Ngữ pháp Tiếng Anh - Động từ (Verb)

e perfect tense. 
 1/ We (send) __________ you a telegram as soon as we (arrive) _________ in 
London. 
 2/ When George (come) __________ this afternoon, he (bring) __________ his 
friends. 
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 3/ I (speak) _________ to you about that matter after the meeting tonight. 
 4/ By the time you (receive) __________ this letter, we (cross) __________ the 
Atlantic Ocean. 
 5/ By this time next week, you (meet) __________ my boyfriend, Ali. 
 6/ I (wait) __________ for you right here when you (come) __________ out of 
the building. 
 7/ She (wait) __________ for you at 5 o’clock this afternoon. 
 8/ I (give) __________ it back as soon as he (want) __________ it. 
 9/ I (not move) __________ from here until you (get) __________ back. 
 10/ They (not come) __________ home until they (see) __________ everything. 
Exercise XI : Supply the correct tense. 
 1/ They (just decide) __________ that they (undertake) ___________ the job. 
 2/ We (go) ___________ to the theatre last night. 
 3/ He usually (write) __________ in green ink. 
 4/ She (play) __________ the piano when our guests (arrive) __________ last 
night. 
 5/ We (do) __________ an English exercise at the moment. 
 6/ She (just come) __________ in and (see) __________ you in 5 minutes. 
 7/ I (come) __________ as soon as my work is finished. (You be) __________ 
ready ? 
 8/ Where (you go) __________ for your holiday last year ? 
 9/ I (not leave) _________ Paris since we (go) _________ to Dieppe three years 
ago. 
 10/ My mother (come) __________ to stay with us next weekend. 
 11/ We (meet) __________ only yesterday and (already decide) __________ to 
get married. 
 12/ I (never see) __________ snow. 
 13/ Violets (bloom) __________ in spring. 
 14/ We (not live) ___________ in England for the last two months. 
 15/ I (lose) _________ my keys; I cannot remember where I last (see) 
_________ them. 
 16/ He (not arrive) __________ when I (write) __________ my last letter to you. 
 17/ Whenever you (go) _________ to town nowadays, you (spend) _________ a 
lot of money. 
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 18/ I (never forget) __________ what you (just tell) __________ me. 
 19/ They (prepare) __________ the Christmas dinner today. 
 20/ When I last (stay) ___________ in Cairo, I (ride) __________ to the 
Pyramids on a camel that my friend (borrow) ____________ the day before. 
 21/ I (finish) ___________ the book before my next birthday. 
 22/ “Hello! (You make) __________ a cake ? 
 23/ He (walk) __________ very quickly when I (meet) __________ him 
yesterday. 
 24/ We (meet) __________ you tomorrow after you (finish) __________ your 
work. 
 25/ Yesterday I (buy) __________ a new watch as my old one (be) __________ 
stolen. 
Exercise XII : Supply the correct tense. 
 1/ He said he (be) __________ sorry he (give) __________ me so much trouble. 
 2/ I am sorry that I (not know) _________ you (leave) __________ your pipe 
when you (come) __________ to see me last Thursday. 
 3/ He (be) __________ so good to me when I was a boy that to this day I (not 
forget) __________ his kindness, and I hope that I (never forget) __________. 
 4/ He (sleep) __________ and (not understand) ___________ what you (say) 
__________ to him. He (wake) __________ if you (speak) __________ louder. 
 5/ Some animals (not eat) ___________ during the winter and only (come) 
__________ out in spring. 
 6/ After leaving school he (study) __________ French in Paris for two years and 
then (move) __________ to America, where he now (live) _________. He (visit) 
__________ England once or twice and (know) __________ English well; but (not 
have) __________ yet the opportunity of visiting European countries. 
 7/ I (know) __________ him for a very long time. 
 8/ When my friend Tom grows a beard, even his closest friends (not recognize) 
__________ him. 
 9/ When I (meet) __________ him in the street, he (go) __________ to the 
pictures. 
 10/ I (study) _________ English for six years now. 
 11/ I expect he (leave) __________ for France as soon as he (get) __________ a 
visa. 
 12/ He (visit) ______ his friend yesterday and (find) _______ that he (be) 
________ out. 
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 13/ They (sell) _________ all the dresses before we (get) __________ there. 
 14/ After she (work) __________ at the hospital for two years, she (decide) 
__________ to give up the job. 
 15/ He will come at once because I (tell) __________ him by phone that you 
(need) __________ him urgently. I’m sure he (find) __________ his way easily 
although he (never visit) __________ this house before. 
 16/ By the time you get back, I (finish) __________ all my correspondence and 
then I (can help) ______________ you with yours. 
 17/ In a few minutes’ time, when the clock (strike) __________ six, I (wait) 
__________ here for an hour. 
 18/ He (know) ________ her a long time before he finally (get) _______ 
married to her. 
 19/ I hope it (not rain) __________ when the bride (leave) __________ the 
church. 
 20/ I (tell) a lie if I said that I (like) __________ you. 
 21/ They (intend) __________ to go there next week; but now they (find) 
__________ they (not have) __________ enough money. 
 22/ When he grew old he often (think) __________ of all the things he (do) 
___________ when he (be) __________ young. 
 23/ When we (go) __________ to see them last night, they (play) __________ 
cards; they (say) __________ they (play) __________ since six o’clock. 
 24/ This is the second time you (break) __________ a cup; you (break) 
__________ one yesterday. My last servant (never break)____________ anything, and 
you (break) ___________ nearly half the things in the house. 
 25/ I always (tell) ___________ you to comb your hair, but you never (do) 
___________ what I (say) ___________ . 
EXERCISE XIII : Use the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. 
1/ Mrs Reed (turn) _________ on the radio in her car while she (drive) _________ 
home yesterday. She (listen) ___________ to some music when she suddenly (hear) 
___________ a siren. She (look) ____________ in her mirror and (see) _________ an 
ambulance behind her. She immediately (pull) ________ her car to the side of the road 
and (wait) _________ for the ambulance (pass) _________. 
2/ My mother (call) ___________ me around 5 o’clock. My husband (come) 
_________ home a little after that. When he (come) __________ home, I (talk) 
___________ to my mother on the phone. 
3/ Next month I (have) _________ a week’s vacation. I (plan) _________ to take a 
trip. First I (go) _________ to Madison, Wisconsin to visit my brother. After I (leave) 
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________ Madion, I (go) _________ Chicago to see a friend who (study) _________ at 
a university there. She (live) _________ in Chicago for three years, so she (know) 
_________ her way around the city. She (promise) _________ to take me to many 
interesting places. I (never, be) _________ in Chicago, so I (look) _________ forward 
to going there. 
4/ Yesterday John (eat) _____________ breakfast at 8:00. He (already, eat) 
_________ breakfast when he (leave) ____________ for class at 8:45. He (always, eat) 
_________ breakfast before he (go) _____________ to class. I (usually, not eat) 
_________ breakfast before I (go) _________ to class. But I (usually, get) _________ 
hungry about midmorning. Tomorrow before I (go) _____________ to class, I (eat) 
_________ breakfast. 
5/ Last year, I (go) __________ mountain climbing for the first time. It was exciting 
and terrifying at the same time. We (move) ___________slowly and carefully, and it 
(take) ___________ three days to get to the top. When we climbed onto the summit, we 
(find) ___________ another group of climbers. They (arrive) ___________ several 
hours ahead of us. They (have) ___________ dinner and listening to Beethoven. We 
(laugh) __________ and they (invite) ___________ us to join them. The climb (be) 
___________, to say the least, an unforgettable experience. 
6/ The weather (be) ___________ terrible lately. It (rain) ___________ off and on 
for two days, and the temperature (drop) ___________ at least twenty degrees. It (be) 
___________ in the low 40s right now. Just three days ago, the sun (shine) 
___________ and the weather was pleasant. The weather certainly (change) 
___________ quickly here. I never know what to expect. Who knows ? When I (wake) 
___________ up tomorrow morning, maybe it (snow) ___________. 
7/ A taxi driver (drive) ____________ along a street when he suddenly (black out) 
___________ and lost control of his vehicle. The taxi (plunge) _________ into a nearby 
river. A hawker, who (see) ______________ the accident, rushed from his coffee stall 
and (dive) ___________ into the water. He (have) ___________ to swim twenty five 
metres before he could get to the taxi. The taxi driver (try) ______________ to wind 
down the window. The hawker reached into the taxi for the safety-belt. After he 
(release) __________ the safety-belt, he pulled the driver out through the partially 
open window. At the hospital, the driver (say) ____________ that the black out might 
(cause) ______________ by his high blood pressure condition. 
8/ Marie Curie, the Polish-born chemist, was a courageous and determined woman. 
She (leave) ___________ her home for Paris to pursue her interest in science. Living in 
poverty, she still (manage) ___________ to graduate at the top of her class. She (meet) 
___________ Pierre Curie shortly after graduation and (marry) ___________ him a 
year later. 
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Together, Pierre and Marie (form) ___________ the most famous husband-and-wife 
partnership in science history. They (discover) ___________ the radioactive elements, 
Polonium and Radium. They (award) ___________ the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. 
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