EXERCISES (TENSES)
I. Supply the correct verb forms: The simple present tense or The present continues tense:
1. Be quiet! The baby (sleep).
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2. We seldom (eat) before 6:30.
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3. Look! A man (run) after the train. He (want) to catch it.
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4. The Sun (set) in the West.
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5. It (be) often hot in summer.
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6. I (do) an exercise on the present tenses at this moment and I (think) that I (know) how to use it now.
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7. My mother sometimes (buy) vegetables at this market.
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8. It (be) very cold now.
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9. It (rain) much in summer. It (rain) now.
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10. Daisy (cook) some food in the kitchen at present. She always (cook) in the morning.
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II. Supply the correct verb form: The present perfect or The present perfect continues:
1. How long you (study) English? For 5 years.
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2. I (wait) for two hours, but she (not come) yet.
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3. They (live) in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975.
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4. She (read) all the books written by Charles Dickens. How many books you (read)?
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5. He (not, be) here since Christmas, I wonder where he (live) since then.
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6. Jack (go) to Paris for a holiday. He never (be) there.
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7. You (sleep) so far? I (ring) the bell for the last twenty minutes.
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8. He (write) a novel for two years, but he (not finish) it yet.
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9. Mary (lose) her hat and she (look) for it until now.
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10. I (see) that film several times because I like it.
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III. Supply the correct verb form: Present tenses.
1. Listen! I (think) someone (knock) at the door.
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2. Up to the present, we (write) almost every lesson in the book.
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3. The Earth (circle) the Sun once every 365 days.
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4. The farmers (work) in the field at the moment.
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5. How many times you (see) him since he went to Edinburgh?
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6. Rivers usually (flow) to the sea.
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7. Look! The boy (cry).
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8. Do you know that man, who (smoke) there?
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9. Mrs. Green always (go) to work by bus.
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10. We (be) from French. We (be) there for twenty years.
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11. That house (belong) to Mr. Green.
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12. Mai (lose) her dictionary.
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13. I (be) sorry. I (forget) that girl`s name already.
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14. I (wait) for the manager for two hours.
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15. You (ever, see) a lion?
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IV. Supply the correct verb form: Simple past or Present perfect.
1. I (see) her before.
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2. I (see) her last year.
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3. Tom never (be) in Hanoi.
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4. I (read) the novel written by Jack London several times before.
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5. What you (do) yesterday?
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6. You (watch) TV last night?
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7. She (be) born in 1980.
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8. He (write) a book since last year.
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9. Mr. Green. (teach) English in this school since he (graduate) from the university in 1986.
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10. How long you (learn) English?
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V. Supply the correct verb form: Simple past or Past continues.
1. When I (arrive) at this house, he