EXERCISE 1: Use The Correct Form of Verbs in Brackets
EXERCISE 1: Use The Correct Form of Verbs in Brackets
1. In all the world, there (be) __are______ only 14 mountains that (reach)
______reach__above 8,000 meters.
2. He sometimes (come) ____comes_____ to see his parents.
3. When I (come) ____came_____, she (leave) ___left______for Dalat ten minutes ago.
4. My grandfather never (fly) __has flown________ in an airplane, and he has no intention
of ever doing so.
5. We just (decide) ____decide______ that we (undertake) ___undertake_________ the
job.
6. He told me that he (take) __________ a trip to California the following week.
7. I knew that this road (be) _____is_____ too narrow.
8. Right now I (attend) _am attending_________ class. Yesterday at this time I (attend)
_was attending_________class.
9. Tomorrow I'm going to leave for home. When I (arrive) __will arrive________at the
airport, Mary (wait) _waitting_________ for me.
10. Margaret was born in 1950. By last year, she (live) _has lived_________on this earth
for 55 years .
11. The traffic was very heavy. By the time I (get) _I got_____to Mary's party, everyone
had already (arrive) __arrived________
12. I will graduate in June. I (see) _will see_____ you in July. By the time I (see)
__saw________ you , I (graduate) _will have graduated_____.
13. I (visit) _visited_________ my uncle's home regularly when I (be) ____am______ a
child.
14. That book (be) __has________ on the table for weeks. You (not read) _haven’t
read_________ it yet ?
15. David (wash) _washes_________ his hands. He just (repair) __has
repaired________ the TV set.
16. You (be) __will________here before? Yes, I (spend) __spent________ my holidays
here last year
17. We never (meet) __have met_______ him. We don't know what he (look)
_look_________ like.
18. The car (be) will have been______ ready for him by the time he (come)
__comes________tomorrow.
19. On arriving at home I (find) __found_______that she just (leave) has left______a few
minutes before.
20. When we (arrive) __arrive________ in London tonight, it will probably (rain) _be
raining_________.
21. It (rain) _raining_________ hard. We can't do anything until it (stop) _stops_________
22. Last night we (watch) _were watching________TV when the power (fail)
_failed_________.
23. That evening we (stay) _stayed_________up to talk about the town where he (live)
__has lived________for some years.
24. I (sit) _sit_________down for a rest while the shoes (repair) _is being
repaired_________.
25. Half way to the office Paul (turn) _turned_________round and (go)
__went________back home because he (forget) _forget_________to turn the gas off.
26. London (change) _has changed_________a lot since we first (come)
_came_________ to live here.
27. While we (talk) _were talking_________on the phone the children (start)
_started_________fighting and (break) _breaking_________a window
28. He used to talk to us for hours about all the interesting things he (do) __has
done________ in his life.
29. You know she (stand) __has stood________looking at that picture for the last twenty
minutes.
30. I (spend) _have spent_________ a lot of time travelling since I (get)
__got________this new job.
31. When we (be) _are_________ at school we all (study) __study________Latin.
32. When I (meet) __met________ him , he (work) _has work_________as a waiter for
a year.
33. After he (finish) __has finished________ breakfast he (sit) __sat________down to
write some letters.
34. She (have) ___has_______a hard life, but she's always smiling.
35. I think Jim (be) ___is_______ out of town.
EXERCISE 4: Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning
as the given one.
1. Eight years ago we started writing to each other.
A. We have rarely written to each other for eight years.
B. Eight years is a long time for us to write to each other.
C. We wrote to each other eight years ago.
D. We have been writing to each other for eight years.
2. The boy was so lazy that he couldn't stay up late to learn his lessons.
A. The boy was lazy enough not to stay up late to learn his lessons.
B. The boy was too lazy to stay up late to learn his lessons.
C. The boy was lazy enough but he stayed up late to learn his lessons.
D. The boy was lazy enough to stay up late to learn his lessons.
3. My father is tired of seeing any violent films.
A. My father hasn't seen a violent film.
B. My father has enjoyed all the violent films he has ever seen.
C. My father is worried about missing the next violent film.
D. My father never wants to see another violent film.
4. As soon as he waved his hand, she turned away.
A. He saw her turn away and he waved his hand.
B. No sooner had he waved his hand than she turned away.
C. She turned away because he waved his hand too early.
D. Although she turned away, he waved his hand.
5. John wishes he had remembered to send Mary a Christmas card.
A. John regrets not to send Mary a Christmas card.
B. John regrets forgetting not to send Mary a Christmas card.
C. John regrets not remembering sending Mary a Christmas card.
D. John regrets forgetting to send Mary a Christmas card.
6. My father hasn't smoked cigarettes for a month.
A. It's a month since my father last smoked cigarettes.
B. It's a month ago that my father smoked cigarettes.
C. It's a month that my father hasn't smoked cigarettes.
D. It's a cigarette that my father smoked a month ago.
7. Having finished their work, the workers expected to be paid.
A. The workers expected to be paid because they had finished their work.
B. Having their work finishing, the workers expected to be paid.
C. Having expected to be paid, the workers finished their work.
D. Having been finished their work, the workers expected to be paid.
8. Mr. Brown bought this car five years ago.
A. Mr. Brown started to buy this car for five years.
B. It has been five years when Mr. Brown has bought this car.
C. Mr. Brown has had this car for five years .
D. It is five years ago since Mr. Brown has bought this car.
9. John used to write home once a week when he was abroad.
A. John doesn't write home once a week any longer.
B. John enjoyed being written home every week when he was abroad.
C. John never forgot to write a weekly letter home when he was abroad.
D. When he was abroad he remembered to write home every week.
10. I haven't enjoyed myself so much for years.
A. It's years since I enjoyed myself so much.
B. It's years since I have enjoyed myself so much.
C. It was years since I had enjoyed myself so much.
D. It has been years since I have enjoyed myself so much.
Bài 1: Bài tập về các thì
1. I have been learning (learn) English for seven years now.
2. But last year I was not working (not/ work) hard enough for English, that's why my
marks were not (not/ be) really that good then.
3. As I(pass/ want) my English exam successfully next year, I (study) harder this term.
4. During my last summer holidays, my parents sent (send) me on a language course to
London.
5. It was (be) great and I think (think) I learned (learn) a lot.
6. Before I went (go) to London, I had not enjoyed (not/ enjoy) learning English.
7. But while I(do) the language course, I (meet) lots of young people from all over the
world.
8. There I noticed (notice) how important it is (be) to speak foreign languages
nowadays.
9. Now I have (have) much more fun learning English than I had (have) before the
course.
10. At the moment I am revising (revise) English grammar.
11. And I have alrealy begun (begin/ already) to read the texts in my English textbooks
again.
12. I think (think) I will do (do) one unit every week.
13. My exam is (be) on 15 May, so there isn’t (not/ be) any time to be lost.
14. If I (pass) my exams successfully, I (start) an apprenticeship in September.
15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I have been going (go) back to London to work
there for a while.
16. As you (see/ can), I have become (become) a real London fan already.
Bài 2: Chọn đáp án đúng nhất
1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living
2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. don't see B. haven't seen C. didn't see D. hadn't seen
3. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving B. left C. has left D. had left
4. Jack ______ the door.
A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D. painting
5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.
A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked
6. I ______ Texas State University now.
A. am attending B. attend
C. was attending D. attended
7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.
A. ten years ago B. since ten years
C. for ten years ago D. for ten years
8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.
A. discovered B. has discovered
C. had discovered D. had been discovering
9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run
10. We _______ there when our father died.
A. still lived B. lived still C. was still lived D. was still living
11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play
12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. will have been working B. will work
C. have been working D. will be working
13. I _______ in the room right now.
A. am being B. was being
C. have been being D. am
14. I ______ to New York three times this year.
A. have been B. was C. were D. had been
15. I'll come and see you before I _______ for the States.
A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave
16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.
A. has happened B. happened
C. had happened D. would have been happened
17. John ______ a book when I saw him.
A. is reading B. read C. was reading D. reading
18. He said he _______ return later.
A. will B. would C. can D. would be
19. Jack ________ the door.
A. has just opened B. open
C. have opened D. opening
20. I have been waiting for you ______.
A. since early morning B. since 9 a. m
C. for two hours D. All are correct
21. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.
A. leave B. left C. leaves D. had left
22. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.
A. wrote B. writes C. has written D. had written
23. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week.
A. was reading B. wrote C. was written D. had written
24. I couldn't cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.
A. broke down B. has been broken
C. had broken down D. breaks down
25. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
26. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left B. he left C. he has left D. he was left
27. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had B. had had C. have has D. have had
28. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.
A. will have learned B. will learn
C. has learned D. would learn
29. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.
A. walking B. walked C. walks D. walk
30. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going B. went C. has gone D. did go
31. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.
A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing
32. I will be glad if he _______ with us.
A. had gone B. did go C. went D. goes
33. Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.
A. finish B. has finished C. finished D. finishing
34. Turn off the gas. Don't you see that the kettle ________?
A. boil B. boils C. is boiling D. boiled
35. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. leave B. are leaving C. leaving D. are left
36. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.
A. go B. is going C. goes D. going
37. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.
A. working B. works C. is working D. work
38. I ______ to the same barber since last year.
A. am going B. have been going C. go D. had gone
39. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.
A. dies B. died C. has died D. had died
40. Last week, my professor promised that he ________ today.
A. would come B. will come C. comes D. coming
Bài 3: Chia động từ cho đúng
1. In all the world, there (be) ___are_______ only 14 mountains that (reach)
__reach________above 8,000 meters.
2. He sometimes (come) __come________ to see his parents.
3. When I (come) __had came________, she (leave) __has left________for Dalat ten
minutes ago.
4. My grandfather has never (fly) __flown_______ in an airplane, and he has no
intention of ever doing so.
5. We has just (decide) __decided________ that we (undertake) ___________ the job.
6. He told me that he (take) __________ a trip to California the following week.
7. I knew that this road (be) ___was_______ too narrow.
8. Right now I (attend) __am attending________ class. Yesterday at this time I (attend)
_was attending_________class.
9. Tomorrow I'm going to leave for home. When I (arrive) _arrive_________at the
airport, Mary (wait) __will be waitting________ for me.
10. Margaret was born in 1950. By last year, she (live) _had lived_________on this
earth for 55 years.
11. The traffic was very heavy. By the time I (get) _had got_________to Mary's party,
everyone already (arrive) _ had arrived________
12. I will graduate in June. I (see) ___will see_______ you in July. By the time I (see)
___see_______ you, I (graduate) _will graduate_________.
13. I (visit) __visited________ my uncle's home regularly when I (be) ____was______ a
child.
14. That book (be) __________ on the table for weeks. You (not read) _haven’t
read_______ it yet?
15. David (wash) _________ his hands. He has just (repair) _repair_________ the TV
set.
16.Have You (be) __been______here before? Yes, I (spend) __spent________ my
holidays here last year.
17. We have never (meet) __met________ him. We don't know what he (look)
__looking________ like.
18. The car (be) __________ ready for him by the time he (come)
__comes________tomorrow.
19. On arriving at home I (find) __found________that she has just (leave)
__left________a few minutes before.
20. When we (arrive) __arrive________ in London tonight, it probably (rain) _by
raining_________.
21. It (rain) _is raining_________ hard. We can't do anything until it (stop)
__stops________
22. Last night we (watch) _watched_________TV when the power (fail)
__failed_______.
23. That evening we (stay) __________up to talk about the town where he (live) _had
lived_________for some years.
24. I (sit) ___sat_______down for a rest while the shoes (repair) __________.
25. Half way to the office Paul (turn) __________round and (go) __________back
home because he (forget) __________to turn the gas off.
26. London (change) _has changed_________a lot since we first (come)
__came________ to live here.
27. While we (talk) __________on the phone the children (start) __________fighting
and (break) __________a window
28. He used to talk to us for hours about all the interesting things he (do) __has
done________ in his life.
29. You know she (stand) _has been standing_________looking at that picture for the
last twenty minutes.
30. I (spend) __have spent________ a lot of time travelling since I (get)
__got________this new job.
31. When we (be) ___were_______ at school we all (study) __studied________Latin.
32. When I (meet) __had met________ him, he (work) __has worked________as a
waiter for a year.
33. After he (finish) _had finished_________ breakfast he (sit) ____sat______down to
write some letters.
34. She (have) __has_______a hard life, but she's always smiling.
35. I think Jim (be) __________ out of town.
Bài 4: Điền giới từ thích hợp
1. Lan'll have a party ......on................ Friday evening.
2. Would you like to come ...to....... my house ....for........lunch?
3. She takes care .....of........ her family.
4. She works ..in.......a local supermarket.
5. My mother works......in.........the field.....with........ my father.
6. Does your father work ...in.......... . Hanoi?
7. David is good .......at............ . Math.
8. What do you do .....in........ your free time?
9. Are you interested ....in......... . sports?.
10. There's a good film ...on.......... . ...at...... the moment.
11. Thanks ....for...... . your letter.
12. I'll see my mom and dad ......on.......... . their farm.
13. We have to work hard ...at....... home and......at.......... school
14. We'll visit her ....of...... Christmas.
15. Are you tired ......to....... . watching TV?
16. She often brings them .....to.......... school.
17. He works ....in...... a factory.
18. We always go to Ha Long Bay ...on....... vacation.
19. Tell me more ....in...... . your family.
20. Can you send me a photo ...for....... . your family?
21. He goes ..in........ the city .....with.......his wife.
22. It takes 18 hours to get ...to......Hanoi ....on...... coach.
23. We write ....to...... each other twice a week.
24. He is the president .......of............... our club.
25. She spends most .....of..........the time ...on.......... the couch ...in....... front ..of..... the
TV.
26. What do you usually do ....at......... school?
27. Why don't you come ......in...... .?
28. They swap cards ..to........ their friends.
29. Will you play a game ....with............ . catch?
30. What do you do .....at........... . recess?
31. They usually have portable CD player ....with............ small earphones.
32. I'll take part.....in........... your club.
33. They read or study ....at......... the same time.
34. We enjoy all .........of............ our classes.
35. ....At......... school we study many things.
36. ....In......... . history, we study past and present events..in........ . Vietnam and
...around......the world.
37. ..In........... . physics, we learn ...to.........how things work.
38. She learns how to use a computer ...to....... . her Computer Science class.
39. Newspapers are .......... the racks ................ the middle.
40. Math books are ...on............. . the shelves ...on....... . the left.
41. The largest library is ......in............Washington D. C, the capital ...of....... the USA.
42. Those books ...at....... the back ....of........the libraries are ...in......English.
43. Now, come and look ......at.........the kitchen.
44. My uncle is .....at........ . work now.
45. Can I see the rest ..of.......the house?
46. She'll have a party ....on...... . her birthday.