時態 Class_______ Number________ Name______________

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1. A: I’m going to ask you some questions so that we can practice verb tense.
What (you, do)______________________ every day before you come
to class? Name one thing.
B: I (eat)________________ breakfast.
2. A: What (you, do)___________________ last night? Name three activities.
B: Last night I (eat)______________ dinner. Then I (visit)______________
some friends, and later I (write)_______________ a couple of letters.
3. A: What (you, do)____________________ right now? What activity is in
progress right now, at this exact moment?
B: Right now I (talk)__________________ to you. I (answer)
_______________ your questions.
4. A: Where were you at this exact time yesterday? And what activity was in
progress then?
B: Let me think. At this time yesterday, I was at the bookstore. I (look)
_______________ for the books I needed to buy for this class.
5. A: How many questions (I , ask)___________________ since we began
this exercise?
B: I think you (ask)________________ me five or six questions since we
began this exercise.
6. A: What (you, do)______________________ for the past five minutes? In
other words, what activity began five minutes ago and has been in
progress from then until now?
B: I (talk)______________________ to you for the past five minutes. I
started talking to you five minutes ago, and I am still talking to you.
7. A: Where (you, be)_____________________ tomorrow morning?
B: I (be)________________ in class tomorrow morning.
8. A: What (you, do)____________________ at this exact time tomorrow? In
other words, what activity will be in progress at this exact same time
tomorrow?
B: Right now I am sitting in the classroom. And at this exact time tomorrow, I
(sit)_______________ in the classroom.
9. A: What (you, do)_______________________ by the time you got to class
today? In other words, what is one activity that you had completed
before you arrived in class today?
B: Well, for one thing, I (eat)___________________ breakfast by the time I
got to class today.
10. A: What (you, do)____________________ by the time you go to bed
tonight? Name one activity that you will have completed before you go
to bed tonight?
B: I (eat)______________________ dinner by the time I go to bed tonight.
REVIEW OF VERB TENSE (present , past , future)
1. A: I’ll lend you my bike if I(need, not)__________ it tomorrow. B: Thanks.
2. A: Everyone in the office (plan) ___________ to come to the annual
company picnic tomorrow. (you, come)_____________? B: Of course.
3. A: How (you, get, usually)_____________ to work?
B: I (take)_____________ the MRT every morning.
4. A few days ago, Janet (watch)_____________ a drama on TV when the
screen suddenly (become)____________ blank and the TV set (stop)
__________ working. She never (find)__________ out how the story
ended.
5. A: I (go) ______________ to a basketball game tomorrow evening. Want to
join me? B: Sorry, Brian and I (go)_____________ to a movie.
6. A: When’s Barbara going to call? We have to leave soon.
B: She (call, probably)________________ any minute. I’m sure she’ll call
us before we (go)_____________ out to dinner.
7. A: Look! There (be)____________ a police car behind us. Its lights
(flash)_____________.
B: I (know)_____________! I (know)____________! I (see)___________it.
A: What (go)______________ on? (you, speed)____________________?
B: No, I’m not. I (go)______________ the speed limit.
A: Ah, look. The police car (pass) ______________ us. Whew.
8. I usually (ride)_____________ my bicycle to work in the morning, but it
(rain)_____________ when I left my house early this morning, so I
(drive)_____________ my car. After I (arrive)_____________ at work, I
(find)_____________ that I had left my briefcase at home.
9. A: How do you like your new job?
B: I don’t start it until tomorrow. I (give) ________ you an answer next
week.
10.A: What (you, wear)_________________ to Eric’s wedding tomorrow?
B: My blue dress, I guess. How about you?
A: I (plan) _________ to wear my new outfit. I (buy)__________ it just a few
days ago. It (be)______ a yellow suit with a white blouse. Just a minute.
I (show)_______________ it to you. Wait right here. I (get)________ it
from my closet and (bring)__________ it out.
11.A: Where’s my blue sweater?
B: Lisa (wear)_______________ it today.
A: She’s what? I (lend, not)_______________ her my sweater.
A: Oh? Well, Lisa (be)____________________ back soon. You can get your
sweater back then.
題組 1
Two hundred and fifty years ago, people (make)__________ their own
clothes. They (have, not)_____________ machines for making clothes. There
(be, not)_____________ any clothing factories. People (wear)____________
homemade clothes that were sewn by hand.
Today, very few people (make) ___________ their own clothes. Clothing
(come)___________ ready-made from factories. People (buy)_________
almost all their clothes from stores.
The modern clothing industry (be)__________ international. As a result,
people in many different countries often (wear)___________ similar clothes.
For example, people in many different countries throughout the world (wear)
____________ jeans and T-shirts.
However, regional differences in clothing still (exist)___________. For
instance, people of the Arabian deserts (wear)___________ loose, flowing
robes to protect themselves from the heat of the sun. In northern Europe, fur
hats (be)_________ common in the winter.
In the future, there (be, probably)____________ fewer and fewer
differences in clothing in the world. People throughout the world (wear)
___________ clothes from the same factories. (we all, dress) _____________
almost alike in the future? TV shows and movies about the future often (show)
____________ everybody in a uniform of some kind. What (you, think)
__________________?
題組 2
Dianne, Sara, and Emily all (go)__________ to college together twenty
years ago. They (have)___________ a wonderful time and (learn)_________
a lot. Now, the three of them (work)__________ at the same insurance
company. They (eat)__________ lunch together every day and sometimes
(tell)__________ stories about their school days.
Yesterday, they (remember)___________ a funny incident at a special
banquet during their sophomore year. At this dinner, they (sit)_______ at the
same table as the president of the university. Everything (go)_______ so well,
but then something terrible (happen)____________. To make a long story
short, Sara (spill) _________ a serving dish full of spaghetti onto the
president.
Sara (be)________ terribly embarrassed. She (apologize)___________
profusely and (leave) __________ the banquet room in tears. Now, twenty
years later, the three women (remember)__________ every detail, especially
the look on the president’s face. When they (tell)__________ that story at
lunch yesterday, and they (laugh)__________ until tears streamed down their
faces.
The spaghetti incident (be, not)___________ funny when it happened, but
it (be)__________ funny to the women now. Terrible embarrassments that we
that we had when we (be)__________ young often seem funny when we
(be)__________ older. As we (get)_____________ older, we (get)_________
more tolerant of our own faults. Right now you (be)__________ young. When
you (be)________ older, you (smile)___________ with amusement about
some of the seemingly terrible and embarrassing things that happen to you as
a young adult.
REVIEW OF VERB TENSE
1. My grandfather (fly, never)___________________ in an airplane, and he
has no intention of ever doing so.
2. Jane isn’t here yet. I (wait)__________________ for her since noon, but
she still (arrive, not)____________________.
3. In all the world, there (be)__________________ only 14 mountains that
(reach)_________________ above 8,000 meters.
4. I have a long trip ahead of me tomorrow, so I think I’d better go to bed. But
let me say good-bye now because I won’t see you in the morning. I (leave,
already)_______________________ by the time you (get)_________ up.
5. Right now we (have)_________________ a heat wave. The temperature
(be)_____________ in the upper 30o C for the last six days.
6. Last night I (go)______________ to a party. When I (get)____________
there, the room was full of people. Some of them (dance)_____________ ,
and others (talk)__________________. One young woman (stand)
________________ by herself. I (meet, never)____________________
her, so I (introduce)___________________ myself to her.
7. About three yesterday afternoon, Jessica (lie)________________ in bed
reading a book. Suddenly she (hear)_______________ a loud noise and
(get)_____________ up to see what it was. She (look)______________
out the window. A truck (bump, just)_________________ into her new car!
8. Next month I have a week’s vacation. I (plan)_________________ to take
a trip. First, I (go)_____________ to Madison, Wisconsin, to visit my
brother. After I (leave)______________ Madison, I (go)______________
to Chicago to see a friend who (study)__________________ at the
university there. She (live)___________________ in Chicago for three
years, so she (know)_________________ a lot about the city. She
(promise)__________________ to take me to many interesting places. I
(be, never)_____________________ in Chicago, so I (look)
_______________ forward to going there.
9. Yesterday while I (sit)_________________ in class, I (get)_____________
the hiccups. The person who (sit)_______________ next to me told me to
hold my breath. I (try)_____________ that, but it didn’t work. The instructor
(teach)_________________, and I didn’t want to interrupt him, so I just sat
there trying to hiccup quietly. Finally, after I (hiccup)__________________
for almost five minutes, I (raise)_______________ my hand and (excuse)
______________ myself from class to go get a drink of water.
10. The weather has been terrible lately. It (rain)___________________ off
and on for two days, and the temperature (drop)_________________
 drastically. It (be)_____________ really cold today. Just three days ago,
the sun (shine)______________ and the weather (be)____________
pleasant. The weather certainly (change)__________________ quickly
here. I never know what to expect. Who knows? When I (wake) ________
up tomorrow morning, maybe it (snow) ________________.
題組 1-1
On June 20th, I returned home. I (be)_____________ away from home for
two years. My family (meet)_____________ me at the airport with kisses and
tears. They (miss)______________ me as much as I had missed them. I (be)
____________ very happy to see them again. When I (get)__________ the
chance, I (take)_____________ a long look at them. My little brother
(be)_________ no longer little. He (grow)________________ a lot. He (be)
_____________ almost as tall as my father. My little sister
(wear)_____________ a green dress. She (change)_______________ quite
a bit, too, but she (be, still)_____________ mischievous and inquisitive. She
(ask)______________ me a thousand questions a minute, or so it seemed.
My father (gain)___________ some weight, and his hair
(turn)_____________ a little grayer, but otherwise he was just as I had
remembered him. My mother (look)______________ a little older, but not
much. The wrinkles on her face (be)_____________ smile wrinkles.
題組 1-2
On June 20th, I will return home. I (be)_____________ away from home for
two years by that time. My family (meet)_____________ me at the airport with
kisses and tears. They (miss)______________ me as much as I have missed
them. I (be) ____________ very happy to see them again. When I
(get)__________ the chance, I (take)_____________ a long look at them. My
little brother (be, no longer)___________ so little. He (grow)______________
at least one foot. He (be)_____________ almost as tall as my father. My little
sister (wear, probably)_________________________ a green dress because
that’s her favorite color. She (change)_______________ quite a bit, too, but
she (be, still)_____________ mischievous and inquisitive. She (ask)
______________ me a thousand questions a minute, or so it will seem. My
father (gain, probably)___________________ some weight, and his hair
(turn)_____________ a little grayer, but otherwise he will be just as I
remember him. My mother (look)______________ a little older, but not much.
The wrinkles on her face (be)_____________ smile wrinkles.
題組 2
Mark Twain, the author of the The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, is one of
America’s best-loved storytellers. He (grown up)_______________ in a small
town on the Mississippi River. As a young boy, he (admire, greatly)
_________________ the pilots of the riverboats and dreamed about being a
riverboat pilot on the mighty river. He pursued his dream, and by the age of
22, he himself (become)____________ a riverboat pilot. Later in life, when he
(become)____________ a writer, many of his stories (contain)____________
elements of his own experience. He wrote many humorous stories and articles
about life on the Mississippi River before he (die)___________ in 1910 at the
age of 74. Sadly, Twain (work)_____________ on a new story for several
months before his death, but he (finish, never)____________________ it.
Over the years since his death, his boyhood home in Hannibal, Missouri,
(become)______________ a favorite place for Americans to visit to learn
about Twain and life on the Mississippi at the turn of the 19 th century.
題組 3
A: Hi, Jim. How’s it going?
B: Great.
A: (you, enjoy)________________ the rock concert last night?
B: You bet! I had a terrific time.
A: Tell me about it. I (go, never)__________________ to a rock concert.
B: Well, I (go, never)___________________ to a rock concert before, either,
so I (know, not)___________________ what to expect. I’ve been to
symphony concerts lots of times, but never a rock concert. Ten minutes
before the concert was supposed to start, hundreds of teenagers (try, still)
_________________ to find their seats. The place was a madhouse. I
thought that things would settle down once the concert began. Boy, was I
wrong! As soon as the lead singer (appear)______________ on the stage,
everyone (start)______________ screaming as loudly as they could. I
couldn’t hear myself think. But after a while things calmed down. And the
music was great. At one time during the concert, while the lead singer (sing)
__________________ a famous hit song, many people in the audience
knew the song so well that they sang along with him. All in all, the concert
(be)______________ a lot of fun, but very noisy.
A: It does sound like it was a lot of fun.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

1. After Jessica _________ her studies in the college, she will go to work in
her father’s company.
(A)will finish (B)will have finished (C)finishes (D)is finishing
2. By the time I go to bed tonight, I _________ my work for the day.
(A)will finish (B)have finished (C)will have finished (D)finish
3. When my parents _________ for a visit tomorrow, they will see our new
baby for the first time.
(A)will arrive (B)arrived (C)will have arrived (D)arrive
4. Helen looked down to fine a snake at her feet. When she saw it, she ____.
(A)was screaming (B)had screamed (C)screamed (D)screams
5. By the time David finally graduated form high school, he ________ seven
 different schools because his parents moved very often.
(A)attended (B)was attending (C)had attended (D)had been attending
6. Until you learn to relax more, you ________ your ability to speak English.
(A)haven’t improved (B)don’t improve(C)aren’t improving (D)won’t improve
7. I borrowed four books about animals the last time I ______ to the library.
(A)go (B)went (C)had gone (D)have gone
8. Before I started the car, all the passengers ______ their seat belts.
(A)will buckle (B)had buckled (C)buckle (D)have buckled
9. It seems that whenever I travel abroad, I ______ to take something I need.
(A)forgot (B)am forgetting (C)forget (D)had forgotten
10. When I see the doctor this afternoon, I ____ him to look at my leg.
(A)will ask (B)asked (C)will have asked (D)ask
11. After ancient Greek athletes won a race in the Olympics, they ______ a
simple crown of olive leaves.
(A)received (B)had received (C)were receiving (D)have received
12. After the game _______ , the celebration began.
(A)had been won (B)is won (C)will be won (D)has been won
13. I’ll return Bob’s pen to him the next time I ______ him.
(A)see (B)will see (C)will have seen (D)have seen
14. I _____ all the questions correctly since I began this grammar exercise on
verb tenses.
(A)am answering (B)answer (C)have answered (D)answered
15. A small stone struck the windshield while we _____ down the gravel road.
(A)drive (B)were driving (C)had driven (D)had been driving
16. I’ve been in this city for a long time. I _____ here sixteen years ago.
(A)have come (B)was coming (C)came (D)had come
17. “Hurry up! We’re waiting for you. What’s taking you so long?”
“I ______ for an important phone call. Go ahead and leave without me.”
(A)wait (B)will wait (C)am waiting (D)have waited
18. “Robert is going to be famous someday. He ___ in three movies already.”
“I’m sure he’ll be a star.”
(A)has been appearing (B)had appeared (C)has appeared (D)appeared
19. “Where’s Polly?” “She_____.”
(A)is in her room studying (B)studies in her room (C)in her room
is studying (D)has in her room studied
20. “Hello? Alice? This is Jeff. How are you?”
“Jeff? What a coincidence! I _____ about you when the phone rang.”
(A)was just thinking (B)have just been thinking (C)just thought
21. “What _____ about the new simplified tax law?”
“It’s more confusing than the old one.”
(A)are you thinking (B)do you think (C)have you thought (D)have
you been thinking
22. “When is Mr. Wang planning to retire?”
“Soon, I think. He _____ here for a long time. He’ll probably retire either
next year or the year after that.”
(A)worked (B)had been working (C)has been working (D)is working
23. “Why did you buy all this sugar and chocolate?”
“I ____ a delicious dessert for dinner tonight.”
(A)make (B)will make (C)am going to make (D)will have made
24. “Let’s go! What’s taking you so long?”
“I’ll be there as soon as I ____ my keys.”
(A)found (B)will find (C)find (D)am finding
25. Next week when there ___ a full moon, the ocean tides will be higher.
(A)is being (B)is (C)will be (D)will have been
26. While I ____ TV last night, a mouse ran across the floor.
(A)watch (B)watched (C)was watching (D)am watching
27. Fish were among the earliest forms of life. Fish ___ on earth for ages.
(A)existed (B)are existing (C)exist (D)have existed
28. The phone _____ constantly since Jack announced his candidacy for
president this morning.
(A)has been ringing (B)had rung (C)rang (D)had been ringing
29. The earth ____ on the sun for its heat and light.
(A)is depend (B)depending (C)has depend (D)depends
30. I don’t feel good. I ___ home from work tomorrow.
(A)am staying (B)stay (C)will have stayed (D)stayed
31. Today there are weather satellites that beam down information about the
earth’s atmosphere. In the last twenty years, space exploration _____
great contributions to weather forecasting.
(A)is making (B)has made (C)made (D)makes
32. On July 20, 1969, Astronaut Neil Armstrong _____ down onto the moon,
the first person ever to set foot on another celestial body.
(A)was stepping (B)stepped (C)has stepped (D)was step
33. The plane’s departure was delayed because of mechanical difficulties.
When the passengers finally got on the plane, many of them were angry
and irritable because they ____ in the airport for three and a half hours.
(A)are waiting (B)were waiting (C)have been waiting (D)had been waiting
34. If coastal erosion continues to take place at the present rate, in another
fifty years this beach ____ anymore.
(A)doesn’t exist (B)isn’t going to exist (C)isn’t existing (D)won’t be existing
35. Our school football team ____ a game until last month, when the new
coach led them to win for the first time.
(A)has never won (B)is never winning (C)had never been winning
(D)had never won
36. Non-native speakers need many years of intensive language study before
 they can qualify as interpreters. By the end of this year, Chen ____
English for three years, but he will still need more training and experience
before he masters the language.
(A)will be studying (B)has studied (C)will have been studying (D)has
been studying
37. I’ve been in this city for a long time. I _____ here sixteen years ago.
(A)have come (B)was coming (C)came (D)had come
38. “May I speak to Dr. Paine, please?”
“I’m sorry, he ____ a patient at the moment. Can I help you?”
(A)is seeing (B)sees (C)has been seeing (D)was seeing
39. “When are you going to ask your boss for a raise?”
“____ to her twice already! I don’t’ think she wants to give me one.”
(A)I’ve talked (B)I’ve been talking (C)I was talking (D)I’d talked
40. “Do you think Harry will want something to eat after he gets here?”
“I hope not. It’ll probably be after midnight, and we ____.”
(A)are sleeping (B)will be sleeping (C)have been sleeping (D)be sleeping
41. Paul, could you please turn off the stove? The potatoes ______ for at
least thirty minutes.
(A)are boiling (B)boiling (C)have been boiling (D)were boiling
42. “Is it true that spaghetti didn’t originate in Italy?”
“Yes, The Chinese ____ spaghetti dishes for a long time before Marco
Polo brought it back to Italy.”
(A)have been making (B)have made (C)had been making (D)make
43. “I once saw a turtle that had wings. The turtle flew into the air to catch
insects.” “Stop kidding. I ____ you!”
(A)don’t believe (B)am not believing (C)didn’t believe (D)wasn’t believing
44. “Could someone help me move the big boxes into the house?”
“I am not busy.! I ____ you.”
(A)help (B)will help (C)am going to help (D)am helping
45. My family loves this house. It ___ the family home ever since my
grandfather built it 45 years ago.
(A)was (B)has been (C)is (D)will be
46. Here’s an interesting statistic: On a typical day, the average person ___
about 48,000 words. How many words did you speak today?
(A)spoke (B)was speaking (C)speaks (D)is speaking
47. I know you feel bad now, Tommy, but try to put it out of your mind. By the
time you’re an adult, you _____ all about it.
(A)forget (B)will have forgotten (C)will forget (D)forgot
48. It’s against the law to kill the black rhinoceros. They ____ extinct.
(A)became (B)have become (C)become (D)are becoming
49. After ten unhappy years, Jane finally quit her job. She _____ along with
her boss for a long time before she finally decided to look for a new job.
 (A)hadn’t been getting (B)isn’t getting (C)didn’t get (D)hasn’t been getting
50. Jim, why don’t you take some time off? You ____ too hard lately. Take a
short vacation.
(A)worked (B)work (C)were working (D)have been working
51. The little girl started to cry. She _____ her doll, and no one was able to
find it for her.
(A)has lost (B)had lost (C)was losing (D)was lost
52. Jane’s eyes burned and her shoulders ached. She ____ at the computer
for five hours. Finally, she took a break.
(A)is sitting (B)has been sitting (C)was sitting (D)had been sitting