Bồi dưỡng học sinh giỏi 9

Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense or form.
1. Columbus _______ (discover) America more than 400 years ago.
2. I ________ (not see) them for more than a week.
3. He ________ (not eat) turkey since he was in Moscow.
4. Since when you ________ (know) her?
5. How long you ________ (live) here? - For 15 years.
6. How long ago ________ (be) the last war?
7. How long ago you last _______ (see) him? - Last month.
8. They ________ (come) here a month ago?
9. We _______ (finish) our supper half an hour ago.
10.I ________ (read) a book when he came in.
11. The sun ________ (shine) when we went out.
12.I _______ (live) in this town since 1995.
13. She ________ (write) a letter when her brother ________ (come) in yesterday afternoon.
14.I ________ (look) at this picture for 5 minutes, but I can`t see you in it.
- I`m afraid you _______ (look) at the wrong one.
15.Peter _________ (sit) in a small restaurant when I ________ (see) him.
16.The boy ________ (fall) down while he ________ (run).
17.While you ________ (play) the piano, I ________ (write) a letter.
18.Mary _____ (have) a lovely dog, and she always _____ (take) it out for a walk in the evening.
19.I know you ______ (talk) about grammar for the last half an hour, but I`m afraid I _______ (not understand).
20.The sun _______ (rise) in the East. Now it ______ (set) and the night ________ (fall).
21.John usually ________ (get) up at 6.30 and ________ (have) breakfast at 7.00.
22.That man in the white hat who ______ (walk) past the window ____ (live) next door.
23.The baby _______ (cry) because it _______ (be)hungry now.
24.Why you _______ (wash) those clothes this morning?
-Because the sun ________ (shine).I never _______ (wash) clothes when there ______ (be) clouds in the sky.
25.The boy ______ (grow) 5 cm before his father saw him again.
26.My sister ______ (be) a nurse for eight years now.
27.Last sunday,Nam _______ (have) breakfast at 7.30, _______ (ride) until noon and ______ (sleep) till 3 o`clock in the afternoon.
28.I already ______ (give) him one before you told me.
29. Mary always ______ (go) to school by bus. Her class ______ (begin) at 12.30 and _______ (finish) at 5.30.
30. Miss Lien ______ (be) a doctor. She _______ (work) in a hospital and she ______ (talk) to her patients now.
31. Tom ______ (start) his work early this morning. He _______ (do) a lot, but he ______ (not finish) it yet.
32 .We _______ (go) to England again last summer. We ______ (be) there twice.
33. Mr. Jones ___ (be) on holiday last month. He ____ (travel) through Europe. He ___ (enjoy) _____ (travel).
34. He times _______ (make) his little girl ________ (cry).
35. His little girl is sometimes made _______ (cry) by him.
36. My father _______ (learn) Latin when he _______ (be) at school.
37. We ________ (drink) coffee every day when we were in France.
38. I`m very interested in ________ (watch) action movies.
39. May I borrow your pen? - I`m sorry, I _______ (use) it.
40._______ (Be) students, we should ______ (try) _______ (study) hard.
Exercise 2. Turn these following sentences into the passive voice.
41.I finished my work at about five o`clock. _______________________________________________
42. We use this book in our class. _______________________________________________
43. They gave him a nice present when he retired. _______________________________________________
44. He opened the boxes and took out a cigarette. _______________________________________________
45. Do people speak English all over the world? _______________________________________________
46. Somebody planted this tree last month. _______________________________________________
47. They built this house in 1995. _______________________________________________
48. You must answer all the questions on the paper. _______________________________________________
49. Someone is singing an English song. _______________________________________________