Grammar review - 5

Buæi 1 : Verb Tenses
A.Sequence of tenses : (Sù phèi hîp cña c¸c th× )
 Trong c©u cã hai mÖnh ®Ò trë lªn , c¸c déng tõ ph¶i cã sù phèi hîp vÒ th×.
I. Sù phèi hîp cña c¸c ®éng tõ trong mÖnh ®Ò chÝnh vµ mÖnh ®Ò phô nh­ sau:
MÖnh ®Ò chÝnh
MÖnh ®Ò phô
1.Simple Present 
-Simple Present
-Present Perfect
-Present Progressive
-Simple Future / am /is /are going to
-Simple Past (NÕu cã thêi gian x¸c ®Þnh )
2.Simple Past
-Simpe Past
-Past Perfect
-Past Progressive
-Would / was-were going to
-Simple Present (NÕu diÔn t¶ mét ch©n lý )
3.Present Perfect
Simple present
4.Past Perfect
Simple Past
Eg : She says she has finished her homework already.
 Tom says he will visit me again. She said she would visit me again.
 My teacher said that the sun rises in the East. Mary said that she was cooking then
II.Sù phèi hîp cña c¸c ®éng tõ trong mÖnh ®Ò chÝnh vµ mÖnh ®Ò tr¹ng ng÷ chØ thêi gian nh­ sau :
MÖnh ®Ò chÝnh
MÖnh ®Ò trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian
1.Present Tenses
Present Tenses 
2.Past Tenses
Past Tenses
3.Future Tenses
Future Tenses
 * Notes :- Present Tenses : TÊt c¶ c¸c th× hiÖn t¹i tuú theo ng÷ c¶nh cña c©u
 - Past Tenses : TÊt c¶ c¸c th× qu¸ khø tuú theo ng÷ c¶nh cña c©u
 - Future Tenses : TÊt c¶ c¸c th× t­¬ng lai tuú theo ng÷ c¶nh cña c©u
* MÖnh ®Ò tr¹ng ng÷ chØ thêi gian th­êng ®­îc b¾t ®Çu b»ng víi c¸c nèi sau:
 -when : khi
-whenever : bÊt cø khi nµo
-as : khi
-while : trong khi
-before : tr­íc khi
-after :sau khi
-as soon as : ngay sau khi
-till : cho ®Õn khi
-until : 
-since : tõ khi
-as long as : chõng nµo , cho ®Õn khi
 Eg:+ He never goes home before he has finished his work.
 +I often read a newspaper while I am waiting for the bus.
 +We will go as soon as you have finished your work.
 +It was raining hard when I got there.
 +The train had already left when I arrived at the station.
 +Please wait here until I come back.
* Notes : Kh«ng ®­îc dïng th× t­¬ng lai (Future Tenses ) trong c¸c mÖnh ®Ò tr¹ng ng÷ chØ thêi gian (cã thÓ thay b»ng th× hiÖn t¹i )
EXERCISE
A. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. 
	1. He was writing to his friend when he __________a noise. 
	A. was hearing 	B. heard 	C. had heard D. hears 
	2. I __________many people since I came here in June. 
	A. met 	B. has met 	C. was meeting D. have met
3. We __________ maths at this time last week. 
	A. were learning 	B. are learning 	 C. was learning 	 D. learnt
4. She was playing games while he __________a football match. 
	A. watched 	B. watches C. was watching 	D. watching
5. She __________to Ho Chi Minh city last year. 
	A. goes 	B. has gone C. go 	 D. went 
6. Since we came here, we ______ a lot of acquaintances.
A. have had	 B. had	 C. have	 D. are having
7. __________he playing football now? 
	A. Will 	B. Does 	C. Was 	 D. Is 
8. Every morning, I often sit in my garden and____ to my nightingale sing. 
	A. listening 	B. listen 	C. listened D. listens 
9. She __________school when she was six.
A. start	B. started	C. has started D. are starting
10. I. __________TV when the telephone rang.
	A. watched 	B. was watching	C. are watching D. have watched
11. She__________ lunch by the time we arrived. 
	A. had finished 	B. finished 	C. have finished D. finishing 
12. This record-shop__________ be a book-shop a few years ago. 
	A. used to	B. use	C. used D. used
13. I couldn't come to the party because I __________go to work. 
	A. have 	B. had to 	C. have got D. had 
14. Yesterday, I _______ for work late because I _______ to set my alarm.
A. had left / forgot 	B. was leaving / was forgetting
C. left / had forgot 	D. had been leaving / would forget
15. By the time we ____ to the train station, Susan _____ for us for more than two hours.
A. will get / has been waiting 	B. got / was waiting
C. got / had been waiting 	D. get / will wait
16. While her brother was in the army, Sarah ___________ to him twice a week.
	A. was writing	B. wrote	C. has written D. had written
17. The Titanic _______ the Atlantic when it _______ an iceberg.
A. was crossing / struck 	B. had crossed / was striking
C. crossed / had struck 	D. is crossing / strikes
18. In the 19th century, it _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.
	A. took 	B. had taken 	C. had taken D. was taking
19. Last night at this time, they _______ the same thing. She ______ and he _________ the Newspaper.
A. are not doing / is cooking / is reading 	B. were not doing / was cooking / was reading
C. was not doing / has cooked / is reading 	D. had not done / was cooking /read
20. When I _____ home last night, I ____that Jane ______ a beautiful candlelight dinner.
A. had arrived / discovered / prepared
B. was arriving / had discovered / was preparing
C. have arrived / was discovering / had prepared
D. arrived / discovered / was preparing
21. After he ____________ his English course, he went to England to continue his study.
 A. finish	 B. finishes C. finished	D. had finished 
22. Angelina Jolie is a famous actress. She ________ in several films.
	A. appears	 B. is appearing	 C. appeared	 D. has appeared
23. Mai____ in HCM for five years.
	A. lives	B. has lived	C. is living	 D. was living
24. My little sister________ "sleeping beauty" several times.
	A. watches	B. is watching	 C. has watched	 D. watched
	25. I ______ to New York three times this year.
	A. have been	B. was	 C. were	 D. had been
26. I ______ her since I _____ a student.
	A. know/ am	B. knew/ was	C. have known/ am	D. have known/ was
27. The train _____ when we got to the station.
	A. just left 	B. just leaves	C. had just left	D. will leave
28. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.
	A. dies	B. died	C. has died	D. had died
29. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.
	A. leave	B. left	C. leaves	D. had left
30. I ______ to the same barber since last year.
	A. am going	B. have been going	C. go	D. had gone
B. Choose the underlined part among A, B,C or D that needs correcting. 
31. When I walk past the park, I saw some children play football. 
	 A B C D 	
32. After John eaten dinner, he wrote several letters and went to bed. 
	 A B C D 
33. What did you do at 9 o'clock last night? I phoned you but nobody answered. 
	A B C D 	 
34. When I arrived at the station, the train has already left. 
	A B C D 	
 35. Ann and Susan have known each other during they were at school. 
 A B C D 	
 36. She has disappeared three days ago, and they are still looking for her now. 
 A B C D
 37. After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house from work, she was cooking dinner
 A	 B C D
 38. It’s the first time I saw this film
 A B C D
 39. After he graduates from university, he joined the army.
 A B C D
 40. Up to now(A), there had been(B) no(C) woman being chosen(D) the US president.