Ôn tập môn Tiếng Anh khối 11 - The simple present tense and the present continuous

THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
17. The simple present tense and the present continuous.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense.
Ann sees Paul putting on his coat and says: Where you (go), Paul?
Paul: I (go) to buy some cigarettes. You (want) an evening paper?
Ann: No, thanks. Are you always buying cigarettes, Paul? How many you (smoke) a day?
Paul: I (not smoke) very many – perhaps 20. Jack (smoke) far more than I (do). He (spend) 10$ a week on cigarettes.
Mary (see) Peter standing at the bus stop.
Mary: Hello, Peter. What bus you (wait) for?
Peter: Hello, Mary. I (wait) for a 9 or a 14.
Mary: You usually (go) to work by car, don’t you?
Peter: Yes, but the car (belong) to my mother and she sometimes (want) it. She (use) it today to take Tom to the dentist.
Mary: I usually (go) by car too. Jack (take) me because he (pass) my office on his way to the factory. But this week he (work) in a factory in the opposite direction: so I (	queue) like you.
Peter: Here’s a 9 now. You (come) on it or you (wait) for a 14?
Mary: I (think) I’ll take the 9. if I (wait) for a 14 I may be late, and if you (be) late at my office everyone (look) at you.
Mary and Ann (wait) out side the telephone box. Inside the box a boy (dial) a number.
Mary: You (know) the boy?
Ann: Yes, he’s a friend of my brother’s. He (phone) his girl friend every day from this box.
Mary: Where he (Come) from?
Ann: He (come) from Japan. He’s very clever boy; he (speak) four languages.
Mary: I (wonder) what he (speak) now.
Ann: Well, his girl friend (come) from Japan too; so I (suppose) he (speak) Japanese.
It is 8.30. Tom and Ann (have) breakfast. They both (open) their letters.
Tom: no one ever (write) to me. All I (get) is bills! You (have) anything interesting?
Ann: I've got a letter from Hugh. He (say) he (come) to London next week and (want) us to meet him for lunch.
Peter: you (have) traffic wardens in your country?
Pedro: No, I (not think) so. You (not see) them in my town anyway. What exactly a traffic warden (do)?
Peter: He (walk) up and down the street and if the car (stay) to long at a parking place or (park) in a no-parking area he (stick) a parking ticket to the windscreen.
Look! He (put) a ticket on Tom’s car. Tom will be furious when he (see) it. He (hate) getting parking tickets.
Customer: I (want) to buy a fur coat. Have you any nice coats for about 500$?
Assistant: I'm afraid we just (lose), madam. It’s 4.55$, and we always (lose) at 5.00$ sharp on Fridays as Mr Jones the manager (not want) to miss his favourite television pragramme.
It is Friday evening and the Brown family is at home. Mrs Brown sometimes (listen) to a concert on the radio; Mr Brown (read) a paper, George Brown (do) his homework and Ann Brown (write) a letter.
Mr Brown always (read) his newspaper in the evening. Mrs Brown sometimes (knit) but she (not knit) tonight.
Mr Black often (go) to theatre but his wife (not go) very often. He (like) all sorts of plays. She (prefer) comedies.
Tonight they (watch) a very modern comedy. They (enjoy) it, but they (not understand) some of the jokes.
What (happen) in your class? The teacher (give) lectures every day?
No. He (give) one lecture a week, and on the other days he (show) films or (discuss) books with us.
 A bus conductor (get) more exercises than a bus driver. The driver just (sit) in his cab but the conductor (stand) and (walk) about and (run) up and down the stairs.
What the man (stand) in the middle of the road?
He (try) to get across. He (wait) for a gap in the traffic.
Why he (not use) the subway?
Lost of people (not bother) to use the subway. They (prefer) to risk their lives crossing here.
You (wear) a new coat, aren’t you?
Yes, you (like) it?
The colour (suit) you but it (not fit) you very well. It’s much too big.
All the guides here (speak) at the least three foreign languages, because a lot of foreign visitors (come) every summer.
Paul (take) a party of French tourists round now and tomorrow an American party (come).
Englishmen very seldom (talk) to the Underground. They (prefer) to read their newspaper.
Those two men in the corner (talk).
But they (not talk) English.
Jones and CO. (have) a sale at the moment. Shall we look in on our way home?
I'd love to but I'm afraid I won't have time. I (meet) Tom at 5.30.
You (go) out with Tom often?
I usually (go) by train, but this weekend I (go) buy bus. It (take) longer but it (cost) less.
Ann (no telephone): You (do) anything at the moment, Sally?
Sally: Yes. I (pack); I (catch) a plane to New York in three hours’ time.
Ann: Lucky girl! How long you (stay) in New York?
Peter: You (go) out tonight, Paul?
Paul: No, I (stay) at home. The neighbours (come) in to watch TV.
You (invite) the neighbours often?
Paul: No, but they (invite) themselves whenever there is a good progarmme.
Jack: I just (go) out to get an evening paper.
Ann: But it (pour)! Why you (not wait) till the rain (stop)? (I advise you to wait.)
Lucy: Tom (get) up very early but he (wash) and (shave) and (get) his breakfast so quietly that I (not hear) a thing. But I (hear) him driving away from the house because his car (make) a lot of noise.
Alice: My brother (get) up very early too. But he (make) such a lot of noise that he (wake) everybody up. He (sing) in his bath and (bang) doors and (drop) things in the kitchen and (play) the radio very loudly.
Lucy: Why you (not ask) him to be a bit quieter?
Alice: I (mention) it every night but it (not do) any good. He (say) that he (not make) a sound, and I (think) he already (believe) it.
Tom: You (see) that man at the corner? He (keep) stopping people and asking them questions. You (think) he (ask) for directions?
Jack: No, I (expect) he (make) a survey.
Tom: How you (make) a survey? 
Jack: You (stop) people and (ask) them some questions and (write) the answers on a report sheet.
In most of countries a child (start) school at six and (stay) for about five years in a primary school. Then he (move) to a secondary school. At 17 or 18 he (take) exam; if eh (do) well in this exam he can go to a university if he (wish).
18. The simple present and the present continuous.
Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct present tense.
Mrs Jones: my daughter never (write) to me so I never (know) what she (do). Your son (write) to you, Mrs Smith?
Mrs Smith: Yes, I (hear) from him every week. He (seem) to like writing letters.
These apples (cost) 40p a bag. You (think) that is expansive?
It (depend) on the size of the bag.
I (see) my solicitor tomorrow (I have arranged this); I (change) my will.
You always (change) your will. Why you (not leave) alone?
You (look) very thoughtful. What you (think) about?
I (think) about my retirement.
But you’re only 25. You only just (start) your career.
I (know); but I (read) an article which (say) that a sensible man (start) thinking about retirement at 25.
My next door neighbours always (knock) on my door and (ask) me to lend her 10 pieces.
What she (do) with them?
She (put) them in her gas meter. I really (not mind) lending her a few 10p pieces but what (annoy) me is that she (know) how may she (need) each week but never (take) the trouble to bring the right number home.
What she (do) if she (run) out of them when you are away?
Oh, she (borrow) from her other neighbours, Mr White; but this (take) longer because he always (want) her to stay and chat and she (find) it quite hard to get away from him.
How much she (owe) you now?
I (not know); I (not keep) an account. Anyway she (leave) next week; she (get) married. I (try) to think of a suitable wedding present.
Why you (not offer) to cancel her debt?
That (sound) rather a mean sort of present. Anyway she probably (not realize) that she (owe) me money.
My brother (say) that people who (owe) him money always (seem) to forget about it, but people he (owe) money to always (remember) exactly.
I (not think) your brother (enjoy) the party. He (keep) looking at this watch.
Oh, I'm sure you (enjoy) it. He always (enjoy) your parties. But I (know) I want to be home early tonight because he (expect) an important telephone call.
Jack: How much longer you (stay) in England?
Paul: Only one more day. I (leave) tomorrow night. I (go) to Holland for two weeks.
Jack: And you (come) back to England after that or you (go) home?
Paul: It (depend) on my father. But if he (agree) to let me go on studying here I'll certainly come back. And I (expect) he agree.
Paul: By the way, Jack, Ann (see) me off at Victoria tomorrow. Why you (not come) too? You could have coffee with her afterwards. (Paul is advising /inviting to come and see him off.)
You (see) that man at the corner of the street? He is a private detective. He (watch) No.24?
Because whenever anyone (come) out of, or (go) into, the house he (make) a note in his little book.
What all those people (do) in the middle of the street? And why they (wear) such extraordinary clothes?
They (make) a film. Most of the crowds are local people who (work) a extras.
It (sound) great fun. You (think) I could get a job as a film extra?
I (not know) but I (see) Ann over there; when they (finish) this scene I'll ask her if they still (take) on extras.
Ann (act) the film?
She has a small part. She (not act) very well. I (imagine) she got the part because she (know) the director.
My brother (live) next door and his two children (come) and (see) me every day. The boy (not bother) to knock the door; he just (climb) in through the window; but the girl always (knock).
Tom: We (move) into our new house tomorrow.
Bill: But why you (leave) your present house? It (suit) you all.
Tom: Yes, I (know) it (do); but the Council (pull) down all the houses on this side. They (widen) the road. They (say) its bottleneck.
If you (ask) a friend she (like) your new dress she usually (say) ‘Yes’; so you (not know) whatever she really (think) it (suit) you or whatever she merely (be) polite.
If you (want) a candid opinion you’d better ask my sister. She never (tell) white lies; she always (say) exactly what she (think).
Your sister’s frankness (annoy) people?
Yes, it (do). The average person (not want) a truthful answer; he (Want) you to say something agreeable.
I (hear) that you have bought a new house.
Yes, but I (not live) in yet. They still (work) on it, and the work (take) longer than I expected.
I (think) repair jobs always (take) longer than one (expect). What they (do) now?
They (put) in new electric points. They (seem) competent electricians but they (smoke) at their work and this (slow) them down.
They always (hammer) next door.
Yes, that house (keep) changing hands and the new owner always (begin) by putting un a new fireplace, and their fireplace is just on the other outside of this wall so we (hear) everything. The wall (shake), too.
Ann (stir) something in a saucepan and Mary (stand) beside her holding a cookery book. ... pick) ten pounds of strawberries. I (grow) strawberries for year but I never (have) such a good drop before.
What you (do) with the corkscrew? The point is broken off.
I'm afraid I (use) it to make hole in this tin.
She just (sell) two of her paintings.
She’s lucky. I (paint) for five years and I (not sell) a single picture yet.
They are throwing crockery at each other in the next flat.
This (happen) before?
Well, they (have) a good many row but this is the first time they (throw) crockery.
What you (do) with my typewriter? I can't find anywhere.
Tom just (go) off with it. He says he’ll bring it back when he (finish).
He (work) to Crow Brothers for forty years and never once (be) late. This firm just (present) him with a gold watch as a sign of their appreciation.
We (mend) sheets all morning but we only (do) three, and now the sewing machine (break) down so we’ll be even slower with the next one.
George (collect) matchboxes ever since he left school. Now he (collect) so many that he doesn’t know where to put them.
I (look) through my old photograph album. It’s full of photographs of people whose names I completely (forget). I wonder what (happen) to them all.
It was lovely at eleven o’clock, but since then the sky (get) steadily darker and the wind (rise). I'm afraid the fine spell (come) to an end.
Since he became Mayor, my brother reckons that he (eat) 30 official lunches and 22 official dinners, and he (lose) count of the number of receptions and parties that he (attend).
He (put) on a lot of weight?
Secretary: Customers (ring) up all morning complaining about getting incorrect bills.
Manager: I know; something (go) wrong with our computer. The mechanic (work) on it. I hope he (find) out what’s wrong. 
Someone (use) my umbrella1 It’s all wet! And it was wet yesterday and the day before!
Well, it wasn’t me. I (not be) out of the house for a week!
I (stand) in this queue for ages. It (not move) at all in the last five minutes. I think the man in the ticket office just (shut) his window and (go) off for lunch.
The Town Council (consider) my application for permission to build a garage for three months. They just (give) my neighbours permission to build one, so I hope they (decide) to let me have one too.
You look exhausted!
Yes, I (play) tennis and I (not play) for years, so I'm not used to it.
They began widening this road three weeks ago; but the workmen (be) on strike for the last fortnight so they (not get) very far with it.
That man (stand) at the bus stop for the last half an hour now. Shall I tell him that the last bus already (go)?
I wonder if anything (happen) to Tom. I (wait) an hour now. He often (keep) me waiting but he never (be) quite so late as this.
Mrs Brown (live) next door for quite a long time now but she never (say) more than ‘Good morning’ to me.
I just (remember) that I (not pay) the rent yet. I am surprised that the landlord (not ring) me up to remind me.
It is the first time you (be) late with the rent in 25 years. He probably thinks that you (pay) and he (lose) the cheque.
Shop assistant: Could you give me some proof of your identity, madam?
Customer: But I (shop) here for fifteen years!
Shop assistant: I know, madam, but apparently the company (lose) a lot of money lately through dud cheque and they (make) new regulations which we (be told) to apply to all customers no matter how long we (know) them.
What you (do)? I (look) for you for ages.
I (build) a barbecue in the garden.
26. The simple past and the past perfect, simple and continuous.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
He (give) me back the book, (thank) me for lending it to him and (say) that he (enjoy) it very much; but I (know) that he (not read) it because most of the pages (be) still uncut.
When he (see) his wife off the station, he (return) home as he (not have) to be at the airport till 9.30.
He (not have) to pack, for his wife already (do) that for him and his case (be) ready in the hall.
He (not have) to check the doors and the windows either, for his wife always (do) that before she (leave) the house.
All he (have) to do (be) to decide whether or not to take his overcoat with him. In the end he (decide) not to.
At 8.30 he (pick) up his case, (go) out of the house and (slam) the door behind him.
Then he (feel) in his pockets for the key, for his wife (remind) him to double-clock the front door.
When he (search) all his pockets and (find) no key he (remember) where it (be).
He (leave) it in his overcoat pockets.
Then he (remember) something else; his passport and tickets (be) in his overcoat pockets as well.
I (arrive) in England in the middle of July. I (be told) that England (be) shrouded in fog all year round, so I (be) quite surprised to find that it was merely raining.
I (ask) another passengers, an Englishmen, about the fog and he (say) that there (not be) any since the previous February.
If I (want) fog, he said, I (come) a quite the wrong time.
However, he (tell) me that I could buy tinned fog at a shop in Shaftsbury Avenue.
He (admit) that he never (buy) fog there himself but (assure) me that they (sell) good quality fog and that it (not be) expensive. I suppose he was joking.
When the old lady (return) to her flat she (see) at once that burglars (break) in during her absence, because the front door (be) open and every thing in the flat (be) upside down.
The burglars themselves (be) no longer there, but they probably only just (leave) because a cigarette was still burning on an ornamental table.
Probably they (hear) the lift coming up and (run) down the fire escape. 
They (help) themselves to her whisky too but there (be) a little left, so she (pour) herself out a drink.
She (wonder) if they (find) her jewelry and rather (hope) that they had.
The jewelry (be give) her by her husband, who (die) some years before.
Since his death, she (not have) the heart to wear it, yet she (not like) to sell it.
Now it (seem) that fate (take) the matter out of her hands; and certainly the insurance money would come in handy.
I (put) the 5$ note into the one of my books; but next day it (take) me ages to find it because I (forget) which book I (put) it into.
A woman (come) in with a baby, who she (say) just (swallow) a safety pin.
I (think) my train (leave) at 14.33, and (be) very disappointed when I (arrive) at 14.30 and (learn) that it just (leave).
I (find) letter that I (use) an out-of-date timetable.
He (park) his car under a No Parking sign and (rush) into the shop. When he (come) back out of the shop ten minutes later the car (be) no longer there.
He (wonder) if someone (steal) it or if the police (drive) it away.
It (be) now 6 p.m.; and Jack (be) tired because he (work) hard all day.
He (be) also hungry because he (have) nothing to eat since breakfast.
His wife usually (bring) him sandwiches at lunch time, but today for some reason she (not come).
He (keep) looking at her, wondering where he (see) her before.
I (look) out before I (go) to bed and (see) a man standing on the opposite pavement watching the house.
When I (get) up the following morning he (be) still there, and I (wonder) whether he (stay) there all night or if he (go) away and (come) back.
When I (open) the door I (see) a man on his knees.
He clearly (listen) to our conversation and I (wonder) how much he (hear).
When I (ask) him what he (do), he (say) that he (drop) at 50p piece outside the door and (look) for it.
I (not see) any sign of the money, but I (find) a small notebook and pencil which he probably (drop) when the door (open) suddenly.
So he (take) notes of our conversation!
The notes (be) written in a foreign language, so I (turn) to the stranger and (ask) him to translate.
But he (pull) my hat over my eyes and (run) off down the corridor. 
By the time I (recover) from the shock he (disappear) round the corner.
Curiously enough, when I (move) my foot I (find) that I (stand) on a 50p piece.
Perhaps he (tell) the truth after all!
27. Questions.
Make questions for which the following would be reasonable answers.
They went to New York.
It takes four hours to get there.
I didn’t think much of it.
He earns a hundred pounds a week.
He (Tom) was fined ten pounds.
It (my room) is twice as big as yours.
They left the country ten years ago.
They came by bus.
I've been here for two months.
They (the students) went to the museum yesterday.
It (the car) does fifty to the gallon.
He met her in a coffee bar.
They (the neighbours) complained about the smell.
He (the clerk) made him fill up a form.
The pigs ate them (the apples).
He got in by climbing over the wall.
John bought them (the tickets).
They (the road) very crowded.
I smoke forty (cigarettes) a day.
It (the hotel) was awful.
It (the market) is a stone’s through from there.
I've had it (this cough) since the beginning of October.
He (Guy Fawkes) tried to blow Parliament.
I'd like to speak to Mr Jones please.
This is Tom’s.
He stopped it (the train) by pulling the communication cord.
I've been waiting for half an hour.
She (Mary) put it in the dustbin.
I threw it away because I was tired of it.
There are four (hotel in then town.)
They left it (the lawnmower) outside.
I found her address by calling at every house in the village.
She (Ann) gave me duck and greens peas for lunch.
It (the lake) is very deep indeed.
I borrowed my brother’s car.
He buried it in the garden.
28. Questions.
See previous exercise for instructions.
He told me exactly what happened.
It (the bridge) is built of reinforced concrete.
We’re all going to watch the cricket match.
He broke it (his leg) in a skiing accident.
He (Tom) lost his job because he kept coming in late for work.
I bought the big one.
It (the new theatre) looks rather like a factory.
I'd like about a dozen.
It (the concert) began at 8 p.m.
She went (to the dance) with George.
He bought one (a car) because the local railway station closed down.
He’s coming at the end of the week.
That one is longer.
Jack taught me (no play poker).
She’s broken another or your best plates.
I'm looking for a telephone box.
He’s borrowed your typewriter.
She was asking him for a rise.
He’s ring up the police.
It (the word ‘boss’) means employer.
He escaped by climbing over the prison wall.
We were talking about Margaret.
They liked Ann’s idea best.
He complained to the manager.
It was about the size of an orange.
They (the students) intend to demonstrate against the new regulations.
I come from Scotland.
The best kind of costs about twenty pounds.
He gave it away because he didn’t like the colour.
She (his sister) is very pretty.
It (this knife) is for opening oyster.
In the mornings I have to get the breakfast, make the beds and take Mrs White’s children to school.
I like the black one best.
He comes (to London) about once a month.
Your father told me about it.
He’s quick-tempered and impulsive.