BÀI TẬP THÌ HIỆN TẠI VÀ QUÁ KHỨ
Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets: simple present or present continuous.
1. Where's John? He (listen) ________ to a new CD in his room.
2. Don't forget to take your umbrella with you to London. You know it always (rain)
________ in England.
3. Jean (work) ________ hard all day but she (not work) ________ at the moment.
4. Look! That boy (run) ________ after the bus. He (want) ________ to catch it.
5. He (speak) ________ German so well because he (come) ________ from Germany.
6. Oh no! Look! It (snow) ________ again. It always (snow) ________ in this country.
7. Normally I (start) ________ work at eight o'clock but I (start) ________ at 7 this week.
We are busy just now.
8. What's that smell? Something (burn) ________ in the kitchen.
9. I (work) ________ overtime this month because I (save up) ________ to buy a car.
10. He (smoke) ________ thirty cigarettes a day but at the moment he (try) ________ very
hard to cut down.
Exercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets: past simple or present perfect.
1. I (receive) ________ a letter just a few minutes ago.
2. They (live) ________ in London since 1980.
3. Linda is working in this department. She (work) ________ here for two years.
4. (they/ put) ________ their book on my desk last night?
1. John, I'm furious with you. I (wait) ________ in this rain for half an hour.
2. They (not eat) ________ meat since they (see) ________ that film about farm animals.
3. Up to now, we (write) ________ almost every lesson in the book.
4. (you/ ever/ be) ________ to United State?
5. Kathy loves travelling. She (visit) ________ many countries in Europe and Asia.
Exercise 3: Put the verbs in brackets: present perfect or present perfect continuous.
1. I (buy) ________ a new pair of shoes.
2. (you/ finish) ________ reading that book yet? I (read) ________ but I am still at chapter
10.
3. There is only a little cake left because your dad (eat) ________ it in the past 3 days.
4. I (not/ see) ________ you for ages, how have you been?
5. I (drive) ________ for over eight hours now. I am extremely tired.
6. Sarah (lose) ________ a lot of weight lately; I hope she doesn't get sick.
7. Bryan (write) ________ seven books and they are all published.
8. Bryan (write) ________ all night and he's got 30 pages so far.
9. Gorge (find) ________ an amazing job at the local pharmacist.
10. We are out of money because your mother (spend) ________ it all.
Exercise 4: Put the verbs in brackets: past simple or past continuous.
1. I (not hear) ________ the thunder during the storm last night because I ________
(sleep).
2. It (be) ________ beautiful yesterday when we (go) ________ for a walk in the park. The
sun (shine) ________. The birds (sing) ________.
3. My brother and sister (talk) ________ about something when I (walk) into the room.
4. Tom (go) ________ to his friend's house, but the boys (not be) ________ there. They
(play) ________ soccer in the vacant lot down the street.
5. The little boy (fall) ________ asleep while his mother (read) ________ him a story.
6. I (really enjoy) ________ my holiday last January. While it (snow) ________ in Iowa,
the sun (shine) ________ in Florida.
7. While Ted (shovel) ________ snow from his driveway yesterday, his wife (bring)
________ him a cup of hot chocolate.
8. John (have) ________ a car accident last week. He (drive) ________ down the street
when suddenly a lorry (hit) ________ his car from behind.
9. Ten years ago, the government (decide) ________ to begin a food programme. At that
time, many people in the rural area (starve) ________ due to several years of drought.
10. They (wait) ________ for me when I (arrive) ________ at the station.
Exercise 5: Put the verbs in brackets: past perfect or past perfect continuous.
1. By 9 o'clock, we (finish) ________ our homework.
2. By the end of the month I (live) ________ in this town for ten years.
3. By the end of this week we (work) ________ on the project for a month.
4. They (leave) ________ the classroom by the end of the hour.
5. By 10 o'clock she (watch) ________ TV for 4 hours.
6. She (sleep) ________ for 10 hours by 11 o'clock.
7. We (go) ________ home by next week.
8. We (look for) ________ him for 40 days by next Saturday.
9. She (return) ________ from the excursion by 6 o'clock.
10. (buy/ he) ________ the new house by October?
