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Topic: Tenses
Name: ………………………………………… Class: 9…
EX 1. Give the correct forms of verbs in the present simple and present continuous
1. What __________they (do) _________in the winter?
Do they do
2. Now I (do)__________the cooking while Hoa (listen)___________to music.
3. At the moment, Nam and his friends (go)___are going_______shopping at the mall.
4. On Friday, I (have)_____have______English.
5. He (like)___likes________apples, but he (not like)_doesn’t like_________bananas.
6. Tom (be)__is____my friend. He (play)_plays____sports every day.
7. He (teach)____teaches____English in a big school in town.
8. We usually (read)__read____books, (listen)__listen____to music or (watch)_watch___TV.
9. Look! They (run)_are running__________together.
10. Keep silent! I (listen) __am listening_____to the radio.
EX 2. Give the correct forms of verbs in the past simple and present perpect
1. I (not see) _____________him last Monday.
2. Up to the present, we (write) _____________ almost every lesson in the book.
3. How many times _____________ you (see) _____________ him since he went to Edinburgh?
4. Mary (lose) _____________ her hat and she (look) _____________ for it until now.
5. I (read) _____________ the novel written by Jack London several times before.
6. He (write) _____________ a book since last year.
7. Mr Green. (teach) _____________ English in this school since he (graduate) _____________
from the university in 1986.
8. My father (not smoke) _____________ for 5 years.
9. How long _____________Bob and Mary (be) _____________married?
10. She (win) _____________ the gold medal in 1986.
1 didn't see
−- last Monday →→ QKĐ
2 have written
−- Up to the present →→ HTHT
3 have you seen
−- since →→ HTHT
4 lost - has looked
−- Hành động đã xảy ra →→ QKĐ
−- until now →→ HTHT
5 have read
−- several times before →→ HTHT
6 has written
 −- since last year →→ HTHT
7 has taught - graduated
−- since →→ HTHT
−- in 1986 →→ QKĐ
8 hasn't smoked
−- for 5 years →→ HTHT
9 have - been
−- How long + have/has + S + PII ?
10 won 
−- in 1986 →→ QKĐ
EX 3. Give the correct forms of verbs in past simple, past continuous or past perpect.
1. When the police (arrive) _____________, the car (go) _____________.
2. While we (do) ____________ a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) ___________ on the beach.
3. They (eat) _____________ everything by the time they (arrive) _____________ at the party.
4. While Tom (play) _____________ the piano, his mother (do) _____________ the washing-up.
5. I (go) _____________ after they (finish) _____________ their work.
6. The light went out while I (have) _____________ dinner.
7. He (do) _____________ nothing before he (see) _____________ me.
8. When they (get) _____________ the station, the train (leave) _____________.
9. The house (catch) _____________ fire while they were sleeping.
10. While Tom was reading, Amely (watch) _____________ a documentary on TV.
11. The burglar (open) _____________ the safe when he (hear) _____________ footsteps. He
immediately (put) _____________ out his torch and (crawl) _____________ under the bed.
12. Last night I (drop) _____________ a plate when I (do) _____________ the washing-up.
Fortunately, it (not/break) _____________.
13. Mary and I (dance) _____________ the house when the telephone rang.
14. I (open) _____________ the letter when the wind (blow) _____________ it out of my hand.
15. The boy fell and hurt himself while he (ride) _____________ a bicycle.
Answers
1 arrived −- had gone
2 were doing −- were lying
3 had eaten −- arrived
4 was playing −- was doing
5 went −- had finished
6 was having
7 had done −- saw
8 got −- had left
9 caught
10 was watching
11 was opening −- heard −- put −- crawled
12 dropped −- was doing −- wasn't broken
13 were dancing
14 was opening −- blew
EX 5. Choose the best answers
1. He ___________to New York three times this year.
A. was B. had been C. is D. has been
2. The second World War _________________in 1939.
A. started B. starts C. has started D. start
3. We ______ as soon as you have finished your work.
A. will go B. go C. went D. have gone
4. I ______ the book by the time you come tonight.
A. will be finishing B. have finished C. will have finished D. finished
5. Television ___________ very popular since 1950s.
A. has been B. was C. had been D. is
6. Peter _____________ at the moment, so he can't answer the phone.
A. has worked B. is working C. worked D. works
7. Don't go anywhere until I ______ back.
A. came B. have come C. come D. will come
8. The King just ____________ here yesterday.
A. had come B. comes C. has come D. came
9. It is the largest ship I_____________.
A. had seen B. saw C. have ever seen D. see
10. At 8 o’clock this evening, my friends and I ________ a famous film in the cinema
A. will watch B. watched C. will be watching D. have watched
11. Mary ____________ an hour ago.
A. phoned B. has phoned C. phones D. was phoning
12. This is the house that Jack _________ three years ago.
A. was building B. builds C. had built D. built
13. Don't make noise. My mother ___________with her friends.
A. talked B. talks C. is talking D. was talking
14. She ______ the piano since she was ten years old.
A. played B. has played C. plays D. had played
15. Up to now, I ___________ a lot of information about her.
A. learnt B. would learn C. learn D. have learnt
16. Mary ___________ in London for 15 years.
A. lives B. was living C. is living D. has lived
17. I'm hungry now. I _________ anything today.
A. didn't eat B. haven't eaten C. don't eat D. won't eat
18. When we arrived home last night, everybody ___________ .
A. has already slept B. had already slept
C. was already sleeping D. already sleeping
19. Mark Twain _________ loved his wife before he met her.
A. is B. was C. has D. had
20. How __________ since we left school?
A. will you B. have you been C. are you D. are you being
21. They _________ a presentation at this time tomorrow morning.
A. are making B. are going to make C. will be making D. will making
22. Mary ____________ an hour ago.
A. don't see B. hadn't seen C. didn't see D. haven't seen
23. What will Nam do when he __________ school next year?
A. could finish B. will finish C. has finished D. finishes

24. I ____________in Hanoi before I moved to HCM City.

A. had been living B. had lived
C. have lived D. have been living
25. When I was a boy, I _____________tea to coffee.
A. preferred B. was preferring C. have preferred D. prefer
26. He went back to work in his country after he ________his course on Advanced Engineering in
London.
A. was finishing B. finishes C. has finished D. had finished
27. He __________up his mind yet.
A. hasn't made B. didn't make C. wasn't making D. wasn't make
28. I ______ TV while my father ______ a newspaper last night.
A. am watching / was reading B. was watching / was reading
C. am watching / is reading D. was watching / is reading
29. Tom and Mary _________for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. have left B. leaving C. leave D. will leave
30. The science lessons in this class ________ difficult today.
A. are B. be C. was D is
31. - Peter, please help me do the washing up. - Sorry, Mum. I ______ TV.
A. had watched B. am watching C. watched D. watch
32. He has _________ in giving up smoking.
A. succeeds B. succeed C. succeeded D. succeeding
33. While I ____________TV last night, a mouse ran across the room.
A. was watching B. am watching C. watched D. watch
34. It rained yesterday after it _____________ dry for months.
A. is B. will be C. had been D. has been
35. I’m going on holiday. This time next week I _______on the beach in the sea.
A. will lie B. am lying C. will be lying D. lie
36. We must start now. The next train _________ at 2:15 p.m.
A. will leave B. has leave C. left D leaves
37. The motorway ____ in 1986.
A. finished B. has finished C. finishes D. was finished
38. What were you ___________ at 8:00 last night?
A. do B. doing C. done D. did
39. She'll be a millionaire by the time she _____ forty.
A. was B. will be C. is D. is going to be
40. People ________ English and French in Canada.
A. are speaking B. had spoken C. have spoken D. speak