go)________ to the store before he (go) _________home 110. Before Alice (go)________ to sleep, she (call)__________ her family last night 111. We’ll go out when the rain (stop)______________ 112. Wait until I (catch)_______________ you 113. Miss Helen (help) ______you as soon as she (finish) _______the letter tomorrow 114. After the class (be) _______over, ask the teacher about that sentence 115. We (go)________ home as soon as we have finished our work 116. I’ll wait until he (finish)___________ his novel 117. When you (come)_________ back home, he already (buy)_________ a new house 118. I hope it____________ (stop) raining by 5 o’clock this afternoon 119. He (wait) _________for you when you (get)____________ back tomorrow 120. Who (look)____________ after the children when you are away 121. Don’t call him at 2.30 p.m. He (interview)___________ job applicants at that time 122. At 4 p.m yesterday ? Well, I (work)________________ in my office at that time NOTE: 1) Chú ý phân biệt các cặ p thì hay bị nhầ m trong câu: Quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn; quá khứ đơn và quá khứ hoàn thành 2) Thì hiện tạ i hoàn thành và thì hiện tạ i hoàn thành tiếp diễn trong mộ t số trườ ng hợ p (tương lai hoàn thành và tương lai hoàn thành tiếp diễn hoặ c quá khứ hoàn thành và quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn) có thể dùng thay thế lẫ n nhau mà không làm thay đổ i ý nghĩa củ a câu 3) Mộ t số các độ ng từ thể hiện trạ ng thái (stative verbs: không nhấ n mạ nh vào hành độ ng) không dùng trong các thì tiếp diễn: Understand, know; realize; seem; sound; hate; like; love; believe; want; need; smell; taste….
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Ex2: Circle the correct answer 1: He is tired now. He _____ the gardening for hours A: does B: is doing C: did D: has been doing 2: I _____ a driving test next month A: have B: will have C: will be having D: will have had 3: I haven’t smoked since a long time A B C D 4: Can you please help I to fill this application form ? A B C D 5: It is blowing so hard. We______ such a terrible storm A: never know B: had never known C: have never known D: have never been knowing 6: Jane _____ law for four years at Harvard A: is studying B: has been studying C: studies D: studied 7: When the old school friends met, a lot of happy memories ___back A: were brought B: has been brought C: had brought D: bought 8: He has been to the school library many times ____ A: if the semester has started B: while the semester is starting C: since the semester started D: After the semester starts 9: Hurry up, or they _____ serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant. A: stopped B: will have stopped C: Are stopping D: Would stop 10: I _____ with my aunt when I am on holiday in HCM city next month. A: will have been staying B: will have stayed C: stay D: will be staying