Fostering English for grade 8
Nguyen Hong Anh Junior High School.
Full name: VanLam. Nguyen
Schoolyear: 2009- 2010.

(32) The simple present and the present continuous.
1) What does Tom think of the Budget?
He thinks it most unfair.
I agree with him.
2) What does this one cost?
It costs forty pence.
3) Do you hear the wind? It is blowing very strongly tonight.
4) Do you see my car keys anywhere?
No, I’m looking for them but I don’t see them.
5) He never listens to what you say. He always thinks about something else.
6) This book is about a man who deserts his family and goes to live on a Pacific island.
7) Do you understand what the lecturer is saying?
No, I don’t understand him at all.
8) What do you have for breakfast usually?
I usually eat a carrot and drink a glass of cold water.
9) When the curtain rises we see a group of workers. They are picketing a factory gate.
10) Why are you walking so fast today? You usually walk quite slowly.
I am hurrying because I am meeting my mother at 4 o’clock and she doesn’t like to
be kept waiting.
11) I wish that dog would lie down. He is keeping jumping up on my lap.
I think he wants to go for a walk.
12) Do you recognize that man?
I think that I have seen him before but I don’t remember his name.
13) Look at that crowd. I wonder what they are waiting for.

29) He finds the snake who recognizesits old friend and coils round him affectionately.
But, unfortunately, the snake is by now a full- grown boa- constrictor and its
embrace kills the poor boy.
30) Does the snake feel sorry about this?
I don’t know. The story ends there.
31) How do you end a letter that begin, ‘Dear Sir’?
I always put, ‘Yours truly’, but Tom prefers ‘Yours faithfully’.
32) What does the word ‘catastrophe’ mean?
It means ‘disaster’.
33) What are you waiting for?
I am waiting for the shop to open.
But it doesn’t open till 9.00.
I know but I want to be early, as their sale starts today.
34) Why are you smoking a cigar, Mrs Pitt? You doesn’t smoke cigars as a rule.
I’m smoking it because I want the ash. This book says that cigar ash mixed with oil
is removing heat stains from wood.
35) Who owns this umbrella?
I don’t know. Everybody uses it but nobody knows who owns it.
36) Do you mind if I ask you a question?
That is depending on the question.
It concerns your brother.
I refuse to answer any question about my brother.
(33) The simple past tense.
1) I went to work by bus.
2) I met her on Tuesdays.
3) He always wore black.
4) I used to make cake every week.
5) She got up at 6.30.
6) He understood me.
7) He shuted the shop at 6.00.

1) (-) She didn’t see your brother.
(?) Did she see your brother?
2) (-) We didn’t hear a terrible noise.
(?) Did you hear a terrible noise?
3) (-) He didn’t sleep till 10.00.
(?) Did he sleep till 10.00?
4) (-) He didn’t look at the picture.
(?) Did he look at the picture?
5) (-) They didn’t drink all the wine.
(?) Did they drink all the wine?
6) (-) They didn’t set out early enough.
(?) Did they set out early enough?
7) (-) She didn’t think about it.
(?) Did she think about it?
8) (-) The police didn’t catch the thief.
(?) Did the police catch the thief?
9) (-) He didn’t hit the letter.
(?) Did he hit the letter?
10) (-) She didn’t find her watch.
(?) Did she find her watch?
11) (-) His nose didn’t bleed.
(?) Did his nose bleed?
12) (-) My mother didn’t choose this hotel.
(?) Did your mother choose this hotel?
13) (-) She didn’t lend you enough money.
(?) Did she lend you enough money?
14) (-) Keiko didn’t teach Japanese.
(?) Did Keiko teach Japanese?
15) (-) Tom didn’t hurt his foot.
(?) Did Tom hurt his foot?

31) (-) Jean didn’t ring the bell.
(?) Did Jean ring the bell?
32) (-) The sun didn’t rise at 6.00
(?) Did the sun rise at 6.00?
33) (-) The boys didn’t run home.
(?) Did the boys run home?
34) (-) He didn’t shake the bottle.
(?) Did he shake the bottle?
35) (-) He didn’t forgive her.
(?) Did he forgive her?
36) (-) They didn’t broadcast an appeal for money.
(?) Did they broadcast an appeal for money?
(35) The past continuous tense.
1) Detective: I’m afraid I must ask you both what you were doing yesterday at 10.20p.m.
Mr.X : I was playing chess with my wife.
Mr. Y : I was listening to a play on the radio.
2) The children were frightened because it was getting dark.
3) It was a fine day and the roads were crowded because a lot of people were rushing to
the seaside.
4) The aeroplane in which the football team was traveling crashed soon after taking off.
5) He usually wears sandals but when I last saw him he was wearing boots.
6) The house was in great disorder because he was redecorateing it.
7) The director didn’t allow the actors to travel by air while they were working on the
film.
8) The car has nobody in it but the engine was running.
9) Two children were playing on the sand and two fishermen were leaning against an
upturned boat.
10) I was alone in the house at that time because Mr. Jones was working in the garage
and Mrs. Jones was shopping.
11) He said that he was the captain of a ship which was sailing that night for Marseilles.

31) While he was learning to drive he had twenty- five accidents.
32) He had a bad fall while he was repairing his roof.
33) He was a little mad. He was always trying to prove that the earth was flat.
34) While we were fishing someone came to the house and left this note
35) The exam had just begun and the candidates were writing their names at the top of
Their papers.
36) Just as I was wondering what to do next, the phone rang.
(36) The simple past and the past continuous.
1) I lit the fire at 6.00 and it was burning brightly when Tom came in at 7.00.
2) When I arrived the lecture had already started and the professor was writing on the
overhead projector.
3) I was making a cake when the light went out. I had to finish it in the dark.
4) I didn’t want to meet Paul so when he entered the room I was leaving.
5) Unfortunately when I arrived Ann just was leaving, so we only had time for a few
words.
6) He was watching TV when the phone rang. Very unwillingly he turned down the
sound and went to answer it.
7) He was very polite. Whenever his wife entered the room he stood up.
8) The admiral was playing bowls when he received news of the invasion. He insisted on
fishing the game.
9) My dog was walking along quietly when Mr. Pitt’s Pekinese attacked him.
10) When I arrived she was having lunch. She apologized for starting without me but said
that she always lunched at 12.30.
11) He was always wearing a raincoat and carrying an umbrella when he walked to the
office.
12) What did you think of his last book?
I liked it very much.
13) I shared a flat with him when were students. He was always complaining about my
untidiness.
14) He suddenly realized that he was traveling in the wrong direction.

34) She was very extravagant. She was always buying herself new clothes.
35) Her mother often told her that she spent too much money but she never listened.
36) Whenever the drummer began pratising, the people in the next flat banged on the
wall.
(37) The simple past and the past continuous.
1) Mr Smith never woke up in time in the mornings and was always getting into trouble
for being late; so one day he went to town and bought an alarm clock.
2) To get home he had to go through a field where a bad- tempered bull was usually
grazing.
3) This bull didn’t normally chase people unless something made him angry.
Unfortunately, as Mr Smith crossing the field, his alarm clock went off.
4) This annoyed the bull, who immediately began to chase Mr Smith.
5) Mr Smith carried an open umbrella as it was raining slightly. He threw the umbrella
to the ground ran away as fast as he could.
6) The bull stopped and began to attack the umbrella. While he was doing this Mr Smith
escaped.
7) When he awoke she was sitting by the window. She was looking at something in the
street, but when he called her she turned and smiled at him.
8) Why did you interrupt me just now? I had a very interesting conversation with Mr Pitt.
9) The murderer was carrying the corpse down the stairs when he heard a knock on the
door.
10) When I looked through your books I noticed that you have a copy of
Murder in the Cathedral.
11) As they were walking along the road they heard a car coming from behind them. Tom
turned round and held up his hand. The car stopped.
12) When I arrived at the station Mary was waiting for me. She was wearing a blue dress
and looked very pretty. As soon as she saw me she waved and shouted something,
but I couldn’t hear what she was saying because everybody was making such a noise.
13) The prisoner escaped by climbing the wall of the garden where he was working. He
wore blue overalls and black shoes.