Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or

question.
Example: She (be) has been here for several days.
She has not been here for several days.
Has she been here for several days?
1. Tom (see) ______________this film before.
2. I (finish) ______________ my exercise already.
3. They (live) ______________ here since 1990.
4. My father (just wash) ______________ his car.
5. The students (discuss) ______________ the question recently.
6. Mary (never be) ______________ to Ha Noi.
7. We (know) ______________ each other for 5 years.
8. So far we (learn) ______________ five lessons.
9. We (be) ______________ pen pals for a long time.
10. They (stay) ______________ here since last week.
Exercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.
1. Bob (see) ______________ this movie before.
2. Sandra (lend) ____________ her brother $ 200 so far.
3. Rashid (just pass) ____________ his driving test.
4. Karen (study) ____________________ Italian for three years now
and is still studying.
5. The teacher (already tell) ____________ to be quite.
6. Tim (not take) ____________ many photos yet.
7. Jorge (read) ____________ the newspaper already.
8. We (not begin) _____________ to study for the test yet.
9. John and I (be) ______________ pen pals for nearly 3 years.
10. He (wear) ___________ the same coat since he moved here.
Exercise 3: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.
1. I (not see) _____________ your brother recently.
2. They (not contact) _______________ to each other for a long time.
3. How long _______________you (study) ______________ English?
4. How many times _________ you (see) ____________him since he
went to Edinburgh?
5. Who is that woman? I (never/ see) _______________ her before.
6. We (be) ____________ from French. We (be) ______________ there
for 20 years.
7. I (see) __________ that film several times because I like it.
8. Mary (lose) _________________ her hat for 2 days.
9. He (not finish) _______________ doing it yet.
10. He (not see) ____________ him since Christmas.
Exercise 4: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.
1. I (live) _______________ in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975.
2. He (just see) ______________ her.
3. They (already show) _______________ the film.
4. I’m sorry the car is not here. I (just sell) ______________ it.
5. The Bakers (be) ______________ in New York for 3 months.
6. My brother (use) ______________ this computer for 2 years.
7. They (live) ________________ in this street for a long time.
8. Mr. Green (teach) ______________ French since he left London in
1997.
9. She (not speak) _________________ to me since last week.
10. Up to now, Hoa (work) _______________ very hard.
Exercise 5: Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect or the
simple past tense.
1. We (never watch) _________that TV programme.
2. We (wacth) _________ a good programme on TV last night.
3. He (read) _________ that novel many times before.
4. He (read) _________that novel again during my last vacation.
5. I (have) _________ a little trouble with my car last week.
6. However, I (have) _________no trouble with my car since then.
7. I (not see) _________ John for a long time. I (see) _________ him 3
weeks ago.
8. The school bell (ring) _________. We must go now.
9. I (meet) _________Mary last night. She (become) _________ a very
big girl.
10. He is very thirsty. He (not drink) _________ since this morning.
Exercise 6: Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect or the
simple past tense.
1. It is very hot. Summer (come) _________.
2. They (study) _________at this school for 7 years now.
3. They (begin) _________ to study at this school 7 years ago.
4. Since (you know) _________when her ?
5. How long ago (he start) _________to learn French ?
6. She (lose) _________ her handbag on the train yesterday morning.
7. My mother (be) _________ in hospital for a long time and she cannot
go home yet.
8. His dog (just run) _________ out of the garden.
9. Mr Brown (travel) _________ by air several times in the past.
10. He (travel) _________to Mexico by air last summer.
Exercise 7: Choose the best answer.
1. This is the most interesting novel _______________
A. I’ve read B. I had read
C. I’ve never read D. I’ve ever read
2. I haven’t seen you _______________
A. since a long time B. for ages
C. ages D. for long existence

3. It _______________ every day so far this week.

A. rained B. has rained C. rains D. is raining
4. I _______________any letter from him yet.
A. haven’t received B. will receive
C. don’t receive D. didn’t receive
5. We _______________to Dalat several times. It’s a foggy city.
A. were B. have been C. were being D. had been
6. I haven’t met him since he _______________school.
A. left B. was leaving C. had left D. was left
7. My uncle _______________on this farm since he was 20.
A. has worked B. have worked
C. worked D. was working
8. He _______________London 2 years ago and I _____________him
since then.
A. left/ hadn’t seen B. left/ haven’t seen
C. was living/ haven’t seen D. left/ didn’t seen
9. By the time Tom got back, Peter _______________
A. have gone B. went C. will go D. had gone
10. She _______________in Hue for twenty years.
A. lives B. has lived C. lived D. will live
11. It is the most exciting film I _______________
A.never saw B. ever saw C. had ever seen D. have ever seen
12. They have been in love with each other _______________ they were
young
A. while B. until C. for D. since
13. I _______________the money from him yet.
A.haven’t received B. don’t receive
C. will receive D. am receiving
14. I _____________ (not see) my brother for 5 years.
A. hasn’t seen B. don’t see
C. aren’t see D. haven’t seen
15. How many times _______________ there so far? A few times.
A. have you been B. would you be
C. were you D. had you been
Exercise 8: Choose the best answer.
1. It’s at least a month since _______________Tom.
A. I last seen B. I last see C. I have last seen D. I last saw
2. We _______________ almost every lesson in this book so far.
A. Study B. studies C. has studied D. have studied
3. We _______________that television program.
A. never watch B. not never watch
C. have never watched D. has never watched
4. Up to then, I _______________such a big fire.
A. have never seen B. had never seen
C. never seen D. never see
5. I _______________her since I _______________a student.
A. know/ am B. knew/ was
C. have known/ am D. have known/ was
6. _______________ get tired of answering the same questions every
day?
A. Have you ever C. Had you ever
B. Do you ever D. Are you ever
7. She _______________working on that manuscript for 2 year now.
A. will be C. has been
B. had been D. is
8. I _______________there once a long time ago and
_______________back since.
A. went/have not been C. go/am not
B. have gone/was D. was going/had not been
9. In the last hundred years, traveling ___________much easier and
more comfortable.
A. becomes B. has become
C. became D. will become
10. It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. So it ____ for two
hours.
A. rains B. is raining C. has rained D. rained
11. Mike is playing chess. How long ___________ he ____________?
A. did/play C. is/playing
B. has/play D. has/been playing
12. Today is Thursday and she ______ late twice this week. She ______
late yesterday and on Monday.
A. is/was B. has been/is
C. has been/was D. has been/had been
13. He _______________ in the same house since 1975.
A. has lived B. is living C. lived D. had lived
14. We _______________ him since he ______________ married.
A. didn’t see/got C. haven’t seen/got
B. don’t/get D. hadn’t seen/got
15. It _______________for two hours and the ground is too wet to play
tennis.
A. is raining B. had rained C. has rained D. was raining
Exercise 9: Find and correct the mistakes.
1 .The flight to Vientiane have departed.
2. She hasn’t finish the letter.
3. I forget that girl’s name already.
4. Fred’s brother just graduates from university.
5. I am trying to learn English for years.
6. I have been waiting for two hours, but she not come yet.
7. She reads all the works of Dickens. How many have you read?
8. I wait here nearly half an hour for my gir-friend Joana; do you think
she forgets to come?
9. Mary rests in the garden all day because she is ill.
10. Although john has been studying at the university for five years he
have not got his degree yet.
Exercise 10: Find and correct the mistakes.
1. Jack is going to Switzerland for a holiday; I never am there.
2. We have lived for the last five months, and just decide to move.
3. You already drink 3 cups of tea since I sat here.
4. That book has lied on the table for weeks. Do you read it yet?
5. Are you asleep all the morning? I ring the bell for the last 5 minutes.
6. She works so hard this week that she has not had time to go out.
7. He has been writing a novel for the last two months. But she doesn’t
finish yet.
8. My watch has gone for three days and it does not run down yet.
9. He lost his book. He has been looking for it all the morning, but it
does not turn up yet.
10. He has not been here since Christmas. I wonder where he lives sine
then.