Grammar Revision

TENSES

I.Put the verbs in parentheses in the right tense, the Present Simple or the Past Simple.
Everyday Peter (go) ___________ to school by bicycle but yesterday he (go)___________ by bus.
When he (be)___________ a boy, he (play)___________ with friends in his home village.
3. Fred (stay)___________ on a farm for two weeks last summer.
4. In our country, the rainy season (begin)___________ in May and
(end) ___________ in November.
5. The boys (leave)___________ for school very early this morning.
6. He (try)___________ very hard but he couldn’t type the report in a day.
7. No one (know)___________ how to do it. We should ask Jim for help.
8. It (be)___________ always hot in April in Vietnam.
9. My father (live)___________ in a small village when he was a boy.
10. Who often (wash)___________ the dishes after dinner everyday?


II. Put the verbs in parentheses in the right tense,the Present Simple or the Present Progressive.
1. - Where’s Peter?
- He (be) ___________ in the garden. He (pick)___________ some flowers.
2. The show (start)___________ at eight o’clock every night.
3. She (listen)___________ to the radio in her bedroom at the moment.
4. The children (go)___________ to bed at nine o’clock.
5. We (go)___________ to the beach now.
6. Peter and Susan (spend)___________ a week in Hanoi every summer.
7. I am sorry but I (disagree)___________ with you.
8. He (work)___________ in Washington, though he (stay)___________ in New York at the moment.
9. He (know)___________ you are wrong.
10. The man (go)___________ to Nha Trang next week.









III. Put the verbs in parentheses in the right tense,the Past Simple or the Present Perfect.
I (meet) ___________ him twice but I can’t remember his name.
Kathy (pay)___________ him a visit last month, and they (have)___________ a good time.
This is the nicest restaurant I (ever, see)___________.
The doctor (be)___________ here since eight o’clock.
I already (tell)___________ him many times that I can’t come.
She (work)___________ in the factory for six months, she may know who he is.
______ you (finish)______ the work yet? It’s time to go.
- ______ you (meet)______ them yesterday?
No, I didn’t. They (leave) ___________ for London very early in the morning.
- My name ‘s Dean Martin. I’d like to see Mr. John Marvick.
I’m sory, he (already, go)___________ . He (go)___________ to Paris on business.
How many people (come)___________ to the party last night?


IV. Put the verbs in parentheses in the right tense, the Past Simple or the Past Progressive.
When I arrived, the teacher (write)___________ my name on the board.
I (make)___________ a cake when the light went out, so I (have)___________ to finish it in the dark.
He (watch)___________ TV when the phone rang. Very unwillingly, he (turn)___________ down the sound and (go)___________ to answer it.
When I (look)___________ for my books, I (find)___________ this paper.
He (not, allow)___________ us to go boating yesterday as a strong wind (blow)___________.
While he (water)___________ the flowers it (begin)___________ to rain. He (put)___________ up his umbrella and (go)___________ on watering.
As he (get)___________ into the bus it (start)___________ suddenly and he (fall)___________backward onto the road.
As I (cross)___________ the road I (step)___________ on a banana skin and (fall)___________ heavily. I (still, lie)___________ on the road when I (see)___________ a lorry approaching. Luckily the driver (see)___________ me and (stop)___________ the lorry in time.






Suppy the correct form of the verd in parentheses.
What are they (do) ___________ in the school library?
She has (learn) ___________ English for four years but she can’t understand this sentence.
When we walked into the room, the children were (sleep) ___________ soundly on the floor.
The man opened the door (sing)___________ a famous song.
Was your school (build)___________ many years ago?
When he returned, his wife was (prepare)___________ lunch in the kitchen.
They have (see)___________ the movie many times.
She is (sit)___________ in the room (read)___________ a book.
What have you (tell)___________ him?
While the girl was (spend)___________ her