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1. Be quiet! The baby (sleep)………..
2. We seldom (eat)………….before 6:30
3. Look! A man (run)………….. after the train. He (want)……………… to catch it.
4. The sun (set)……… in the West.
5. It (be)……… often hot in Summer.
6. I(do)……….an exercise on the present tenses at this moment anh I (think)……………… that I (know)………………..how to use it now.
7. My mother sometimes (buy)………….. vegetables at this market.
8. It (be)……… very cold now.
9. It (rain)………….. much in summer. It (rain)………….now.
10. Daisy (cook)…………… some food in the kichen at present. She always (cook)…………. In the morning.
11. Hurry! The bus (come)………………..I (not want)…………………… to miss it.
12. Listen! Somebody (sing)………………..
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1. How long you (study)…………... E? For 5 years.
2. I (wait)……………for 2 hour, but she (not come)………………… yet.
3. They (live)…………..in HCM City since 1975.
4. She (read)……………. All the books written by Dickens. How many books you (read)…………..?
5. He (not be)………........here since Christmas. I wonder where he (live)………….. since then.
6. Jack (go)…………. To Paris foi a holiday. He never (be)………..there.
7. You (sleep)…………… so far? I (ring)……………. The bell for the last 20 minutes.
8. He (write)……………..a novel for 2 years, but he (not finish)……………… it yet.
9. Mary (lose)……………. her hat and she (look)………………for it until now.
10. I (see)……………. that film several times because I like it.
C-1. Listen! I (think)…………….. someone (knock)……………. at the door.
2. Up to the present, we (write)………….almost every lesson in the book.
3. The Earth (circle)………………….the sun once every 365 days.
4. The farmers (work)……………..in the field at the moment.
5. How many times you (see)…………….him since he went to Edinburgh?
6. Rivers usually (flow)………………. to the sea.
7. Look! The boy (cry)……………….

2. She said that she (already/ see)…………….Dr. Smith.
3. When we came to the stadium, the match (already/ begin)………..
4. They told me they (not/ eat)..such kind of food before.
5. He (ask)……………why we (come)……………..so early.
6. After they had gone, I (sit)…………….down and (set)………
7. Before she (watch)…………TV, she (do )…………her homework.
8. After talking a bath, he (go)……………to bed.
9. What (be)…………….he when he (be)……………young?
10. It was the first time I (ever/ see)…………….such a beautiful girl.
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1. Yesterday, John (go)…….to the store before he (go)………home.
2. Our teacher (tell)…………..us yesterday that he (visit)…………… England
in 1970
3. When John and I got to the theatre, the movie (start)………already.
4. Before Alice (go)………….to sleep, she (call)………..her family.
5. When the phone (ring)……………., I (have)…………… …dinner.
6. Daisy (agree)……………..with other members in the last meeting.
7. What you (do)…………………..at 6 p.m yesterday?
8. The little girl asked what (happen)……………….to her ice- cream.
9. He (teach)………in this school before he (leave)……..for England.
10. The house (be)……. much smaller than he (think)……….at first.
11. Before you (mention)…...…..him, I never (hear)…………of that author
12. She (win)……………the gold medal in 1986.
13. While you (play)……………….the piano, I (write)………a letter.
14. When he (go)……. to see them last night, and they (play)……… cards.
They (say)………they (play)………..since 6 o’clock.
15. I didn’t recognise Mrs. Johnson. She (change)……………….a lot.
VI. Present/past simple, progressive or perfect.
1. After having the dinner, she…………………(pay) her and……………(leave).
2. I closed the door quietly because he…………………………….(try) to sleep.

23. ……………(you/be) here before? – Yes, I first……………(come) here in
2005.
24. There was nobody at the office. Mr. Brown………………………..(allow) the staff
to go home.
25. Entering the hotel, I…………(sign) the register and……(go) up to my room.
26. We…………………..……(work) in the garden for hours when Nam came to visit
us. We…………………(stop) working and…………………..(invite) him to enjoy some tea.
While we……………………(chat) funnily, he suddenly……………(realise) that
he……………………..(forget) another important appointment, He apologised to us
and……………………..(leave) hurriedly.
II. Choose the best answer among A,B,C, and D.
1. When I ………to the party, Sally and Doug ……., John ………..drinks.
A. was coming/ had danced/ made B. had come/ danced/ made
C. came/ were dancing/ was making D. have come/ are dancing/ is making.
2. When I ………….there, dinner ………..so I had a drink first.
A. get / is prepared B. get / has been prepared
C. got / had been prepared D. got / was being prepared.
3. We …….your son in the school play last night. He ….a terrific acting job.
A. saw / was doing B. were seeing/ did
C. had seen/ had done D. have seen/ has done
4. ………………………..him? – Last night.
A. When do you meet B. When did you meet
C. When have you meet D. When will you meet
5. When we ……………..to see him last night he ……………..to music.
A. come/ is listening B. had come/ listened
C. came/ was listening D. were coming/ listens
6. She sometimes ………..to turn off the computer before she goes home.
A. forgot B. has forgot C. is forgetting D. forgets.
7. They …………good preparation before they ………………their final
examination yesterday.

21. After she ………………hospital, she had a long holiday.
A. leaves B. is leaving C. left D. has left
22. The film …………….by the time we ……………to the cinema.
A. already began / got B. have already begun / got
C. had already begun / got D. already began / had got
23. When I arrived at his house, he ………………….a phone call.
A. answers B. answered C. has answered D. was answering
II. Choose the best answer among A,B,C, and D.
1. It is possible ………… a train across Canada.
A. take B. to take C. taking D. to be taken
2. I think your mother should let you …………….your own mind.
A. make up B. to make up C. making up D. made up
3. I was delighted ………………my old friend again.
A. to see B. seeing C. seen D. to be seen
4. I’d rather ……………to Elvis than the Beatles.
A. listen B. to listen C. listening D. listened
5. Do you know what made so many people ………….their home?
A. evacuate B. to evacuate C. evacuated D. be evacuated
6. The exam is coming so the teacher make their students ………a lot.
A. study B. to study C. studying D. studied
7. her parents want her ………………….a doctor.
A. become B. to become C. becoming D. became
8. I consider it my affair ……………the newcomers in my class.
A. to help B. help C. helped D. helping
9. These employees are made……………………overtime.
A. to work B. work C. working D. worked
10. The teacher never let us ………………out when ……………..
A. to go / explaining B. go/ explaining
C. going / explain D. gone / explained
11. The Manager had some letters to sign.

22. The children were eager …………. their parents.
A. to see B. see C. seeing D. saw
23. I would rather ………….at home.
A. to stay B. staying C. stayed D. stay
24. He refused …………….her ………….for herself.
A. to allow / think B. allow / to think
C. allowing / thinking D. to allow / to think
25. I keep getting this pain in my leg. I think I would better…a doctor.
A. seeing B. to see C. see D. x
26. It is impossible for her ………….the office.
A. ringing B. ring C. to ring D. rang
27. The government has few options except …….interest rates high.
A. keeps B. to keep C. keeping D. of keeping
28. Have you got time …………….the report today.
A. finishes B. to finish C. finishing D. finished
29. She is in a hurry. She has a train ……………….
A. catching B. catches C. to catch D. caught
30. John, I have something interesting …...........you but you have to
promise .......…...it secret.
A. for telling / keeping B. to tell / keep
C. to tell / to keep D. told / kept
31. The guards were watching a shoplifter ….along the shop windows.
A. go B. to go C. went D. gone
32. The skiers would rather ……………through the mountain than go by bus.
A. to travel on train B. traveled by train
C. travel by train D. traveling by train
33. The students stopped__________ when the teacher entered the classroom.
A. to talk B. talk C. talked D. talking
34. You should______________ a lot of grammar exercises if you want to
improve your writing.

49. He asked me who the editor of that book____________ .
A. was B. were C. is D. has been
50. He wants to know whether I_____________ back tomorrow.
A. come B. came C. will come D. would come
51. I wonder why he______________ love his family.
A. doesn’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. hasn’t
52. I remember_______________ her somewhere.
A. see B. seeing C. saw D. to see
53. She forgot_____________ off the gas before going out
A. turn B. turning C. to turn D. turned
54. I suggest____________ money for the poor people in our neighborhood.
A. save B. to save C. saving D. saved
55. He got wet_____________ he forgot his umbrella.
A. because of B. because C. but D. and
56. We____________ since we left school.
A. don’t meet B. didn’t meet C. won’t meet D. haven’t met
57. ______________ laugh at me.
A. Didn’t B. Won’t C. Don’t D. Haven’t
58. Tidal waves_______________ the result of an abrupt shift in the
underwater movement of the Earth.
A. are B. were C. is D. was
59. My parents do not allow me___________, so I had to stay home.
A. go B. to go C. going D. gone
60. Do you think you will be able______________ a space trip?
A. take B. to take C. taking D. taken
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1. We’ll go out when the rain (stop)…………….
2. I (stay)……………here until he (answer)………….me.
3. Wait until I (catch)……………you.
4. She (not come)…………….until you (be)………….ready.

8. They (build) a house by June next year.
9. We (start)………….our plan next week.
10. I (give)……………her you letter when I (see)……….her tomorrow.
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1. I’m sure they (comple)………………………………..the new road by June.
2. He (wait)…………….for you when you (get)…………..back tomorrow.
3. At this same time tomorrow, we (drive)………………..through
Pennsylvania.
4. We (see)……………you next Monday.
5. In 2 years from now, the contract (come)…………….to an end.
6. Who (look)……………..after the children when you are away?
7. By november I (work)…………….for this company for 6 years.
8. If you call her at 6, she (practise)……………the piano then.
9. By march 15, I (be)……….here for 1 year.
10. We (move)…………to our new house at Chritmas this year.
11. By the end of December, John (work)……………as a reporter for 10
years.
12. By the time you arrive, I (finish)…………….writting an essay.
13. I (give)………..him your message when I (see)………… him
14. He certainly (not do)…………………all his home work by 10 tonight.
15. Don’t call him at 2.30 p.m. He (interview)…………….job applicants at
that time.
16. The teacher hope we (pass)……………the exams.
17. By this time next week, he (write)……………his novel for 6 months.
18. They (arrive)…………..on Wednesday.
19. I hope the weather (be)…………..fine tonight.
20. You (finish)……………your work by 9 tonight?