 THE PRESENT SIMPLE and THE PAST SIMPLE TENSES
I/ Put the verbs in parentheses into the Present simple tense:
1. I (have)……………….. coffee for breakfast every morning.
2. She sometimes (buy)………………….. vegetables at this market.
3. Hoa (have)………………… a lot of friends in Hue.
4. Nam and Trang always (visit)………………… their grandparents on Sundays.
5. My father (listen)………………… to the radio every day.
6. The children (like)…………………… to lay in the park.
7. She (not live)…………………. with her parents.
8. Lan (brush)………………….. her teeth after meals.
9. The students (not go)………………… to school on Sundays.
10. How ……………. Nga (go)…………….. to school? -By bike.
11. I (eat) …………………. my breakfast in the kitchen every day.
12. These boys often (play) …….…..…… football at weekends.
13. It (rain) …………………... in the winter.
14. She (go) …………………. to school three days a week.
15. My little boy often (watch) ………..………… cartoon films.
16. She (study)………………….. English very well.
17. My father often (play) ………………… tennis in the morning.
18. Ann (speak) ………………… German very well.
19. Tom (work) …………………. at the library.
20. The tree (be) …………………. 3 meters high.
II/ Give the correct Present simple form of the verbs in brackets:
My brother (1. be) ……………. a journalist. He (2. work) ……………. for a
newspaper office in HCM City. Every day, he (3. go) ……………. to work at 6:30
a. m and (4. come) …………. back home at 5p. m. He often (5. travel) ………….
to Hanoi on business. He (6. enjoy) ……………. his work very much. In his free
time, my brother (7. learn) ……………. to play the guitar. He (8. play)
……………. pretty well. Now all my family (9. be) ……………. in the living
room. My brother (10. be) ……..………. playing the guitar and we (11. be)
………..……. listening carefully.

→ ……………………………………….………………………….…………
8. ……… your English lessons seem very difficult?
→ ……………………………………….………………………….…………
9. ………. you drive to work?
→ ……………………………………….………………………….…………
10. ………. they work hard in the university?
→ ……………………………………….………………………….…………


V/ Put the verbs in parentheses into the Past simple tense:
1. Mr Tam (take)…………………. his children to the museum last Sunday.
2. I (meet)…………………… her at the movie theater last night.
3. Two years ago, she (teach)……………….. at a village school.
4. What …………….. you (do)…………….. yesterday morning?
5. They (return)………………… to Hanoi two weeks ago.
6. Nam (leave)…………………. home at 7 o’clock yesterday.
7. Liz (go)………………. to Nha Trang last summer holiday.
8. My father (buy)………………. a new car for me two months ago.
9. I (be)……………… busy last night, so I (miss)……………. a good film on TV.
10. He (live)……………….. at this village from 1995 to 2000.
11. They (sell) ……………….. their house several days ago.
12. When…………….…you (see) ………….….. her?
13. ……………..he (come) ……………… to see you last night?
14. She (meet) ………….…….. me in the street last Sunday.
15. I (wait) …………….…..…. for the telephone call all this morning.
16. He (live) ……………….… in London last year.
17. I (study) …………………….. music when I was at school.
18. They (sell) ……………….. their house last year.
19. They (walk) …………….… to the corner two days ago.
20. Professor Tuan (teach) …………….… another class last year.

8. My father slept well last night.
9. Jack went to the shop.
10. Joe fell and hurt his arm.
IX/ Put the verbs in parentheses into the Present or Past simple tense:
1. I sometimes (stay) _______________ at home all the weekend.
2. It (rain) _______________ very hard last week.
3. We always (listen) _______________ to her very carefully.
4. The shop usually (close) _______________ at 5 o’clock.
5. My friends (want) _______________ to stay all weekend two days ago.
6. I (wash) _______________ my clothes yesterday morning.
7. John (study) _______________ very hard last night.
8. One of my friends (phone) _______________ me very late last night.
9. We rarely (go) _______________ to a concert.


10. I often (drink) _______________ two cups of coffee.
11. They (sell) _______________ their house last year.
12. Peter (eat) _______________ a big cake yesterday.
13. The Wilsons (build) ____________ a new house in Washington, D.C. in 1978.
14. John (drive) _______________ downtown with his friends everyday.
15. You (make) _______________ several mistakes two days ago.
16. John (play) _______________ tennis every day.
17. We (spend) _______________ two weeks in Japan in 2000.
18. I (brush) _______________ my teeth after every meal.
19. He (meet) _______________ his friends some days ago.
20. They usually (stay) _______________ at home on Saturdays and Sundays.
X/ Insert the adverbs in the correct position in the sentence:
1. We play soccer in the street. (never)
2. My father is busy on Sundays. (always)
3. He sends me a present. (sometimes)

D. How long
5. _____________ is she here? -Because she wants to see me.
A. Whose
B. Where
C. Which
D. Why
6. _____________ don't you want to come? -I don't like discos.
A. Where
B. Why
C. Whose
D. Which
7. _____________ do you want to come? -I'm free at four-thirty.
A. What
B. How
C. Where
D. When
8. _____________ do you work? -At MacDonald's.


A. When
B. How
C. What
D. Where
9. _____________ do you do? -I'm a student.
A. Where
B. How
C. Who
D. What
10. _____________ papers are these? -Not mine.
A. Which

B. How
C. Where
D. What
17. _____________ is he? -Oh, that's John.
A. Who
B. What
C. How
D. Where
18. _____________ are you so happy? -I've got a new job.
A. When
B. Why
C. What for
D. What
19. _____________ wants to come? -We all do.
A. Who
B. When
C. How
D. What
20. _________ hat is that? -Mary's, I think.
A. Whose
B. When
C. What
D. Why
21. _____________ can't you do it? -My computer is broken.
A. Which
B. Where
C. Why
D. Whose
22. _____________ is he? -Getting better.
A. Where

B. How long
C. Which
D. What


29. _____________ money do you have? -Seventy-five cents.
A. How
B. How many
C. How much
D. How far
30. ____________ were you in the army? -Three years.
A. How tall
B. When
C. How long
D. What time
31. ".................. did he finish his homework?" "A few minutes ago."
A. How long
B. When
C. How much time D. How many times
32. ……………... were you absent yesterday?"
"I was too busy to go to the club yesterday."
A. What
B. Why
C. How
D. When
33. How .................. is your house from here?
It's about thirteen minutes by bicycle.
A. many
B. much
C. long

III/ Make questions from the underlined words:
1. My name is Lan.
→ …………………………………………….….……………………………
2. I’m 17 years old.
→ …………………………………………….….……………………………
3. My address is 3 Le Loi Street.
→ …………………………………………….….……………………………
4. They lived here in 1980
→ …………………………………………….….……………………………
5. Lan drank your lemon juice.
→ …………………………………………………………………………….
6. It’s very hot in HCM City in March
→ ……………………………………………………………………………


7. I go to school by bike
→ …………………………………………………….……………………..
8. He gets up at 6.00
→ ……………………………………………………………………………
9. I was born in Long An
→ ……………………………………………………………………………
10. I speak English fluently.
→ ……………………………………………..………………….…………
11. I have learnt English for 6 years
→ …………………………………………………..........………..…………
12. I go shopping once a week.
→ ………………………………………………………………..………….
13. Mr Pike likes traveling.
→ …………………………………………………………….……………..
14. The boys are playing football at stadium.

12. It’s no use (helping/ to help) him, is it?
13. Did you miss (to see/ seeing) him yesterday?
14. Did you miss (going/ to go) to Hanoi?
15. Would you mind (to wait/ waiting) a moment?
II/ Circle the correct answer to complete the sentences.
1. I’m looking forward to ……………….you at Christmas. (see/ seen/ seeing)
2. Little boys like ………………. trees. (climb/ climbing/ have climbed)
3. Mr.Ha decided ……………..….. his new suit . (wearing/ to wear/ wear)
4. Some people are used to ………....…. in crowded buses. (standing/ stand/ stood)
5. I dislike …………..……. on the subway. (to ride/ riding/ ride)
6. I enjoy ………………. with Miss Phuong. (to study/ studying / studied )
7. Students must practice …………….…… . (to use/ using / use)
8. Hoa and Lan have stopped ……………….to each other. (to talk/ talking/ talks)
9. I regreted not ……………..…..him the truth. (telling/ to tell/ told)
10. She is good at ……………..….. the drum. (playing/to play/played)
III/ Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:
1. I enjoy _________ alone.
A. be
B. to be
C. being
D. to have been
2. Would you like _______to the party?
A. to come
B. come
C. coming
D. to have come
3. Do you mind_______ such a long way to work everyday?
A. to travel
B. travel
C. to have traveled D. travelling

10. Someone must have taken my bag. I clearly remember_______ it by the
window and now it has gone.
A. leave
B. to leave
C. to have left D. leaving
11. Jane needed some money. She tried _______Harry but he couldn’t help her.
A. to have asked
b .to ask
C. asking
D. ask


12. He tried _______the shelf but he wasn’t tall enough.
A. reach
B. reaching
C. to reach
D. to have reached
13. Did you remember _______Mary? _Oh, no I completely forgot.
A. to phone
B. phoning
C. to have phoned D. phone
14. Please tell me how _______this
A. do
B. to do
C. doing
D. to have done
15. One is never too old_______
A. to learn
B. learning
C. learn

22. She forgot__________ off the gas before going out.
A. turn
B. turning
C. to turn
D. turned
23. I suggest__________ money for the poor people in our neighborhood.
A. save
B. to save
C. saving
D. saved
24. My parents do not allow me___________, so I had to stay home.
A. go
B. to go
C. going
D. gone
25. Lan suggested___________ to the zoo at weekend.
A. goes
B. went
C. going
D. to go
26. This movie is not interesting. How about____________ to the concert?
A. to go
B. going
C. go
D. went
27. Her parents want him__________ some good books to read.
A. to choose
B. choose
C. chose
D. choosing

D. are wearing
34. The students stopped__________ when the teacher entered the classroom.
A. to talk
B. talk
C. talked
D. talking
35. She always thinks of _________ for another job.
A. applying
B. to apply
C. apply
D. applied
IV/ Use TO INFINITIVE or V-ING to complete sentences:
1. She expects (get) ……………………. a pay rise next month.
2. His mother wants him (get) ……………… a good result in this semester.
3. I will refuse (work) ………..…….on Saturday and Sunday if I can’t get the
double pay.
4. We promise (help) ……………….. him when he is in trouble.
5. Their friends hope (see) …………………… them again.
6. He seemed (be) ………………….. happy when he saw you.
7. The boss decided (go) …………………….. abroad.
8. Miss Linda enjoys (work) …………………… with young children.
9. I start (work) ………………………. at 7:00 am every day.
10. I can’t stop (think) ……………………. of him.
11. The teacher encouraged his students (work) ……………………. alone without
(receive) ………………….. any help.
12. Would you like (spend) ………………. your holiday with me in Dalat?
13. I remember (sit) ……..……………. near you when we studied at University.
14. Would you mind (give) ……................. me a hand?
15. It’s obvious he’s only interested in (make) …………………. money.
16. Our teacher managed (book) ……..………… two seats on the morning flight.

39. I enjoy (write)
picture postcards.
40. He agreed (buy)
a new car.
41. The question is easy (answer)
.
.
42. You should give up (smoke)
.
43. The man asked me how (get)
to the airport.
44. We decided (run)
through the forest.
45. The teacher expected Sarah (study)
hard.
46. She doesn't mind (work)
the night shift.
47. They are afraid of (swim)
in the sea.
48. I learned (ride)
the bike at the age of 5.
49. Do you know what (do)
if there's a fire in the shop?
50. Avoid (make)
silly mistakes.
V/ Rewrite the following sentences with the words given.
1. He expects to hear from her as soon as possible.
 He is looking forward to ______________________________________.
2. I would like you to help me to put the chairs away?
 Do you mind________________________________________________?

10. Previously Terry (be)…………………… a very good player.
II/ Give the right forms of the verbs in brackets: Simple Past or Past Perfect.
1. When we arrived, the dinner (already begin)……………….……..
2. She (cry) …………..…..….. after he (go)…………..…..………..
3. They (tell) ………….….. us we were too late. The train (leave)…………….…...
4. When I (get) ………..…..…. to the theatre , the play (already start)…….…...…..
5. John was not at home. He (go) ……..….………..… away.
6. The house was very quiet. Everybody (go) ……………….…. to bed.
7. They (not go) ……………………... home until they finished their work.
8. We (just turn off) …………….……. the lights when we heard someone at the door.
9. Everyone (eat) ……..…... dinner by the time we (get) …...… to the dining-room.
10. We (ask) …………….... the poster where he (put) ……………..… our luggage.
11. He (do) ……………………… nothing before he saw me.
12. He thanked me for what I (do) .……………………..
13. I (be) …………..…… sorry that I had hurt him.
14. After they had gone, I (sit) ………………… down and (rest) .…………….
15. He (die) …………………….. after he (be) ……………….. ill a long time.
16. As soon as you (go)……………….., I (want) ……..…………. to see you
again.
17. Before you (go) ………. very far, we found that we (lose) …….……… our way.
18. My friend (not see) …………………… me for many years when I met him.
19. My father (tell) …………………. me he (give) ……………. up smoking.
20. He (be) ……………… late because he (have) ……………… an accident.
21. Andrew (do) __________ the test before so he (find) __________ it very easy.
22. He (wait) _____________ for her for nearly one hour last night before she
(come) ______________.
23. After the race (be) ___________ won, the celebration began.
24. After Diego (finish) _____________ lunch, he (listen) ____________ to some
music for a while.
25. The streets (be) ___________ wet yesterday because it (rain) ___________

I used to use that knife to cut oranges.
…………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………..
6.
American women used to be independent.
…………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………..
7.
Cheques and credit cards used to store wealth.
…………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………..
8.
I used to wear glasses.
…………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………..
9.
We used to earn a lot of money.
…………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………..
10.
She used to be very lazy.
…………………………………………………………………………………..


…………………………………………………………………………………..
II/ Rewrite the following sentences, using “USED TO/ DIDN’T USE TO”
1. I often ate at noon when I started school.
…………………………………………………………………………………..
2. When I was young, I usually swam.
…………………………………………………………………………………..

18. These foods often fed the animals.
…………………………………………………………………………………..
19. We usually used telephones to communicate.
…………………………………………………………………………………..
20. Did you cut the bread with this knife?


…………………………………………………………………………………..
III/ Complete each of the following sentences with “used to” and a suitable verb.
eat
take
play (2)
be
smoke
go (2)
talk
do
do
1. When I was a child, my father………………..me
to school.
2. She……………..…….shy when I came to see her.
3. My younger brother…………..…………ice cream after school.
4. She (not)…………………to the theatre when she was in London.
5. …………… you……………..to him when he was in Canada?
6. We……………………badminton together, but we do not play any more.
7. My father………………..cigarettes, but he gave up smoking a year ago.
8. He (not)…………..………morning exercise as he does now.
9. I ………………….. tennis with my dad.
10. We………..……….. to Holland every summer.
IV/ Rewrite the sentences, using the + adjective instead of the underlined

3. ……........…..and………………. use a system of sign language to communicate
with each other.
4. The little boy is helping ……………………cross the street.
5. The government should take an urgent step to help ………………….. .
6. Don’t make fun of ………………………………….. .
VI/ Use “WHICH” to combine each pair of sentences.
1. That car has been broken down. This means we can’t use it.
………………………………………………………………………………………
2. He failed the examination. This made his parents disappointed.
………………………………………………………………………………………
3. It is raining heavily. This makes us not go to school on time.
………………………………………………………………………………………
4. She isn’t at home. This means we can’t meet her now.
………………………………………………………………………………………
5. My phone is out of order. That is a real problem.
………………………………………………………………………………………
6. My younger brother is lazy. This annoys his teachers.
………………………………………………………………………………………
7. Phong usually comes to class late. This makes his form teacher angry.
………………………………………………………………………………………
8. Next Saturday my brother will have to visit the doctor again. This makes him worried.
………………………………………………………………………………………
9. Oanh works very hard and always gets good marks. This pleases her parents a lot.
………………………………………………………………………………………
10. Mr. Quang has a lot of money. This puts him in trouble with his friends.
………………………………………………………………………………………
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 THE PRESENT PERFECT ACTIVE and PASSIVE
I/ Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect active or passive

…………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Bad weather has delayed Flight 202 from Paris.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
5. Many scholars have translated that famous Greek epic.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
6. Mr. George has taught physics for twenty years.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
7. He hasn’t seen them since last year.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
8. Have you finished all your work yet?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
9. The gardener has watered the flowers in the garden.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
10. The school has awarded Tom for his excellent academic result.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
11. Mrs. Lan has written a market research.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
12. The local residents have just celebrated their traditional festival.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
13. The mechanic has repaired our vacuum-cleaner. Now we can tidy up the house.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
14. The manager has ordered all the employees to work overtime this month.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
15. They have transported used paper and cans to the recycling area.


…………………………………………………………………………………….
16. The director has chosen a new actor to replace the old one.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
17. The modern inventions have replaced the work of women at home.

I/ Choose the correct answer or answers.
1. Yoko told me about students a / d have taken the entrance exam 13 times.
A. who
B. whom
C. which
D. that
2. The secretary ______ I talked to didn’t know where the meeting was.
A. which
B. whom
C. that
D. what
3. Bob is the kind of person ______ one can talk to about anything.
A. who
B. whom
C. that
D. him
4. He is a person ______ friends trust him.


A. who
B. his
C. that
D. whose
5. You need to talk to a person ______ you can trust. You will feel better if you do.
A. whose
B. which
C. whom
D. where
6. I’m looking for an electric can opener ______ also can sharpen knives.
A. who

B. whom
C. that
D. which
13. Ms. Donaldson, ______ teaches linguistics at the university, recently received
recognition for her research.
A. who
B. whom
C. which
D. that
14. The earth, ______ is the fifth largest planet in the solar system, is the third
planet from the sun.
A. who
B. whom
C. which
D. that
15. The check ______ I gave Oliver was for work he’d done for me.
A. who
B. which
C. that
D. how
16. Melanie was looking after a dog ______ leg had been broken in an accident.
A. which
B. whose
C. that
D. its
17. One of the people arrested was Mary Arundel, ___ is a member of the local council.
A. that
B. who
C. whom
D. which

13. The street…….………………..leads to my school is very wide.
14. Your friend, …………………… name I can’t remember, made a lot of noise.
15. The river ……….………….we get our water-supply from is nearly empty.
16. Those girls ……….………… serve in the restaurant are the owner’s daughters.
17. The noise ……….…………. he made woke everybody up.
18. The book ……….…………. I need can’t be found in the library.
19. I met a man ……….…………. said he knew you.
20. Let me see all the letters ……….…………. you have written.
III/ Combine the two sentences by using a relative clause.
1. The girl chatted with him yesterday. She arrived here at 6:30.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
2. The man is talking to my father. He spent 15 minutes measuring our kitchen.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
3. The architect designed these flats. He has moved to HCM City.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
4. The young man lives in the corner. He rides an expensive motorbike.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
5. I’m reading the book. I bought it in 1996.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
6. I will introduce the man to you. He is sharing the flat with me.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
7. The young man is talking to our teacher. He is Ba’s brother.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
8. We visited the monument. It was built a hundred years ago.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
9. The boys are interested in football. It is a popular game all over the world.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
10. The boy gave his parents big hugs before he left. He went abroad to study.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
11. Children like to eat ice-cream. It can cause toothache.

………………………………………………….……………………………..
26. This morning I was looking for the book. I’ve found it now.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
27. Is that the car? You want to buy it.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
28. Sandra works in advertising. You were talking to her.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
29. Lake Prespa is a lonely beautiful lake. It’s on the north Greek border
………………………………………………….……………………………..
30. The little girl ate sweets the whole way. She sat next to me on the coach.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
31. Who lives in the house? It has a white door.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
32. The girls should go to the main office. Their names begin with the letters A-K
………………………………………………….……………………………..
33. The countries will not be helped. They have very large debts
………………………………………………….……………………………..
34. The people will be compensated. Their houses were damaged by the bomb


………………………………………………….……………………………..
35. The players changed their shirts at half – time. Their shirts were dirty.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
36. Professor Wilson is an excellent lecturer. He teaches Chemistry.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
37. Lenin was a great lover of music. His parents owned a large library.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
38. Miss White is an English teacher. We studied with her last year.
………………………………………………….……………………………..
39. The student writes well. I read her composition.