Exercise 1: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:
1. The students used to___________ football in that stadium.
A. played B. play C. playing D. are playing
2. Her parents want him___________ some good books to read.
A. to choose B. choose C. chose D. choosing
3. Would you like__________ and visit my country?
A. come B. coming C. to come D. came
4. My children are lucky___________ the chance to visit the capital again.
A. have B. having C. are having D. to have
5. The children enjoy___________ with their friends through computers.
A. to chat B. chat C. chatting D. chatted
6. Her father used to___________ abroad for his business.
A. traveling B. traveled C. travel D. is traveling
7. Since the worldwide recession of the 1990’s, the sail of jeans __________ growing.
A. stopped B. was stopped C. was stopping D. has stopped
8. In some countries, _________ uniforms is compulsory in schools.
A. wear B. to wear C. wearing D. wore
9. Vietnamese women_________ very proud of their Ao dai.
A. are B. were C. had been D. have been
10. Vietnamese women can continue_________ the unique and fashionable “Ao dai”.
A. to wear B. wear C. wore D. wearing
11. Ba said he__________ some good marks last semester.
A. gets B. got C. getting D. have got
12. They asked me how many children_________.
A. I had B. had I C. I have D. have I
13. Thu said she had been_________ the day before.
A. here B. there C. in this place D. where
14. You should practice_________ English to talk to your foreign friends.
A. to speak B. speak C. spoke D. speaking
15. My friends practice__________ to the radio every day.
A. listening B. are listening C. listen D. to listen

A. reading B. read C. to read D. have read
11. What were you doing when he_________?
A. comes B. to come C. came D. coming
12. There used _______ a movie theater here, but it closed a long time ago.
A. be B. to be C. being D. have been
13. He used to_______ full time, but now he is a part time worker.
A. work B. working C. worked D. is working
14. Let’s__________ somewhere for a drink!
A. go B. to go C. going D. went
15. She said that she___________ learning English with you.
A. like B. to like C. likes D. had liked
16. She asked me where I_________ from.
A. come B. coming C. to come D. came
17. She______ me whether I liked classical music or not.
A. ask B. asks C. asked D. asking
18. He asked me who the editor of that book________ .
A. was B. were C. is D. has been
19. He wants to know whether I_______ back tomorrow.
A. come B. came C. will come D. would come
20. I wonder why he__________ love his family.
A. doesn’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. hasn’t
Exercise 3: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:
1. I remember___________ her somewhere.
A. see B. seeing C. saw D. to see
2. She forgot_________ off the gas before going out.
A. turn B. turning C. to turn D. turned
3. We____________ since we left school.
A. don’t meet B. didn’t meet C. won’t meet D. haven’t met
4. ______________ laugh at me.
A. Didn’t B. Won’t C. Don’t D. Haven’t

20. Mary_________ from London
A. came B. come C. are coming D. comes
Exercise 4: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:
1. I _________ up at five thirty in the morning
A. get B. got C. gets D. am getting
2. When my younger brother was young, he usually__________
A. was crying B. cried C. has been crying D. used to cry
3. David ____________ born after his father ___________
A. were / died B. was / died C. was / had died D. is / had died
4. When I _________ a child, I _________ to be a doctor
A. was / wanted B. was / want C. was / used to want D. is / used to want
5. I_________ meet my friends and talk to relax.
A. sometime B. often C. now D. next week
6. I’m preparing to support anything he ________tomorrow
A. say B. says C. will say D. saying
7. My father __________ to the radio last night.
A. listen B. listened C. is listening D. listens
8. My mother __________home 3 day ago.
A. arrived B. arrives C. is arriving D. arriving
9. The students ________ in class yesterday.
A. isn’t B. aren’t C. weren’t D. wasn’t
10. She __________ at home and did nothing last Monday.
A. was staying B. stays C. stayed D. staying
11. __________ you watch a soccer match on TV last night?
A. Do B. Does C. Are D. Did
12. Be careful! The dog __________.
A. barks B. barking C. is barking D. are barking
13. My friend __________ married in August this year.
A. gets B. getting C. will get D. get
14. –“What__________ your mother __________?” –“She is a teacher”

9. She _________ On the old chair a minute ago.
A. sat B. sitting C. sits D. has sat
10. She _________ the clothes yesterday.
A. washes B. wash C. washing D. washed
11. Look! Mr. Nam __________ to Ba.
A. are talking B. is talking C. talking D. talks
12. The children __________ in the park at the moment.
A. playing B. is play C. are playing D. plays
13. My sister __________ a dinner now.
A. cooking B. is cooking C. cooks D. cook
14. Be careful! The train ________.
A. comes B. come C. coming D. is coming
15. What__________ your father __________ now?
A. do / do B. does / do C. is / doing D. will / do
16. Don’t disturb me! I________.
A. is working B. am working C. are working D. is used to want
17. Sometimes I_________ up before the sun rises
A. get B. got C. gets D. am getting
18. Liz_________here since last year.
A. have lived B. was C. has been D. lived
19. I_________ Jerry 3 days ago.
A. won’t meet B. haven’t met C. hasn’t met D. didn’t meet
20. _________ your father_________ a manager in this bank since last year?
A. has/been B. did/work C. was/being D. have /been
Exercise 6: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:
1. _________ you _________ this test an hour ago?
A. do/do B. are/doing C. did/do D. have/done
2. It’s the sixth time I_________ this novel.
A. have been reading B. am reading C. have read D. read
3. Thomas_________ Spanish since 2005.

A. will B. would C. should D. may
19. The photos _________ in a London studio last week.
A. were taken B. have taken C. was taken D. have been taken
20. The car _________ by my father yesterday.
A. were washed B. was washed C. washed D. has been washed
Exercise 7: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:
1. When the boy the car he was badly injured.
A. is hit by B. was hit by C. hit D. was hitting
2. Many mistakes made.
A. has been just B. have just been C. is just D. to be just
3. What will happen if the air ?
A. was polluted B. be polluted C. is polluted D. has polluted
4. Look! Thomas _______his little sister to class.
A. is bringing B. brings C. to bring D. bring
5. My older sister _______to pop music.
A. is often listening B. often listens C. often listen D. often listening
6. We ________an exercise now.
A. writes B. writing C. write D. are writing
7. Mmm! Mum __________a cake.
A. makes B. make C. is making D. makes
8. Our teacher ________ us a test every month.
A. gives B. is giving C. giving D. gives
9. I ____________ coffee for breakfast every day.
A. have B. has C. having D. am having
10. My brother____________ in a shoe store now
A. work B. working C. is working D. are working
11. She____________ to school every day.
A. go B. goes C. to go D. going
12. We____________ this exercise at the moment.
A. are do B. am do C. are doing D. do

A. is having B. are having C. eating D. is eating
8. The United States _________ big.
A. had been B. are C. was D. is
9. Nam __________________ to Hue three times.
A. is B. was C. had been D. has been
10. Uncle Ho ___________ most of his life for our national Independence and freedom.
A. spent B. had spent C. was spending D. has spent
11. " Come back tomorrow. I ____________ it all to you.
A. have explained B. will explain C. was explaining D. explained
12. We __________________ each other since we left at school.
A. hadn't seen B. didn't see C. don't see D. haven't seen
13. She _________________ abroad many times.
A. has gone B. goes C. went D. had gone
14. He has _________________ in giving up smoking.
A. succeeds B. succeed C. succeeded D. succeeding
15. The train ______________ when we got to the station.
A. leaves B. will leave C. was already leaving D. had already left
16. One of the students in my class ________ absent today.
A. have been B. is C. were D. are
17. Ba likes __________ TV every night.
A. watches B. watch C. watching D. is watching
18. Alex __________ married next month.
A. getting B. will get C. get D. Gets
19. I __________ that film two months ago.
A. see B. saw C. seeing D. will see
20. They both__________ from college in 1990.
A. had graduated B. graduate C. have graduated D. graduated
Exercise 9: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:
1. He _________ his wallet last night.
A. lose B. losing C. lost D. losed

17. They _________ a lot of Coke last night.
A. drank B. drink C. have drunk D. drunk
18. She _________ her arm last week.
A. hurt B. hurting C. hurts D. to hurt
19. He _________ all his money last week.
A. spends B. spending C. spent D. has spent
20. She _________ a bath two minutes ago.
A. have B. has C. having D. had
Exercise 10: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:
1. The children __________ in the park at the moment.
A. playing B. is play C. are playing D. plays
2. My mother __________ a meal now.
A. cooking B. is cooking C. cooks D. cook
3. Be careful! The bus _______.
A. comes B. come C. coming D. is coming
4. What__________ your mother __________ now?
A. do/ do B. does do C. is doing D. will do
5. Please be quiet! I _______.
A. is working B. am working C. are working D. is used to want
6. Sometimes I_______ up before the sun rises
A. get B. got C. gets D. am getting
7. John _______ tennis once or twice a week.
A. usually B. is usually playing C. usually plays D. have usually played
8. It was noisy next door. Our neighbors _______ a party.
A. had B. were having C. had had D. have had
9. It _______ dark. Shall I turn on the light?
A. is getting B. get C. got D. has got
10. Tom: ‘I _______ for Christine. Do you know where she is?’ David: ‘She has gone out.’
A. look B. looked C. am looking D. looks
11. Nga: ‘What were you doing at 7 o’clock yesterday evening?’ Huong: ‘I _______ my clothes.’

6. What time _______the banks close in Britain ?
A. do B. does C. did D. can
7. Look ! That man _______ to open the door of your car .
A. try B. tried C. is trying D. has tried
8. When I was young , I _______to be a singer .
A. want B. was wanting C. wanted D. had wanted
9. I _______lots about the job so far .
A. have learnt B. am learning C. had learnt D. learn
10. I _______here at the end of the month .
A. will leave B. would leave C. would have left D. is leaving
11. I hope every thing _______ fine
A. is B. would be C. was D. will be
12. I _______ my son the money for that last week .
A. gave B. given C. have given D. was given
13. Yesterday I passed by Peter’s house , but the front door was closed . He _______ out
A. went B. must have gone C. has gone D. had gone
14. Where _______ you at 9.00 last night , Mr Green ?
A. have been B. were C. will be D. are
15. I _______ the dishwasher on when heard the shot .
A. am turning B. was turned C. was turning D. turned
16. There was a time when watching T.V really _______ family entertainment .
A. were B. was C. had been D. is
17. Daniel _______ the bus . It doesn’t run on Sundays .
A. did not catch B. have not caught
C. had not caught D. couldn’t have caught
18. We didn’t play well . We _______ better .
A. should have played B. should play
C. have played D. have been playing
19. I think you _______ pay to park here . I’ll just go and read that notice .
A. will B. would C. must D. can

13. There ‘s plenty of time . You _______hurry .
A. don’t have to B. mustn’t C. have not to D. won’t
14.A few days ago , I _______that Jane _______for New York .
A. learn – had left B. learned – had left C. learned – has left D. learn – will leave
15.Tom writes very quickly . He’s _______finished his essays .
A. already B. been C. for D. yet
16.How _______have you known each other ?
A. already B. for C. long D. since
17.He has been selling motorcycles _______.
A. ten years ago B. since ten years C. for last ten years D. for ten years
18.He fell down when he _______towards the church .
A. run B. runs C. was running D. were running
19.Sorry , I can’t stop now . I _______to an important appointment
A. go B. am going C. have gone D. was going
20. They _______serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant .
A. will stop B. stopped C. are stopping D. will have stopped
Exercise 13: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:
1. The books , an English dictionary and a chemistry text , _______on the shelf yesterday.
A. was B. were C. is D. are
2. There _______ten people in line already when we arrived .
A. were B. was C. is D. are
3. Either of these buses _______past the university .
A.go B. have gone C. gone D. goes
4. Neither Canada nor Mexico _______that citizens of the United States have passports .
A.requires B. require C. requiring D. to require
5. The staff _______in the conference room at the moment .
A.are meeting B. were meeting C. meet D. is meeting
6. Mathematics _______very interesting to me .
A.are B. have been C. were D. is
7. I _______to New York three times this year .

A. break B. will break C. broke D. have broken
Exercise 14: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:
1. We first ________ each other in Beijing in 2002.
A. meet B. met C. have met D. had met
2. My brother ________ a lot of things for the past five years.
A. does B. did C. is doing D. has done
3. Up to now, I _________ a lot of information about her.
A. learned B. am learning C. will learn D. have learned
4. Mary ________ at the moment, so she can’t answer the telephone.
A. works B. is working C. has worked D. was working
5. I don’t know why Mary is upset, but she _______ to us for ages.
A. doesn’t speak B. didn’t speak C. hasn’t spoken D. wasn’t spoken
6. It has been ten years since ________.
A. I last talked to Mary B. I have talked to Mary last
C. the last time I was talking to Mary D. I had talked to last Mary
7. The number of one person households ________ recently.
A. has grown B.grew C. have grown D. grow
8. In 1981, 34 percent of children aged 20-24 ________ with their parents.
A. have lived B. lived C. are living D. has lived
9. I _______ learning Spanish a few months ago but I did not obtaina qualification in it yet.
A. started B. have started C. is starting D. start
10. The moon ________ around the earth.
A. has moved B. moves C. is moving D. will move
11. We __________ each other since we met at Lan’s birthday party.
A. didn’t see B. haven’t seen C. don’t see D. hadn’t seen
12. Which books _________ to school yesterday?
A. have you taken B. did you take
C. do you take D. will take you
13. She _________ in this house for years.
A. has lived B. have lived C. is living D. lives

7. As soon as Laura ________ the house, it started to rain
A has left B. left C. had left D. was leaving
8. They ________ in Hanoi before 1999.
A has lived B. lived C. have lived D. had lived
9. When Martin ________ the car, he ________ it out for a drive.
A had repaired. took B. repaired. had taken
C have repaired. took D. repaired. took
10. We ________ in New York before we ________ here.
A lived / moved B. had lived / moved
C. had lived / had moved D. were living / moved
11. We ________ them before the reception yesterday.
A haven’t met B.hadn’t met C didn’t met D.wouldn’t met
12. The man sitting next to me on the plane was nervous because he ________ before.
A. hasn’t flowed B didn’t fly C. hadn’t flowed D. wasn’t flying
14. When we ________ the bill, we left the restaurant.
A. have paid B paid C. were paying D. had paid
15. The man looked familiar. I________ him somewhere before .
A. saw B. had seen C. have seen D. see
16. My father didn’t ________ coffee for breakfast.
A. used to have B. use to have C. use to having D. use be having
17. I was late for school this morning because my alarm clock didn’t ________.
A. go on B. go off C. go away D. go up
18. Another word for fasten is ________
A. frighten B. loosen C. lengthen D. tighten
19. When I was a child, I usually ________ fishing with my brother.
A. go B. went C. gone D. use to go
20. We ________ dinner at home on Saturdays.
A. haven’t had B. didn’t had C. aren’t have D. don’t have
Exercise 16: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:
1. Mark was listening to music while his sister _______a book .

16. The moon ____________ around the earth.
A. has moved B. moves C. is moving D. will move
17. We __________ each other since we met at Lan’s birthday party.
A. didn’t see B. haven’t seen C. don’t see D. hadn’t seen
18. Which books ______________ to school yesterday?
A. have you taken B. did you take C. do you take D. will take you
19. She ____________ in this house for years.
A. has lived B. have lived C. is living D. lives
20. He was late. When he ________ at the airport, the plane ________.
A. has arrived /took off B. had arrived / took off
C. arrived / had taken off D. had arrived / had taken off
Exercise 17: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:
1. Lan ______ the peaceful atmosphere while Maryam was praying.
A. enjoy B. enjoyed C. enjoying D. enjoys
2. Maryam ______ a good time last summer.
A. has B. is having C. had D. will have
3. When ______ Paul?
A. were you last see B. do you last see
C. were you last seeing D. did you last see
4. Man and Hoa ______ an English exercise now.
A. did B. have done C. are doing D. is doing
5. Nga ______ wear a pair of glasses.
A. used to B. use C. used D. use to
6. The crowd suddenly ______ quiet when he came in.
A. bacome B. becomes C. became D. becoming
7. What _______ at 7 o’clock yesterday morning.
A. are you doing B. did you do C. were you doing D. has you been
8. I see that you did well at high school. Why ______to university when you left.
A. didn’t you go B. haven’t you gone
C. were you going D. not you went

A. did B. do C. does D. doing
3. Liz ______ in this room when Ba came in.
A. sit B. sat C. was sitting D. sat
4. Don’t disturb me! I ______ on my work.
A. concentrate B. am concentrating C. concentrated D. concentrating
6. Since the worldwide recession of the 1990’s, the sail of jeans __________ growing.
A. stopped B. was stopped C. was stopping D. has stopped
7. Vietnamese women_________ very proud of their Ao dai.
A. are B. were C. had been D. have been
8. What were you doing when he_________?
A. comes B. to come C. came D. coming
9. I wonder why he__________ love his family.
A. doesn’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. hasn’t
10. We____________ since we left school.
A. don’t meet B. didn’t meet C. won’t meet D. haven’t met
11. ______________ laugh at me.
A. Didn’t B. Won’t C. Don’t D. Haven’t
12. Tidal waves________ the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth.
A. are B. were C. is D. was
13. My friend_____________ to the museum last weekend.
A. goes B. went C. had gone D. have gone
14. Thu and Lan______________ close friends for years.
A. are B. were C. had been D. have been
15. Our Singaporean friends_______________ to visit our school last year.
A. is coming B. come C. came D. have come
16. We_____________ Malaysia last summer.
A. visited B. were visiting C. are visiting D. have visited
17. The children______________ their parents for a long time.
A. didn’t see B. haven’t seen C. don’t see D. haven’t see
18. I and Kenny____________ penpal friends since I____________ Singapore.

13. He______ to school late.
A. goes never B. never goes C. never go D. go never
14. She______ play badminton in the fall.
A. doesn’t B. don’t C. isn’t D. hasn’t
15. It usually______ in March.
A. to rain B. rain C. raining D. rains
16. They usually _____ sailing in the fall.
A. have B. play C. go D. do
17.My children ______to play in the park.
A. like B.likes C.to like D.is like
18. My father ______to the radio every day.
A. listens B.to listen C.are listening D.is
19. Hoa______a lot of friends in Hue.
A. has B.have C.to have D.to has
20. Nam and Trang always ______their grand parents on Sunday.
A. visit B.to visit C.visiting D.are visiting
Exercise 20: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:
1.She ______live with her parents.
A. doesn't live B. isn't live C. don't live D. is live
2. Lan ______her teeth after meal.
A. brushes B. brushs C. brush D. brushing
3. The student ______to school on Sunday
A.don't go B. not go C. isn't go D. goes
4. Minh ______ television every night .
A. watch B. watchs C. watching. D. watches
5. He ________isn't a good pupil.
A. isn’t B. be not C. am not D. are not
6. She ________doesn't like coffee.
A. isn’t like B. don’t like C. not like D. doesn’t like
Exercise 4: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:

1. D 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. C