ENGLISH TENSES

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English tenses
NGUYEN TRUNG TRUC
Foreign Languages Department
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The present continuous tense
Complete the sentences. Use am/is /are + one of these verbs:
building coming having playing cooking standing swimming
1 Listen! Pat .........the piano.
2 They ......a new hotel in the city centre at the moment
3 Look! Somebody ............................... in the river.
4 `You .......................... on my foot.` `Oh, I`m sorry`
5 Hurry up! The bus ...............................
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Put the verb in the present continuous (I am doing) or present simple ( I do).
1 Excuse me.....(you/speak) English?
2 Tom ......(have) a shower at the moment.
3 They ............. (watch) television very often.
4 Listen! Somebody ........... ................. (sing).
5 She`s tired. She ............................. (want) to go home now.
6 How often............................... . (you/read) a newspaper?
7` Excuse, but you ............................... (sit) in my place.` `Oh, I`m sorry.`
8 I`m sorry, I .............................. (not/understand). Please speak more slowly.
9 `Where are you, Roy?` I`m in the sitting-room. I............................................ (read).`
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The present simple
1 She`s very clever. She .................. four languages.
2 Steve ..... ten cigarettes a day.
3 We usually ........... dinner at 7o`lock.
4 I ...films. I often to the cinema.
5 Water................ at 100 degrees Celsius.
6 In Britain the banks .................... at 9.30 in the morning.
7 The City Museum................ at 5 o`clock every evening.
8 Food is expensive. It............................a lot of money.
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The Present simple tense
Put in am/it/are/do /don`t/ does/doesn`t
1 Excuse me, ........ you speak English?
3 `Have a cup of tea.` `No, thank you. I ............have it.`
3 Why................. you laughing at me?
4 `What ................ she do?` `She`s a dentist.`
5 I ................ want to go out. It ................ raining.
6 `Where............... you come from?` `From Canada.`
7 How much ................ it cost to send a letter to Canada?
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The past simple tense
1 Yesterday evening I .....television.
2 I ....................... my teeth three times yesterday.
3 Bernard ........................ cigarettes yesterday evening.
4 The concert last night ........................ at 7.30 and ........................ at 10 o`clock.
5 The accident ........................ last Sunday afternoon.
6 When I was a child. I ........................ to be a doctor.
7 Mozart.......................from 1756 to 1791.
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The mixed tenses
1. He (be) born in France but he ( live ) in Italy now.
2. Flowers ( bloom) only in Spring ?
3. My father (work ) in a company. Today he ( be ) at home. He ( work ) in the garden now.
4. When you ( buy ) this car ?
5. Don`t (make ) a noise. Peter ( do ) his homework.
6. They ( break ) the window and ( get) into the shop.
7. Who ( invent ) the telephone?

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The present perfect tense
1 `Are they still having dinner?` `No, they ...............`
2 I .................................. some new shoes. Do you want to see them?
3 Is Tom here?` `No. he..................................... to work.`
4 `.................. you ................................... the shopping?` `No. I`m going to do it later.`
5 `Where`s your key?` I don`t know. I.................................... it.`
6 Look! Somebody ...............................that window.
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The present perfect tense
Write for or since.
1 She`s been in London....Monday.
2 She`s been in London ....... four days.
3 Mike has been ill....a long time. He`s been in hospital.....October.
4 My aunt has lived in Australia ............ 15 years.
5 Nobody lives in those houses. They have been empty ............ many years.
6 Mrs Harris is in her office. She`s been there ............ 7 o`clock.
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Practice
Use the right tense of the verbs in brackets.
1.He isn’t here. He ( go ) out for a cup of coffee.
2.Don’t make a noise. The baby ( sleep).
3.What you ( do ) last night ?
4. All rivers ( flow ) into the sea.
5. They (ever visit ) the Pyramids ?
6. What language people ( speak ) in that country?
7. Sorry. I (have ) a bath at the moment.
8. She often (play ) tennis at weekends .