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THE SIMPLE PRESENT

I. Give verbs in right tenses:
1. Cuckoos (not built) nets. They (use) the nets of the
birds
2. He usually (drink) coffee but today he (drink) tea.
3. What she (do) in the evenings? - She usually (play)
cards or (watch) TV.
4. The last train always (leave) the station at 11.30.
5. He usually (speak) so quickly that I (not understand)
him.
6. Ann is making dress for herself. She (make) all her
own clothes.
7. I (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun (be)
very strong.
8. He (enjoy) himself or would he (like) to leave now?
9. I (enjoy) myself very much. I (want) to stay to the
end.
10. How much you (owe) him? - I (owe) 5 pound.
11. What this one (cost)? - It (cost) 40 pence.
12. He never (listen) to what you say. He always (think)
about something else.
13. What you (have) for breakfast usually? - I usually
(eat) a carrot and (drink) a glass of cold water.
14. Why you (walk) so fast today? You usually (walk)
quite slowly. - I (hurry) I (meet) my mother at 4
o’clock and she (not like) to be kept waiting.
15. Tom never (do) any work in the garden. He always
(work) on his car.
16. Who (own) this umbrella? - I (not know). Everybody

11. I usually (go/goes) by bus but Tom usually (go/
goes) by his car.
12. Why (do/does) you put on your coat?
13. What (do/does) Tom think of the Budget?
14. I (think/thinks) it is a pity you don’t take more
exercise.
15. Tom never (do/does) any work in the garden, he
always (works/work) on his car.
16. How Peter (gets/get) on at school? - He
(seem/seems) to like the life.
17. That (depends / depend) on the question
18. It (concern / concerns) your brother.
19. I (refuse/refuses) to answer any question about my
brother.
20. How (do / does) you end a letter that (begins/begin)
“Dear Sir”
I always (put /puts) “Your truly” but Tom
(prefers/prefer) “Yours faithfully”
21. The last train (leave / leaves) at midnight.
22. He (relaxes / relax) at weekend
23. My bosses (refuse / refuses) to discuss it.
24. Their dogs (bark / bark) at night.
25. We usually (have / has) breakfast at 8 o’clock.
26. She usually (play / plays) card or (watch /watches)
TV.
27. How you (get / gets) to work as a rule?
28. I usually (go / goes) by bus.
29. Cattle often (eat / eats) grass in this field.
30. English (is / are) my favorite subject.


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, (arrive) in Paris in the 9
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, (spend) the day in Paris, and (set) out that night for Venice. That (sound)
most interesting. You must tell me all about it when you (get) back.
13. This story is about a boy who (make) friends with a snake which he (find) in his garden. Then he (go) away but he (not forget) the
snake and some years later he (return) and (look) for it.
14. My brother (get) up very early too. But he (make) a lot of noise that he (wake) everybody up. He (sing) in his bath and (bang) doors
and (drop) things in the kitchen and (play) the radio very loudly.
15. What you (look) for Tom? - I (look) for the garage key. I always look for the garage key, because nobody over (put) it back on it
book.

PRESENT PERFECT
1. Where you (be)? - I (be) to the dentist.
2. I (not finish) my letter yet.
3. He just (go) out.
4. Someone (take) my bicycle.
5. You (hear) from her lately? - No, I (have not)
6. The cat (already/ steal) the fish.
7. How many bottles the milkman (leave)? - He (leave) six.
8. I (live) for ten years.
9. My neighbors (live) here since 1870.
10. I (not meet) him recently.
11. Would you like some coffee? - I just (make) some.
12. I (ask) him to dinner several times.
13. I (buy) a new carpet. Come and look at it.
14. Why (not finish)? - He (have) plenty of time.
15. You (spend) all your money? - How much money you (spend)? - I only (spend) half of it.

SIMPLE PRESENT, PRESENT CONTINUOUS OR PRESENT PERFECT

15. What ___ you ____ of, Nam? I’m thinking of my mother.
a. do / think b. are / thinking c. have / thought d. a & b are correct
16. How long ___ you ____ her?
a. do / meet b. are / meet c. have / meet d. have / met
17. I ___ her for three years.
a. meet b. have met c. am meeting d. have meet
20. I ____ a lot of time travelling since I ____ this new job.
a. have spend/get b. spend/get c. spend/ have got d. am spending/get
16. ___ she ____ in Hue at the moment? - No, at the moment she ___ on holiday with her family on Cat Ba island.
a. Is / living b. Does / live c. Has / lived d. Have / lived
17. What ___ you ____ about this matter?
a. do / think b. are / thinking c. have / thought d. none is correct
18. I ____ on a farm for three years.
a. am living b. live c. have live d. have lived
19. We ___ a hard life, but we are always smiling.
a. have b. are c. are having d. have had
20. The old statue ____ on the top of the hill as long as anybody can remember.
a. stand b. stands c. standing d. is standing
21. He ___already ____ his homework.
a. has / finish b. has / finished c. does / finish d. a & b are correct
22. Have you done your homework (already / yet)?
23. He has (just / often) arrived.
24. We have (yet / already) visited the place.
25. (Did / Have) they just call me?
26. Has she come home (already / yet)?
27. We have (just / yet) received a Christmas gift.
28. Have you been to New York (yet / for)?
29. I have (since / already) been there.
30. (Have / Do) you like the city?
31. Absolutely (yes / already)! I like it very much.

Do did
Draw drawn
drank drunk
drove driven
Eat eaten
Fall fallen
Feed fed
Feel felt
Fight fought
found found
Flee fled fled
Fly flown
Forbid forbidden
forgot forgotten
forgave forgiven
Freeze froze frozen
Get
Give gone
Grow grown
Hang
had had
Hear heard
Hide hid
Hit
Hold held
Hurt hurt
Keep kept
Kneel kept kept
Know known
Lay laid

Shoot shot
showed shown/ showed
shut
Sing sang
Sink sank
Sit sat
Sleep slept
Slide slid
Speak spoken
Spend spent
Split split
Spread spread
Spring sprang
Stand stood
Steal stolen
Stick stuck stuck
Sting stung
Strike struck struck
Swear sworn
Sweep swept swept
Swim swam
Swing swung
Take took taken
taught taught
tore torn
Tell told
Think thought
Throw thrown
understood understood
Wake woken