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Verb Tense Practice and Exercises

The document contains a collection of sentences in various tenses. It includes sentences with verbs in their base form used in conjunction with subjects and objects, as well as sentences using auxiliary verbs to conjugate verbs into different tenses. There are also sentences testing the ability to choose the correct verb conjugation to complete sentences in different tenses.

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Verb Tense Practice and Exercises

The document contains a collection of sentences in various tenses. It includes sentences with verbs in their base form used in conjunction with subjects and objects, as well as sentences using auxiliary verbs to conjugate verbs into different tenses. There are also sentences testing the ability to choose the correct verb conjugation to complete sentences in different tenses.

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1.Water _(boil)_____ at 100 degrees Celsius.

2. Bettina usually (watch)______ television in the evening.


3.Rosemary (appear)______ to agree with us now.
4.Look! That man (steal)______ your bike!
5.I’m sorry I (forget)______ to do my homework yesterday.
6.We _(see)_____ any interesting films lately.
7.Eric (found)_____ a flat yet, so he’s still living with his parents.
8. They (start)_____ running their own company in 1980.
9.She’s a law student and she (study)______ for four years now.
10. I think I (lose)_____ my door key. I can’t find it any where.
11.The film _(begin)____ when we arrived at the cinema.
12.I wasn’t thirsty because I (drink)_____ some milk.
13. When the match was over , the spectator _(go)_____ home.
14.After having a bath, he (eat)_____ his supper.
15.The phone (ring)_____ suddenly while Joanne was doing the housework.
16.It (snow)_____ as we drove slowly along the road.
17.Mrs Edwards (teach)_____ history for 35 years, and is retiring soon.
18.Did you see John yesterday? He (wear) _____ a very old pair of jeans.
19. Victoria (wait) _____ for half an hour when the doctor finally arrived.
20.Anita (study)_____ very hard at the moment.

1. I (be)_________ angry if it turns out that you are wrong.


2. If he (finish)__________ with the computer, I will put it away.
3. If you leave now, you (be) _________ home in 2 hours.
4. You (have to) ___________ finish writing it if you want to leave now.
5. If it (not rain)__________ we will have the party outside.
6. If I (live)__________ out of town, I would take up the garden.
7. I (not mind)____________ living in Sapa if the weather were better.
8. If Mr. Hai (be)_________ still a teacher, he wouldn’t permit such a bad behavior.
9. We would be fine if we (leave) _________ in the next ten minutes.
10. I’m homeless. If I (have)_________ money now, I (buy)__________ a big house.
11. If we had missed the train yesterday, we (be) ____________ late for the meeting.
12. It’s good that you reminded me about Ann’s birthday. I (forget) ______________if you
hadn’t reminded me.
13. The accident was your fault. If you had driven more carefully, it (not
happen)________________.
14. The view was wonderful. If I (have)_____________ a camera, I would have taken some
photographs.
15. If you had told me you needed money, I (lend)_____________ you some.

 Choose the most correct answer:


1. I _______this film twice.
A. see B. saw C. will see
D. have seen
2. –Peter, please help me do the washing up. – Sorry, Mum. I ______ TV.
A. watch B. am watching C. had watched D. watched
3. The farmers _____ in the field now.
A. were working B. have worked C. worked D. are working
4. The war _____ out three years ago.
A. broke B. had broken C. has broken D. was breaking
5. He ______ a cup of coffee every morning.
A. drinks B. drank C. is drinking D. has drunk
6. She ______ a lot of new books.
A. had just bought B. has just bought C. buys D. bought
7. At present, that author ______ a historical novel.
A. is writing B. was writing C. has written
D. had written
8. By next month, I _____ my first novel.
A. will finish B. am going to finish C. finish D. will have finished
9. Phong ______ at the university so far.
A. had worked B. was working C. worked D. has worked
10. How long _____ able to drive? – since 1990.
A. could you B. have you been C. were you D. are you
11. They ______ since eight o’clock.
A. are talking B. have been talking C. talk D. talk
12. My brother _______ in the army from 1990 to 1995.
A. served B. has served C. had served D. is serving
13. At this moment, I _____ that we have a good chance of victory.
A. was feeling B. am feeling C. feel D. had been feeling
14. I _____ the money from him yet.
A. haven’t received B. don’t receive C. will receive D. am receiving
15. This is the most interesting book _____ .
A. I’ve read B. I had read C. I’ve ever read D. I’ve ever read
16. I ____ him ten days ago.
A. see B. saw C. have seen D. will see
17. It ______ a long time since I last saw him.
A. is B. was C. will be D. had been
18. She _____ so hard this week that she doesn’t have time to go to the hairdresser’s.
A. works B. worked C. has been working D. had worked
19. Mr. John_______ to Los Angeles in 1992.
A. had gone B. has gone C. went D. was going
20. What ______ to you yesterday?
A. happened B. did happen C. had happened
D. has happened
21. I never go to Australia. I _____ to Australia yet.
A. will go B. went C. haven’t been D. have been
22. What _____ do at 7:00 tomorrow morning.
A. will you B. shall you C. were you D. did you
23. Why ______ you come yesterday?
A. couldn’t B. can’t C. didn’t D. A and C
24. My mother ______ in this factory since 1990
A. works B. worked C. has worked D. had worked
25. I _____ my hair before breakfast this morning.
A. washed B. had washed C. was washing D. have washed
26. I _____ about him when he suddenly came in.
A. talk B. talked C. am talking D. was talking
27. He will finish this work before you _______ here tomorrow.
A. leave B. will leave C. would leave D. are going to leave
28. Don’t make noise. My mother ______ with her friends.
A. is talking B. was talking C. talks D. talked
29. He _____ in this office for ten years by next Monday.
A. will have been working B. would be working
C. will work D. will be working
30. No sooner _____ the office than the telephone rang.
A. was he leaving B. he was leaving C. he had left D. had he left
31. George______ this movie three times.
A. sees B. has seen C. saw D. had seen
32. Food, air and clothes _______ necessary for life.
A. was B. were C. is D. are
33. He ______ a visit to Halong Bay in 1995.
A. had paid B. paid C. has paid D. pays
34. This morning while I ______ for the bus, the rain stopped.
A. waited B. have waited C. had waited D. was waiting
35. What _____ during the last few weeks.
A. did you do B. had you been doing C. have you been doing D. were you doing
36. Up to now, the teacher _______ our class five tests.
A. gives B. is giving C. has given D. had given
37. The students _____ English now.
A. study B. are studying C. will study D. have studied
38. I don’t feel good. I _____ work tomorrow.
A. won’t be going B. won’t go to C. don’t go D. went
39. He is tired because he ____ all day.
A. had worked B. has worked C. worked D. works
40. _____ at home tonight?
A. are you staying B. do you stay C. were you staying D. did you stay
41. We _____ in this house for ten years.
A. are living B. were living C. had lived D. have lived
42. She ____ in the departure lounge for a long time.
A. Is waiting B. was waiting C. waits D. has waited
43. I ______ my driving test on Friday.
A. have passed B. had passed C. passed D. was passing
44. I ______ a vegetarian since 1998.
A. am B. was C. have been D. had been
45. When _____ she was sorry?
A. did Jane say B. had Jane said C. has Jane said D. was Jane saying
46. The motorway ____ in 1986.
A. finished B. was finished C. has finished D. finishes
47. I hope you _____ more carefully in the future.
A. write B. will write C. would write D. wrote
48. She _____ English before she came to England.
A. studied B. had studied C. would study D. studies
49. We usually go ______ after work.
A. to fishing B. fished C. fishing D. fish
50. She’ll be a millionaire by the time she _____ forty.
A. was B. is C. will be D. is going to be
51. I’ve been waiting for my friends. I wonder if they_____ their way.
A. will lose B. would lose C. had lost D. have lost
52. He said everything _____ all right.
A. is B. will be C. can be D. would be
53. It is raining now. it began raining two hours ago. It ______ for two hours.
A. has rained B. had rained C. is raining D. has been raining
54. He ______ his job last month and since then he ________ out of work.
A. has lost/ is B. had lost/ was C. lost / has been D. lost/ had been
55. At this time tomorrow, my father ____ in London.
A. is arriving B. has arrived C. will be arriving D. would arrive
56. In a few hours, we ______ the test, and we’ll go home and rest.
A. have finished B. are finishing C. will be finishing D. will have finished
57. People ____ English and French in Canada.
A. speak B. have spoken C. had spoken
D. are speaking
58. The car isn’t here today because Dick ______ it.
A. uses B. used C. is using
D. has used
59. “When did you come here?” “I ____ here since last Sunday.”
A. have been B. had been C. was
D. am
60. Mr. Harry ______ in the army from 1980 to 1985
A. had served B. has served C. is serving
D. served
61. At first you should ____ slowly for a short distance.
A. jog B. to jog C. jogging
D. jogged
62. We began to jog____.
A. before three year B. three years ago C. three years past D. the past three years
63. The baby_____. Don’t make so much noise.
A. sleep B. sleeps C. slept
D. is sleeping
64. Peter said that he _____ that film before.
A. didn’t see B. had not ever seen C. will not see D. has not ever seen

I. Change the following sentences into reported speech.


1. “ come and see me if you have time “ he said to us.
2. “ Don’t forget to send your parents my regard” she said
3. Mary said “ I have finished studying my lesson “
4. My fried said “ Are you going to leave tomorrow ?.
5. “ Why were you late yesterday morning ? “ said the teacher.
6. The traveller asked “ How long does it take to get to Paris ?”
7. Ann said “ I must go home now.”
8. Alice says “ I usually get up much earlier than you do, John”
9. “ Who put salt in my coffee ?” he said.
10. He said to me “ You can keep that one if you like “
11. “ If I were you, I’d stop smoking”.
12. “ Have your passports ready in your hand?”, the custom officer said to the passengers.
13. “ I didn’t know them-Did you, John ? “ she asked.
14. “ Don’t take more than two of these at once “, said the doctor ; handing me a bottle of bills.
15. “ It’s a very nice evening. Why don’t we go for a walk ? “ Mary suggested.
16. “ Don’t go near too near the edge “ their mother said
17. “ How old is your little boy ? “ Said the nurse to Mrs Brown ( DH Hai Phong )
18. “ Nerver borrow money from friends, “ My mother said ( DH Hai Phong )
19.” The teacher said to us “ Don’t make so much noise “ ( DH Can Tho )
20. “ Order, please ! “ Our teacher said to his pupils ( DH Tay Nguyen )
21. “ Bring a sweater with you in case it gets cold at night “. ( DH Vinh )
22. “ Let’s drink some cool “ she suggested. ( DH Quoc Gia )
23. “ You’d better go to bed early. You are still ill,” said my mother . ( DH Su Pham TP HCM)
24. “ I think you should go by train”, he told us. ( DH Da Nang )
25. “ You stole my best cassette, John! “ said William. ( DH Hue )
26. “ You shouldn’t get up until you feel better,” the doctor said to me. ( DH Ngoai Ngu )
27. “ I’m sorry I gave you the Wrong number “ said Paul to Susan. ( Q Tri Kinh Doanh )
28. “ I don’t know how to cook this dish, do you ? “ he said to me. ( DH Ngoai Thuong )
29. “ Let’s go swimming . It’s too hot to go on learning our lesson” he said . ( DH Ngoai Thuong
)
30. “ If my English had been better, I would have applied for a job of an interpreter for a trading
company”, Ann said
31. “ You ought to wear a safety helmet when you drive a motorbike” , she said to her husband.
32. “ Don’t forget to return the book to the library,” he said. ( DH Ngoai Thuong )
33. “ How many people you will invite to the club tomorrow ? “ ( DH Su Pham Ha Noi )
34. “ You’d better not lend him any more money Daisy, said John. ( DH Hue)
35. “ I hate to be criticised by non-professional, “  The film star objected ……………
36. “ Let’s check everything once more, “ said the man in chief  The man in chief suggested
……
37. “ Shall I carry the suitcase for you, Pauline” said John  John offered……………….
38.” Where is the head waiter? I must speak to him “  The customer insisted …………..
I/ Changes the sentences into the passive voice.
1. You mustn’t use this machine after 5.30 P.m
2. You must clean this machine very time you use it.
3. Someone will drive your car to London on Tuesday.
4. They will ask you a lot of questions at the interview.
5. They will send you your examination results when they are ready.
6. In this August,They will build a new house.
7. The teacher can give him good marks because he is an exellent.
8. I can’t learn English very well.
9. When she comes ,I’ll phone you.
10. Someone will serve soft drinks.
11. Tolstoy wrote “War and Peace”.
12. Shakespeare wrote “Hamlet”.
13. Hemingway didn’t write “Hamlet”
14. Did Shakespear write “Hamlet”? .
15. Someone built that house in 1930
16. Bod Smith built that house.
17. They opened the factory at 9 o’clock.
18. They posted all letter yesterday.
19. We invited fifty people to the party.
20. Last night Someone broke into our house.
21. The teacher explains the lesson .
22. Mrs Green is cooking the food in the kitchen.
23. The doctor examined the patients.
24. The boys made that noise.
25. People speak English all over the world.
26. We gave him back the money last Sunday.
27. I can’t do these exercises quickly.
28. The movie has disappointed us very much
29. They will ask you several questions.
30. The police are holding for further questioning
31. My parents promised me a bicycle two days ago.
32. Somebody has locked the bos and I can’t open it.
33. He shouldn’t do that silly thing
34. People must hand in their weapon.
35. Pedestrion should walk on the Pavement.
36. People say that million of football fans are in France now .
37. They don’t allow smoking in the class.
38. We saw him writing a letter.
39. She hates people looking at her.
40. He objects to anyone asking him about his past.
41. Why did noone tell her about they changes ealier
42. They dicided to build a new school immediately .
43. Everyone believes him dishonest.
44. You should open the wine about three hours before you see
45. We use this room only on special occaion.
46. Someone switched on a light and opened the door.
47. Someone will serve refreshments.
48. People grow rice in India.

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