Title Week 01 - Tenses (KEYS).pdf ✅

II. BÀI TẬP CƠ BẢN Exercise 1. Fill in the correct form of the verb. 1. My family _________ (buy) some land in southern France recently. They _________ (build) a summer house there at the moment. A. bought / will build B. have bought / will build C. bought / are buiding D. have bought / are building 2. Andy and Mary _________ (go) to a concert tomorrow night. They _________ (look) forward to it the whole week. A. will go / look B. will be going / looked C. are going / have been looking D. is going to go / are looking 3. Jonathon _________ (watch) the news on TV every day and it _________ (help) him with his English. A. watches / helps B. is watching / is helping C. watched / has helped D. watch / help 4. My car _________ (break) down when I _________ (drive) home from work. I would have fixed it if I had known what was wrong. But I didn’t so _________ (have) to take it to the garage. A. had broken / was driving / have had B. broke / was driving / had C. was breaking / was driving / had D. broke / drove / have 5. When he _________ (found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He _________ (already write) his first computer programme six years earlier. A. founded / has already written B. found / had already written C. founded / had already written D. founds / will have written 6. An accident _________ (happen) near my house last night. A car _________ (hit) a young man. He _________ (ride) his bike when someone in front of him suddenly _________ (open) a car door. Many people _________ (see) the accident. The police _________ (interrogate) them last night. A. happened / hit / rode / opened / had seen / had interrogated B. happened / hit / was riding / opened / saw / interrogated C. was happening / had hit / rode / was opening / saw / have interrogated D. happened / was hitting / rode / open / see / interrogates 7. When we reach Land’s End, we _________ (walk) 1,500 km. A. will have walked B. will walk C. have been walking D. have walked 8. I _________ (not sleep) at all last night. Someone _________ (listen) to music all night. A. didn’t sleep / had listened B. hadn’t slept / was listening C. sleep / was listening D. did not sleep / was listening 9. I _________ (see) a film a week ago, but I _________ (not enjoy) it very much because I _________ (already read) the book. A. had seen / hadn’t enjoyed / has read B. saw / didn’t enjoy / had already read C. had seen / didn’t enjoy / read D. see / don’t enjoy / read 10. The judge sentenced the man to eight years in prison because he _________ (rob) a bank. A. had robbed B. has robbed C. have been robbing D. had been robbing 11. They _________ (stand) in the queue for over an hour when the manager _________ (tell) them that there were no more tickets. A. had stood / tells B. have stood / told C. were standing / told D. had been standing / told
12. Alan _________ (be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver _________ (lose) control of his car because he _________ (fall) asleep. A. was / lost / had fallen B. were / was losing / had fallen C. is / had been losing / has fallen D. was / had lost / was falling 13. She _________ (not see) her father since he _________ (start) to work in Marseille two years ago. A. didn’t see / has been working B. has not seen / started C. hadn’t seen / will start D. has not seen / has started 14. I _________ (sleep) when the fire broke out. A. am sleeping B. was sleeping C. had been sleeping D. slept 15. Linda _________ (phone and explain) she would not be able to come to the party the next day because she _________ (be) still sick. A. phones and explains / is B. phones and explains / had been C. phoned and explained / had been being D. phoned and explained / was 16. I _________ (just see) the film “The Da Vinci Code”. – _________ (you see) it too? – No, I _________ (not have) but I _________ (read) the book. A. just saw / Did you see / didn’t / read B. have just seen / Have you seen / haven’t / read C. had seen / Had you seen / hadn’t / read D. saw / Have you seen / haven’t / read 17. My sister _________ (fly) home from London today. Her flight _________ (arrive) in an hour so I _________ (leave) for the airport right now to get there in time. A. is flying / will arrive / am leaving B. will fly / arrives / am going to leave C. flies / will have arrived / will leave D. is going to fly / is going to arrive / am going to leave 18. The manager _________ (speak) to an important customer at the moment, but he _________ (see) you in a few minutes. A. has been speaking / will see B. was speaking / would see C. is speaking / will see D. is speaking / is going to see 19. While he _________ (wait) for the bus there _________ (be) a robbery at the bank. After the robbers _________ (go) away the police _________ (come) but they _________ (be) not able to catch them. A. was waiting / was being / went / came / hadn’t been B. was waiting / was / had gone / came / were C. waited / was / had gone / had come / were being D. had been waiting / was / went / came / had been 20. I _________ (use) to ski when I was at the university but I _________ (break) a leg five years ago and since then I _________ (not ski) any more. A. used / had broken / haven’t been skiing B. used / broke / have not skied C. used / have broken / don’t ski D. am used / had broken / didn’t ski 21. The doctor asked her whether she _________ (have) an operation before. A. will have B. had had C. was having D. has 22. This time next year, her parents-in-law _________ (stay) with us. A. had to stay B. would stay C. have been staying D. will be staying 23. We _________ (reach) Paris late as we _________ (be delayed) by fog. A. must have reached / are delayed B. will reach / are being delayed C. reach / are delayed D. had reached / have been delayed
24. After I _________ (lock) my suitcase, I _________ (remember) that I had forgotten to put in my toothbrush. A. had locked / remembered B. locked / had remembered C. locked / remembered D. have locked / remembered 25. I have noticed that since I _________ (enter) the university, my life _________ (become) much more interesting. A. was entering / had become B. have entered / becomes C. enter / is becoming D. entered / has become 26. By the time school opens again, I _________ (work) in this restaurant for eight weeks. A. will have worked B. will be working C. would have worked D. had been working 27. The loud applause _________ (show) how deeply the music _________ (affect) the audience. A. had shown / could affect B. shows / has affected C. show / had affected D. showed / were affecting 28. Andre’s car _________ (be stolen) because he _________ (forget) to lock it. A. was stolen / had forgotten B. will be stolen / forgets C. had been stolen / had forgotten D. is stolen / forgets 29. This is the first letter he _________ (write) since he _________ (go) abroad in February. A. has written / has been going B. wrote / went C. has written / has gone D. has written / went 30. This is the twentieth patient the doctor _________ (examine) today. A. had examined B. is examining C. has examined D. will have examined Exercise 2. Find the errors in these sentences. 1. While I waited for my aunt outside the shop, someone stole my purse. => was waiting 2. Before I arrived, Bert have finished half of the report. => had finished 3. While I had gone through some old papers, I found this photograph of your brother. => was going 4. Until the President entered the hall, all the guests rose to their feet to welcome him. => As / When 5. She says that she is going to catch the eight o'clock train tomorrow, but I'm sure she is going to miss it, as usual. => will miss 6. Recently, a new way of treating this disease had been developed. => have 7. They wrote us only one letter since they got married. => have written 8. The hikers will have got so tired by the time they reached the top of the hill that I'm sure they'll first want to sit down for a rest. => reach 9. Last year, Richard was riding his bicycle to work every day, but he has been taking the bus since the accident. => rode 10. Our teacher, Charlie has visited France three times but he don’t speak French very well. => doesn’t 11. Helen has taken her driving test five times so far without success, but she doesn’t give up yet. => hasn’t gave 12. The old lady's health was deteriorating day by day before she gave up smoking. => until 13. We played football since two hours and went to a restaurant for a meal, afterwards. => for 14. I had worn glasses when I was younger, but now I wear contact lenses. => wore 15. Last Saturday, my father discovered that his dinner suit was too small, so now he will follow a strict diet. => is following 16. When the young scouts will reach the top of the hill, they will have been walking for more than an hour. => reach
17. She has been dieting strictly for Christmas and so far she has lost eight kilos. => since 18. Clean snow reflects as much as 87 per cent of the sunlight that shone on it. => shines 19. Most of the time, John and his friends watch football matches at their local coffee but this Saturday, they will go to the stadium, and so they're all very excited. => is going 20. Rashed learnt to drive a car as he was only twelve years old. => when III. BÀI TẬP MỞ RỘNG Exercise 1. Identify the tenses in these sentences. 1. Damon drinks coffee every morning. Simple Present 2. The boy got up late and missed the bus. Simple Past 3. My mother goes to pray in the temple. Simple Present 4. The team is playing very well. Present Continuous 5. The school will be closed for winter break. Simple Future 6. Leonard graduated from college last year. Simple Past 7. The baby has eaten all the chips. Present Perfect 8. Amy are be going to school tomorrow. Be going to 9. The train used to leave at 9 am. Used to 10. The sick child has been sleeping for three hours. Present Perfect Continuous 11. They have known each other for a long time. Present Perfect 12. Sam was going to school. Past Continuous 13. When I went there, Bucky was playing video games. Simple Past 14. The workers have been working on the building for a long time. Present Perfect Continuous 15. Penny had done her homework when her parents came back. Past Perfect 16. Mr Arnold had been writing his last book for four months. Past Perfect Continuous 17. I will move to Delhi soon. Simple Future 18. Mr Samuel will be staying in New York next week. Future Continuous 19. Beverly will have left before you arrive to see her. Future Perfect 20. Mr Peter will have been teaching for twelve years next month. Future Perfect Continuous Exercise 2. Fill in the correct form of the verb. 1. They have been in Chicago for 20 years (be). 2. I saw a wonderful film at the cinema last night. (see) 3. The sun rose at 6:38 yesterday morning (rise). 4. The sun was shining when the climber reached Mount Everest. (shine) 5. I promise that I will not tell this secret to anyone (not tell) 6. Unfortunately, just as we got to the airport their plane was taking off (take). 7. They go to the movies only once in a while (go). 8. I was tired yesterday because I had not slept well the night before (not sleep). 9. Sh! Someone is listening to our conversation (listen)! 10. When I left the house this morning, it was already raining (already rain). 11. I think Bob is leaving for London this very moment.(leave) 12. The plane will be taking/ will take off in a few minutes. (take) 13. I get up at 7 every morning but this morning I slept long and I didn’t get up until 8. (get, sleep, not get) 14. I am not wearing my watch because it is being fixed (not wear). 15. This has been an easy quiz so far (be).