English tenses exercises

1. REVIEW OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR – LEVEL B
I. TENSES
A- PRESENT SIMPLE & PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. Be quiet! The baby (sleep)………..
2. Look! A man (run)………….. after the train. He (want)……………… to catch it.
3. My mother sometimes (buy)………….. vegetables at this market.
4. It often (rain)………….. much in summer. It (rain)………….now.
5. Daisy (cook)…………… some food in the kichen at present. She always (cook)…………. in the morning.
6. Listen! Somebody (sing)………………..
B- PRESENT PERFECT & PERFECT CONTINUOUS
1. How long you (study) …………... E? For 5 years.
2. I (wait)……………for 2 hour, but she (not come)………………… yet.
3. They (live)…………..in HCM City since 1975.
4. He (not be)………........here since Christmas.
5. He (write)……………..a novel for 2 years, but he (not finish)……………… it yet.
6. Mary (lose)……………. her hat and she (look)………………for it until now.
C- PRESENT TENSES
1. Listen! I (think)…………….. someone (knock)……………. at the door.
2. Up to the present, we (write)………….almost every lesson in the book.
3. The Earth (circle)………………….the sun once every 365 days.
4. The farmers (work)……………..in the field at the moment.
5. How many times you (see)…………….him since he went to Edinburgh?
6. Do you know that man, who (smoke)……….....there?
D- PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS
1. When I (arrive)…………………at his house, he still (sleep)…………..
2. The light (go)…………..out while we (have)…………dinner.
3. Bill (have)…………….breakfast when I (stop)…………….at his house this morning.
4. Tom (see)………….a serious accident while he (stand)……………at the bus stop.
5. While my father (read)…………..a newspaper, I (learn)…………my lesson and my sister (do)………….her
homework.
E- PAST SIMPLE & PAST PERFECT
1. They (go)………….home after they (finish)…………..their work.
2. When we came to the stadium, the match (already/ begin)…………………..
3. They told me they (not/ eat)………………..such kind of food before.
4. After they had gone, I (sit)…………….down and (set)………
5. Before she (watch)…………………TV, she (do )…………her homework.
6. It was the first time I (ever/ see)…………….such a beautiful girl.
F- PAST TENSES
1. Yesterday, John (go)…………….to the store before he (go)………home.
2. Our teacher (tell)…………..us yesterday that he (visit)……………… England in 1970
3. When John and I got to the theatre, the movie (start)………………already.
4. Before Alice (go)………….to sleep, she (call)……………..her family.
5. When the phone (ring)……………., I (have)…………………dinner.
G- PRESENT SIMPLE AND FUTURE SIMPLE
1. We’ll go out when the rain (stop)…………….
2. I (stay)……………here until he (answer)………….me.
3. Wait until I (catch)……………you.
4. She (not come)…………….until you (be)………….ready.
5. Miss Helen (help)……………..you as soon as she (finish)………………. that letter tomorrow.
6. I (send)……………you some postcards as soon as I (arrive)……......in London.
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2. II. More exercises on tenses: Rewrite the sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first sentence.
a.
Trung has lived in Thai Nguyen city for three years.
-> Trung started ……………………………………………………………………………
b. He has studied English for one year.
-> He began……………………………………………………………………………
c. We started studying 2 hours ago.
-> We have ……………………………………………………………………………
d. He got married 20 years ago.
-> He has ……………………………………………………………………………
e. We have never seen each other before.
-> It is the first time ……………………………………………………………………………
f. She has ever tried Japanese food before.
-> It’s the second time ……………………………………………………………………………
g. We have never heard such shocking news.
-> It’s the first time ……………………………………………………………………………
h. It is the first time I’ve a got such a beautiful bunch of flowers
-> I have never ……………………………………………………………………………………
i. The last time I saw her was in 1985.
=> I haven’t ……………………………………………………………………..………………..……
j. The new zoo restaurant has been opened for a week.
=> The new zoo restaurant was ……………………………………………..………………..……
PART II:
Question 1:
This is part of a letter you receive from an English penfriend.
I n your next letter, please tell me about your job now and do you like it?
Question 2: Write a story, beginning with this title:
The most important day of my life.
HOMEWORK: Choose one out of two topics and write about 100 words
GUIDED WRITING
Question 1:
Dear …………………………,
I’m very ……………………………… to ……………………………. your letter in which you
……………………. about …………………………………………….
You know, I am a …………………………………. at…………………………………………………….
I have ……………………………………… for ……….... years. I (like/ don’t like) …………………….
because ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
That’s my ideas about my job. What about you? Do you like/ not like your job, too? Please tell me about it.
Write to me soon./ I’m looking forward to receiving your letter/ to hearing from you.
Best regard/ Love…………………
…………………………………….
…………………………………….
Teacher: Nguyen Thi Que – 0963 888 288
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3. Teacher: Nguyen Thi Que – 0963 888 288
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