TENSE

CHAPTER ONE : TENSES
Topic One PAST SIMPLE TENSE and PAST PROGRESSIVE
Exercise Supply the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses ( Past simple Tense and Past Progressive )
Mrs. Doris White was cooking in the kitchen when I (come) …………………………...
The children ( play )…………………………….. when their teacher got into the room.
The car (stop) ……………………… and the driver got off.
While Tuan ( mend ) …………………………………. his bicycle when we called him.
The boy (walk) …………… into the room while Mary was reading his letter.
My sisters were washing clothes when it (start) ……………………… to rain.
She thought she (get) ……………………… too fat.
He (run) into the room and (say) ……………………… that he was hungry.
They (go) ……………………… for a swim yesterday.
What was he doing when you (arrive) ……………………… ?
Ms. Lan (teach) ……………………….. us English last school year.
The weather ( not be ) ……………………. fine, it (rain )……………… heavily all the day.
When a little boy, I ( go ) ……………………. swimming in the river.
Every day, Ms. Mai usually catches a bus to work, but today she ( ride ) ………………. her motorbike instead due to that she ( miss ) …………………the last one.
“Who ( break ) …………….......my vase on the shelf ?” My mom angrily (shout)………………
Two years ago, we ( correspond ) ………………… together, but now we don’t do it any more.
……….. your friends ( come )…………….to see you when you ( be)……………… in the hospital?
Mr. John ( leave ) ……………………. before at 10am this morning.
Where …………… they ( be ) last summer vacation ?
No one ( be ) ……………………… here , maybe they ( escape ) …………………….
When she (telephone) ………………………, I (have) ……………………… a bath.
We had left the party when the police (arrive) ……………………….
I was making the beds when Kathy and Liz (get) ……………………… there.
When they were walking down the stairs, they (hear) ……………………… a noise.
When I (arrive) ……………, they (say) …………… hello and (continue) …………… working.
She was driving her car when she suddenly (feel) ……………………… ill.
When I (get) ………………… to the hospital, she was sitting in the waiting room.
When he (see) ……………………… me, he (fall) ……………………… off the wall.
He (work) ……………………… for a foreign company at that moment last year.
They did not tell me about that when they (meet) ……………………… me.
Because they ( stay ) …………. up late last night, they (not seem ) ……………….. to be OK this morning.
Topic two PAST SIMPLE TENSE ( or Past subjunctive in the Wish clause)
Exercise 1 Supply the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses
I wish my brother ( give up ) ………………………… smoking someday.
We wish the weather ( be ) …………………………… better tomorrow.
Our teacher wishes Nam ( not talk ) ………………………….. so much in class.
Ms. Lam wishes she ( meet ) ……………………………… her friends again.
Mai wishes her father ( can take ) …………………………….her to the zoo more.
They wish they ( can have ) ………………………….. a new life on the moon.
Tam and Nam wish they ( pass ) ………………………… the next entrance exam.
Nam’s teacher wishes he ( not go ) ………………………. to school late.
I wish I ( do ) ……………………. the test better.
We wish we ( arrive ) …………………….this fishing village earlier.
Hoa wishes she ( not catch ) ……………………..the rain this afternoon.
Mai wishes she ( know ) ………………………… how to cook that dish for the party.
Minh wishes he ( be ) …………………………. better at Math.
Hoang wishes his brother ( learn ) …………………… harder.
Tam wishes the weather ( be ) ……………………fine today.
Exercise 2 Rewrite the sentences using “ Wish clause…”
I’m sorry I can’t help you. ( I wish …………………………………………………………………
What a pity we are busy with doing our assignments. ( We wish ………………………………….
Sorry ! I have to go right now. ( I wish ………………………………………………………..
Lan doesn’t have keys to unlock doors. ( Lan wishes …………………………………………………
I’m sorry I don’t know her address. ( I wish ………………………………………………………..
It’s a pity the weather is not nice for us to have a picnic. ( We wish …………………………………
Sorry , I’m late. I won’t be late any more, Sir. ( My teacher wishes ……………………………….
Nam would like his father to give up playing gamble. ( Nam wishes …………………………………..
Hoa seldom comes to English club on time . ( We wish ………………………………………………
My younger sister never brushes her teeth after meals. ( I wish ………………………………………
The naughty boy always rides his bike fast. ( Every body wishes ……………………………………..
The boys usually make noise in class. ( Teacher wishes ………………………………………………
There is nothing in the fridge. ( We wish……………………………………………………………
Nam feels tired now. ( Nam wishes ………………………………………………………………..
Tuan is too slow to