Bài 3: Chia động từ cho đúng

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.

Bài 2: Chọn đáp án đúng nhất

1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

A. has lived         B. is living       C. was living      D. has been living

2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

A. don't see         B. haven't seen      C. didn't see      D. hadn't seen

3. The train ______ half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving      B. left            C. has left          D. had left

4. Jack ______ the door.

A. has just painted         B. paint         C. will have painted      D. painting

5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.

A. is looking              B. was looking        C. has been looking      D. looked

6. I ______ Texas State University now.

A. am attending            B. attend

C. was attending            D. attended

7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.

A. ten years ago             B. since ten years

C. for ten years ago           D. for ten years

8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered             B. has discovered

C. had discovered          D. had been discovering

9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.

A. run            B. runs          C. was running          D. had run

10. We _______ there when our father died.

A. still lived         B. lived still       C. was still lived         D. was still living

11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.

A. will play           B. will be playing       C. play          D. would play

12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.

A. will have been working          B. will work

C. have been working             D. will be working

13. I _______ in the room right now.

A. am being                  B. was being

C. have been being            D. am

14. I ______ to New York three times this year.

A. have been         B. was            C. were          D. had been

15. I'll come and see you before I _______ for the States.

A. leave             B. will leave         C. have left          D. shall leave

16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.

A. has happened             B. happened

C. had happened             D. would have been happened

17. John ______ a book when I saw him.

A. is reading             B. read            C. was reading         D. reading

18. He said he _______ return later.

A. will                   B. would               C. can           D. would be

19. Jack ________ the door.

A. has just opened               B. open

C. have opened                 D. opening

20. I have been waiting for you ______.

A. since early morning               B. since 9 a. m

C. for two hours                    D. All are correct

21. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.

A. leave               B. left              C. leaves              D. had left

22. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.

A. wrote                B. writes            C. has written         D. had written

23. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week.

A. was reading           B. wrote             C. was written          D. had written

24. I couldn't cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.

A. broke down              B. has been broken

C. had broken down          D. breaks down

25. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.

A. try               B. tried              C. have tried             D. am trying

26. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.

A. he had left         B. he left            C. he has left            D. he was left

27. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.

A. had               B. had had            C. have has            D. have had

28. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.

A. will have learned           B. will learn

C. has learned               D. would learn

29. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.

A. walking               B. walked             C. walks           D. walk

30. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.

A. was going               B. went              C. has gone         D. did go

31. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.

A. finish                    B. finishes           C. will finish          D. finishing

32. I will be glad if he _______ with us.

A. had gone                  B. did go              C. went           D. goes

33. Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.

A. finish                     B. has finished        C. finished          D. finishing

34. Turn off the gas. Don't you see that the kettle ________?

A. boil                        B. boils              C. is boiling            D. boiled

35. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.

A. leave                     B. are leaving             C. leaving             D. are left

36. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.

A. go                        B. is going              C. goes                D. going

37. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.

A. working                    B. works                C. is working             D. work

38. I ______ to the same barber since last year.

A. am going                   B. have been going         C. go              D. had gone

39. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.

A. dies                      B. died                  C. has died            D. had died

40. Last week, my professor promised that he ________ today.

A. would come                 B. will come               C. comes             D. coming

Bài 1: Bài tập về các thì

1. I (learn) English for seven years now.

2. But last year I (not/ work) hard enough for English, that's why my marks (not/ be) really that good then.

3. As I (pass/ want) my English exam successfully next year, I (study) harder this term.

4. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) me on a language course to London.

5. It (be) great and I (think) I (learn) a lot.

6. Before I (go) to London, I (not/ enjoy) learning English.

7. But while I (do) the language course, I (meet) lots of young people from all over the world.

8. There I (notice) how important it (be) to speak foreign languages nowadays.

9. Now I (have) much more fun learning English than I (have) before the course.

10. At the moment I (revise) English grammar.

11. And I (begin/ already) to read the texts in my English textbooks again.

12. I (think) I (do) one unit every week.

13. My exam (be) on 15 May, so there (not/ be) any time to be lost.

14. If I (pass) my exams successfully, I (start) an apprenticeship in September.

15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) back to London to work there for a while.

16. As you (see/ can), I (become) a real London fan already.

since or for?

1. ______ teno’clock
2. ______ Christmas
3. ______ last summer
4. ______ ten minutes
5. ______ one month
6. ______ my birthday
7. ______ the last lesson
8. ______ a long time
9. ______ a week
10. ______ the beginning of the last time

    Fill in since or for.

11. She has been in hospital _____ this morning.
12. Joe has lived in London _____ five years.
13. We have known each other _____ June 2010.
14. How long have you been here? – I have been here _____ half an hour.
15. I have had this teddy bear _____ I was a little child.
16. Jason has made music _____ more than 25 years.
17. My mother hasn’t spoken to my sister _____ three days.
18. I have learned these words _____ three hours.  
19. ______ ages
20. ______ we met the last time

    Fill in since or fo and the right form of the present perfect.

21. Joe __________ (be) at this school _____ five years.
22. Where’s Alison? I __________ (not see) her _____ this morning.
23. Mr Wayne __________ (know) his wife _____ they were both small children.
24. Ben __________ (not see) his uncle _____ several years.
25. I __________ (not be) vey well _____ Monday.
26. My brother __________ (have) his new mountain bike _____ two weeks.
27. They __________ (live) here _____ they first came to Britain.
28. The poor animal is very hungry. It __________ (not have) anything to eat _____ days.

    Complete these sentences with since or for and the right form of the verb.

29. Our family __________ (live) in the north of the USA _____ 1997.
30. My father __________ (work) as an engineer _____ then.
31. My parents __________ (divorce) _____ more than five years now.
32. My sister __________ (know) he boyfriend _____ six years.
33. I __________ (not see) my aunt _____ last summer.
34. My friend Tommy lives in the south. I __________ (not talk) to him _____ a long time.
35. My friend Margo __________ (write) me two letter _____ I met her at the summer camp