Bài tập Bổ trợ & Nâng cao Tiếng Anh THPT -3

Tenses 3
I/ Choose the best answer:
1) Tony ................... to for pizza.
A. seldom goes B. seldom go
C. seldom go D. seldom doesn`t goes
2) While I ................... on that phone, a man came up and asked me for money.
A. was talking B. talks C. is talking D. talked
3) Our trip to Africa last summer ................... fascinating.
A. is B. has been C. will be D. was
4) Cindy used to ................... spaghetti on Sundays.
A. eat B. eating C. ate D. eats
5) I asked him what ................... .
A. did he read B. he was reading C. was he reading D. he read
6) Last year she married ................... a Russian dancer.
A. ( B. with C. to D. on
7) She got married ................... a rich businessman.
A. ( B. with C. to D. on
8) When the doorbell ..................., I was having a bath.
A. rang B. ring C. rung D. ringed
9) He ................... in love with her over a year ago.
A. fell B. felt C. fall D. feel
10) Can you please turn down the radio? The baby................... .
A. has slept B. is sleeping C. sleeps D. slept
II/ Past habit with USED TO:
1) When James was young, he hated school. Now he likes school.
- James
2) Ann was a secretary for many years, but now she owns her own business.
- Ann ........................................................., but now she owns her own business.
3) Rebecca had a pet rat when she was ten. The rat died, and she had another rat as a pet since that time.
- Rebecca ....................................................................... as a pet.
4) Before Adam got married, he went bowling five times a week.
- Adam ............................................... five times a week.
5) When we raised our own chickens, we had fresh eggs every morning.
- We ....................................... every morning when we raised our own chickens.
6) When Ben was a child, he often crawled under his bed and put his hands over his ears when he heard thunder.
- Ben ...................................................... and ....................................................... when he heard thunder.
7) When I lived in my home town, I went to the beach every weekend. Now I go to the beach every weekend.
- I .................................. to the beach every weekend, but now I .
8) Adam has a new job. He has to wear a suit every day. When he was a student, he always wore jeans.
- Adam ......................................... a suit every day, but now he does.
9) Sara has two cats that she enjoys as pets. In the past, she hated cats.
- Sara .................................... cats.
10) Now you have a job every summer. Have you always worked during summers?
- What ........................................... in summer?
III/ Complete the sentences using either PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS:
Activity in progress
NADIA
GEORGE
BILL

play soccer
break her glasses
score a goal
hurt his foot

hike
find some money
see a bear
pick up a snake

dance
trip and fall
meet his future wife
get dizzy


While Nadia _____________ soccer, she __________ her glasses.
George _________ a goal while he _____________ soccer.
Bill ________ his foot while he ____________ soccer.
While Nadia ________________, she _________ some money.
George __________ a bear while he __________________.
Bill _________ a snake while he _______________.
Nadia __________ and _________ while she _______________.
While George ________________, he __________ his future wife.
While Bill ___________________, he _______________ dizzy.
IV/ Rewrite the following sentences so that they keep the same meaning:
1) Whose watch is this? - Who does
2) I spend 30` doing my homework everyday.
- It takes
3) Neil has the bad habit of pulling my cat`s tail.
- Neil is
4) It took the pigeons 45` to cover the distance from A to B.
- The pigeons
5) I no longer run in the morning. - I used
6) We spent 6 hours to drive to Edinburgh.
- It took
7) I had to spend the whole evening finishing the homework.
- It took
8) That school has four hundred pupils. -