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PRACTICE ON TENSES
I. SIMPLE PRESENT (HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN)
Exercise 1: Put the verb in the present simple tense.
1. She (wash) her clothes every Sunday.
2. She (study) English every day.
3. He (want) _ to become a teacher.
4. She usually (walk) to school.
5. What time Mary usually (get) up every morning?
6. She (not wash) her clothes every weekend.
7. they (be) teachers?
8. It (not be) _ often cold in summer.
9. Tom usually (walk) to school.
10. He (be) _a student.

Exercise 2: Put the verb in the present simple tense.

1. I (be) sixteen years old.
2. They (be) _ very friendly.
3. Every week she (go) _ to visit her parents.
4. What time your father usually (get) up?
5. We (not go) to school on Sundays.
6. We (not be) very lazy.
7. The Earth (go) around the Sun.
8. I (visit) my parents very often.
9. he (go) to school every day?
10. she (come) from Japanese?

Exercise 3: Give the correct tense form of the verbs.

1. They often_ (go) to school on foot.
2. She (go) to the park everyday.
3. Bad students never (work) hard.

4. It often (rain) in the summer.

5. He usually (water) the trees in the morning.
6. She always (cook) in the morning.
7. I always (meet) him on the corner of this street.
8. He (not do) morning exercises regularly.
9. Water (boil) at 100 degrees centigrade.
10. You _ (be) a good student?

Exercise 4: Give the correct tense form of the verbs.

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 1. They usually (not go) to school by motorbike.
2. They (not be) doctors.
3. He often (get) up late.
4. you often _ (watch) TV?
5. I usually _ (go) shopping on weekend.
6. Hai often (wash) his face at 6.15.
7. Thanh and Mai always (see) a movie on Saturday.
8. he often (take) a bus to school?
9. We (be) student in class 8A.
10. She often _ (not do) homework in the evening.

Exercise 5: Give the correct tense form of the verbs.

1. He usually (take) a taxi to the airport.
2. They usually (not go) to school by bike.
3. They _ (be) beautiful?
4. They often (visit) their parents on Saturday.
5. My and I always _ (go) to the countryside.
6. He (not be) at home now.
7. Our teacher usually (give) us many exercises.

8. He (go) to the cinema every weekend.

9. She (come) from Germany.
10. Daisy usually (go) to work by car.

Exercise 6: Choose the best answer.

1. The weather very nice today.
A. am B. is C. are D. be
2. Rome in Spain. It is in Italy.
A. am not B. are not C. is not D. not
3. Where my key?
A. be B. is C. are D. am
4. Dunford is a very modern town. _ many old buildings there.
A. There isn‟t B. There be not C. There aren‟t D. There are
5. Look! There _ a photograph of George in the Newspaper!
A. be B. is C. are D. be not
6. Ann is at home but her children at school.
A. are B. are not C. is D. is not
7. How many rooms in your house?
A. is there B. are there C. there are D. there is
8. Cats big animals.

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 A. be not B. is not C. are not D. are no
9. Who your favorite actor?
A. are B. be C. is D. be not
10. books expensive in your country?
A. Is B. Is there C. Are there D. Are
11. He often the car at weekends.
A. washes B. wash C. don‟t wash D. washs
12. What time you often up every morning?
A. Does/ get B. do/get C. do/gets D. don‟t/gets
13. she English?
A. Do/likes B. Do/like C. Does/likes D. Does/like
14. He often (catch) a train to work.
A. catches B. catch C. catchs D. does catch
15. The cat _ (chase) mouse.
A. chases B. is chase C. chasing D don‟t chase
16. My old friend, Manh _ (write) to me twice a month.
A. Don‟t write B. doesn‟t writes C. writes D. writing
17. We (watch) TV every night.
A. watching B. watches C. don‟t watches D. watch
18. He (walk) _ to work every day.
A. walks B. walkes C. walking D. walked
19. He (be) _in Ca Mau.
A. are B. is C. am D. being
20. They (be) _ students.
A. doesn‟t be B. are C. am D don‟t be

Exercise 7: Find and correct the mistakes.

1. How often is he go to the movie?
2. Minh go to school every morning
3. She is often gets up at 5:30.
4. Don‟t your school have two floors?
5. The students play sometimes soccer in the afternoon.
6. y rother isn‟t have reakfast at 6:00.
7. The children has lunch at 11:00 everyday.
8. We alway go swimming on Saturdays.
9. Does she plays sports every day?
10. y mother doesn‟t goes shopping on Sundays.

Exercise 8: Find and correct the mistakes.

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 1. We seldom eats before 6.30.
2. The sun is sets in the West.
3. It doesn‟t often hot in summer.
4. My mother sometimes buyes vegetable at this market.
5. It rain much in summer.
6. The earth circle the sun once every 365 days.
7. The farmers are work in the field every days
8. Rivers flow usually to the sea.
9. rs Green always doesn‟t go to work y us
10. That house is belong to Mr. Green.

II. PRESENT CONTINUOUS (HIỆN TẠI TIẾP DIỄN)

Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question.
Example: She (read) _ is reading at the moment.

She isn’t reading at the moment

Is she reading at the moment?

1. He (watch) TV right now.

2. At present they (sit) in the class.
3. This year we (learn) English.
4. Look! Peter (play) _ _ football in the schoolyard.
5. Be quiet! The baby (sleep) .
6. Look! The man (smoke) there.
7. She (write) to her parents now.
8. My father (work) _ in the garden at the moment.
9. John (listen) to the radio now.
10. He (play) chess at the moment.

Exercise 2: Put the verb in the present continuous tense.

1. The workers (work) in the firm at the moment.
2. Please be quite! You (make) so much noise so I can‟t
concentrate.
3. Tony (have) a bath at the moment.
4. Listen! He (read) a story by Shakespeare.
5. At present Richard (study) in London.
6. This term I (study) philosophy and economics.
7. Janet (have) a shower at the moment.
8. They (not/study) _ at present.
9. Yukiko (have) a bath now.
10. We (make) a cake at the moment.

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Exercise 3: Put the verb in the present continuous tense.
1. Jane (watch) television at the moment.
2. Look! The boy (cry) .
3. Alice and Mary (put) _ the dishes away right now.
4. The farmer (work) _ in the field now.
5. Look! It (snow) .
6. Phong (sleep) right now.
7. Mother (cook) some food in the kitchen at present.
8. Just a minute! I (look up) that word in the dictionary.
9. _you (write) a letter now?
10. They (not read) _ books in the sitting room right now.

Exercise 4: Put the verb in the present continuous tense.

1. Look! They (play) _ football.
2. She (sweep) the floor now.
3. What she (do) now?
4. She (wash) the clothes at the moment.
5. Listen! Peter and Daisy (sing) now.
6. My brother (not watch) TV now.
7. He (study) English this month.
8. you (work) _ _ in the garden now?
9. Peter (talk) to Susan now.
10. She (listen) to the radio in her bedroom at the moment.

Exercise 5: Choose the best answer.

1. I Christine. Do you know where she is?
A. is looking B. are looking C. am looking D. look
2. It dark. Shall I turn on the light?
A. is got B. are geting C. is getting D. are getting
3. They don‟t have anywhere to live at the moment. They with friends until they
find somewhere.
A. is staying B. are staying C. am staying D. stay
4. Things aren‟t so good at work The company _ _ money.
A. is loosen B. are losing C. are loseing D. is losing
5. Have you got an umbrella? It to rain.
A. is starting B. are starting C. am starting D. start
6. You a lot of noise. Can you be quieter? I to concentrate.
A. is making/am trying B. are makeing/ am trying

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 C. are making/ am trying D. is making/ am trying
7. Why are all these people here? What ?
A. am happening B. are happening C. is happening D. happening
8. Please don‟t make so much noise. I to work.
A. is trying B. are trying C. trying D. am trying
9. Let‟s go out now. It any more.
A. am raining B. isn‟t raining C. are raining D. raining
10. You can turn off the radio. I to it.
A. are not listening B. isn‟t listening C am not listening D don‟t listening
11. Kate phoned me last night. She is on holiday in France. She a great time and
doesn‟t want to come back.
A. is haven B. are having C. am haveing D. is having
12. I want to lose weight, so this week I lunch.
A. am not eating B. isn‟t eating C. aren‟t eating D. is not eating
13. Andrew has just started evening classes. He _ German.
A. are learning B. is learning C. am learning D. learning
14. Paul and Sally have an argument. They to each other.
A. are speaking B. is speaking C. am speaking D. speaking
15. I tired. I need a rest.
A. is getting B. are getting C. is geting D. am getting
16. Tim _ this week. He is on holiday.
A. is not working B. are working C. am working D. works
17. Listen! Sam the piano.
A. are playing B. am playing C. plays D. is playing
18. They _ _ a new hotel in the city center.
A. are building B. am building C. is building D. build
19. Look! Somebody _ in the river.
A. is swiming B. are swimming C. am swimming D. is swimming
20. The phone .
A. aren‟t ringing B. isn‟t ringing C. don‟t ringing D doesn‟t ring

Exercise 6: Choose the best answer.

1. (it start) to rain?
A. Am it starting B. Are it starting C. Does it starting D. Is it starting
2. Sue to become a doctor?
A. are playing B. am playing C. plays D. is playing
3. You (take) _.your daughter with you?
A. Are you taking B. is you taking C. am you taking D. are you taking
4. The dog (play) _ with the kids?

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 A. Are the dog playing B. Am the dog playing
C. Does the dog playing D. Is the dog playing
5. They (come) tonight?
A. am they coming B. is they coming C. Are they coming D. is they coming
6. Be quiet! The baby _ .
A. is sleeping B. sleep C. sleeps D. are sleeping
7. Look! A man after the train. He wants to catch it.
A. is runing B. runs C. run D. is running
8. I an exercise on the present tenses at this moment.
A. is doing B. are doing C. am doing D. do
9. My father in the garden and it _ now.
A. is working/ is raining B. works/ rains
C. working/ raining D. are working/ are raining
10. Mai some food at present. She always in the morning.
A. is cooking/ cooks B. cooks/ is cooking C. cooks/ cooks D. is cooking/ is cooking
11. The students _ the test right now?
A. Are....do B. Are......... doing C. Is ......... doing D. Do. ..............do
12. Now She for her husband in the rain
A. are waiting B. is waiting C. waits D. wait
13. His brother a novel at the moment?
A. Are....... writing B. are writing C. is writing D. Is. ........... writing
14. The children in the kitchen at present.
A. isn‟t playing B. am not playing C. aren‟t playing D. play
15. Lan to the English teacher now.
A. isn‟t speaking B. aren‟t speaking C. doesn‟t speak D don‟t speak
16. They__________ the Christmas dinner at present.
A. are preparing B. is preparing C. prepare D. prepares
17. John _________ that car now.
A. am driving B. is driving C. are driving D. is driveing
18. The workers a new house right now.
A. are building B. am building C. is building D. build
19. Tom _________ two poems at the moment?
A. Are..... writing B. are writing C. is writing D. Is. ........... writing
20. The chief engineer all the workers of the plant now.
A. is instructing B. are instructing C. instructs D. instruct

Exercise 7: Find and correct the mistakes.

1. He paints his pictures at the moment.
2. We plant the herbs in the garden at present.

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