Revision tense
Ex1: Give the correct form of the verbs in the bracket in present tense.
1. Jill __________ (water) flowers once a week. Now, she __________ (water) flowers. She
__________ (already/water) all flowers in the living room.
2. They __________ (just/arrive) from San Francisco. ________ (you/ever/be) there? It
_______ (be) an amazing place!
3. They _________ (always/produce) so much noise! It is impossible to relax in the
evenings!
4. ______ (not/you/eat) meat? __________ (you/be) a vegetarian? Actually, I
_____________ (not/eat) meat every day. I __________ (prefer) fish and vegetables.
5. Mum ________ (already/bake) a cherry pie. We _________ (taste) it and it is so
delicious!
6. Why ________ (you/smell) your steak? Has it gone off? (go off: get worse)
7. He ___________ (seem) to be a nice person.
8. I _____________ (understand) what you mean. There is one more solution, though.
9. You look so sad. What ________ (you/think) about?
10. I __________ (always/want) to be an artist. But I can’t paint!
11. ________ (you/ever/be) to Australia?
13. Don’t disturb me, please. I _____________ (work) on a new project now.
14. Our annual meetings ____________ (be/normally) in spring. But this year we
_____________ (have) them in winter.
15. We just_____________ (paint) the walls in our living room.
1. He ____________ (arrive) tomorrow. ____________ (be/everything) ready? The meeting
_________ (be) in this room.
19. We ___________ (not/book) a hotel yet. We ____________ (look) for it now.
Ex2: Give the correct form of the verbs in the bracket
1. Last night we (watch) __________TV when the power (fail) __________.
2. London (change) ___________ a lot since we first (come) __________ to live here.
3. I (spend) __________ a lot of time travelling since I (get) __________this new job.
4. She (have) __________a hard life, but she’s always smiling.
5. He sometimes (come) __________ to see his parents.
6. Last month I (be) _____________ in the hospital for ten days.
7. What you (do) ____________________ when I (ring) ________________ you last night?
8. I (not see) __________________ him since last Sunday.
9. My mother (come) __________________ to stay with us next week.
10. When he lived in Manchester, he (work) _________________ in a bank.
11. Columbus (discover) ___________________ America more than 400 years ago.
12. Listen! The birds (sing) ________________.
13. ______You (receive) _______________ any letter from your parents yet?
14. How long ________Bob and Mary (be) ___________________ married?.
15. John (watch) __________________ TV at 8:00 last evening.
16. He (do) ________________ his homework before he (go) _____________ to the
cinema.
17. Hurry up! The train (come) ____________________.
18. We (not talk) _______________ to each other for a long time.
19. He (feel) _________________ asleep while he (do) __________________ his
homework.
20. I’m very fond of Jane but I (not see)……………….much of her lately.
21. There (be)………..no guests at all since I left.
22. This one of the best books that I (ever read)………………….
23. She has already telephoned the people who (come)………tomorrow.
24. It is the first time I (meet)………………..him here.
25. It was the first time they (ever meet)……………….
26. We (not live)……….. in England for two years now.
27. They (prepare)………….. the Christmas dinner at the moment.
28. George (work)……………………at the university so far.
29. When he lived in Manchester, he (work)………..in a bank.
30. The news (be)………quite alarming yesterday.
31. Birds (build)……………their nests in the summer and (fly)…….to the south in winter.
32. I (lose)……………………my key. Can you help me look for it?
33. My father (not smoke)……………………….for 5 years.
34. My teacher wasn’t at home when I (arrive)…………He (just go)…….out.
35. How long Bold and Mary (be)…………married?
36. You (receive)………………….any letter from your parents yet?
Ex3: Choose the best answer
1. He was writing to his friend when he __________a noise.
A. was hearing
B. heard
C. had heard
D. hears
2. I __________many people since I came here in June.
A. met
B. has met
C. was meeting
D. have met
3. We __________ maths at this time last week.
A. were learning
B. are learning
C. was learning
D. learnt
4. She was playing games while he __________a football match.
A. watched
B. watches
C. was watching
D. watching
5. She __________to Ho Chi Minh city last year.
A. goes
B. has gone
C. go
D. went
6. Since we came here, we ______ a lot of acquaintances.
A. have had
B. had
C. have
D. are having
7. __________he playing football now?
A. Will
B. Does
C. Was
D. Is
8. Every morning, I often sit in my garden and____ to my nightingale sing.
A. listening
B. listen
C. listened
D. listens
9. She __________school when she was six.
A. start
B. started
C. has started
D. are starting
10. I.__________TV when the telephone rang.
A. watched
B. was watching
C. are watching
D. have watched
11. I will contact you as soon as I ___________the information.
A. will get
B. get
C. got
D. had got
12. If he's late again, I_____ very angry.
A. am going to be
B. will be
C. would be
D. am
13. A: “The phone is ringing” B. “ I ______it”.
A. answer
B. will answer
C. have answered
D. will be answering
14. Yesterday, I _______ for work late because I _______ to set my alarm.
A. had left / forgot
B. was leaving / was forgetting
C. left / had forgot
D. had been leaving / would forget
15. By the time we ____ to the train station, Susan _____ for us for more than two hours.
A. will get / has been waiting
B. got / was waiting
C. got / had been waiting
D. get / will wait
16. While her brother was in the army, Sarah ___________ to him twice a week.
A. was writing
B. wrote
C. has written
D. had written
17. The Titanic _______ the Atlantic when it _______ an iceberg.
A. was crossing / struck
B. had crossed / was striking
C. crossed / had struck
D. is crossing / strikes
18. In the 19th century, it _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered
wagon.
A. took
B. had taken
C. had taken
D. was taking
19. Last night at this time, they _______ the same thing. She ______ and he _________ the
Newspaper.
A. are not doing / is cooking / is reading
B. were not doing / was cooking / was reading
C. was not doing / has cooked / is reading
D. had not done / was cooking /read
20. After he ____________ his English course, he went to England to continue his study.
A. finish
B. finishes
C. finished
D. had finished
