EXERCISES

Exercise 1: Use the correct form of verbs in brackets.

1. In all the world, there (be) __________ only 14 mountains that (reach)
__________above 8,000 meters.

2. He sometimes (come) __________ to see his parents.

3. When I (come) __________, she (leave) __________for Dalat ten minutes ago.

4. My grandfather never (fly) __________ in an airplane, and he has no intention of

ever doing so.

5. We just (decide) __________ that we (undertake) ____________ the job.

6. He told me that he (take) __________ a trip to California the following week.

7. I knew that this road (be) __________ too narrow.

8. Right now I (attend) __________ class. Yesterday at this time I (attend)

__________class.

9. Tomorrow I'm going to leave for home. When I (arrive) __________at the airport,
Mary (wait) __________ for me.

10. Margaret was born in 1950. By last year, she (live) __________on this earth for 55
years .

11. The traffic was very heavy. By the time I (get) __________to Mary's party,
everyone already (arrive) __________

12. I will graduate in June. I (see) __________ you in July. By the time I (see)
__________ you , I (graduate) __________.

13. I (visit) __________ my uncle's home regularly when I (be) __________ a child.
14. That book (be) __________ on the table for weeks. You (not read) __________ it
yet ?

15. David (wash) __________ his hands. He just (repair) __________ the TV set.

16. You (be) __________here before? Yes, I (spend) __________ my holidays here
last year.

17. We never (meet) __________ him. We don't know what he (look) __________
like.

18. The car (be) __________ ready for him by the time he (come)
__________tomorrow.

19. On arriving at home I (find) __________that she just (leave) __________a few
minutes before.

20. When we (arrive) __________ in London tonight, it probably (rain) __________.

21. It (rain) __________ hard. We can't do anything until it (stop) __________

22. Last night we (watch) __________TV when the power (fail) __________.

23. That evening we (stay) __________up to talk about the town where he (live)
__________for some years.

24. I (sit) __________down for a rest while the shoes (repair) __________.

25. Half way to the office Paul (turn) __________round and (go) __________back
home because he (forget) __________to turn the gas off.

26. London (change) __________a lot since we first (come) __________ to live here.

27. While we (talk) __________on the phone the children (start) __________fighting
and (break) __________a window
28. He used to talk to us for hours about all the interesting things he (do) __________
in his life.

29. You know she (stand) __________looking at that picture for the last twenty
minutes.

30. I (spend) __________ a lot of time travelling since I (get) __________this new
job.

31. When we (be) __________ at school we all (study) __________Latin.

32. When I (meet) __________ him , he (work) __________as a waiter for a year.

33. After he (finish) __________ breakfast he (sit) __________down to write some

letters.

34. She (have) __________a hard life, but she's always smiling.

35. I think Jim (be) __________ out of town.

Exercise 2: Give the correct form of the word in brackets.

1. He went to his house, lied down on the bed, and (sleep) ……………… right away.

2. I (buy) ……………… the ticket yesterday. I am (go) ……………… Dalat

tomorrow.

3. Tim (attend) ……………… the meeting at school at the moment.

4. He (have not) ……………… English for 2 years.

5. Our class (start) ……………… at 9am.

6. I always (brush) ……………… my teeth before I go to bed.

7. I (study) ……………… English since I was 21.

8. He was listening to music when his boss (come) ……………… yesterday.

9. I (have do) ……………… all the homework all afternoon.

10. I (be) ……………… a student.

11. She (wait) ……………… you for all day.

12. He wasn’t working when his boss (call) ……………… him yesterday.

13. She (be) ……………… at her boyfriend’s house yesterday morning.

14. I (talk) ……………… to my father at the moment.

15. We (be) ……………… in Nhatrang on their summer holiday last year.

16. The sun (rise) ……………… in the east.

17. He (meet) ……………… his old friend near his house yesterday.

18. The World Cup (take place) ……………… every four years.

19. They (play) ……………… in the garden at 4 pm yesterday.

20. She was watching a picture while her mother (cook) ……………… soup.

21. They (play) ……………… now.

22. Anne was riding her bike to school when Peter (see) ……………… her yesterday.

Exercise 3: Find the mistakes and correct them.

1. I often goes to the movies with my darling at weekends. 

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.

2. Lan sometimes watchs TV in her free time. 

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.
3. Laura don’t like watching action films on TV.

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.

4. I and Ha don’t likes reading this book. 

……………………..........................................................................................................
.

5. what do Mrs Jane usually do in her free time? 

……………………..........................................................................................................
.

6. Long and Minh is good students. They are good at learning English.

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.

7. Our first lesson starts often at 7.00 a.m everyday.

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.

8. My friends usually play badminton when they has free time.

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.

9. Minh isn’t sometimes play football with his friends on Sunday.

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.
10. Marry usually spendes two hours a day speaking Vietnamese with her friend
“Thao”.

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.

Exercise 4: Change these sentences below into negative and interrogative

sentences.

1. Minh is learning English in the classroom now.

(-)………………………………./…………………….……………?

2. They are watching TV at the moment.

(-)………………………………./…………………….……………?

3. Mrs Chung is teaching English at Yendung high school No3 at present.

(-)………………………………./…………………….……………?

4. Lan and Hoa are practising speaking Chinese.

(-)………………………………./…………………….……………?

5. Mr John is listening to Pop music in the sitting – room.

(-)………………………………./…………………….……………?

Exercise 5. Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct forms.

1. What______ Mr Brown(do)_______in the garden?

2. I(not sleep)_______very well lately because of the noisy traffic.

3. I(try)________ to get a loan from the bank for eighteen months now.

4. The architect (finish)_______ the plans for the new high school.

5. The yard (be)______ full of dead leaves.

6. I (wait)_________ for Tom since ten o’clock.

7. The council (build)_______ twenty new houses every month.

8. There (not be)______ any open fireplaces in this house.

9. The government (make)_______ many laws about housing.

10. The residents’ association generally(meet)________ once a month.

11. Last week I (drive)________ to the office everyday.

12. In hot weather, fresh milk quickly(turn)______sour.

13. How many lessons ______ you (have)______ before you passed your test?

14. How _____ you (manage)______to stop in time when that car shot out in front of
you?

15. He ran over the cat as it(run)_______ across the road.

16. The front type busrt just as he (run)______the corner.

17. The car was stolen because he (forget)______to lock it.

18. I(think)_____ of going out when you (call)______.

19. The thief (take)______the money when the staff (have)_______lunch.

20._____you (see)______Jack at the party last week?

21.What_____you(do)______ at 6 p.m yesterday?

22. He (win)_____ the gold medal in 2004.

23. He(leave)______ home two weeks ago and we (not hear)______ from him since.

24. While you (play)______ the guitar, I (write)______ a letter.

25. We(not see)______ your father for ages.

26.______you(read)_____that novel yet?

27.I think she (hear)______all about it by the time I (see)______her.

28. Don’tphone them now. They(not get)_____home yet. They(probaly get

back)______ at about half past eight.

29. Ann is very tired. She (work)______hard.

30. I think he (leave)______as soon as he (know)______ the news.

31. All of them(sing)_____when I came.

32. Up to then, I _____never(see)______such a fat man.

33. Bill(work)______at the university for 40 years before he(retire)______

34. They______(just lose)_______way.

35. Please do not make so much noisy. I (study)______.

36. Where ___________you(live)___________?I (live)___________in Xuan Hoa

town

37. What _______________he (do) ________now?He(water)___________flowers in

his garden.
38. What __________she (do)_____________?

She (be)______________a teacher.

39.____________you (be)in 4A? No, I (not be)_______________.

40.Where _______you (be) from?

41.At the moment , my sisters (play)____________volleyball and my brother

(play)_________soccer.

42.It is 9.00, my family(watch)_______________TV.

43. In the summer, I usually (go)________to park with my friends and in the spring ,
we (have ) ______Tet Holiday, I (be)________happy because I always (visit)
________my grandparents.

44._____________your father (go)_____________to work by bus ?

45. How _________your sister (go)___________to school?

46. What time _________they (get up)____________?

47. What _________they (do)____________in the winter?

48. Today,we (have)_____________English.

49. Her favourite subject (be)__________________English .

50. Now, my brother (eat)_________________a banana.

51. Look! Aman (call)_________________you.

52. Keep silent ! I (listen )_______________to radio .

53.________you (play)____________badminton now?

54. Everyday,my father (get up)________________at 5.00 a.m but today ,he (get up)
_________at 6.00a.m.

55. Every morning , I (watch)____________TV at 10.00 but today , I (listen)

_____________ to music at 10.00.

56. Everyday , I(go) _______to school by bike but today I am going to school by
motorbike.

57. Every morning, my father (have) ___________a cup of coffe but today he
(drink)______________ milk.

58. At the moment, I(read)_______________a book and my brother

(watch)______________TV.

59. Hoa (live)_____________in Hanoi , Ha (live)___________in HCM City.

60. Hung and his friend (play)_______________badminton.

61.They usually (get up)________________at 6.00 in the morning.

62. Ha never(go)__________fishing in the winter but she always (do)__________it in

the summer.

63. My teacher (tell)_______________Hoa about Math.

64. There(be)________________animals in the circus.

65._________he (watch)_____________tv at 7.00 every morning?

66. What _____________she (do ) _________________at 7.00 A.m?

67. How old _________she(be)?

68. How ___________she (be)?

69. My children (go)______________to school by bike.

70.We (go)_____________to supermarket to (buy)___________some food .

71.Mr.Hung (go)________________to Hanoi every month.

72.Ha (like)______________coffee, but I (not like)______________it.

73.She (like )___________Tea, but she (not like)________________coffee.

74.I (love)_______________ cat but I (not love)______________dog.

75. Everyday ,I (go)______to school on foot , but today I (go)___________to school

by bike.

76. Who you ______________(wait) for, Vien (wait)______________ for Mr. Hung.

77. My sister (get)________dressed and (brush)__________her teeth at 6.30

everyday.

78. Mrs.Huong (not live)__________in town .She (live)_________in a house in the

country.

79. How _______your children (go)_____________to school everyday?

80.It’s 9 o’clock in the morning .Lien (be)________in her room. She (listen)
______________ to music.

81.We____________________(play) soccer in the yard now.

82. My father (go)__________to work by bike. Sometimes he(walk)_______.

83_________you (live)_______near a market? ____it (be)________noisy?

84. Now I (eat)__________an apple and Hoa (listen)____________to music.

85. At the moment , Nam and his friends (go)__________________shopping.

86. In the autumn, I rarely (go)__________sailing and (go)_______to school.

87. I (write)_________________a letter to my friend now.

88. At 12 a.m every day, I (have)____________lunch and (go)_______to bed.

89. On Monday, I (have)___________________math and Art.

90. On Friday, I (have)__________English.

91. At the moment, I (eat)__________an orange and My sisters

(play)_________tennis.

92. _______her bag (be)? No, they (not be)______________.

93. What time _____________your children (go)_______ ___ to school?

94. He (live)____________ in HCM City.

95. What time ___________ your brother (get)___________up?

96. My house (be) _________ in the city and it (be)_________small.

97. Every morning, we (have)__________breakfast at 7.00 a.m.

98. This (be)________a book and there (be)____________pens.

99. Mr. Quang (live)____________in the country .His house (have)______a garden.

100. Viet (not have)______________Literature on Friday.

101. What time _________you (start)___________your class?

102.__________you (be) in class 4A?

103. Mrs.Ha (learn)____________in Hanoi but she (not live)____________ in Ha

Noi.
104. My brother (not live)_____________in London , he (live )___________ in
Manchester.

105. Now, Mr. Long (draw) ____________________his house.

106. He (like)_____________apples but he (not like)___________banana.

107.__________________she (like)______________apples?

108. Usually, I (have)_________________lunch at 12.00. _______________you

(have) ___________lunch at 11.00?

109. He can (swim)___________but I can’ t