WebSitehttp://AnhNguUcChau.Edu.Vn/

esVs

Simple Present

Past Continuous

Simple Past

Simple Future

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Present Perfect

Continuous

PresentContinuous

+Ved

3

Ved2

havehas

+ Vhaded3

+ Ving

amisare

waswere

+ Ving

+ Vwill

Vinghavehas been

1

F

2 3 4

7 865

A B C D

G HE

WARM UP:

Pelmanism - Name of tenses- Form of tenses

- S + have + Ved3 + S + Ved

2

- + S + Ved2.. / S+ had + Ved

3

- S+ had + Ved3 + + S + Ved

2

- S + Ved2.. + S+ had + Ved

3

- + had + S + Ved3 +

- Don’t use future tenses in clauses of time.

SEQUENCE OF TENSES

sinceBefore

by the timeafter

No sooner thanHardly when

Question 1

GROUP BGROUP A

200

Question 2

Question 14

Question 16

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

Question 7

Question 8

Question 9

Question 10

Question 13

Question 15

Question 11

Question 12

Question 17

Question 18

Question 19

Question 20

2001901801701601501401301201101009080706050403020100 1901801701601501401301201101009080706050403020100

Question 1

C.

B. is

1. Lan has learnt English since she _________a small girl.

D. had been

A. was

C. has been

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 2

C.

B. will come

2. Don’t go anywhere until I _______ back

D. am coming

A. came

C. come

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 3

C.

B. discovering / had used

3. Before cars ____, people ____ horses and bicycles.

D. were discovered / had used

A. discovered / had used

C. had discovered / used

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 4

C.

B. is ending

4. I am going to speak with the boss when the meeting ______.

D. would end

A. will end

C. ends

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 5

C.

B. see

5. When we _____him tomorrow, we will remind him of that.

D. saw

A. will see

C. am seeing

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 6

C.

B. tell

6. When he comes, I ______him the news

D. would have told

A. will tell

C. would tell

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 7

C.

B. fought

7. When the police came, they ___.

D. were fighting

A. are fighting

C. would be fighting

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 8

C.

B. had studied

8. Before she came to England, she ______ English.

D. was studying

A. studied

C. will study

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 9

C.

B. as soon as

9. I have lost touch with him ____ he left for London.

D. before

A. since

C. after

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 10

C.

B. When he returns

10. __________, I will give him the report.

D. No sooner he returns

A. When he will return

C. Until he will return

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 11

C.

B. when we are fishing

11. We saw many beautiful birds ________ in the lake.

D. fishing

A. while fishing

C. while fished

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 12

C.

B. While having dinner

12. ______, Peter came to see me.

D. When I am having dinner

A. While I was having dinner

C. When having dinner

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 13

C.

B. Finished

13. ______ my homework, I went to bed.

D. After I had finished

A. After finishing

C. After had finished

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 14

C.

B. Before he leaves

14. _______ the dance, Jerry said good-bye to his girlfriend.

D. Before he will leave

A. Before left

C. Before leaving

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 15

C.

B. has spoken/ will have eaten

15. Jones _______ after everyone __________.

D. will speak / has eaten

A. speaks / will eat

C. is speaking / eats

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 16

C.

B. Whenever it rains

16. _______, Joe stays in bed and reads magazines.

D. As it will be raining

A. Whenever raining

C. When it will rain

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 17

C.

B. No sooner had he arrived

17. ________in Rome than he was kidnapped

D. No sooner he had arrived

A. No sooner he arrived

C. Had he no sooner arrived

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 18

C.

B. would open

18. Mrs. Pike _______ the door before the customers arrived.

D. had opened

A. will open

C. has opened

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 19

C.

B. was finishing / would take

19. After Mariana ____her exam, I _________ her out to eat.

D. will finish / have taken

A. has finished / will take

C. finished / had taken

Oh. I’m sorry!

Question 20

C.

B. until her boss will return

20. Mary will have finished all her work __________.

D. by the time her boss returns

A. as soon as her boss retuned

C. when her boss will return

Oh. I’m sorry!

Task: Find and correct one mistake in each sentence

FURTHER PRACTICE

1. She learns German for two years. A B C D

(for + duration of time present perfect)

2. At 5 o’clock yesterday evening, I am ironing my clothes. A B C D

(at + time + yesterday past continuous)

B. has learned

D. was ironing

3. No sooner she had entered the room than she left A B C

the presence of somebody else. D

(No sooner + had + S + Ved3) A. had she

4. It’s obvious that neither the teacher nor the A B C

students is responsible for it. D

D. are (neither + S1 + nor + S2 + V : V depends on S2)5. The last time I see him was in 2006. A B C D

B. saw (Changing tense: The last time + S + Ved2 . + was + )

6. After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house A B

from work, she was cooking dinner. C D

(S + Ved2 after + S+ had + Ved3)

7. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once A B C

since she buys it. D

(since + S + Ved2)8. When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she A

stopped moving and listens intently. B C D

( 2 verbs are combined with conjunction “and”)

D. cooked

D. bought

C. listened

9. The police arrested the man while he is having A B C

dinner in a restaurant. D

C. was having (Sequence of tense)

10. Peter and Wendy first met in 2006, and they are A B C

married for three years now. D

C. have been (for + duration of time present perfect)