EXERCISES: Supply the correct verb forms:
Be quiet! The baby (sleep)....................................
We seldom (eat).............................................before 6.30.
Look! The man (run).................................after the train. He (want)...........................to catch it.
It (rain)................................... much in summer.It (rain).................................................now.
How long ...................you (study)........................... English? For 5 years.
I ( wait )..................................................for two hours, but she (not come).....................................yet.
They (live).........................................................in HCM City since 1975.
Jack (go)............................................to Paris for a holiday.He .................never (be)................there.
Mary (lose)............................her hat and she (look)...................................................for it until now.
Listen! I (think).......................someone (knock)................................................at the door.
The earth (circle)....................................the sun once every 365 days.
The farmers (work)..............................................in the field at the moment.
Rivers usually ( flow).................................to the sea.
Look! The boy (cry )................................................
Do you know that man,who (smoke).........................there?
We (be)......................from France. We (be)...........................................there for 20 years.
Mai (lose).........................................her dictionary.
What .....................you (do).............yesterday?
She (be).....................born in 1997.
He (write).......................................a book since last year.
Mr Green (teach)....................................English in that school since he (graduate) ............................ from the University in1986.
How long ............................you (lean ).........................English?
When I (arrive).........................at his house, he still (sleep)...............................................
The light (go).............................out while we (have)........................................dinner.
As we (cross)...........................................the street, we (see).........................an accident.
While my father ( read)..................................a newspaper, I (learn)..........................................my lesson and sister (do)................................her homework.
The children (play)...................................football when their mother (come)......................back home.
The bell (ring)...........................while Tom (take)..................................a bath.
When I (see) ..........................tomorrow, I (tell) .......................................you my news.
As soon as we (get)................................. there, we (phone) .................................................for a taxi.
Last night, I (go )........................... to the library before I (do) .........................................the shopping.
We (wait)............................... here until the rain (stop)...........................................
I (get)........................................ 50 dollars from the bank when it (open)........................ next Monday.
After you (take).............................. the medicine, you (feel) .................................................better.
You have to stay until you (finish) ............................your work.
Before we (paint)....................................... the wall, we (have)..................................... a cup of tea.
. Brain (not finish) .............................................his work yet.
The candidates mustn’t (bring) …………...............................books into the room.
Last night they (take) ……………. a lot of photos.
Some children (play)………………....................................on the ground now.
When the phone rang, we (have) ………………….................dinner.
While I was cooking lunch, my mother ( come)……………..............................
Before she (watch).........................................TV, she (do)........................................her homework.
After they had gone, I (sit)....................................down and (rest)........................................
After taking a bath, he (go)....................................to bed.
Before Alice (go)...............................to sleep, she (call)............................................her family.
She (win)..........................................the gold medal in 1986.
We’ll go out when the rain (stop)...................................
I (stay)...............................here until he (answer)........................................me.
Wait until I (catch)................................you.
We ought ( put / pay / to put / give )___________ the wardrobe in the corner opposite the bed.
Why did Nam have to cook dinner ?- Because his mother (went / goes / is going / has gone )_____________ home late.
Alexander Graham Bell was born in ( Scotland / Japan / Italy / England )___________.
The lamp is ( on / next to / behind / between )________ the table.
She is very lucky because she has ( a lot of / much / lot / lots )___________ friends.
I am ( enough rich not / enough not rich / not rich enough / not enough rich ) ______________________ to buy this car.
Each of us ( have / has / to have / having )_______________ a different character.
Can I speak ( on / to / at / with )____________ Hoa, please ?
Minh fell ( inside / outside / upstairs / downstairs )____________ and broke his arm.
She asks her sister not to go (inside / outside / upstairs / downstairs )____________ because of the cold weather.
When you call me last night, I was ( on / in / at / to )__________my room.
I have ( to ask / ask / asking / asks )_____________ my parents’ permission.
My teacher showed me how ( to pronounce/ prounouncing / pronounce ) English vocabulary.
My computer (hasn’t worked / didn’t work / works) a moment ago.
He works hard so as to ( get/ make/ do/ ) high marks