EXERCISE
Choose the correct answer
1. Water ________ of hydrogen and oxygen.
A. is consisting B. consists C. has consisted D. will consist
2. Don’t give the chocolate to Helen. She ________ it.
A. hates B. is hating C. has hated D. hated
3. The Sun ________ us heat and light.
A. will give B. is giving C. gives D. has given
4. We ________ students, so we ________ to school on weekdays.
A. are/ go often B. are/ often go
C. are/ have often gone D. have been/ are often going
5. Every day. Peter ________ at 7 o’clock, ________ breakfast and then ________ to work at
7:30.
A. has often got/ will have/ go B. often gets up/ has/ goes
C. is often getting/ having/ goes D. has often got up/ had/ went
6. California ________ in the United Kingdom. It ________ in the US.
A. is not/ is B. has not been/ is C. will not be/ will be D. was not/ has been
7. Cats ________ milk, but birds ________.
A. like/ do not B. have liked/ have not
C. are liking/ are not D. were liking/ were not
8. Every day, Sarah ________ her children to school and then ________ home to prepare lunch.
A. is taking/ returning B. takes/ returns
C. has taken/ returned D. will take/ will return
9. The sun ________ the ball of fire in the sky that the Earth ________ round.
A. will be/ has gone B. will be/ will be going C. is/ goes D. has been/ is going
10. Sally ________ really hard for exams this week.
A. takes B. will be taking C. is taking D. had taken
11. Many people ________ living in Seattle because it ________ continually.
A. are hating/ is often raining B. have hated/ will often rain
C. hate/ often rains D. hated/ was often raining
12. The sun ________ in the East and ________ in the West.

C. has wanted/ worked D. had wanted/ was working
21. Since 2003 they ________ their son every year.
A. visited B. have visited C. visit D. will visit
22. Usually, Mr. Pile ________ us Physics but today he ________ ill so Mrs. Young ________
us.
A. teaches/ is/ is teaching B. has taught/ is/ teaches
C. is teaching/ has been/ teaches D. taught/ was/ was teaching
23. I’m sorry I cannot hear what you ________ because everybody ________ so loudly.
A. are saying/ will talk B. were saying/ has talked
C. have just said/ is talking D. said/ was talking
24. I ________ the same care for more than ten years. I ________ about buying a new one.
A. have had/ am thinking B. will have/ think
C. had/ will think D. am going to have/ was thinking
25. My best friend and I ________ each other for over fifteen years. We still ________ together
once a week.
A. were knowing/ got B. knew/ have got
C. have known/ get D. had known/ are getting
26. The secretary ________ on the report for more than three hours. She hopes she may finish it
by the lunch times.
A. is working B. will be working C. has been working D. had been working
27. Please turn off the stove. The water ________ for more than fifteen minutes.
A. is boiling B. was boiling C. has been boiling D. will be boiling
28. In the 19
th
century, it ________ two or three months to cross North America by covered
wagon. The trip ________ very rough and often dangerous.
A. took/ was B. had taken/ had been C. took/ had been D. had taken/ was
29. My grandfather ________ a very exciting life. When he was young, he ________ on the farm
in the country, where there ________ a lot of cattle and meadows.
A. has/ has lived/ have been B. had/ lived/ were

C. walked/ was typing/ was talking
D. had been walking/ had typed/ talked
39. The guard ________ to his iPod, so he ________ the fire alarm.
A. had listened/ was not hearing B. was listening/ did not hear
C. listen/ had not heard D. was listening/ was not hearing
40. The Titanic ________ the Atlantic when it ________ iceberg.
A. was crossing/ struck B. crossed/ was striking
C. had crossed/ was striking D. crossed/ had struck
41. We were late because we had some car problems. By the time we ________ to the train
station, Susan ________ for us more than 2 hours.
A. got/ had been waiting B. had got/ were waiting
C. had been getting/ waited D. were getting/ waited
42. Mike ________ to sit down because he ________ all day at work.
A. had been wanting/ was standing B. had wanted/ stood
C. wanted/ had been standing D. was wanting/ had stood
43. The motorcycle ________ to George for years before Tina ________ it last week.
A. belonged/ had bought B. was belonging/ has bought
C. had belonged/ bought D. had been belonging/ bought
44. No matter what ________ next, I ________ you.
A. will happen/ support B. happened/ would have supported
C. happens/ will support D. is happening/ have supported
45. Wait a minute. I ________ this box for you.
A. am carrying B. will carry C. carry D. am going to carry
46. I ________ he ________.
A. do not think/ will come B. am not thinking/ will come
C. have not thought/ comes D. will not think/ comes
47. At the time tomorrow, Peter ________ for the graduation examination, so now he ________
very nervous although he ________ hard for more than 3 years.
A. will sit/ has been feeling/ was learning B. will be sitting/ feels/ has been learning
C. sits/ will feel/ is learning D. will have sat/ is feeling/ learns

D. had been waiting/ did not come/ went
56. By the time we ________ the letter, Tom ________ for Paris.
A. receive/ will have left B. had received/ left
C. have received/ will left D. receives/ leaves
57. By the time tomorrow, we ________ on the beach of Hawaii, where we ________ before.
A. are going to lie/ are never B. have been lying/ will never be
C. will be lying/ have never been D. are lying/ were never
58. After the boy ________ that the wallet full of money, he ________ to the police and
________ it in.
A. will find/ immediately goes/ turns B. has found/ will immediately go/ turn
C. was finding/ went/ would return D.had found/ immediately went/ turned
59. Sandy ________ TV in the living room at the moment. At this time yesterday, she ________
TV. This is all she ________ doing the most.
A. watches/ also watched/ is enjoying
B. is watching/ was also watching/ enjoys
C. is going to watch/ has also watched/ has enjoyed
D. will be watching/ had also watched/ will enjoy
60. Jeans which ________ by Levi Strauss in 1850 ________ one of the most popular kinds of
clothes in our present time.
A. are first made/ have been B. were first made/ were
C. were first made/ are D. had been made/ would be
61. He ________ his boss at this time tomorrow.
A. is meeting B. has met C. was meeting D. will be meeting
62.
- How much is this book?
- $10.
- Ok, I ________ it.
A. will take B. take C. have taken D. took
63. What ________ since 8 a.m up to now?
A. you have been doing B. have you been doing

A. Have you wanted/ will go B. Did you want/ went
C. Do you want/ am going D. Are you wanting/ go
73. He ________ a good day until a thief ________ into his apartment, ________ all his money,
and ________ him up.
A. has been having/ comes/ takes/ tied B. had been having/ came/ took/ tied
C. was having/ had come/ took/ tied D. is having/ is coming/ has take/ ties
74.
- Where ________ on holiday?
- I don’t know. We ________ yet.
A. will you go/ are not going to decide B. are you going/ have not decided
C. have you gone/ do not decide D. did you go/ had not decided
75. When I ________ the street I ________ somebody call my name.
A. have crossed/ hear B. had crossed/ would hear
C. am crossing/ will hear D. was crossing/ heard
76. The train ________ at 8:58, so we ________ in Scotland by lunchtime.
A. leaves/ will be B. left/ have been C. has left/ were D. left/ had been
77. I think by the time we ________ there, Jim ________.
A. get/ will have left B. got/ has left C. will get/ will leave D. had got/ left
78. I ________ the time when I ________ as a teacher.
A. have never forgot/ have first worked B. am never forgetting/ first work
C. will never forget/ first worked D. had never forgot/ was first work
79. Women ________ in presidential elections since 1921.
A. vote B. have voted C. had voted D. are voting
80. By the time the boss ________ at 9:00, his employees ________ for 2 hours.
A. will arrive/ are working B. arrives/ will have been working
C. arrived/ have been working D. has arrived/ were working
81.
- I am hungry. I ________ lunch yet.
- Don’t worry. I ________ you a sandwich.
A. have not had/ will get B. do not have/ am going to get

A. forgot/ had gone B. has forgot/ is going
C. is forgetting/ has gone D. forgets/ goes
92. They ________ good preparations before they ________ their final examination yesterday.
A. made/ has taken B. had made/ took
C. have made/ take D. will have made/ have taken
93. He ________ a birthday party tomorrow for his daughter who ________ three.
A. is having/ turns B. will have had/ will turn
C. is going to have/ has turned D. has had/ is going to turn
94. When Susan ________ yesterday, Peter ________ dinner. He ________ cooking very much
and often ________ the meals himself.
A. phoned/ was cooking/ likes/ prepares
B. had phoned/ cooked/ liked/ prepared
C. was phoning/ was cooking/ has liked/ is preparing
D. has phoned/ is cooking/ is liking/ preparing
95. They ________ to finish their work because they ________ Los Angeles next Sunday.
A. are needing/ visit B. need/ are going to visit
C. have needed/ are visiting D. needed/ have visited
96. At present Mary ________ her clothes. She ________ the clothes on Sundays.
A. is washing/ often washes B. was washing/ has often washed
C. has washed/ is often washing D. washed/ often washed
97. I ________ that movie before last night.
A. did not see B. has not seen C. had not seen D. will see
98. I ________ Lisa at the museum when I ________ to restaurant but she ________ me.
A. was seeing/ was going/ had not seen B. had seen/ went/ was not seeing
C. have seen/ have gone/ does not see D. saw/ was going/ did not see
99. Ever since human beings ________ the Earth, they ________ use of various form of
communication.
A. have inhabited/ have made B. inhabited/ are making
C. had inhabited/ had made D. inhabit/ make
100. By the time John ________ the destination, he ________ for about three hours.