Chuyên đề tự học môn Tiếng Anh - Verb tenses - Đỗ Bình

MR. BEAN’S MATERIALS – Exercises on Verb-Tenses

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VERB TENSES EXERCISE 1: Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Tense: 1. They often (have)________ eggs for breakfast. 2. We usually (play)________ badminton. 3. She sometimes (wake up)________ late. 4. He always (go)________ to the cinema at weekends. 5. Mary (watch)________ TV every night. 6. She always (kiss)________ her children before she (go)________ to bed. 7. My parents (teach)________ chemistry. 8. She (dance)________ very well. 9. _________Tom often (arrive)________ late? 10. _________you always (go)________ to school in the morning? 11. We (not wake up)________ early. 12. _________these hens (lay)________ brown eggs? 13. She (be)________ very nice. 14. _________he (be)________ tall? 15. _________you (be)________ a teacher?

EXERCISE 2: Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous & Simple Present. 1. Be quiet! The baby (sleep)________. 2. The student (look up)________ the new word right now. 3. He (play)________ game at the moment 4. At present, that author (write)________ a historical novel. 5. She (play)________ tennis when It (rain)________. 6. She sometimes (buy)________ vegetables at this market. 7. I (read)________ book while they (do)________ homework 8. I (see)________ that you (wear)________ your best clothes. 9. My mother (cook)____ some food in the kitchen at present. She always (cook)______ in the morning. 10. Sarah often (work)________ late at the office.

EXERCISE 3: Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Past Tense: 1. She (spend)________ all her money last week. 2. Mum (never spend)________ any money on herself. 3. I (lend)________ my penknife to someone, but I can't remember who it was now. 4. John and his father (build)________ the cabin themselves last year. 5. My parents (sell)________ the stereo at a garage sale. 6. ________ you (tell)________ anyone about this yesterday? 7. The unidentified plant (bear)________ gorgeous flowers. 8. She (tear)________ the letter to pieces and threw it in the bin. 9. He often (wear)________ glasses for reading. 10. Before God He (swear)________ he was innocent 11. Yesterday, clouds (creep)________ across the horizon, just above the line of trees. 12. We both (sleep)________ badly that night. 13. She (weep)________ for the loss of her mother. 14. Jane (keep)________ the engine running. 15. A huge wave (sweep)________ over the deck 16. Mum (pay)________ for my driving lessons. 17. He (lay)________ his hand on my shoulder. 18. He (break)________ the biscuit in half and handed one piece to me. 19. He (choose)________ his words carefully as he (speak)________. 20. Yesterday, I (go)________ to the restaurant with a client. 21. We (drive)________ around the parking lot for 20 minutes to find a parking space. 22. When we (arrive)________ at the restaurant, the place (be) _____ full. 23. The waitress (ask)________ us if we (have) reservations. 24. I (say)________, "No, my secretary forgets to make them."

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