TENSE REVISION Present Perfect or Simple Past He (have)………………………….no trouble with his car since then They (study)……………………English since they (be)………………little boys She (lose) ………………… her handbag on the train yesterday morning Mr Brown (travel)………………………… by air several times in the past He (travel)…………………….to Paris last summer His dog (just, run)………………………out of the garden He (read)………………………that novel many times before We (never, watch)……………………… that TV program before She (eat)…………………… three sandwiches and she’s full now 10 How long ago………… he (start)…………… to learn French? II Past Simple or Past Continuous The thief (steal)……………the bike when Mai (look)………………………for some books in the shop When I (have)……………… …………….dinner yesterday, Peter (come)…………… to our house Yesterday when I (walk)…………………….to school, I (find)………………a wallet on the street When I (stand)………………… at the bus stop, I (see)……………… an accident Last night when we (watch) …………………….TV, the light (go)……………….off When he (write)…………………………a letter, the telephone (ring)……………… The servant (drop) …………… two cups while she (wash)………………………up He (eat)…………………three sandwiches while you (talk)………………………to him It (start)……………… to rain when we (play)……………………….football at school 10 He (have)……………….a severe fall when he (repair)……………………his roof III Past Simple or Past Perfect Almost everyone (leave)……………… for home by the time we (arrive)…………… When we (arrive)………………….at that place, we (find)……………… that a burglar (break)…………………… in By the time Bill (get)………………………there, the meeting (start)………………… He (ask)…………………… why we (come)………………………so early They (tell)…………… him they (meet, not)……………………………before In England, he soon (remember)…………….all he (learn)…………………… before He (learn)………………………… English before he (leave)……………for England When I (arrive)……………………., the dinner (start, already)…………………… After they (go)…………………………, I (sit)……………down and (rest)………… 10 He (thank)………………… me for what I (do)………………… ……… for him IV Simple Present or Simple Future We (go)……………………… out when the rain (stop)……………… I (stay)………………………here until he (answer)…………………………me I Wait until I (catch)………………………… you I (be)……………………… ready before you (count)………………… ten John must eat his breakfast before he (go)…………………… out Miss Helen (help) …………………… you as soon as she (finish)………………… that letter He (tell)…………………………… you when you (get)……………………… here She (not come)………………………………… until you (be)……………… Ready He (tell)……………………………… you when you (ask)………….him 10 I (come)…………………….and (see)………….you before I (leave)……………… for Egypt V Choose the correct tense for these sentences I a letter just a few minutes ago (receive) They in London since 1980 (live) Linda is working in this department She here for two years (work) Up to the present, John _ good work in the class (do) They _in Hanoi from 1970 to 1999 (live) You _ your book on my desk last night (put) He _ English at this school for six weeks up to now (study) Our present teacher in this city all of his life (live) Nobody lives in those houses They _ empty for many years (be) 10 Cindy is in her office She _ there since o’clock (be) 11 My sister _ to see my last night (come) 12 Nobody at the party on Saturday (dance) 13 They about the terrible accident near my school since came home (talk) 14 you well last night? (sleep) 15 My friend Geogre is learning Japanese He _ it for six month (learn) 16 I _ very much when I was at school ?(not/learn) 17 I _ tennis for two hours this morning but I lost every game (play) 18 I _ this bike since I was a teenager and I still use it (have) 19 John, I’m furious with you I in this rain for half an hour (wait) 20 They _ meat since they saw that film about farm animals (not/eat) 21 Steven _ in London since 1990 (live) 22 We Singapore six month ago (leave) 23 Mrs Brown English from o’clock to o’clock everyday (teach) 24 Up to now, we _ almost every lesson in the book (write) 25 Oh no! someone my bag (steal) 26 I _ hard when I was at school (work) 27 My brother my bicycle this morning (borrow) 28 _ Kim since lunch? (you see) 29 We _ in Australia from 1991 to 1996 (live) I a football game on TV every Sunday (watch) My friend is a writer She _ many books (write) Last year we _ to Finland for a holiday (go) We _ there for three weeks (stay) 33 I tennis yesterday afternoon (play) 34 What time to bed last night (you/go) 35 _ to United State? (you/ever/be) 36 My hair is clean I _ it (wash) 37 I my hair before breakfast this morning (wash) 38 When I was a child, I _ sport (not like) 39 Kathy loves travelling She many countries in Europe and Asia (visit) 40 John works in a bookshop He _ there for three years (work) 30 31 32 We _ to the pagoda many times (be) My sister _ out (go) We very busy lately (be) Our present teacher in this city all of his life (live) I _ that television program (never/see) We _ to Hanoi twice since last summer (fly) John _ his assignment (just/finish) I _ your brother recently (not/see) I’m very tired I _ this car since 7a.m (drive) You her – if you hurry, you will catch her in the street (just/meet) 11 This is the nicest restaurant I (see) 12 I three letters already (write) 13 This is the fourth time he _ my car (damage) 14 Chinese food? (you ever eat) 15 She’s got the best voice I (ever hear) 16 We two holidays this year (have) 17 _ already Mary? (you see) 18 This is the first time the children on a plane (fly) 19 your sister lately? (you see) 20 I _ a tiger in my life (never see) 10  ... (ask)………….him 10 I (come)…………………….and (see)………….you before I (leave)……………… for Egypt V Choose the correct tense for these sentences I a letter just a few minutes ago (receive) They in