Đề thi Đại học - Subject 1: Verb tense

Subject 1 : Verb tense
Ex1 . Put the verbs into the correct form .
L: Laura 	G: George .
L : Hello, George. What (1).. (you do) these days?
G : Hi, Laura. 1(2). (learn)French at college. What about you?
L: Me? Oh, I(3) .... (work) at a Travel Agency until August.
G : (4)  (you like) it ?
L : Yes, I do. They (5). (give) me a good training. I (6) .. (work) in
the shop most mornings, and three afternoons a week the manager (7)
(tell) me about the travel business. 1(8) (work) quite long hours. I (9).. (not get) home until six, but I (10) (prefer)that to not having enough to do.
G : Yes, I (11). a (work) hard too at the moment. It (12). (become) difficult to get a suitable job. They (13) .... (ask) for higher and higher exam grades all the time.
L : You can do it, George. You (14).. (be) clever. 
G : Thanks, Laura .
Ex 2. Put the verbs into the correct form .
I (1) (write) to let you know that I’ve arrived and that everything’s fine. At the moment I(2). (stay) at a hotel in Athens and I..(3) (do) a lot of sightseeing. Next week, I(4) (move) to the island of Crete, which is where most people in my company (5).. (live). I (6).. (rent) a villa there for the summer.
The weather’s not nice. It (7) (rain) at the moment. Still, it (8) (get) better slowly, and I’m sure it’ll be fine when you (9).. (come) in the
summer. 1(10) (look) forward to it. The job (11) .(not seem) to be
too demanding. Most of the time I (12) (deaf) with bookings and (13) (answer) inquiries. But I (14) ..(suppose) it’ll be different when the tourist season (15) .(start) next month. Even now the restaurants (16). (begin) to get busier.
Ex 3 . Rewrite the following sentences using the words given
1. There’s a party at Mary’s house next week. (Next week Mary)
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2. Our meeting is tomorrow. (We are)
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3. The arrival time of Helen’s flight is 8.00. (Helen ‘S flight)
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4. We’ll get to the theatre after the beginning of the play. (By the time)
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5. Do you have anything fixed for Saturday evening? (What are)
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6. Is this your car? (Do you)
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7. There’s rain on the way: (It’s)
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8. Our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary is at the end of next year. (By the end)
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Ex4 . Put the verbs into the correct form .
Kim :	 I hear the lights (1) ..(go) outlast night.
Charles :	Yes, I (2) (watch) TV at the time. The program (3) (get) interesting. But the electricity (4)..(come) an again after about ten minutes. I(5) (not miss) very much of it.
Angela :	Sarah (6).. (come) down the stairs when the lights went out. She almost (7) . (fall) over.
Jessica :	Tom and I(8) ..(play) table tennis at the time.
Peter :	 I (9). (work) at the computer. When it (10) (happen), I
(11) .(stop) work and (12).. (go) to bed.
Ex5. Choose the best answer to complete the conversation.
 D: Dave 	S: Sue
D :	Have you (1) any hobbies?
S :	Yes, 1(2). pop music.
D :	 Do you (3). any games?
S :	Yes, I do. I like tennis.
D :	I like it, too. Can we (4)..a game now?
S :	Oh, dear, I’m sorry. I(5) time at the moment.
D :	Where(6) ?
S : 	I’m playing hockey. (7).. you like hockey?
D :	 Not really. I’m not good at (8) about and hitting a ball with a stick.
S :	That doesn’t matter. We just play for fun. Why (9) ..you try playing?
D :	 Some time, perhaps. But I(10). a hockey stick.
1. 	A. get 	B. getting 	C. got 	D. gets
2. 	A. like 	B. liking 	C. liked 	D. likes
3. 	A. play 	B. playing 	C. played 	D. plays
4. 	A. for having 	B. have 	C. having 	D. to have
5. 	A. don’t get 	B. am not getting 	C. haven’t got 	D. not get
6. 	A. you going 	B. you go 	C. are you going 	D. you go
7. 	A. Do 	B. Is 	C. Are 	D. Have
8. 	A. run 	B. ran 	C.I run 	D. running
9. 	A. doesn’t 	B. hasn’t 	C. haven’t 	D. don’t
10. 	A. not got 	B. don’t get 	C. didn’t get 	D. haven’t got
Ex6. Put the verbs into the correct form .
I thought you would like to know some of my news. I (1) (arrive) in New York two weeks ago and I(2) (stay) with a family called the Browns. Mrs Brown (3) ..(work) in a bank, but at the moment Mr Brown (4)(not have) a job. He (5) .(do) a course in business management which starts next month. I (6) .(have) a good time here, but the work is boring. I would like to find another job. I (7) (travel) on the underground the other day when I met Tom. Do you remember him? When we last (8).. (see) him, he (9) ..(work) for his father’s shop. Now he (10). (learn) English at a school here. We (11).. (see) an art exhibition together tonight. I’m really looking forward to it. I like New York very much, but I (12).. (think) it’s very expensive. Could you do me a favour ? I need some more money. Of course I will pay you back when I see you.
Ex7 . Put the verbs into the correct form using WILL or BE GOING TO. 
A: Anita	 C: Carlo
A : What about your plans, Carlo? (1) (you return) home after the exams?
C : I expect I(2) .(go) back home at some time in the future, but first I(3) (spend) six months in the USA.
A : Oh, that (4). (be) interesting.
C : I’ve got a job. I (5).. (work) for a chemical company in Boston. I’m looking forward to it I’m sure it (6). (be) good experience.
A : I don’t know what I (7).. (do). At the moment I’m trying to revise for the exams. But I don’t know enough. I(8).. (fail).
C : I’m sure you (9) (not fail).
Ex8 . Put the verbs into the correct form to express future meaning.
A :	Hello. Where are you going?
B :	To my evening class. I’m learning Swedish. And I(1) (speak) it for real this time next week. I (2) (go) to Sweden for three weeks. I (3) .(leave) on Friday evening. I(4) ..(visit) friends there.
A :	 Oh, that (5) (be) nice.
B :	 Oh, it’s nearly half past seven. My lesson (6) .(start) in a minute.
A :	Well, have a good time. I(7) (see) you next month.
B :	Thanks. I (8). (tell) you all about it when I (9) ..(get) back.
Ex9 . Find out the mistakes and correct them in the following sentences.
1. I have been in Mexico during the summer of 1998.
2. Three years ago he had been a student at a university in New York.
3. We took the bus downtown, did a few errands, and had gone to lunch.
4. The doct9r had seen ten patients since eight o’clock this morning.
5. He is studying English for the last five years.
6. I am studying here since August.
7. We have met several fascinating people at the conference last week.
8. Once upon a time a beautiful princess has lived in a castle.
9. I’ve been owning this answer phone for three years.
10. They haven’t been selling all the tickets for the Cup Final yet.
Ex10 . Put the verbs into the correct form .
I’m sorry I(1) (not write) to you for so long, but I(2) .(be) very busy lately. All last month I (3) (have) exams, and I (4) (not do) anything else but study for ages. Anyway, I(5).. (stop) studying now, and I(6) (wait) for my exam results.
As you can see from the letter, I (7) .(change) my address and (8).(live) in Croydon now. I (9) ..(decide) that I wanted a change from central London because it (10) .(become) so expensive. A friend of mine(11). (tell) me about this flat, and I (12).. (move) here about two months ago.
When you (13). (come) to London this summer, please visit me. I(14) (stay) here until the middle of October. Then I(15) (go) on holiday to Scotland. Please write soon.
Ex11. Choose the best answer to complete the passage.
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, conqueror of Mount Everest, was born in the village of Thami in Nepal, probably in 1914. Like many other people, Sherpas, he (1).. to Darjeeling in India, from where he (2). part in several attempts to scale Mount Everest. When lord Hunt (3).. . organizing the 1953 British expedition, he.(4) Tenzing as Sherpa leader, because Tenzing (5) years of mountain experience, and a strong ambition to reach the summit. In fact it was Tenzing and Edmund Hillaiy, the strongest climbers in the team, who (6).. reach the highest mountain peak in the world for the first time. Following this great achievement Tenzing (7) an internationally known leader and guide, and by the time he (8). in 1968, he (9) thousands of people to appreciate the magnificence of the mountains he (10) .so well.
1. A. has moved 	B. moved 	C. would move 	D. was moving
2. A. took 	B. would take 	C. was taking 	D. has taken
3. A. had 	B. has 	C. had been 	D. was
4. A. chose 	B. was choosing 	C. choose 	D. had chosen
5. A. was having 	B. has had 	C. had 	D. has having
6. A. could 	B. had been able 	C. succeeded to 	D. managed to
7. A. became 	B. has become 	C. is becoming 	D. was becoming
8. A. had died 	B. died 	C. is dead 	D. has died
9. A. has helped 	B. helped 	C. has been helping	D. had helped
10. A. knew 	B. known 	C. was knowing 	D. has known
Ex12. Choose the best answer.
1. Fish.. on earth for ages and ages.
A. existed 	B. are existing 	C. exist 	D. have existed
2. The phone ..constantly since Jack won the first prize this morning.
A. has been ringingB. rang 	C.. had rung 	D. had been ringing
3. The earth on the sun for its heat and light.
A. is depend 	B. depending 	C. has depend 	D. depends
4. I don’t feel good. I home from work tomorrow.
A. am staying 	B. stay 	C. will have stayed 	D. stayed
5. In the last two decades, space exploration great contributions to weather forecasting.
A. is making 	B. has made 	C. made 	D. makes
6. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong down onto the moon, the first person ever set foot on another planet.
A. was stepping 	B. stepped 	C. has stepped 	D. was step
7. When boarding the plane, many passengers were annoyed because they waiting in the airport for three and a half hours.
A. are 	B. were 	C. have been 	D. had been
8. If coastal erosion continues to take place at the present rate, in another fifty years this beach .any more.
A. doesn’t exist 	B. isn’t going to exist	C. isn’t existing 	D. won’t be existing
9. Their football team a championship until last season.
A. has never won 	B. is never winning
C. had never been winning 	D. had never won
10. By the end of this year, Tom. English for three years.
A. will be studying 	B. has studied
C. will have studied 	D. has been studying
Ex13. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given.
1. I haven’t been to an Indian restaurants for ages. (It sages)
2. How long have Helen and Robert been married? (When)
3. When you phoned me, it was my lunch time. (When)
4. I haven’t had a Chinese meal for ages. (It’s ages)
5. David went home before we arrived. (When)
6. I’ve only recently started wearing glasses. (I didn’t)
7. Jack left the office before I arrived there. (When)
8. During my dinner, the phone rang. (While)
9. I haven’t been to the cinema for two months. (The last time)
Ex14. The verbs underlined in the following sentences are right or wrong. Correct if it’s wrong.
1. While I had a bath, someone knocked on the door.
2. Sally didn’t go to a boxing match before.
3. Dick tried to repair the car, but he didn’t really know what he was doing.
4. What did you wear to Tom’s party?
5. Were you eating spaghetti every day when you lived in Italy?
6. 1 didn’t know you had bought a new car.
7. They all wanted to believe her, but suspected she was lying.
8. As Mary walked home, she tried to remember what happened.
9. “What a terrible day !“ thought Lucy. Everything had gone wrong!
10. Although it rained a lot, I was enjoying my holiday last year.
Ex15 . Put the verbs into the correct form .
An eight-year-old boy (1). (disappear). Mark Brown (2). (not return) yesterday from the park near his home in West Road, Boston. The Browns (3) .(live) five minutes’ walk away from the park. Mark (4). (go) to the park at four o’clock and (5) (play) football with his friends. After they (6). (play) for about an hour, they (7).. (sit) down for a rest. Mark (8).. (leave) the park at quarter past five. He (9) ..(be) alone. A man who (10).. (walk) his dog (11) ..(see) him go out of the gate. No one (12).. (see) Mark since then. The police (13). (question) local residents, and so far they (14) .(speak) to about two hundred people. They want to question a middle- aged man in a green sweater who (15) ..(lie) on the grass near the park exit at five o’clock. At the moment the police and other helpers (16) (search) nearby fields and woods in the hope of finding the missing boy.