TÀI LIỆU ÔN TẬP THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2018 - 2019
MÔN TIẾNG ANH

1. TENSES
Period 1: The Present Simple Tense & The Present Continuous Tense
A. PRESENTATION
1. The Present Simple Tense.
+ “TO BE”
* Formation
Eg.
I am a student.
She isn’t a teacher.
Are they workers? – Yes, they are.
Where is Lan? – She is in the kitchen.
(+) S + am/is/are .............
(-) S + am/is/are + not .............
(?) – Yes/No question: Am/Is/Are+ S ..................?
- Wh- question: Wh- + am/is/are + S?
+ ORDINARY VERBS
Eg.
(+) They live in Tuyen Quang.
(-) They don’t live in Ha Giang.
(?) Do they live in Tuyen Quang? – Yes, they do.
(+) He works in Hanoi.
(-) He doesn’t work in Tuyen Quang.
(?) Does he work in Hanoi? – Yes, he does.
* Wh-questions:
(?) Where do they live? – They live in Tuyen Quang.
(+) S (I, We, You, They) + V (infinitive without “to”)
S (He, She, It) + V (s/es)
(-) S (I, We, You, They) + do not (don’t ) + V(infinitive without “to”)

He often gets up at 5.30.
- Một tình huống, công việc lâu dài, hoặc một chương trình, thời khóa biểu, lịch tàu xe...
Ex:
I’m a teacher.
He works in a bank.
The train to Ho Chi Minh City leaves at 5.30 am.
There is a football match at 9 p.m on TV tonight.
More examples: + She usually(go)...............to school by bus
+ John and Ann always(watch)...................TV after dinner
2. The Present Continuous Tense
* FORM
Eg.
(+) I am reading an English book.
(-) She is not cooking in the kitchen at the moment.
(?) Are they playing handball with their friends now?
* Wh-questions: Why is she crying?
(+) S + am/is/are + V-ing.
(-) S + am/is/are + not + V-ing
(?) Am/Is/Are+ S + V-ing?
Wh-questions: Wh- + am/is/are + S + V-ing?
(Chú ý: Khi từ để hỏi là chủ ngữ thì không áp dụng cấu trúc này mà trật tự từ trong câu ở
dạng khẳng định. Eg. Who is talking in the room?)
a) Cách thêm đuôi "-ing": Thông thường, ta thêm "-ing" vào sau động từ, tuy nhiên :
+ Động từ tận cùng là "e", bỏ ‘‘e’’ rồi thêm ‘‘-ing’’: live  living, drive  driving, ...
+ Động từ tận cùng là "ie", chuyển thành ‘‘y + ing’’: die  dying, lie  lying, ...
+ Động từ 1 âm tiết hoặc 2 âm tiết mà trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ 2 kết thúc bằng MỘT nguyên âm và
MỘT phụ âm thì nhân đôi phụ âm cuối trước khi thêm "-ing" (ngoại trừ động từ kết thúc bằng "w", "x")
Stop  stopping, cut  cutting, sit  sitting, swim  swimming, ...
Begin  beginning, ...
But cook  cooking, teach  teaching, grow  growing, fix  fixing ...

A. Do/watch
B. Do/watches
C. Have/watch
D. Does/watches
3. Mr. Brown ______English.
A. speak
B. speaks
C. does speak
D. spoke
4. I usually ______ shopping on weekend.
A. goes
B. does go
C. go
D. went
5. Hai often ______ his face at 6.15.
A. washes
B. washing
C. does wash
D. Wash
6. Thanh and Mai always ______ a movie on Saturdays.
A. see
B. sees
C. do see
D. does
7. ______he often ______ a bus to school?
A. Do/take
B. Is/take
C. Does/takes
D. Does/take
8. We ______ students in class 8A.

D. go
15. Oh no! Look! It ______ again. It always ______ in this country.
A. snow/snow
B. snows/snows
C. snowing/snowing D. is snowing/snows
C. HOMEWORK
* Choose the best answers
1. My and I always ______ to the countryside by bus.
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A. went
B. goes
C. do go
D. go
2. Our teacher usually ______ us many exercises.
A. give
B. giving
C. gives
D. does give
3. He often ______ a train to work.
A. catches
B. catch
C. don’t catch
D. catching
4. The sun ______in the East.
A. rise
B. rises
C. raise
D. does rise

11. I …….. with my parents but right now I ………. with some friends for a few days.
A. live/stay
B. living/staying
C. am living/stay
D. live/am staying
12. Look! That boy ……….. after the bus. He …………. to catch it.
A. is running/wants B. run/want
C. running/wanting D. runs/wants
13. What are you doing next Saturday? Nothing special. I ………… at home.
A. staying
B. am staying
C. stay
D. stayed
14. Where's John? He …………….. to a new CD in his room.
A. listens
B. listen
C. listening
D. is listening
15. Jean has been working hard all day but she ………… at the moment.
A. isn’t working
B. not working
C. doesn’t work
D. aren’t working
The Present perfect Tense & The Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
A. PRESENTATION
1. The Present perfect Tense.
* Form:
Examples:
(+) Nam has lived in Hanoi for 10 years.
(-) I have not found my door keys yet.

Eg: I have not written to him yet
+ The Present Perfect Tense is used with “It is the first time/the second time….”
Eg: It is the first time that he has been to Tuyen Quang.
+ The Present Perfect Tense is used with the following adverbs: never, ever, recently, lately, already, up to now,
so far, for a long time, for ages, for the past few months/years…
2. The Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
* Form:
Examples:
(+) Nam has been living in Hanoi for 10 years.
(-) I have not been finding my door keys yet.
(?) Have you been cooking? Yes, I have./No, I haven’t.
(?) What have you been doing ?
(+) S + have/has + been + V-ing...
(-) S + have not (haven’t)/has not (hasn’t)+ been + V-ing.
(?) Have/Has + S + been + V-ing?
* Wh- + have/has + S + been+ V-ing?
(I/We/You/They + have … ; He/She/It + has …)
* USE:
Thì này diễn tả một hành động bắt đầu trong quá khứ và kéo dài liên tục đến hiện tại.
Notes:
Không dùng thì hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn để nói những tình huống tồn tại 1 thời gian dài nhất là khi có
always.
Eg: Alice has always worked hard.
(Không dùng has always been working hard)
Không dùng thì hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn với các động từ được liệt kê ở thì hiện tại tiếp diễn(các động từ
chỉ nhận thức, tri giác).
Eg: How long have Bob and Alice been married?
(Không dùng have Bob and Alice been being married)
Các từ hay đi kèm là:
* Since: + Mốc thời gian

books about Mexico there recently.
THE SIMPLE PAST AND PAST CONTINUOUS TENSES
A. PRESENTATION.
1. The Simple Past Tense
* Form.
+ TO BE
S + was/ were (not) + ….
Was/Were + S + .............?
Wh- + was/were + S + ......... ?
(I, he, she, it + was;
you, we, they + were)
+ ORDINARY VERBS
S + Ved
S + did not (didn’t)+ V(infinitive)
Did + S + V(infinitive”)?
* USE:
- Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra và kết thúc trong quá khứ với thời gian xác định
Eg: She went shopping with me yesterday afternoon.
Lan wrote a long letter to her sister last night.
- Diễn tả một thói quen hay một công việc lâu dài trong quá khứ: used to + V-infinitive
Eg: They used to play on the swings when they were children.
When I was a student, I always went to the library to borrow books.
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- Các trạng từ thường dùng: ago, yesterday, the day before yesterday, last week/month/year/Christmas, in
1995, ...
2. The Past Continuous Tense
* Form:
S + was/were + V- ing

B. had taken
C. had taken
D. was taking
5. When Carol _______ last night, I ______ my favorite show on television.
A. was calling / watched
C. called / have watched
B. called / was watching
D. had called / watched
6. When I _______ home last night, I _______ that Jane _______ a beautiful candlelight dinner.
A. had arrived / discovered / prepared
B. was arriving / had discovered / was preparing
C. have arrived / was discovering / had prepared
D. arrived / discovered / was preparing
7. Sam _______ to change a light bulb when he _______ and _______.
A. was trying / slipped / fell
C. tried / was slipping / falling
B. had been trying / slipped
D / was falling d. has tried / slips / falls
8. I _______ you last night after dinner, but you _______ there. Where _______ you?
A. was calling / are not / are
C. called / were not / were
B. had called / had not been / were
D. called / have not been / are
9. The Titanic _______ the Atlantic when it _______ an iceberg.
A. was crossing / struck
C. had crossed / was striking
B. crossed / had struck
D. is crossing / strikes
10. The number of the participants in the survey _______ 250 students for Oxford University.
A. are

C. HOMEWORK.
Choose the best option by circling the letter A, B, C or D
1. I have not seen Tom for ages.
A. It has been a long time since I last saw Tom.
B. Tom and I do not look the same age.
C. Tom and I are friends for a long time.
D. I often met Tom ages ago.
2. I haven't met my grandparents for five years.
A. I have met my grandparents for five years.
B. I often met my grandparents five years ago.
C. I didn't meet my grandparents five years ago. D. I last met my grandparents five years ago.
3. It is three years since I ______ her in Bangkok in 2013.
A. last saw
B. saw last
C. had seen
D. have seen
4. Lan ______ learning English a few years ago.
A. starts
B. will start
C. started
D. is starting
5. _______ Tom Cruise's last movie? Yes, I _______ it three days ago
A. Have you ever seen / saw
C. Did you ever see / have seen
B. Had you ever seen / would see
D. Will you ever see / saw
6. In the past, people _______ to the beach more often.
A. have gone
B. used to go
C. were going

(+) S + had + V(past participle)
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(-) S + had not (hadn’t)+ V(past participle).
(?) Had + S + V(past participle)?
Examples:
(+) By the end of 1999, Tom had lived in Hanoi for 5 years.
(-) We had not done anything about it before the problem was solved.
(?) Had you finished all the work before you left the office?
* USE
+ Thì QKHT diễn tả một hành động xảy ra và kết thúc trước một thời điểm hoặc một hành động khác trong quá
khứ.
E.g. He had worked in that company for 5 years before 1995.
She had known the news before I told her about it.
+ Thì QKHT được sử dụng trong câu điều kiện loại 3 trong mệnh đề ĐK.
E.g. If I had known that she was in hospital, I would have come to visit her.
2. The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
* FORMATION:
(+) S+ had + been + V_ing ….
(-) S+ hadn’t+ been+ V-ing …..
(?) Had+S+been+V-ing …..?
* USE
Thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn nhấn mạnh khoảng thời gian của 1 hành động đã xảy ra và kết thúc trước 1
thời điểm hoặc một hành động khác trong quá khứ.
E.g. They had been waiting 2 hours before they gave up.
B. PRACTICE.
Exercise 1. Choose the best option by circling A, B, C or D.
1. They _______ for 3 hours when the storm suddenly broke.
A had been running

C. had not used / showed
B. has not used / showed
D. was not using / will show
8. Doctor Pike ______ the hospital after he ______ an uneventful evening on duty. He ______ of his day of rest.
A. was leaving / has had / thought
C. left / had had / was thinking
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B. will leave / had / will think
D. is leaving / will have / thinks
Exercise 2. Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect or past perfect continuous)
1. They were very tired in the evening because they (help) ________________ on the farm all day.
2. We were very hungry because we (not eat) __________________anything.
3. We (look for) ____________________ her ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom.
4. They (wait) ______________________ at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.
5. I (not / see) _______________ Jacob for several years, but I recognised him immediately.
C. HOMEWORK.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (past simple, past continuous, past perfect or past perfect
continuous)
1. We (go) ______________to the cinema last week.
2. A bird pooed on the window that I (clean) __________________ only some minutes before.
3. Yesterday at nine he (sit) __________________ in front of his computer.
4. When their mum got home, the boys (watch) ______________________ TV for two hours.
5. He (want) ____________ to repair our washing machine that (break) ______________ a few days before.
THE SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE, BE GOING TO AND BE V.ING
A. PRESENTATION.
1. The Simple Future Tense
* FORMATION:
(+) S + will + V(infinitive)

E.g: Look at the black clouds in the sky. It's going to rain.
I am going to sell my house next week.
3. Be V-ing (The present continuous)
* FORMATION:
(+) S + am/is/are + V-ing.
(-) S + am/is/are + not + V-ing
(?) Am/Is/Are+ S + V-ing?
* USE:
- “Be + Ving” is used to refer to a planned action in the future.
Eg. My parents have bought some air tickets. They are taking us to Ho Chi Minh city.
B. PRACTICE.
Choose the best option by circling A, B, C or D.
1. - There is someone knocking at the door. - ……
A. I'll answer it
B. let me open it
C. I'm opening it
D. I’m answering it
2. Why have you bought so much food? - I ………… for ten people.
A. will cook
B.am going to cook
C. cooked
D. have cooked
3. Look out! That tree…………………………
A. is going to fall
B. will fall
C. falls
D. will be falling
4. Why are you so sad? I think …………. the exam next week.
A. I would fail
B. I will fail

C. I don't think she will be
D. I don’t think she won’t be
C. HOMEWORK.
Exercise 1: Find the mistake in the following sentences
1. We are probably going to go to Scotland this summer.
A
B
C
D
2. Do you think Mary is going to get the job?
A B
C
D
3. What do we do tomorrow morning, Lan? - I haven’t decided yet.
A B
C
D
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4. Look at the black clouds! It will rain soon.
A
B
C
D
5. I’ve got two tickets. We will watch the football match tonight.
A
B
C
D

E.g. When you come back, we will have finished the work.
* Signal words: by the time, by the end of.., before+ future time
3. The Future Perfect Continuous Tense
* FORMATION:
(+) S + shall/will + have been + V_ing+ ….
(-) S + shall/will + not + have been + V_ing+ ….
(?) Shall/will +S+ have been + V_ing+ …..?
* USE:
Thì tương lai hoàn thành tiếp diễn nhấn mạnh khoảng thời gian của 1 hành động sẽ hoàn thành trước 1 thời
điểm hoặc một hành động khác trong tương lai.
E.g. By the end of this year, he will have been working in this hospital for 30 years.
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B. PRACTICE.
Choose the best option by circling A, B, C or D.
1. Many natural resources _________ by the end of the century.
A. will have disappeared
C. had disappeared
B. have disappeared
D. disappeared
st
2. By the end of the 21 century, the first car running on the sea water ________.
A. will finish
C. will have been finished
B. will be finished
D. will be finishing
3. No matter what happens next I _______ help you.
A. am
B. have

10. Dan and Crystal ______ married in June.
A. are getting
B. has got
C. was getting
D. will have got
C. HOMEWORK.
Put the verb in brackets into the correct form.
1 Don't phone between 7 and 8. We (have) …………... dinner then.
2. Phone me after 8 o'clock. We (finish) .................. dinner by then.
3. Lisa is from New Zealand. She is travelling around Europe at the moment.
So far she has travelled about 1,000 miles. By the end of the trip, she (travel)…........more than 3,000 miles.
4. Ben is on holiday and he is spending his money very quickly. If he continues like this, he (spend) …...........
all his money before the end of his holiday.
5. If you need to contact me, I (stay)…… .... at the Lion Hotel until Friday.
6. Peter has to go to a meeting which begins at 10 o'clock. It will last about an hour.
Mary: Will you be free at 11.30?
Peter: Yes, the meeting (end) …………..by then.
MIXED EXERCISES
* Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. I learned that the college ________ in 1900.
A. found
B. was founded
C. founded
D. had been founded
2. After he.......................his English course, he went to England to continue his study.
A. has finish
B. had finished
C. was finished
D. would finish
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D. will became
9. He _____ in Quang Ngai before I moved to Binh Thuan.
A. has been living
B. has lived
C. had lived
D. was living
10. In the past, the trip...................very rough and often dangerous, but things..........a great deal in the last
hundred and fifty years.
A. was- have changed
B. is- change
C. had been- will change
D. has been- changed
11. She................ to Hanoi for her summer vacation last year.
A. went
B. go
C. goes
D. is going
12. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving
B. left
C. has left
D. had left
13. When Carol....................last night, I................my favorite show on television.
A. was calling- watched
B. called- have watched
C. called- was watching
D. had called- watched
14. By the time next summer, you....................your studies.
A. completes
B. will complete C. are completing D. will have completed

A. walking
B. walked
C. walks
D. walk
22. By the time you receive this letter, I ................for the USA.
A. have left
B. will leave
C. will have left
D. am leaving
23. While I ……………….along the road, I saw a friend of mine.
A. was cycling
B. have cycled
C. cycled
D. am cycling
24. By the time I . . . . . . . . . . this report, I will give you a ring.
A. type
B. will type
C. have typed
D. will have typed
25. While my mother .................... a film on TV, my father was cooking dinner. It was March 8th yesterday.
A. watched
B. was watching
C. had watched
D. watches
26. When we came, they _________ a meeting in the hall.
A. are having
B. were having
C. have been having
D. have had
27. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.

B
C
D
34. I was used to go swimming in summer when I was small.
A
B
C
D
35. There are a lot of blacks clouds in the sky. It will rain
A
B
C
D
36. Did you met anyone interesting at the party last night?
A
B
C
D
37. Someone will stole your car if you leave the car unlocked.
A
B
C
D
38. It is not until 1915 that the cinema really became an industry.
A
B
C
D
39. I don’t need your umbrella today. I don’t think it is going to rain.
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1- Chủ ngữ là những đại từ bất định (infinitive prronouns): someone/somebody,
something, noone/nobody, nothing, anybody/anyone,
anything, everyone/everybody, everything .
Ex: - Everyone thinks that He is innocent.
- Nothing is more valuable than health.
2- Chủ ngữ có each và every:
Each/Every + singular noun + singular verb
Ex: - Each student has to overpass an important examination.
- Every person likes independence and freedom.
* Lu ý: nếu chủ ngữ là each of + plural noun thì có thể dùng động từ ở cả hai hình
thức số ít hay số nhiều.
Ex: - Each of the men has/have known this.
Tuy nhiên học sinh nên sử dụng động từ số ít dựa theo " careful written English"
3- Chủ ngữ có "More than one..."

More than one + singular noun + singular verb
Ex: - More than one building was built last year.
4- Chủ ngữ là "One of/ Not one of......"

ect.

One of/ Not one of + plural noun + singular verb
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Ex: - One of my close friends has died.
- Not one of those girls has been in love with him.
ect.
5- Chñ ng÷ lµ "uncounable nouns" nh: water, beer, wine, oil, petrol, rice, wheat
flour, sugar, milk, cheese, butter, salt, sausage, food, meat, sand, soap, information,

7- Chñ ng÷ lµ danh ®éng tõ (gerund): learning, teaching, playing, speaking, ect......,
®éng tõ kÕt hîp lu«n lµ sè Ýt.
Ex: - learning English is interesting.
- Playing badminton is popular nowadays.
ect.
8- Chñ ng÷ lµ ®éng tõ nguyªn thÓ (infinitive): to do, to work, to explain, to
understand, to meet, to see, ect..... còng lu«n ®i víi ®éng tõ sè Ýt.
Ex: - To understand his feeling is difficult.
- To complete this duty is not easy.
ect.
9- Chñ ng÷ lµ mét mÖnh ®Ò (clause)

That

+ clause

+ singular verb

What
Ex: - That they once loved eachother is really true.
- What we have said to you is completely right.
10- Chñ ng÷ lµ "the number"

The number (of) +

singular verb

A number (of)

plural verb

- The scissors are mine.
C- Subject + singular/plural verb
1- Chủ ngữ là:
Any of
Either of

+ plural noun

+ singular/plural
verb

Neither of
Ex: - Any of them has/have known this.
- Neither of the English athletes has/have won this year.
Tuy nhiên chúng ta nên dùng động từ số ít tuân theo "written careful English"
2- Chủ ngữ có:
None
of /

+ uncountable/ singular noun + singular
verb

No

+ plural noun + plural verb

Ex: - None of my friends have finished the exam yet.
- None of the counterfeit money has been found.
- No example is relevant to this case.
- No examples are relevant to this case.

The majority
Động từ phụ thuộc vào danh từ đứng sau
Ex: - The majority of the students believe him tobe innocent.
- Some of the salt is necessary.
* Lu ý:
The minority
The majority

+ singular verb

Ex: The majority believes that we are in danger.
5- Các danh từ tập hợp có thể kết hợp đợc với động từ ở cả hai hình thức tùy theo ý
ngời nói. Một số danh từ tập hợp thông dụng nh: audience, army, crew, crowd, class,
committee, company, family, flock, group, government, team ......
Thông thờng ta dùng động từ số ít khi ngời nói xem tập hợp ấy nh một đơn vị duy
nhất.
Ex: - Almost every family on the street has a son or a daughter studying in
universities.
- The audience was like a stone wall, silent and cold.
Động từ số nhiều đợc dùng khi ngời nói muốn đề cập hay nhấn mạnh đến
từng thành viên trong nhóm đang hoạt động một cách riêng lẻ hoặc tập hợp ấy đợc
xem nh những bộ phận hay thành phần khác nhau.
Ex: - The audience were applauding, cheering, even stamping their feet.
- Poultry are being fed.
6- Với mẫu câu "There + be....."thông thờng động từ phụ thuộc vào danh từ đứng
ngay sau nó.
Ex: - There is much traffic at night and many mules on the road.
- There were two lorries, a car and a motorcycle there yesterday.
* Lu ý: Đôi khi động từ hòa hợp với tất cả các chủ từ sau nó:
Ex: - There are a plaza, a cathedral, and a governor'r palace on the hill.

Ex: - The news of the war has surprised all of us.
- Measles is not a dangerous disease nowadays.
* Proper names with "s" at the end are used like singular nouns.
Ex: - The Philippines is famous for beautiful sights.
- "Gulliver's Travels" is a very interesting novel.
5- Một số danh từ không có hình thức số nhiều nhng lại luôn là danh từ số nhiều:
police, clergy, children, people, men, women, cattle, poultrry, oxen, mice, lice, geese,
feet, teeth, data, erata, curricular, bacteria,... luôn kết hợp với động từ số nhiều.
Ex: - The police have been looking for the murder for three months now.
- The data are not suitable for my purpose.
Những danh từ này có thể các em đã gặp ở phần "Danh từ bất qui tắc" nhng
chúng ta cũng nên hệ thống lại giúp các em đợc khắc thêm một lần nữa
* Lu ý: "People" nếu mang nghiã "dân tộc" là danh từ số ít, số nhiều phải thêm "s".
Ex: - There are many peoples living in Viet Nam.
6- Chủ ngữ là "percent":
... percent
of

+ plural noun + plural verb
+ non-count noun + singular verb

Ex: - Fifty percent of the old people of over ninety live in the city.
- Fifty percent of the oil was lost by evaporation.
* Khi chủ ngữ có phân số cũng vậy:
Ex: - Two-thirds of the school children here live in the country.
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- Two-thirds of the money He earned was illigal.
7- Một vài danh từ có thể đi với động từ số nhiều hoặc số ít tùy theo nghĩa:

C. go

D. went

3. Either the monitor or the athletes _____ to blame for the bad result.
A. be

B. are

C. is

D. to be

4. Everyone _______ with me about my plans
A. have agreed

B. agreeing

C. disagree

D. agrees

5. Tim as well as his relatives _______ safe from the hurricane.
A. be

B. is

C. are

D. being


B. are

C. was

D. were

10. Measles ________ sometimes a serious disease.
A. is

B. are

C. being

D. be

11. Making cakes and pies ________Mrs. Reeds specialty.
A. are

B. were

C. is

D. have been

12. The United States _______ between Canada and Mexico.
A. lying

B. lies



D. was

16. Two million dollars _______not enough for the victims of the tsunami.
A. is

B. are

C. were

D. both A &B

17. Cattle _______ allowed to graze here now.
A. is

B. are

C. were

D. was

C. needing

D. is needing

C. are needing

D. needs

18. Each of the boys _____ a book now

B. is watching

C. have watched

D. were watching

23. Seventy-five percent of the students _______ another language.
A. speak

B. speaks

C. spoken

D. has spoken

24. My new pair of pants _______at the cleaners.
A. is

B. are

C. be

D. has been

25. The police ______on the alert for the escaped convict.
A. are

B. is

C. was

29. The Vietnamese ________hard-working and brave.
A. is

B. are

C. be

D. being

30. A good deal of money _______ spent on the books.
A. have

B. has

C. have been

D. has been

31. The manager or his secretary ______ to give you an interview.
A. is

B. are

C. were

D. have

32. Ninety percent of the work _______ been done.
A. is



C. Were

D. Was

36. All the books on the shelf ______to me.
A. belong

B. belongs

C. belonging

D. is belonging

37. The trousers you bought for me _____me.
A. don’t fit

B. doesn’t fit

C. fits

D. not fit

38. Mumps _________ usually caught by children.
A. are

B. was

C. is


A. is

B. are

C. were

D. have been

43. John as well as Mary __________ very kind.
A. were

B. are

C. is

D. have been

44. The doctor with the nurses ___________ exhausted after the operation yesterday.
A. were

B. was

C. have been

D. are being

C. were

D. have been


D. are

49. None of the students ___________ the test yet.
A. finished

B. has finished

C. is finishing

D. have finished

50. A pair of shoes _________ under the bed.
A. have been

B. are

C. are being

D. is

51. 200 tons of rice ___________ last month.
A. is used

B. had been used

C. was used

D. were used

52. In the hotel, the bread and butter ________ for breakfast.


B. is

C. are

D. were

56. The effects of cigarette smoking _______ been proven to be extremely harmful so far.
A. have

B. has

C. had

D. will have

57. The use of credit cards in place of cash _______ increased rapidly in recent years.
A. has had

B. had had

C. have

D. has

58. Neither Bill nor Mary ______ going to the play tomorrow.
A. are

B. is



62.A number of reporters ________at the conference now.
A. is

B. are

C. has been

D. being

63.Either John or his wife________ breakfast each morning.
A. make

B. are making

C. have made

D. makes

64.After she had perused the material , the secretary said that everything ______ in
order.
A. were

B. was

C. have been

D. has been

65. Every elementary school teacher ______ to take this training course.


C. has

D. had had

69.Twenty dollars ______ all I can afford to pay for that car.
A. are

B. were

C. is

D. have been

70. The majority of the students _______ him to be innocent.
A. believes

B. is believing

C. believe

D. has believed

71. The majority ________ that we are in no danger.
A. believe

B. believes

C. have believed


D. were

75. The quality of these recordings ______ not very good.
A. is

B. are

C. have been

D. were

76. Mr Robbins, accompanied by his wife and children, _______arriving tonight.
A. are

B. is

C. being

D. has been

77. If either of you ______ a vacation now, we will not be able to finish the work.
A. take

B. takes

C. are taking

D. are taken

78. Living expenses in this country, as well as in many others, _____at an all-time

D. is bringing.

C. had

D. have had

B. works

C. work

D. was working

B. are/make

C. is/make

D. are/makes

Physics ______ nearly as interesting to me as literature.

A. were

90.

D. had had

Studying late at night ______ one of those things that ______ me tired.

A. is/makes


85.

D. is

The view of these disciplines ______ from time to time.

A. vary
84.

C. are

Every body who ______ not purchased a ticket should be in this line.

A. had
83.

B. has

Fifty minutes ______not enough time to finish the test.

A. are
82.

D. both A & C

Neither the doctor nor the secretary ______ left yet.

A. have
81.