Chia các động từ trong ngoặc theo 1 trong 4 thì sau: Thì quá khứ đơn; quá khứ hoàn thành; hiện tại đơn và hiện tại tiếp diễn:

1) He (be) also hungry because he (have) nothing to eat since breakfast.

2) His wife usually (bring) him sandwiches at lunch time, but today for some reason she (not come).

3) He (keep) looking at her, wondering where he (see) her before.

4) I (look) out before I (go) to bed and (see) a man standing on the opposite pavement watching the house.

5) When I (get up) the following morning he (be) still there, and I wonder whether he (stay) there all night or if he (go) away and (come) back.

6) When I (open) the door I (see) a man on his knees.

7) He clearly (listen) to our conversation and I (wonder) how much he (hear).

8) When I (ask) him what he (do), he (say) that he (drop) a 50p piece outside the door and look for it.

9) I (not see) any sign of the money, but I (find) a small notebook and pencil which he probably (drop) when the door (open) suddenly.

10) So he (take) notes of our conversation!

11) The notes (be) written in a foreign language, so I (turn) to the stranger and (ask) him to translate.

12) But he (pull) mhat over my eyes and (run) off down the corridor.

13) By the time I (recover) from the shock he (disappear) round the corner.

14) Curiously enough, when I (move) my foot I (find) that I (stand) on a 50p piece.

15) Perhaps he (tell) the truth at all.

1. When the painter felt the ladder (begin) (slip) he grabbed the gutter (save) himself from (fall).
2. The snow kept (fall) and the workmen grew tired off (try) (keep) the roads clear.
3. He offered (lend) me the money. I didn’t like (take) it but I had no alternative.
4. What was in the letter? I don’t know. I didn’t like (open) it as it wasn’t addressed to me.
5. Do you remember (hear) the bombs (drop)? No, in the last war I was too young (realize) what
was happening.
6. Did you remember (book) seats for the theatre tomorrow? Yes, I have the tickets here. Would
you like (keep) them? I am inclined (lose) theatre tickets.
7. Try (avoid) (be) late. He hates (be) kept (wait).
8. I didn’t know how (get) to your house so I stopped (ask) the way.
9. I wish my refrigerator would stop (make) that horrible noise. You can’t hear anyone (speak).
10. This book tells you how (win) at games without actually (cheat).
11. The enemy began (fire). He felt bullets (strike) the wall behind him.
12. You don`t need (ask) his permission every time you want (leave) the room.
13. The police accused him of (set) fire to the building but he denied (have been) in the area on
the night of the fire.
14. I left my door open. Why didn’t you walk in? I didn’t like (go) in when you weren’t there.
15. It’s much better (go) to a hairdresser than (try) (save) time by (cut) your own hair.
16. I’d rather (earn) my living by (scrub) floors than (make) money by (blackmail) people.
17. Did you remember (lock) the door? No I didn’t. I’d better (go) back and (do) it now.
18. You still have a lot (learn) if you’ll forgive my (say) so.
19. It’s no use (try) (interrupt) him. You’ll have (wait) till he stops (talk).
20. I’m for (do) nothing till the police arrive. They don’t like you (move) anything when a crime
has been committed.
21. He didn’t like (leave) the children alone in the house but he had no alternative as he had (go)
out to work.
22. Why didn’t you drink it? I didn’t like (drink) it as I didn’t know what it was.
23. I’m very sorry for (be) late. It was good of you (wait) for me.
24. I keep (try) (make) mayonnaise but I never succeed. Try (add) the yolk of a hard-boiled egg.
25. Do you feel like (go) to a film or would you rather (stay) at home?
26. She told me (look) through her correspondence and (take) out any letters that you had written
her. I didn’t like (look) trough someone else’s letters but I had (do) as she said.
27. He took to (get up) early and (walk) noisily about the house.
28. I liked (listen) to folk music much better than (listen) to pop.
29. The car began (make) an extraordinary noise so I stopped (see) what it was.
30. You’ll never regret (do) a kind action.
31. He decided (put) broken glass on top of his wall (prevent) boys (climb) over it.
32. He annoyed me very much by (take) the piece of cake that I was keeping (eat) after my
supper.
33. He kept (ring) up and (ask) for an explanation and she didn’t know what (do) about him.
34. We got tired of (wait) for the weather (clear) and finally decided (set) out in the rain.
35. He made me (repeat) his instructions (make) sure that I understood what I was (do) after he
had gone.
36. I suggest (leave) the car here and (send) a breakdown van (tow) it to the garage.

Present, Past tense

1.I was the last to leave thee office.Everybody else..........(go) home

2.Laura was sitting on the ground. She was out of breath. She.....(run)

3.It's time we.....(do) something to stop road accident

4.I sat down at the desk and ......(wonder) why my father's letter......(not arrive) yet

5.I.......(make) a cake. That is why my hands were all over covered with flour

6.I came to the class late. When I.......(enter) the teacher(finish)..........going over the previous lesson and ......(write) something on the board

7.When I .......(open) the door last night I .......(see) a man on his knees.He clearly......(listen) to our conversation and I....(wonder) how much he ........(hear).When I .......(ask) him what he .......(do), he ........(say) he .........(drop) a 50 p piece outside the door and.......(look) for it

8.I never .......(see) anyone more punctual than your brother

9.My clothes aren't in the room.They....(take) them away

10."you......(be) here before?" "yes,I.....(spend) my holiday here last week"

11.Ms Abbott.....(walk) home from work when she....(see) a child fall of the bridge

12.Tell them to stop and take a rest.We....(work) long enough

13.You.....(find) the key which you.....(lose) yesterday?-Yes I ......(find) it in the packet of my other coat

14.He.....(be) to the theatre three times this month

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

16.What.....(make) that terrible noise?It's the pneumatic drill.They.....(repair) the road.

17.The plane...........(fly) at 2,000 metres

18.The children are very quiet.Go and see what they.........(do).OH,they.......(cut) up some $5 notes

19.Why you .......(make) a cake?Someone......(come) to tea?

20.I......(do) some shopping yesterday,when I......(see) some my friends

21.Laura.....(miss) the party because no one....(tell)her about it

22.I.....(work) on the computer when the fire.....(break) out.

23.He........ (tell) us about his marriage when we.......(have) afternoon tea.

24.I .....(phone) you last night, but you.......(not answer).What you.....(do) at this time?

25.I.......(think) it's a pity you don't take more exercise.You.....(get) fat

26. While we .....(fish) someone........(come) to the house and......(leave) this note

1.she (hear).........a noise and (get)...........out of the bed when the door (open) .........

2.the children (play) ............football when their mother (come) ...........back

3.who (be)............that man that you (talk) .............to? I (see) .........him at the gate when I (come)..........in

4.we (wait)...............for the bus when he (pass) ...............in his car and (offer)............. us a lift

5.I (be).................very tired because I (work) ................all day yesterday

6.when the students (hear)........... the bell ,they (get).............up and (leave)..............

7.he (forget)..............what I (tell) him. I (remind).............him many times but he still (not bring).............what i want

8.he (ask).........me whether i ( see )........his pen on the table. I (tell).......him that I (not see)...it around.

9.If I (wait)......only a little while longer , I would have met her

10. they (go)......home after they (finish)........their homework

11. when we came to the stadium , the match ( already begin ) ...their homework

12.they told me they ( not eat )..........that kind of food before

13.after they had gone , I (sit).............down and (rest)..................

14.after taking a bath , he ( go)................to bed

15.what he (be)............when he ( be).......young?

16.It was the first time I ( ever see ) ...........such a beautiful girl

Conditinal sentences: mixed types

1. When he left school he became a fisher man. His family didn't like it at all. They (BE) mych happier if he (BECOME) a greengrocer like his father.
2. They still say that if he (GO) into the greengrocery buisness when he left school he (BE) comfortably off now instead of being poor.
3. But he says that if he (HAVE) his life again he (MAKE) the same choice.
4. So many parcels and no baskets! If I (KNOW) that he we were going to buy so much I (BRING) a basket.
5. No one bathes here. The water is heavily polluted. If you (BATHE) in it you (BE) ill for a fortnight.
6. I can hear the speaker all right but I wish I could see him too. If he (STAND) on a barrel we all (SEE) him and that (BE) much better.
7. Look at poor Tom trying to start his car by hand again! If I (BE) Tom I (GET) a new battery.
8. I expect you'll see Jack at the lecture tonight. If you (DO) you please (REMIND) him about tomorrow's meeting?
9. The headmaster decided that Peter was the culprit and expelled him from the school. A more intelligent man (REALIZE) that Peter couldn't have been guilty. (If the headmaster had been more inteligent he...)
10. But I blame the real culprit even more. If he (ADMIT) his guilt Peter (NOT BE) expelled.

Read the following passage on transport, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

1) It was the first photograph that I had ever seen, and it fascinated me. I can remember holding it at every angle in order to catch the flickering light from the oil lamp on the dresser. The man in the photograph was unsmiling, but his eyes were kind. I had never met him, but I felt that I knew him. One evening when I was looking at the photograph, as I always did before I went to sleep, I noticed a shadow across the man’s thin face. I moved the photograph so that the shadow lay perfectly around his hollow cheecks. How different he looked!

(2) That night I could not sleep, thinking about the letter that I would write. First, I would tell him that I was eleven years old, and that if he had a little girl my age, she could write to me instead of him. I knew that he was a very busy man. Then I would explain to him the real purpose of my letter. I would tell him how wonderful he looked with the shadow that I had seen across his photograph, and I would most carefully suggest that he grow whiskers.

(3) Four months later when I met him at the train station near my home in Westfield, New York, he was wearing a full beard. He was so much taller than I had imagined from my tiny photograph.

(4) “Ladies and gentlemen,” he said, “I have no speech to make and no time to make it in. I appear before you that I may see you and that you may see me.” Then he picked me right up and kissed me on both cheeks. The whiskers scratched. “Do you think I look better, my little friend?” he asked me.

(5) My name is Grace Bedell, and the man in the photograph was Abraham Lincoln. 

What did Grace Bedell do every night before she went to sleep?

A. She wrote letters.

B. She looked at the photograph. 

C. She made shadow figures on the wall.

D. She read stories.

Give the correct form of the verbs.
1. Look!He (put) a ticket on Tom’s car. Tom (be) furious when he sees it. He hates getting parking
tickets.
2. They (take) the necessay measures, this political crisis (can avoid)
3. I (look) everywhere, but the files appears (misplace)
4. He mentioned (injure) in an accident as a child, but he never (tell) us the details.
5. What time of year do you think it is in this picture? Summer? – No, it must be winter. If it (be)
summer, the people (not sit) round that big fire.
6. The speed limit is 30 miles an hour but Tom (drive) at 50 miles at that time. He (drive) so fast!
7. My family (move) to Ha Noi in 1994 so by the end of this year, we (live) in Ha noi for 20 years.
8. When I opened the door, I saw a man on his knees. He (clearly, listen) to our conversation and I
wondered how much he (hear)
9. Thanks for sending back the book you lent me. You (not read) it already!. You (be) the world’s
fastest reader! Hope you enjoy it.
10. At first I (feel) quite flattered, (ask) to work with one of the pro.

Chia các động từ trong ngoặc theo 1 trong 4 thì sau: Thì quá khứ đơn; quá khứ hoàn thành; hiện tại đơn và hiện tại tiếp diễn

1) He (give) me back the book, (thank) me for lending it to him and (say) that he enjoy it very much; but I (know) that he (not read) it because most of the pages (be) still uncut.

2) When he (see) his wife off at the station, he (return) home as he (no have) to be at the airport till 9.30.

3) He (not have) to pack, for his wife always (do) that for him and his case (be) ready in the hall.

4) He (not have) to check the doors and windows either, for his wife always (do) that before she (leave) the house.

5) All he (have) to do (be) to decide whether or not to take his overcoat with him. In the end, he (decide) not to.

6) At 8.30 he (pick) up his case, (go) out of the house and (slam) the door behind him.

7) Then, he (feel) in his pockets for the key, for his wife (remind) him to double-lock the front door.

8) When he (search) all his pockets and (find) no key he (remember) where it (be).

9) He (leave) it in his over coat pocket.

10) Then, he (remember) some thing else; his passport and tickets (be) in his overcoat pocket as well.

11) I (arrive) in England in the middle of July. I (be told) that England (be) shrouded in fog all year round, so I (be) quite surprised to find that it was merely raining.

12) I (ask) another passenger, an Englishman, about the fog and he (say) that there (not be) any since the previous February.

13) If I (want) fog, he said, I (come) at quite the wrong time.

14) However, he (tell) me that I could buy tinned fog at a shop in Shaftesbury Avenue.

15) He (admit) that he never (buy) fog there himself but I (assure) me that they (sell) good quality fog and that it (not be) expensive. I suppose he was joking.

(Biết rằng từ câu 2 đến câu 10 là một đoạn văn; câu 11 đến câu 15 cũng là một đoạn văn)

The simple past and the past continuous

Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous tense.

10 When I arrived she (have) lunch.

12 What you (think) of his last book? ~ I (like) it very much.

14 He suddenly (realize) that he (travel) in the wrong direction.

15 He (play) the guitar outside her house when someone opened the window and (throw) out a bucket of water.

16 I just (open) the letter when the wind (blow) it out of my hand.

18 When I (look) for my passport I (find) this old photograph.

20 The boys (play) cards when they (hear) their father's step. They immediately (hide) the cards and (take) out their lesson books.

21 He (clean) his gun when it accidentally (go) off and (kill) him.