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TEST ON TENSE (1)

Exercise 1. Chia động từ trong ngoặc.

Ever since the day I (1–decide) ______ to move to London, I (2–worry) _____ whether the

decision I (3–take) _____ was the right one. As I (4–already sell) _____ my house and (5–arrange)

___ a new job, it’s too late to change my mind. However, since then I ( 6 – hear ) ______ a lot of

negative things about living in the capital, and lately some of them ( 7-begin ) _____ to bother me. I

(8 – grow up ) ___ in a fairly small town and I (8 – spend ) ______ all of my life there. I (10 – always

want ) ___ to live in a big city, so when my company (11- offer) _____ me a job in their London

office, I (12-grap) _____ at the chance. But according to a programme I (13- just hear ) _____ on the

radio, more and more people (14 – stop) ____ working in London recently, and a lot of large

companies (15 – choose) _____ to move away from the centre. Of course I ( 16 –tell ) ______ my

parents that I’m moving and they ( 17-accept ) ____ my decision. But when I (18 – tell ) _____ my

friends, they (19 – seem) ______ rather shocked. Since then, I (20 – hope) _______ secretly that the

company would tell me that the move was off.

Exercise 2. Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa câu không đổi.

1. It’s a long time since I last went to a football match.

I haven’t __________________________________

2. This is my second visit to Italy.

This is ____________________________________

3. We haven’t been swimming for ages.

It’s ages ___________________________________

4. Mary started learning French five years ago.

Mary has __________________________________

5. I’m on the tenth page of the letter I’m writing.

So far _____________________________________

6. After I arrived here, I started to feel better.

Since arriving here, __________________________

7. It’s over twenty years since we got married.

We have ___________________________________

8. The last time I saw Dick was in 1985.

I haven’t ___________________________________

9. There is a definite improvement in your work.

Lately your work ____________________________

10. Mrs Quyen began teaching English ten years ago.

Mrs Quyen has ______________________________

Exercise 3. Chọn đáp án đúng.

1. I work in this office all this year / all the time.

2. Are you studying English for long / at the moment ?

3. I’m not making much money these days / so far this year.

4. The food tastes worse now / usually. You’ve put too much salt in it.

5. We normally / forever get in touch with customers by post.

6. Peter was ill but he’s getting over his illness currently / now.

7. I’n feeling rather run down lately / at present, doctor.

8. I always stay on duty since / until six o’clock.

9. People continually / traditionally prepare coloured eggs at Easter.

10. Fortunately the baby now / recently sleeps all night.

Exercise 4. Chia động từ trong ngoặc.

1. Stop ! You ( 1 – not see ) __________ the notice ?

- I see it but I can’t read it because I ( 2 – not wear ) _____ my glasses. What it ( 3 – say ) ___?

- It ( 4 – say ) _______: “ These premises are patrolled by guard dogs”!

2. She always ( 5 – borrow ) ____ from me and she ( 6 – never remember ) _____ to pay me back.

3. You ( 7 – need ) ______ another blanket or you ( 8 – feel ) ________ warm enough ?

4. It ( 9 – save ) ______ time if you ( 10 – take ) _______ a path through the wood!

- No, it ( 11 – not matter ) ________ which path you take.

5. I ( 12 – save ) _______ up because I ( 13 – go ) ________ abroad in July.

6. I ( 14 – think ) ______ it’s a pity you don’t take more exercise. You ( 15 – get ) ______ fat.

7. The plane that you ( 16 – look at ) _______ now just ( 17 – take off ) ________ for Paris.