EXERCISES (TENSES)
I. Supply the correct verb forms: The simple present tense or The present continuous tense:
1. Be quiet! The baby (sleep).
2. We seldom (eat) before 6:30.
3. Look! A man (run) after the train.He (want) to catch it.
4. The Sun (set) in the West.
5. It (be) often hot in summer.
6. I (do) an exercise on the present tenses at this moment and I (think) that I (know) how to use it now.
7. My mother sometimes (buy) vegetables at this market.
8. It (be) very cold now.
9. It (rain) much in summer. It (rain) now.
10. Daisy (cook) some food in the kitchen at present. She always (cook) in the morning.
II. Supply the correct verb form: The present perfect or The present perfect continuos:
1. How long you (study) English? For 5 years.
2. I (wait) for two hours, but she (not come) yet.
3. They (live) in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975.
4. She (read) all the books written by Charles Dickens. How many books you (read)?
5. He (not, be) here since Christmas, I wonder where he (live) since then.6. Jack (go) to Paris for a holiday. He never (be) there.7. You (sleep) so far? I (ring) the bell for the last twenty minutes.
8. He(write)a novel for two years,but he (not finish) it yet.
9. Mary (lose) her hat and she (look) for it until now.
10. I (see) that film several times because I like it.
III. Supply the correct verb form: Present tenses.
1. Listen! I (think) someone (knock) at the door.
2. Up to the present, we (write) almost every lesson in the book.
3. The Earth (circle) the Sun once every 365 days.
4. The farmers (work) in the field at the moment.
5. How many times you (see) him since he went to Edinburgh?
6. Rivers usually (flow) to the sea.
7. Look! The boy (cry).
8. Do you know that man, who (smoke) there?
9. Mrs Green always (go) to work by bus.
10. We (be) from French. We (be) there for twenty years.
11. That house (belong) to Mr. Green.
12. Mai (lose) her dictionary.
13. I (be) sorry. I (forget) that girl`s name already.
14. I (wait) for the manager for two hours.
15. You (ever, see) a lion?
IV. Supply the correct verb form: Simple past or Present perfect.
1. I (see) her before.2. I (see) her last year.
3. Tom never (be) in Hanoi.
4. I (read) the novel written by Jack London several times before.
5. What you (do) yesterday?
6. You (watch) TV last night?
7. She (be) born in 1980.
8. He (write) a book since last year.
9. Mr Green. (teach) English in this school since he (graduate)… from the university in 1986.
10. How long you (learn) English?
V. Supply the correct verb form: Simple past or Past continuos.
1. When I (arrive) at this house, he still (sleep).
2. The light (go) out while we (have) dinner.
3. Bill (have) breakfast when I (stop) at this house this morning.
4. As we (cross) the street, we (see) an accident.
5.Tom(see)a serious accident while he(stand)at the bus stop.
6. While my father (read) a newspaper, I(learn) my lesson and my sister (do) her homework.
7. The children (play) football when their mother (come) back home.
8. The bell (ring) while Tom (take) a bath.
9. I (be) very tired because I (work) all day yesterday.
10. He (sit) in a cafe when I (see) him.
VI. Give the right forms of the verbs in brackets: Simple past or Past perfect.
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