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STARTER TEST
PRACTICE ON TENSES
I. SIMPLE PRESENT (HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN)
Exercise 1: Put the verb in the present simple tense.
1. She (wash) _____________her clothes every Sunday.
2. She (study) _____________English every day.
3. He (want) _____________to become a teacher.
4. She usually (walk) _____________to school.
5. What time _____________Mary usually (get) _____________up every morning?
6. She (not wash) _____________her clothes every weekend.
7. _____________they (be) teachers?
8. It (not be) _____________often cold in summer.
9. Tom usually (walk) _____________to school.
10. He (be) _____________a student.
Exercise 2: Put the verb in the present simple tense.
1. I (be) _____________sixteen years old.
2. They (be) _____________very friendly.
3. Every week she (go) _____________to visit her parents.
4. What time _____________your father usually (get) _____________up?
5. We (not go) _____________to school on Sundays.
6. We (not be) _____________very lazy.
7. The Earth (go) _____________ around the Sun.
8. I (visit) _____________my parents very often.
9. _____________he (go) _____________to school every day?
10. _____________she (come) _____________from Japanese?

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Exercise 3: Give the correct tense form of the verbs.
1. They often_____________ (go) to school on foot.
2. She_____________ (go) to the park everyday.
3. Bad students never _____________ (work) hard.
4. It often _____________ (rain) in the summer.
5. He usually _____________ (water) the trees in the morning.
6. She always _____________ (cook) in the morning.
7. I always _____________ (meet) him on the corner of this street.
8. He _____________ (not do) morning exercises regularly.
9. Water _____________ (boil) at 100 degrees centigrade.
10. _____________You ____________ (be) a good student?
Exercise 4: Give the correct tense form of the verbs.
1. They _____________usually _____________ (not go) to school by motorbike.
2. They _____________ (not be) doctors.
3. He often _____________ (get) up late.
4. _____________you often _____________ (watch) TV?
5. I usually _____________ (go) shopping on weekend.
6. Hai often _____________ (wash) his face at 6.15.
7. Thanh and Mai always _____________ (see) a movie on Saturday.
8. _____________he often _____________ (take) a bus to school?
9. We _____________ (be) student in class 8A.
10. She _____________often _____________ (not do) homework in the evening.
Exercise 5: Give the correct tense form of the verbs.
1. He usually _____________ (take) a taxi to the airport.
2. They _____________usually _____________ (not go) to school by bike.
3. _____________They ____________ (be) beautiful?
4. They often _____________ (visit) their parents on Saturday.
5. My and I always _____________ (go) to the countryside.
6. He _____________ (not be) at home now.

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7. Our teacher usually _____________ (give) us many exercises.
8. He (go) _____________to the cinema every weekend.
9. She (come) _____________from Germany.
10. Daisy usually (go) _____________to work by car.
Exercise 6: Choose the best answer.
1. The weather ______ very nice today.
A. am B. is C. are D. be
2. Rome _____________ in Spain. It is in Italy.
A. am not B. are not C. is not D. not
3. Where _____________ my key?
A. be B. is C. are D. am
4. Dunford is a very modern town. ____________ many old buildings there.
A. There isn’t B. There be not C. There aren’t D. There are
5. Look! There ______ a photograph of George in the Newspaper!
A. be B. is C. are D. be not
6. Ann is at home but her children _______ at school.
A. are B. are not C. is D. is not
7. How many rooms ____ in your house?
A. is there B. are there C. there are D. there is
8. Cats ____ big animals.
A. be not B. is not C. are not D. are no
9. Who _____ your favorite actor?
A. are B. be C. is D. be not
10. ______ books expensive in your country?
A. Is B. Is there C. Are there D. Are
11. He often _____________ the car at weekends.
A. washes B. wash C. don’t wash D. washs
12. What time ___________you often _____________ up every morning?
A. Does/ get B. do/get C. do/gets D. don’t/gets

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13. _____________she_____________ English?
A. Do/likes B. Do/like C. Does/likes D. Does/like
14. He often _____________ (catch) a train to work.
A. catches B. catch C. catchs D. does catch
15. The cat _____________ (chase) mouse.
A. chases B. is chase C. chasing D. don’t chase
16. My old friend, Manh _____________ (write) to me twice a month.
A. Don’t write B. doesn’t writes C. writes D. writing
17. We (watch) _____________TV every night.
A. watching B. watches C. don’t watches D. watch
18. He (walk) _____________to work every day.
A. walks B. walkes C. walking D. walked
19. He (be) _____________in Ca Mau.
A. are B. is C. am D. being
20. They (be) _____________students.
A. doesn’t be B. are C. am D. don’t be
Exercise 7: Find and correct the mistakes.
1. How often is he go to the movie?
2. Minh go to school every morning
3. She is often gets up at 5:30.
4. Don’t your school have two floors?
5. The students play sometimes soccer in the afternoon.
6. My brother isn’t have breakfast at 6:00.
7. The children has lunch at 11:00 everyday.
8. We alway go swimming on Saturdays.
9. Does she plays sports every day?
10. My mother doesn’t goes shopping on Sundays.

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Exercise 8: Find and correct the mistakes.
1. We seldom eats before 6.30.
2. The sun is sets in the West.
3. It doesn’t often hot in summer.
4. My mother sometimes buyes vegetable at this market.
5. It rain much in summer.
6. The earth circle the sun once every 365 days.
7. The farmers are work in the field every days
8. Rivers flow usually to the sea.
9. Mrs. Green always doesn’t go to work by bus.
10. That house is belong to Mr. Green.