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C: MIXED TENSES
14. My brother ______________ (play) football at the moment.
15. They went home after they ______________ (finish) their work.
16. My father ______________ (buy) a new car after he saves enough money.
Give the right forms of the verbs in the brackets
17. They ______________ (visit) their grandparents last summer?
Exercise 1:
18. She said that she ______________ (already, see) Dr. Rice.
1. We ______________ (have) a lot of fun at your birthday party yesterday.
19. Phong ______________ (sleep) right now.
2. He usually ______________ (get) up early in the morning.
20. Sarah ______________ (not enjoy) her piano lessons when she was seven.
3. I ______________ (not see) him since I ______________ (meet) him 2 months ago.
4. They ______________ (build) a new bridge in this province next year.
Exercise 3:
5. Marta ______________ (do) the washing up when the phone ______________ (ring)
1. When we came to the stadium, the match ______________ (already, begin).
last night.
2. Don’t worry mom. I will phone you as soon as I ______________ (arrive) Paris.
6. My brother and I ______________ (finish) our homework a few minutes ago.
3. Mother ______________ (cook) some food in the kitchen at present.
7. How many times you ______________ (see) him since he went to Edinburgh?
4. Martha ______________ (watch) TV at seven o’clock last night.
8. The students ______________ (do) their homework when one of their friends
5. Where your father ______________ (work) in 1985?
______________ (call) on.
6. Adrian ______________ (learn) the violin now.
9. You ______________ (see / not) her every day.
7. Before she watched TV, she ______________ (do) her homework.
10. I ______________ (meet) my best friend George in 2005.
8. He ______________ (just see) her.
11. George ______________ (fall) off the ladder while he ______________ (paint) the
9. They ______________ (see) lots of animals in the zoo yesterday.
ceiling.
10. I ______________ (know) Jack when we ______________ (be) students but
12. I ______________ (see) that film several times because I like it.
I ______________ (not meet) him since we ______________ (leave) school in 1998.
13. He often ______________ (wear) a black cap.
11. We ______________ (make) a cake at the moment.
14. Last night I ______________ (read) in bed when suddenly I ______________ (hear) a
12. We ______________ (not have) a holiday last year.
scream.
13. Jane ______________ (watch) television at the moment.
15. She ______________ (visit) her grandma very often?
14. By the time we got there, the play ______________ (start) already.
16. Sandra ______________ (lend) her brother $ 200 so far.
15. They ______________ (not start) the match until the rain stops.
17. My parents ______________ (go) to the theatre yesterday evening.
16. You ______________ (see) Ann last week?
18. He ______________ (send) the letter when he goes to the post office.
17. Pay attention! The teacher ______________ (explain).
19. We ______________ (go / not) to school on Sundays.
18. I ______________ (play) tennis yesterday afternoon.
20. Mary ______________ (lose) her hat for 2 days.
19. After they ______________ (go), I sat down and rested.
20. The film ______________ (end) by the time we get there.
Exercise 2:
1. He ______________ (watch) a very scary horror film last night.
Exercise 4:
2. When I ______________ (finish) writing the reports, I will go out with my friends.
1. By this time next year they ______________ (write) a new essay.
3. She ______________ (not speak) to me since last week.
2. We will go out when the rain ______________ (stop).
4. When you come back, he ______________ (already buy) the house.
3. They ______________ (watch) TV at the moment?
5. He ______________ (not / spend) his holidays in Spain each year.
4. What time you ______________ (go) to bed last night?
6. Murat ______________ (visit) all his relatives before he joins the army.
5. Peter and Jane ______________ (swim) at the moment.
7. Emma ______________ (not go) to school when she was ill.
6. When you come back, he already ______________ ( buy ) a new house
8. We ______________ (study) English at this school for 4 years.
7. Miss Helen ______________ (help) you as soon as she finishes that letter.
9. The earth ______________ (circle) the sun once every 365 days.
8. At this time tomorrow I ______________ (work) in this room.
10. Peter ______________ (read) a very interesting book yesterday.
9. I usually ______________ (brush) my teeth before I ______________ (flirt) girls.
11. We______________ (study) every lesson in the book so far.
10. When I was a child, I ______________ (not like) sport.
12. The farmers ______________ (work) in the field now.
11. My grandmother died 30 years ago. I ______________ (never/meet) her.
13. He ______________ (not listen) to music after school yesterday.

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12. She went to the department after her ______________ (clean) the floor. 19. “Where’s the cat?” “It ______________ (lie) on the sofa.”
13. Don’t make noise! The baby ______________ (sleep) in the room.
20. When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she ______________ (stop) ______________
14. Last year we ______________ (go) to Finland for a holiday. We ______________ (stay) there
(move) and ______________ (listen) carefully.
for three weeks.
15. Ann ______________ (wait) for me when I ______________ (arrive).
16. I ______________ (wait) here until you ______________ (come) back tomorrow.
17. When we were on holiday, the weather ______________ (be) awful.
18. Jill ______________ (buy) a new car two years ago. D: MULTIPLECHOICE
19. Jose ______________ (write) a letter to his family when his pencil ______________ Choose the word or phrase that best complete the sentence
(break). Exercise 1
20. Last night I ______________ (arrive) home at 12.30, I ______________ (have) a bath
1. He ____ for London one year ago.
and then I ______________ (go) to bed.
A. left B. has left C. leaves D. had left
2. She ____ in Hue for twenty years.
Exercise 5:
A. lives B. has lived C. lived D. will live
1. You ______________ (visit) many museums when you were in Paris?
3. I ____ to the market with my mother yesterday.
2. He ______________ (read) newspaper while his wife______________ (prepare) the dinner
A. go B. went C. have gone D. was going
in the kitchen.
4. What ____ you ____, Nam? – I’m thinking of my mother.
3. By the time you get there, they______________ (go) home.
A. do/think B. are/thinking C. have/thought D.
4. I ______________ (smoke) a lot yesterday.
were/thinking
5. John ______________ (write) his report last night.
5. How long ____ you ____ her? – For five months.
6. He______________ (eat) dinner at 7 P.M Last night.
A. do/know B. are/knowing C. have/known D. had/known
7. Guillermo ______________ (call) his employer yesterday.
6) I usually ____ to school by bus.
8. At nine tomorrow we ______________ (plant) trees in our school.
A. went B. am going C. go D. have gone
9. Peter and I ______________ (do) the exercise at this time last night.
7. Yesterday morning I ____ up at 6.30.
10. Last night before he ______________ (watch) TV, he ______________ (do) the exercise.
A. got B. get C. was getting D. had got
11. The light ______________ (go) out while we ______________ (have) dinner.
8. Please don’t make so much noise. I ____.
12. I ______________ (not drive) very fast when the accident ______________ (happen).
A. studying B. study C. am studying D. studied
13. By next month I ______________ (leave) for India.
9. Water ____ at 100 degrees Celsius.
14. We ______________ (not live) in England for 2 years now.
A. boils B. boiled C. is boiling D. will boil
15. This time next month I ______________ (sit) on a beach.
10. It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. So it ____ for two hours.
16. I’m busy at the moment. I ______________ (redecorate) the sitting room.
A. rains B. is raining C. has rained D. rained
17. Up to now, the teacher ______________ (give) our class 5 tests.
11. ____ you ____ out last night?
18. At 4 p.m. yesterday? Well, I ______________ (work) in my office at that time.
A. Did/go B. Do/go C. Have/gone D. Were/going
19. He ______________ (do) his homework before he went to the cinema.
12. This house ____ 35,000 pounds in 1980.
20. We ______________ (not receive) any letters from him since he ______________ (leave) four
A. costs B. cost C. had cost D. was cost
months ago.
13. While Tom ____ tennis, Ann ____ a shower.
A. played/took B. playing/taking C. was playing/was taking D. was play/was take
Exercise 6:
14. Mike is playing chess. How long ____ he ____?
1. When I ______________ (arrive) at this house, he still ______________ (sleep).
A. did/play B. is/playing C. has/play D. has/been playing
2. The lights ______________ (go) out when we ______________ (have) dinner.
15. When they ____ in the garden, the phone ____.
3. As we ______________ (cross) the street, we ______________ (see) an accident.
A. worked/was ringing B. were working/rang C. worked/rang D.
4. While my father ______________ (read) a newspaper, I ______________ (learn) my
work/rings
lesson and my sister ______________ (do) her homework.
16. After they ____ their breakfast, they ____ shopping yesterday.

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A. have/go B. had had/go C. had/had gone D. had had/went A. don’t know / was B. didn’t know / am
17. They ____ tea when the doorbell ____. C. didn’t know / was D. haven’t known/was
A. have/is ringing B. were having/rang C. had had/ rang D. having/ringing 14. Last month my brother ____ me his photos. He ____ me his photos every year.
18. Father ____ his pipe while mother ____ a magazine. A. sends/sent B. sent/sends C. sent/sent D. sends/sends
A. smoked/read B. had smoked/read C. was smoking/was reading D. smoking/reading 15. Nam is a careful driver but yesterday he ____ carelessly.
19. When I ____ into the office, my boss ____ for me. A. drove B. had driven C. drives D. was driving
A. came/was waiting B. was coming/waited C. had come/waited D. came/waiting 16. Do you like swimming, Ba? – I ____ when I was a child but not now.
20. When I ____ Brian, he ____ a taxi. A. do B. did C. have done D. had done
A. see/drives B. see/was driving C. saw/was driving D. saw/is 17. I ____ her at the school gate yesterday.
driving A. met B. meet C. had met D. am meeting
18. She ____ English when she was six years old.
A. learned B. has learned C. is learning D. had learned
Exercise 2
19. I don’t remember where and when I ____ her.
1. When he ____, we ____ dinner. A. meet B. had met C. met D. have met
A. arrived/having B. arrived/were having C. was arriving/had D. had 20. They ____ to know each other for more than ten years.
arrived/had A. get B. got C. have got D. had got
2. While they ____ chess, we ____ the shopping.
A. playing/doing B. were playing/doing C. played/did D. were playing/were doing Exercise 3
3. They ____ football when the lights in the stadium ____ out.
1. I _______this film twice.
A. were playing/went B. played/was going C. were playing/ was going D. playing/went
A. see B. saw C. will see D. have seen
4. While George and John ____ their room, she ____ the ironing.
2. Peter, please help me do the washing up. – Sorry, Mum. I ______ TV.
A. cleaning/doing B. were cleaning/was doing
A. watch B. am watching C. had watched D. watched
C. were cleaning/doing D. cleaning/was doing
3. The farmers _____ in the field now.
5. Today is Thursday and she ____ late twice this week. She ____ late yesterday and on Monday.
A. were working B. have worked C. worked D. are working
A. is/was B. has been/is C. has been/was D. has been/had been
4. The war _____ out three years ago.
6. He ____ in the same house since 1975.
A. broke B. had broken C. has broken D. was breaking
A. has lived B. is living C. lived D. had lived
5. He ______ a cup of coffee every morning.
7. We ____ him since he ____ married.
A. drinks B. drank C. is drinking D. has drunk
A. didn’t see/got B. haven’t seen/got C. don’t/get D. hadn’t
6. She ______ a lot of new books.
seen/got
A. had just bought B. has just bought C. buys D. bought
8. It ____ for two hours and the ground is too wet to play tennis.
7. Up to the present, Nam_____ good work in his class.
A. is raining B. had rained C. has rained D. was raining
A. does B. has done C. had done D. did
9. He ____ to HCMC last year and I ____ him since then.
8. At present, that author ______ a historical novel.
A. moved/didn’t see B. moves/haven’t seen
A. is writing B. was writing C. has written D. had written
C. moved/haven’t seen D. moved/hadn’t seen
9. By next month, I _____ my first novel.
10. We ____ what to do with the money yet.
A. will finish B. am going to finish C. finish D. will have finished
A. not decide B. didn’t decide C. haven’t decided D. hadn’t
10. By next month, I _____ my first novel.
decided
A. will finish B. am going to finish C. finish D. will have finished
11. My father ____ as a teacher for thirty years.
11. Phong ______ at the university so far.
A. works B. is working C. worked D. has worked
A. had worked B. was working C. worked D. has worked
12. He ____ to New York three times this year.
12. How long _____ able to drive? – Since 1990.
A. had been B. was C. has been D. is
A. could you B. have you been C. were you D. are you
13. I ____ how to dance when I ____ six years old.
13. They ______ since eight o’clock.

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