NGỮ PHÁP TA

Grammar notes for secondary school level
I. Tenses:
1. The simple present tense
2. The present progressive tense
3. The present perfect tense
4. The simple past tense
5. The past progressive tense
6. The simple future tense
7. The near future tense
A. Supply the correct tense, simple present or present progressive:
1. Nam (watch) television every evening.
2. The earth ( revolve) around the sun.
3. Please shut the windows. The rain ( come) in now.
4. I go to bed easily when the radio (play).
5. We (leave) for Da Lat early next month.
6. The sun ( not/ rise) in the west, it (rise) in the east.
7. When the Scotts usually (stay) when they come to the town?
- At a hotel, but tonight they (stay) with us.
8. My mother (cook) some food in the kitchen at the moment. She always (cook) in the morning.
9. My sister usually ( not/ quarrel) with anyone.
10. Be careful! The teacher (look) at you.
11. The babyy falls asleep when its mother ( sing) a lullaby.
12. You (look) for George? I think he (read) in the library.
13. She (speak) English very well but she (not/ understand) Spanish.
14. Nothing (be) faster than the speed of light.
15. On my way to work, I often (meet) a lot o fchildren who (go) to school.
B. Supply the correct tense, simple past or past progressive:
1. I (wake) at five minutes past five this morning.
2. While her husband was in the army, Mai (write) to him twice a week.
3. She (study) English for two years, but she doesn’t study it now.
4. What you (do) at 8.00 o’clock last night? – I (prepare) my English lessons.
5. It still (rain) when you came in?
6. While I (stay) in London, they (repair) Big Ben.
7. I looked out of the windows, some children (play) in the park.
8. When I was a boy, I often (go) fishing with my uncle.
9. She (look) at the flowers when this fellow (come) and (snatch) her handbag.
10. Miss Lam (type) some letters in outer office while Professor Lan (talk) to Ba.
11. She was fond of him, but I (not/ believe) that she (love) him.
12. The old lady (fall) as she (get) into the taxi.
13. The train ( not/ arrive) on time yesterday. It (be) ten minute late.
14. They (arrive) at any decosion at the meeting last Thurday?
C. Supply the correct tense, simple past or present perfect:
1. When I last saw him, he (be) in good health.
2. She (do) very little work recently.
3. Miss Clark (be) with this company for two years.
4. As soon as he (save) 500 thousand dollars, he will retire.
5. When I was a boy, every vacation (seem) ideal.
6. The patient’s condition (improve) considerably since last night.
7. I shall wait until you (finish) your letter.
8. My brother (serve) in the army from 1890 to 1893.
9. Ba (study) French for a few months last years.
10. You ever (ask) yourself what make life beautiful and worth living?
11. We (not/ hear) from her for nearly six months.
12. Is John in? – No, he (go) to the cinema.
13. Men have travelled since they first ( appear) on the earth.
14. Tom (meet) Mary in 1980 and they (be) good friends since then.
15. A taxi just (come) round the corner. Perhaps we’d better take it.
16. They just (decide) to buy a house.
17. “ Gone with the wind” is the most interesting film we (see) recently.
18. You (see) Nam last Sunday? – Oh,no. I (not/see) him for many day now.
19. Since when you (learn) English? – I (learn) since I (be) a girl of twelve.
20. You ever(be) to Ho Chi Minh city? _No, I (not/be) there yet.