REVISION: TENSES
I. Put the verb in the correct form, present simple or present progressive
1. A: What __________________ (you / do)?
B: I _______________ (write) to my parents. I _________________ (write) to them every weekend.
2. A: Look! It __________________ (snow)
B: It’s beautiful! This is the first time I’ve ever seen snow. It _______ (not snow) in my country
3. A: Oh, that’s Adrian. He’s new here.
B: Really? Where __________________ (he / live)? _________________(you know)?
A: Yes. He ________ (live) in Madrid but now he _____________ (stay) with his aunt in New York
4. A: What time __________________ (you / usually / finish) work?
B: Normally I __________________ (finish) work until six to earn a bit more money.
5. A: How __________________ (you /travel to work?
B: I haven’t got a car at the moment, so I _________(go) to work on the bus this week. Usually I
____________ (drive) to work.
6. A: I think we’re going the wrong way.
B: I don’t think so. The sun ____________ (rise) in the east, remember. It’s behind us, so we
_______________(travel) west.
7. A: __________________ (you / look) for someone?
B: Yes, I _____________ (need) to speak to Neil. Is he in?
A: Yes, but I _________ (think) he’s busy. He _____________ (talk) to the boss at the moment.
8. A: I ___________ (want) a new computer. I _____________ (save) up to buy one.
B: But computers __________ (cost) so much money. What’s wrong with the one we’ve got?
A: It ___________ (get) out of date now.
9. A: Your new dress _____________ (look) very nice.
B: Thank you. The trouble is it ______________ (not / fit) properly. I (not / know) ______________
why I bought them, really.
10. A: What __________________ (you / do)?
B: I __________________ (taste) the sauce. It __________________ (taste) too salty.
11. A: I __________________ (think) this road is really dangerous. Look how fast that lorry
_______________ (go)
B: I __________________ (agree). People shouldn’t go so fast.

customers all morning.
14. A: What _______________ (your father / do) ?
B: He ______________ (be) an architect but he _______________ (not / work) at the moment.
15. A: _______________ (You / ever / see) a lion?
B: Yes, I _______________ (see) it since I was a child.
III. Put the verbs into the correct form, Past progressive or past simple
1. When Martin _________ (arrive) home, Ann _______________ (talk) to someone on the phone.
2. It _________ (be) cold when we ____________ (leave) the house that day, and a light snow
____________ (fall)
3. I _________ (call) Roger at nine last night, but he ___________(not, be) at home. He
______________ (study) at the library.
4. I _______________ (see) Sue in town yesterday but she _______________ (not / see) me. She
_______________ (look) the other way.
5. When I _____________ (open) the cupboard door, a pile of books _______________ (fall) out.
6. A: How _______________ (you / break) your arm?
B: I __________ (slip) on the ice while I _____________ (cross) the street in front of the dorm.
7. I ___________(meet) Tom and Ann at the airport a few weeks ago. they _______________ (go) to
Berlin and I __________ (go) to Madrid. We _______________ (have) a chat while we
_______________ (wait) for our flights.
8. I ______________ (cycle) home yesterday when suddenly a man ______________ (step) out into
the road in front of me. I ______________ (go) quite fast but luckily I ______________ (manage) to
stop in time and ______________ (not / hit) him.
IV. Put the verbs into the correct form, Past simple or present perfect
1. I ______________ (have) this shirt for nearly four years.
2. Joanna ______________ (tidy) her desk, but now it’s in a mess again.
3. Mike ______________ (lose) his key. He can’t find it anywhere.
4. The last time I ______________ (go) to Brighton was in August.
5. I ______________ (finish) my homework. I ______________ (do) it before tea.
6. And the race is over! And Micky Simpson ______________ (win) in a record time!
7. Martin ______________ (be) to Greek five times. He loves the place.

11. Last month I (be) __________ in the hospital for ten days.
12. Don't call me in the afternoon. I (usually/be) _________ away in the afternoon.
13. Mr Clark (be) __________ in New York 2 months ago.
14. John (drive) __________ that car ever since I (know) __________ him.
15. People (speak) __________ English in most of Canada.
16. The dog (wag) __________ his tail whenever he (see) __________ me.
17. What (you do) __________ when I (ring) __________ you last night?
18. Up to then I (never / see) __________ such a fat man.
19. I (not see) __________ him since last Monday.
20. They (have) __________ these books since we (know) __________ them.
21. I think he (leave) __________ as soon as he (know) __________ the news.
22. She (play) _________ the piano when our guests (arrive) ________ last night.
23. He (come) __________ and (see) __________ you soon.
24. I (come) _________ as soon as I have finished my work. (You / be) __________ ready?
25. My mother (come) __________ to stay with us next weekend.
26. Where (you / spend) __________ your holidays next summer?
27. Violets (bloom) __________ in Spring.
28. We (not live) __________ in England for two years now.
29. I (never forget) ____________ what you (just tell) _______________ me.
30. They (prepare) __________ the Christmas dinner at the moment.
31. When I last (stay) __________ in Cairo, I (ride) __________ to the Pyramids on a camel that my
friend (borrow) _____________ the day before.
32. She (cook) ____________ food two hours ago.
33. I (live) ____________ in this town for three years.
34. Those men (escape) ____________ from that prison last week.
35. I (not, know) ______________ anything about him two days ago.
36. We (know) ____________ each other for twelve years.
37. Mark (work) ____________ in Turkey since 1998.
38. My mother (sing) ____________ this song very well.
39. George (not, be) ____________back until six. Can I take a message?

69. Mr Pike ( leave ) ________________ London last year.
70. My mother ( make ) ________________ a cake in the kitchen at the moment.
71. Look! A man ( run ) ______________ after the train . He (want) _____________ to catch it.
72. It ( rain ) ________________ much in Summer . It ( rain ) ________________ now .
73. How long you ( study) ________________ English? For 5 years.
74. I ( wait ) ________________ for two hours, but she ( not come ) ________________ yet.
75. They ( live ) ________________ in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975.
76. She ( read ) _____________ all the books written by Dickens. How many books you ( read)
_____________ ?
77. They ( get ) ________________ married in 1995.
78. He ( not, be ) __________ here since Christmas, I wonder where he ( live) ____________ since then.
79. Jack ( go ) ______________ to Paris for a holiday. He never ( be ) ______________ there.
80. (you /sleep ) ________________ so far? I ( ring ) ____________ the bell for the last twenty minutes.
81. My uncle and aunt ( stay) ________________ with us next Spring.
82. He ( write) ____________ a novel for two years, but he ( not finish) _____________ it yet.
83. Mary ( lose) _______________ her hat and she ( look ) _______________ for it until now.
84. I ( see) ________________ that film several times because I like it.
85. Listen! I ( think ) ________________ someone ( knock) ________________ at the door.
86. Up to the present, we ( write) ________________ almost every lesson in the book.
87. The earth ( circle) ________________ the sun once every 365 days.
88. The farmers ( work ) ________________ in the field at the moment.
89. How many times you ( see) ________________ him since he went to Edinburgh?
90. Rivers usually ( flow) ________________ to the sea.
91. Look! The boy (cry) ________________ .
92. Do you know that man, who ( smoke) ________________ there?
93. Mrs Green always ( go) ________________ to work by bus.
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94. We ( be) from French. We ( be) ________________ there for 20 years.
95. That house ( belong) ________________ to Mr. Green.
96. Mai ( lose) ______________ her dictionary. She (find) _____________ it everywhere but she can’t

A. phoned B. was phoning C. had phoned D. has phoned
10. Stephen ______ on the phone when I came in.
A. talked B. was talking C. has talked D. has been talking
11. I ______ TV at 8 : 30 last night.
A. watched B. was watching C. has watched D. had watched
12. While I was working in the garden, my son ______ video games.
A. was playing B. played C. has played D. has been playing
13. I ______ four chairs so far this morning.
A. painted B. was painting C. have painted D. had painted
14. Frank _____ home since he was a boy.
A. isn’t B. wasn’t C. hasn’t been D. hadn’t been
15. Mai _____ in HCMC for five years now.
A. lives B. has lived C. is living D. was living
16. We _______ “ Alexander the Great “. It’s very interesting.
A. see B. saw C. have seen D. would see
17. I’ve lived here ______ 1990.
A. since B. from C. to D. for
18. Paulo has learned English ______ five years.
A. since B. from C. to D. for
19. My little sister ______ “ Sleeping Beauty “ several times.
A. watches B. is watching C. has watched D. watched
20. The child _______ before the doctor arrived.
A. died B. had died C. has died D. was dying
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21. We cleaned up the room as soon as the guests _______.
A. had left B. has left C. left D. were leaving
22. The secretary _______ the report by 10 : 00 yesterday.
A. hadn’t finished B. hasn’t finished C. didn’t finish D. would finish
23. Arsenal _______ next Monday.
A. wins B. will win C. would win D. is winning

39. The moon _____ round the earth.
A. goes B. is going C. will go D. went
40. Tracy _____ ill for quite a long time.
A. is B. was C. has been D. had been
41. Oh ! I’ve cut my finger. It _______.
A. bleeds B. is bleeding C. has bled D. had bled
42. Albert isn’t free on Sunday. He ______.
A. was working B. would work C. is working D. will have worked
43. She usually _____ up early.
A. gets B. is getting C. got D. will get
44. We ______ to school every day.
A. go B. are going C. will go D. have gone
45. Two and two _____ four.
A. will make B. are making C. make D. made
46. We ______ English now.
A. learn B. are learning C. will learn D. have learned
47. Thach Bao Khanh _____ for The Cong Club now.
A. plays B. is playing C. will play D. has played
48. My daughter ______ to Australia in 2000.
A. went B. has gone C. had gone D. would go
49. She _____ us last night.
A. visited B. has visited C. had visited D. would visit
50. We ______ English this time last week.
A. learned B. were learning c. have learned D. had learned
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51. Her family ______ to America before 1975.
A. went B. have gone C. had gone D. would go
107. I’ll wait until he ( finish) ________________ his novel.
108. When I ( be) ________________ a child, I ( want) ________________ to be a doctor.
109. When I (have) ________________ dinner, the telephone(ring) ________________.

9. People drink a great deal of tea in England.
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10.People speak English all over the world.
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11.Tom was writing 2 poems.
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12.She often takes her dog for a walk.
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13.How many lessons are you going to learn next month?
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14.She didn't introduce me to her mother.
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15.Someone had invented electric lights before I was born.
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16.Farmers usually milk cows twice a day.
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17.He likes people to call him "sir".
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18.
People know that Japan produces a wide range of cars.
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19.Our teacher used to bid us talk in class.
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20.Workers were digging a large hole in the ground.
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21.Before they took exams they had revised their lessons .
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22.The car knocked a woman down in the street.
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Name: ______________ TWENTY- MINUTE TEST

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5. I didn’t watch TV last night because I was busy.
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6. As she is often absent from class, she can’t keep pace with her classmates.
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7. Be calm, or you’ll make a wrong decision.
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8. I don’t know the answer, so I can’t tell you.
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