Ôn thi THPTQG môn tiếng Anh - Chuyên đề 6: Ôn tập về thì và các mẫu câu biến đổi thì

 PART 6 - VERB TENSES
Exercise 1: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
1. John________ tennis once or twice a week.
 a. usually play b. plays usually c. usually plays d. has usually played
2. John________ at the moment, so he can't answer the telephone.
 a. works b. is working c. has worked d. will work
3. I like looking at the pictures, but I ________ enough by lunch time.
 a. should have b. will have c. will have had d. have
4. I don't understand this sentence. What________?
 a. does mean this word b. have this word mean
 c. means this word d. does this word mean
5. Someone________ at the door, can you answer it?
 a. knocks b. is knocking c. has knocked d. knocked
6. It was noisy next door. Our neighbors________ a party
 a. had b. were having c. had had d. have had
7. At 5 o'clock yesterday evening, I ________ my clothes.
 a. am ironing b. have ironed c. ironed d. was ironing
8. Why________ at me like that? What's the matter?
 a. do you look b. have you looked c. did you look d. are you looking
9. It was 10 p.m. Most of the shops___________
 a. have just closed b. had just closed c. has just closed d. was just closing
10. I________ that novel at least twice.
 a. have read b. read c. reads d. have been reading
11. They_____ me about it last week.
 a. was telling b. told c. had told d. would tell
12. I_______ here at the end of the month.
 a. will leave b. would leave c. would have left d. is leaving
13. I hope everything______ fine.
 a. is b. was c. would be d. will be
14. My grandfather______ many years ago.
 a. had died b. has died c. died d. was dying
15. Ted and Amy______ for 24 years.
 a. have been married b. married c. were married d. has been married
16. We________ to Tri An a few times recently.
 a. would be b. were c. had been d. have been
17. She_______ music all day. Now she fells tired.
 a. has been playing b. is playing c. played d. plays
18. Tim was tired. He ______ hard all day.
 a. has been studying b. studies c. studied d. had been studying
19. At last the bus came. We _________ for half an hour
 a. waited b. were waiting c. have waited d. had been waiting
20. I'm going on holyday on Saturday. This time next week I_____ on a beach in the sea.
 a. will lie b. am lying c. will be lying d. should be lying
KEY: Exercise 1
1.c 2.b 3.c 4.d 5.b 6.b 7.d 8.d 9.b 10.a
11.b 12.a 13.d 14.c 15.a 16.d 17.a 18.d 19.d 20.c PART 6 - VERB TENSES
Example:
a.We will call you after we arrive home
b. I’ll lend it to you after I have read my novel
c. After my sister had washed her clothes, she began to study.
5. By the time:
 Mệnh đề By the time Mệnh đề chính
 HTĐ TLHT
 QKĐ QKHT
Example:
a. By the time they arrive, We will have finished our homework.
b. By the time I went to bed last night, Fred had dropped by to visit me.
6. Since: 
 Mệnh đề Since Mệnh đề chính
 QKĐ HTHT
I have played tennis since I was a young boy. 
7. Until, till:
 Mệnh đề Until Mệnh đề chính
 HTĐ/HTHT HTĐ/TLĐ
 QKĐ QKHT
a.I'll wait until / till you finish/have finished
b. Please wait here until I come back.
c.The party had not ended until she came.
8. As soon as / Once:
 Mệnh đề AS soon as Mệnh đề chính
 HTĐ/HTHT TLĐ
 QKĐ/QKHT QKĐ
a. You will go home as soon as you have finished your exercises.
b. Once I have a chance, I will throw you an ice ball. 
9. Whenever, every time: 2 mđ thường được chia cùng thì
 Whenever he comes, we go to have lunch at "Dick's". PART 6 - VERB TENSES
Exercise 3: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
1. Henry________ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
 a. was going b. went c. has gone d. did go
2. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ________ dinner.
 a. finish b. finishes c. will finish d. shall have finished
3. Before you asked, the letter________
 a. had been written b. was written c. had written d. has been written
4. When I got to the hospital , she _____ in the waiting room.
 A. sat B. was sitting C. had sat D. is sitting
5. The electricity ______while she was cooking our dinner . 
 A. failed B. was failing C. was failed D. had failed 
6. Alan took a photograph of Sandra while she________
 a. didn't look b. hasn't looked c. wasn't looking d. hadn't looked
7. Last night Tine________ in bed when suddenly she heard a scream.
 a. read b. was reading c. had read d. had read
8. While mother________ dinner the phone rang.
 a. cooked b. had cooked c. has cooked d. was cooking
9. The phone________ constantly since Jack won the first prize this morning.
 a. has been ringing b. rang c. had rung d. had been ringing
10. She will go abroad as soon as she________ this English course.
 a. has completed b. will complete c. will have completed d. completed
11. The child________ before the doctor arrived.
 a. died b. had died c. has died d. was dying
12. We cleaned up the room as soon as the guests________
 a. had left b. has left c. left d. were leaving
13. My girls friend arrived after I ________ for her about half an hour.
 a. was waiting b. has been waiting c. had been waiting d. have waited
14. Before the prime Minister leaves New Your he____ several talks.
 a. will have had b. would have c. will be having d. has
15. As soon as he____ a certificate in English, he will apply for a job.
 a. would get b. got c. gets d. will get
16. While I was working in the garden, my son____ video games.
 a. was playing b. played c. has played d. has been playing
17 Frank____ home since he was a boy.
 a. isn't b. wasn't c. hasn't been d. hadn't been
18. John often ___________________swimming when he was ten years old.
 A. goes B. go C. went D. was going
19. The phone ___________________ suddenly while Jane was doing the housework.
 A. rang B. was ringing C. had rung D. is ringing
20. Yesterday when I arrived at the station, the train _______ for 15 minutes.
 A. had left B. has left C. left D. was leaving
KEY: Exercise 3
1b 2b 3a 4b 5a 6c 7b 8d 9a 10a
11b 12a 13c 14a 15c 16a 17c 18c 19a 20a PART 6 - VERB TENSES
12. It has not rained for a fortnight.
 A. It is a fortnight since it last rained. B. It is a fortnight since it has rained.
 C. It rained for a fortnight. D. The last time it rained is a fortnight ago.
13. This is the first time I've made such a stupid mistake.
 A.I have never made such a stupid mistake before. 
 B. I had never made a stupid mistake.
 C. The first mistake I made was a stupid one. 
 D. I first made a stupid mistake.
14. It was the worst hotel l had ever stayed at.
 A. I had never stayed at such a bad hotel. B. I had stayed at a worse hotel before.
 C. I had stayed a the worst hotel before. D. The hotel I stayed at was not the worst.
15. He started learning French six years ago.
 A. It was six years ago did he start learning French.
 B. He has learned French for 6 years. 
 C. He hasn't learnt French for 6 years. 
 D. It is six years since he has learned French.
16. Six years ago, we started writing to each other.
 A. We’ve been writing to each other for six years. 
 B. We’re used to write to each other for six years.
 C. We’ve been writing to each other since six years. 
 D. We used to write to each other for six years.
17. I haven’t stayed in a hotel for years .
 A. It’s years since I stay in a hotel . B. It’s years since I last stayed in a hotel .
 C. I haven’t stayed in a hotel years ago . D. It’s years when I stayed in a hotel .
18. This is the worst play I have ever seen. 
 A. I have never seen so a bad play. B. I have ever seen such a bad play.
 C. I have never seen so bad play. D. I have never seen such a bad play.
19. I last heard this song ten years ago .
 A. It is ten years since I last heard this song. 
 B. It is ten years when I have heard this song.
 C. It has been ten years when I have heard this song. 
 D. It was ten years since I have heard this song.
20. I have never seen such beautiful pictures before.
 A. These pictures are the most beautiful I have never seen.
 B. These pictures are the most beautiful I have ever seen. 
 C. This is the first time I have never seen such beautiful pictures.
 D. This is the first time I see beautiful pictures.
KEY: Exercise 4
1.C 2.C 3.D 4.C 5.D 6.C 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.C
11.A 12.A 13.A 14.A 15.B 16.A 17.B 18.D 19.A 20.B