Tiếng anh 11- Tenses Revision

Grade 12 Unit 1: HOME LIFE EXERCISES: TENSE REVISION 1. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs. Ian McBain (1) _________ (write) for many years before he (2) _________ (come) to fame with his second novel in 1993. Since then he (3) _________ (write) more than twenty thrillers, which (4) _________ (translate) into more than thirty languages. If his latest novel, Dead Body, (5) _________ (reach) the top of the fiction charts, he (6) _________ (have) a record number of best-selling thrillers. When I (7) _________ (meet) him last week, he (8) _________ (just/complete) an exhausting tour of the country. I (9) _________ (ask) Ian why he (10) _________ (think) his novels (11) _________ (be) so successful. 'I wish I (12) _________ (know),' he said, 'but I (13) _________ (not suppose) that any writer ever really (14) _________ (know) how the public will react to a novel. Most of us (15) _________ (write) stories for ourselves, and often we don't even know how the novel (16) _________ (end).' 2. Choose the most appropriate answer. A boy in school (1) ___________to bully me. I didn’t know what to do. Since my assertiveness course, I have learned that if you stand up to bullies, your friends (2) ___________ and make him feel very small. If someone (3) ___________ you, don’t run. Cross the road and start going the other way. If someone really is following you, they (4) ___________ the same. If they (5) ___________ a bit of fun, they’ll walk on. At least (6) ___________. If a stranger came up to talk to me, I (7) ___________ away or tell them that I (8) ___________ interested in talking. When the kids in this area called me names in the past, I used to get upset. If they (9) ___________ this now, I just turn round and tell them to say what they want because I don’t care. They stand there open-mouthed, and I feel better. If I (10) ___________ I was in the wrong, I wouldn’t try to hide it. 1. a. tried b. tries c. will try d. has tried 2. a. helps b. will help c. would help d. helped 3. a. followed b. will follow c. follows d. would follow 4. a. will do b. would do c. do d. did 5. a. have b. are having c. had d. will have 6. a. you knew b. you’ll know c. would know d. you know 7. a. will walk b. walk c. walked d. would walk 8. a. am not b. was not c. will not d. would not 9. a. will do b. did c. do d. would do 10. a. know b. knew c. would know d. will know KEY: 1. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs. Ian McBain (1) had been writing for many years before he (2) came to fame with his second novel in 1993. Since then he (3) has written more than twenty thrillers, which (4) have been translated into more than thirty languages. If his latest novel, Dead Body, (5) reaches the top of the fiction charts, he (6) will have had a record number of best-selling thrillers. When I (7) met him last week, he (8) had just completed an exhausting tour of the country. I (9) asked Ian why he (10) thought his novels (11) had been so successful. 'I wish I (12) knew,' he said, 'but I (13) don't suppose that any writer ever really (14) knows how the public will react to a novel. Most of us (15) write stories for ourselves, and often we don't even know how the novel (16) will end.' 2. Choose the most appropriate answer. 1. a. tried b. tries c. will try d. has tried 2. a. helps b. will help c. would help d. helped 3. a. followed b. will follow c. follows d. would follow 4. a. will do b. would do c. do d. did 5. a. have b. are having c. had d. will have 6. a. you knew b. you’ll know c. would know d. you know 7. a. will walk b. walk c. walked d. would walk 8. a. am not b. was not c. will not d. would not 9. a. will do b. did c. do d. would do 10. a. know b. knew c. would know d. will know