EXERCISES
PRESENT SIMPLE, PAST SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT TENSES.
I. State what tense is used in each following sentence below.
1. My parents went to Hanoi yesterday.
2. Does your sister always come home late from work?
3. Mrs. Brown usually goes to work by bus.
4. Tuan’s father didn’t go to Hanoi yesterday.
5. Mr. Pike has not finished his work yet.
6. Did your parents travel to Hanoi yesterday?
7. Are you a student at Nguyen Thien Thuat Secondary school?
8. I have just bought a new house near here.
9. Lan wasn’t at school last Friday.
10. My sisters don’t come home late from work every day.
II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. I (get) ……………….. this toy from my aunt since my birthday.
2. The last time I (go) ……………….. to HN was in May.
3. Hoa and Linh often (play) ……………….. badminton after class.
4. I (not see) ……………….. my son for ages.
5. It (not / rain) ……………….. in summer.
6. They (have) ……………….. breakfast every morning?
7. He (have) ……………….. a new haircut today.
8. Tom (be) ……………….. to HN twice? He (love) ……………….. it very much?
9. So far this month there (be) ……………………. three robberies in this street.
10. Your brother (buy) ………………... this motorbike 5 years ago?
III. Choose the best answer and circle the letter A, B, C, or D.
1. When ……………… to Da Lat?
A. did you move B. have you moved C. you moved D. has you moved
2. I want to meet him again because the last time I ……………… him was 1 month ago.
A. seen B. have seen C. saw D. see
3. I ……………… hot food before. It is quite strange to me.
A. haven’t try B. haven’t tried C. don’t try D. didn’t try
4. Tony always ……………… his cousins on Fridays
A. visited B. visits C. has visited D. visites
5. Maybe she won’t come this afternoon. How long ……………… for her?
A. have you wait B. has you waited C. have you waited D. did you wait
6. My sister ……………… To the cinema very often.
A. don’t go B. doesn’t go C. isn’t go D. goes not
7. I ……………… her post three times but I still don’t understand what she means.
A. read B. have read C. reads D. did read
8. I ……………… his mother since I ……………… 5 years old because she was my neighbour.
A. have known – be B. have known – was C. knew – was D. knew – were
9. He ……………… do anything to help me.
A. doesn’t do B. isn’t C. not D. doesn’t
10. Linh ……………… Hung 10 months ago.
A. married B. marries C. has married D. did married
IV. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. I started to learn English three years ago.
àI have.................................................................................
2. She has written to her pen pal for five years.
àShe began........................ .................... ..............................
3. Lan and Maryam have corresponded for three years.
àIt is three years............... ............ .................... ..............
4. I haven’t worn this shirt before.
àIt’s the first time................................ ............ ....................
5. I haven’t heard him since August.
àThe last time................................. ............ ....................
6. This is the first time he has gone abroad.
àHe hasn’t…………………………………………..
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