Exercise 2: Put the verbs into correct forms using The past simple tense or The past continuous tense
1. Peter (play)........................a video game when his brother, Jack, (enter).....................the room.
2. I (study).....................for my English test when my mother (come)........................home from work.
3. Emma (wash)........................the dishes when the telephone (ring)........................
4. I (eat)........................a sandwich while my parents (drink)........................coffee.
5. I (watch)........................a DVD when my cat (jump)........................on me.
6. Susan (study)........................in her room when she heard the noise.
7. What they (do)........................at eleven p.m. last night- it was so noisy?
8. I was eight years old when my elder sister (teach)........................me how to ride a bike.
9. John (not go)........................to school last week because he was ill.
10. I didn’t know anything about the plan crash in my neighbourhood because I (work).....................inside at that time.

Exercise 3: Change the sentences into passive voice
1. The waiter brings me this dish.
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2. Our friends send these postcards to us.
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3. Does your grandma tell you this story every day before bedtime?
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4. She is showing her ticket to the airline agent.
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5. Is the shop assistant handing these boxes to the customer?
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6. They keep this room tidy all the time.
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7. We are moving our furniture to our new house.
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8. They build a new bridge in town.
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9. How do you spend this amount of money?
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10. When does he take the bike back to the store?
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Exercise 20. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb tense: the Present Perfect or Past Simple.

1. Tom (call) __________________ his boss yesterday.

2. I (meet) __________________ Robert at the supermarket this morning.

3. We (fly) _____________ to Ha Noi several times, but last summer we (go)______ there by train.

4. When (your father/ give up) ___________________________ smoking?

5. My uncle (move) __________________ to Da Lat in 2005.

6. I (be) __________________ to Sa Pa twice since 2000.

7. We (spend) __________________ our summer vacation in Ha Long Bay last July.

8. I (watch) __________________ the film Titanic already.

9. The postman (deliver) __________________ the letter half an hour ago.

10. I (hear) __________________ the good news from Mary a few minutes ago.

11. I (have)_________________________ this iPad for three years3. My father (give) ________ it to me when I was in grade 6.

12. My mother (do) __________________ all the cleaning. The apartment is really clean now.

13. Someone (turn) __________________ on the hi-fi. Do you know that song?

14. The match (just start) __________________ . Our team is playing very well.

15. He (lose) __________________ his credit card. He can’t find it anywhere.

16. Prices (go) __________________ up. Everything is more expensive nowadays.

17. (you/buy) _______________________ the laptop yet.

18. Miss White (work) _______________________ in Ha Noi from 2011 and 2014.

Exercise 16: Give the correct verb tense 
1. Son (be)_____from Vietnam. He (speak)_____Vietnamese. He can (speak)_____English, too.He (live)_____ with his family in Ho Chi Minh City. He often (go)_____ to school on Sundays to practice his English. Tomorrow (be)_____Sunday. He (walk)_____ to school tomorrow. Now he (read)_____a book.
2. He never (close)_____the door before he (leave)_____ home.
3. Lan always (take)_____a shower when she (come)_____home.
4. My friends always (have)______ lunch at school.
5. My girlfriend never (stay)_____ up late.

Fill in the gaps with a verb from the box in the past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous tense. Use each verb once.

be    buy     phone     decide      develop     discuss      feel     like     make      run start      stay        take         visit        wait

1 the lecture _______ by the time they got there.

2 in the supermarket he _________ home to make her birthday cake.

3 holly did very well in her exam, which was a shock because she ___________ (never) an exam before.

4 they went on a big tour of Britain. first they _______ in London for a few days. then they ______ cambridge, york, and edinburgh, and then bath. they ______ to Bath before, but they _____ it so much that they ______ to go back again

5 scientists announced the launch of the new drug last week. they_______ it for five years.

VI. Put the verbs into correct tense forms (Past Simple or Present Perfect) 
1. We (study)...............a very hard lesson the day before yesterday............................ 2. We (study)................................................almost every lesson in this book so far................. 3. We (never watch) ..........................that television program........................... 
4. We (watch).....................an interesting program on television last night............... 5. My wife and I........................................(travel) by air many times in the past 
6. My wife and I (travel).................................. to Mexico by air last summer 
7. I (read)..................that novel by Hemingway several times before. 
8. I (read).........................that novel again during my last vacation. 
9. I (had).........................a little trouble with my car last week. 
10. However, I (have)......................... no trouble with my car since then. 
11. I (have) ……………….. this toy since my birthday.
12. We (live)………………….in HN for ten years now and like it a lot. 
13. The last time I (go) ……………………to HN was in May 
14. When my parents were on holiday I (stay)……………… with my aunt for a week 15. I (not see) my son for ages. He (not visit) …………………….. me since May 16. Tom (be) …………….to HN twice. He loves it very much 
17. My sister (work) ……………………for an enterprise for two years.That was after college 18. I (move)……………… to HN in 2001. I (be) …………. there a long time now 19. It was so cold today that I (wear)…………… a sweater at school 
20. So far this month there (be)……………………. three robberies in this street 21. When I was young I (meet)………….. him three times 
22. In the past few years, it (become)………….. more and more difficult to get into university 23. I (feel)………………better since I (live) ………………. here 
24. Since I (be) ……………………in this city I (not see) …………… him 

I.     Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb tense: The Present Perfect or Past Simple.

1.          I (visit)                                                   our form teacher in the hospital already.

2.          John  (read)                                                    the letter from Mary already.

3.          We (not begin)                                                      to learn for the test yet.

4.          I (meet)                                                     Robert at the supermarket this morning.

5.          Nancy (be)                                                     to Vietnam several times.

6.          They (not start)                                                      the project yet.

7.          When (your father/ give up)                                                          smoking?

8.          The motorbike looks clean. (you/ wash)                                                                  it?

9.          Tom (call)                                                    his boss yesterday.

10.     My uncle (move)                                                      to Da Lat in 2005.

11.     The Greens (be)                                                          to many countries in the world so far.

12.     We (go)                                                      to that village to do volunteer work several times.

13.     We  (spend)                                                     our summer vacation in Ha Long Bay last July.

14.     Our  teacher   (explain)                                                      to us how to use the printer already.

15.     My   pen  isn’t  here  any  more.  Someone  (take)                                                           it already.

16.       The postman (deliver)                                                           the letter half an hour ago.

17.       Mai (not finish)                                                     her homework yet.

18.       They  (not see)                                                      the film Titanic yet.

19.     I (hear)                                                     the good news from Mary a few minutes ago.

20.       I (not see)                                                     your brother yet.