TENSES AND ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF TIME

A. LÝ THUYẾT (GHI VÀO TẬP) – TRY! LOVE YOU ALL.

1.The S +Vo / s/ es Don’t Vo Always, usually, frequently, often, seldom , constantly ,

present Doesn’t Vo rarely ,occasionally, normally, sometimes, every day /
simple Be:am / is / week / month / year /…sự thật hiển nhiên
HTĐ are (not)
2.The past S + V2/ed Didn’t Vo Yesterday, ago, last year/ month/… , during, in
simple be – was / were years…,( in 1999…),from....to(1939-1945)
QKĐ (not)
3. The S + am / is / are + V-ing Now, right now, at present. At the moment, Look! ,
present Listen!, Hurry up!......
cont
HTTD
4. The past S + was / were + V-ing Then, at that time, at this time last … , at 4 o’clock
continuous yesterday, between 3.30 and 4.30, When , while , As
QKTD
5. The S + have / has + V3/ed Just, already, yet, ever, never, lately, recently, so far, up
present till / to now, since…,for…, in the last,…
perfect
HTHT
6. The past S + had + V3/ed Before, after, when…. (already), by the time, …
perfect
QKHT
7.The S + have / has + been V- since , for, up till now, …
present ing
perfect cont
HTHTTD
8.The past S + had + been V-ing After, before …… for (2 years)
perfect cont
QKHT
9.The WILL Tonight, tomorrow, soon, again , next week /month.
future S+ + Vo In future, in 2020…..
simple SHALL
TLĐƠN
10.The near S + am/is/are going to + Vo
future
TLGẦN
11.The S + will be V-ing At this time next year….., at 7 p.m tomorrow
future cont
TLTD
12.The S + will have V3/ ed By + mốc t.gian tươngng lai, By the time , by then….
future By the end of...
perfect
TLHT
SỰ PHỐI HỢP THÌ TRONG MĐC - MĐTG

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 Ex: John stays in bed and read magazines whenever it rains.
HT- HT
I went to bed after I had done my homework .
QK - QK
I will congratulate him when he gets here tomorrow.
TL- HT
Ngoại lệ HTHT SINCE QKĐ He has earned his own living since he was eleven.
** Note 1: Không được dùng thì tương lai trong MĐTG. ( MĐTG la mệnh đề được bắt đầu bằng :
When, whenever, while ,as, after, as soon as, till, untill, no sooner…than, hardly…when, since…….)
***Note 2 : After / before / when / while / whenever…+ V-ing (CĐ) or V3/ed (BĐ) khi ko có chủ
từ (chỉ rút gọn được khi hai chủ từ cùng chỉ một người, một vật)
After I had done my homework, I went to bed.
== After doing my homework, I went to bed.

B2-PRACTICE (LÀM CÁC CÂU HIGHLIGHTED MÀU ĐỎ)

1.He said that he ____ a lot of money on advertising to expand his business.
A. spends B. has spent C. spending D. had spent
2. The train _____ when we got to the station.
A. just left B. just leaves C. had just left D. will leave
3.At this time tomorrow, we ____ our final exam.
A. will have taking B. will be taking C. will have taken D. would take
4._________here before? – Yes, I __________ my holidays here last year.
A. Have you ever been / spent B. Have you ever been / spend
C. Did you ever be / spending D. Were you ever / spend
5.______ I was working in the garden, John was repairing the washing machine.
A. As soon as B. No sooner C. While D. Until
6.Peter said he _____ a test the following day.
A. had had B. will have C. has had D. would have
7.After she _____ at the hospital for 2 years, she_____ to give up the job yesterday.
A. had been working/ decides B. had been working/ decided
C. working / had decided D. is working/ will decide
8.Tom ___________ before we arrived there.
A. has left B. had left C. will leave D. leaves
9. After we _____ our work, we ____ for lunch.
A. having finish/ went B. have finished/ went C. had finished/went D. having finish/
going
10. After _____ , Tom was apprenticed to learn a trade.
A. leave B. leaves C. left D. leaving
11. They were in a hurry because they thought that the class _____.
A. had already begun B. have already begun C. was begun D. will begin
12. Why have they demolished that old building? – They __________ a new supermarket there.
A. would be built B. were building C. are going to build D. had built
13. When I’m learning English, sometimes I _________ the accent.
A. will be confused about B. was confused about
C. had be confused about D. am confused about

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14. After he _____ his English course, he went to England to continue his study .
A. will have finished B. has finished C. had finished D. will finish
15. They ____ a lot of preparation before the match started.
A. has made B. had made C. will be made D. are making
16. I____ in the US for one year, but I still find it difficult to communicate with the American.
A. am B. was C. have been D. had been
17.American women may ____ conversations with men or even ___ them to dance.
A. to start/ to ask B. started/ asked C. starting / asking D. start/ ask
18. After ____________, the doctor found that he ________ his arm.
A. to examine/ breaks B. to examine/ broke
C. examining/ broken D. examining/had broken
19. As soon as she arrived in London, she found that the English people spoke English
differently from what she ______________.
A. will learn B. is learning C. has been learning D. had learnt
20. How____________ since we______________ school?
A. are you / left B. will you be / left
C. have you been/ had left D. have you been / left
21. Before cars_______ , people ____ horses and bicycles.
A. were discovered / had used B. discovering/ use
C. have been discovered / have been using D. is discovered/ using
22. Don’t go anywhere until I _________________ back.
A. come B. will come C. have come D. came
23. I _____________ the book by the time you come tonight.
A. will be finishing B. will have finished C. have finishing D. finished
24. Who _______________to when I came ?
A. were you talking B. are you talking C. you were talking D. you are
talking
25. Please send us a postcard as soon as you _______________in London.
A. will arrive B. is going to arrive C. arrive D. arrived
26. I will give you this book ______ I meet you tomorrow.
A. when B. until C. since D. for
27. Jane _____ her house all the morning before the guest arrived.
A. had been cleaning B. was cleaning C. has been cleaning D. is cleaning
28. Tom said everything ______ ready when the match ______.
A. will be/ started B. would be/ started C. is / started D. will be/
starts
29. I __________ in the waiting room when I heard someone_____ me.
A. am sitting/ to call B. was sitting/ called
C. am sitting / called D. have sat / called
30. At 10 o’clock tomorrow morning, we_____ our final test.
A. has been taking B. will be taking C. will take D. would be
taking
31. Our grandfather____ as an engineer for 30 years before he retired in 1980.
A. had been working B. was working C. has been working D. worked
32.Up to now, the pollution problems ________________________ yet.
A. will not have solved B. are not solving
C. hadn’t been solved D. haven’t been solved

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33. Miss Hoa always takes her umbrella when she ____________ to school.
A. has gone B. goes C. is going D. will go
34. Never talk to the driver while he _____________.
A. will be driving B. will drive C. drives D. is driving
35. I’ll tell you it is good or not after I ____________it.
A. try B. am trying C. have tried D. will try
36. I’ll marry her as soon as she __________ all her problems.
A. solves B. has solved C. had solved D. solve
37.I bought Romano whenever I ____________ Maximart.
A. had gone B. has gone C. went D. would go
38. My son was sleeping when I ______ home.
A. went B. has gone C. had gone D. would go
39. I was completing this book while my son __________.
A. slept B. would sleep C. had slept D. was
sleeping
40. Lan has learnt English since she ____ a small girl.
A. has been B. had been C. was D. would be
41. She won’t get married until she _____ 25 years old.
A. is B. will be C. had been D. was
42. While I was going to school yesterday, I ______________ him.
A. meet B. met C. will meet D. am meeting
43. Alice _____ for Washington as soon as she had finished her exam.
A. will leave B. was leaving C. leaves D. left
44. He died after he __________________ ill for a long time.
A. was B. had been C. has been D. is
45. I _______ home until I finish my lesson.
A. haven’t come B. don’t come C. didn’t come D. won’t come
46.When the alarm rang, Hai ______ out of bed quickly.
A. was jumping B. has jumped C. had jumped D. jumped
47. When we see Mr. Minh tomorrow, I ____ him of that.
A. will remind B. remind C. have reminded D. reminded
48. I haven’t seen her for 3 weeks
A. I haven’t seen her since 3 weeks B. She was seen for 3 weeks.
C. It’s 3 weeks since I last saw her. D. It’s 3 weeks before I last saw her.
49. She hasn’t drunk coca-cola before.
A. It’s time for her to drink coca-cola. B. It’s the first time she has drunk coca-cola.
C. It’s the first time since she drank coca-cola. D. It’s time she drank coca-cola.
50. It took him two hours to do his homework.
A. He spent two hours to do his homework B. He spent two hours doing his homework.
C. It took him two hours doing his homework. D. To do his homework took him two hours.
51. Mary has studied Vietnamese for two years.
A. Mary began to study Vietnamese two years ago.
B. Mary began studying Vietnamese two years ago
C. It is two years since Mary began studying Vietnamese D. All are correct
52.It’s over ten years since we got married.
A. We got married for over ten years. B. We have been married for over ten years.

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 C. We were married for over ten years D. We have been married since over ten
years