Grammar Exercises 2

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UNIT 2.

TENSES
Exercise 1: Choose one correct answer:
1. He ____ for London one year ago.
A. left B. has left C. leaves D. had left
2. She ____ in Hue for twenty years.
A. lives B. has lived C. lived D. will live
3. I ____ to the market with my mother yesterday.
A. go B. went C. have gone D. was going
4 What ____ you ____, Nam? – I’m thinking of my mother.
A. do/think B. are/thinking C. have/thought D. were/thinking
5. How long ____ you ____ her? – For five months.
A. do/know B. are/knowing C. have/known D. had/known
6. I usually ____ to school by bus.
A. went B. am going C. go D. have gone
7. Yesterday morning I ____ up at 6.30.
A. got B. get C. was getting D. had got
8. Please don’t make so much noise. I ____.
A. studying B. study C. am studying D. studied
9. Water ____ at 100 degrees Celsius.
A. boils B. boiled C. is boiling D. will boil
10. It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. So it ____ for two hours.
A. rains B. is raining C. has rained D. rained
11. ____ you ____ out last night?
A. Did/go B. Do/go C. Have/gone D. Were/going

Exercise 2: Give correct form of the verbs


1. Yesterday John (go) ______________________to the store before he (go) home.
2. Our teacher (visit) _____________________ London by 1970.
3. When John and I (get)_______________ to the theatre last week.
4. After they had gone, I (sit) ______________________ down and (rest)_________________.
6. Before she (watch) ___________________ TV, she (do) _________________ her homework.
7. We (come)___________ to the party so early yesterday.
8. They told me they (not, eat) ______________________ such kind of food before.
9. We (go) ____out when the rain (stop) __________.
10. I (be) ______sorry. I (forget) __________ that fellow’s name already.
11. She (lose) __________ her handbag on the train yesterday morning.
12. She (go) __________to school every day.
13. We (do) ___ this exercise at the moment.
14. We (watch) __________ a good programme on TV last night.
15. He (read) __________ that novel many times before.
16. I (have) __________ no trouble with my English lessons up to now.
17. Mr and Mrs Brown (be) ___________ in New York for 2 months.
18. When it (rain) _____, she(carry) ______an umbrella.
19. Tim (live) _______ in Manchester but he (spend) _______ this month in Wales
20. A: _______ (you/work) today?
B: No, I _______. I usually (work) _______ on Fridays but I’ve got the day off
21. A: Let’s go out B: Look! It (snow) _______ outside. It (come) _______ down quite hard.
22. A: What time _______ (you/usually/start) work?
B: Normally, We (start) _______ work at eight o’clock, but we (start) _______ at seven this
weekend. We’re very busy at the moment.
23. A: I (always/fall) _______ asleep. I just can’t keep awake.
B: What time _______ (you/go) to bed?
A: About ten o’clock usually. But It (not/make) _______ any difference
24. A: Are you free on Friday?
B: No, We’re very busy now. We (have) _______ a party on Sunday.

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