TENSES:
I Choose the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses for each sentence by circling the letter A, B ,C
or D.
1. Thu Thuy ( be) .twenty –three years old next December.…
a. is b. was c. has been d. will be
2. They ( learn) ..French at present with their classmates.…
a. are learning b. learnt c. have learnt d. had learnt
3. He ( be) .on holiday in Hue City one year ago.?……
a. Is he b. Was he c. Has he been d. Will he be
4. He is practicing the piano while his sister ( learn) ..Maths.…
a. is learning b. was learning c. will be learning d. has learnt
5. What time he ( go) to work every day?…
a. is he going b. did he go c. does he go d. was he going
6.She ( learn) Japanese since her teacher was retired.
a. learnt b. was learning c. had learnt d. has learnt
7. He ( come) to see Thailand if he had a good chance?……
a. Had he come b. Has he come c. Would he come d. Will he come
8. He ( go) .to Nha Trang in three months?……
a. Did he go b. Does he go c. Will he go d. Is he going
9. Where they ( go) ..now?…
a. do they go b. will they go c. did they go d. are they going
10. She ( go) to the cinema tonight?…
a. Is she going b. Was she going c. Will she go d. Has she gone
11. It is necessary that she ( learn) .foreign language.……
a. learns b. learn c. learnt d. will learn
12. Her mother ( go) ..on business to Hanoi five or six times a year.…
a. is going b. went c. has gone d. goes
13. Where is your brother? He ( have) a bath.……
a. has b. had c. is having d. will have
14. What you ( do) when I came to see you?……
a. did you do b. will you do c. have you done d. were you doing

30.Many people highly appreciated her talent, so she ( offer) .a prize last month.…
a. offered b. was being offered c. was offered d. had offered
31. Everything ( send) ..to him since he was in a small town.…
a. has sent b. has been sent c. have been sent d. had sent
32. This building ( finish) by the end of this year.……
a. will have been finished b. will be finished c. have been finished d. will have finished
33. Someone suggested that he ( go) ..out for a walk.…
a. go b. went c. has gone d. was going
34. Nam told me that he ( give up) .smoking long ago.…
a. gives up b. gave up c. has given up d. had given up
35. After she ( have_ some sandwiches, she had a drink.
a. had b. will have c. had had d. would have.
36. What they ( do) at eight tomorrow morning?…
a. are they doing b. will they do c. will they be doing d. have they done
37. It was high time children ( go) .to bed.…
a. go b. went c. were going d. had gone
38. When she ( bear) ..? She was born in 1985.…
a. she bears b. does she bear c. was she born d. has she born
39. She told me that he ( teach) literature at that college since 1989.…
a. taught b. was teaching c. has taught d. had taught
40. Mt. Thomas ( die) ..in his old flat when the police arrived to investigate the incident.…
a. died b. had died c. has died d. had been died
41. The table ( take) away before I came here.…
a. was taken b. was being taken c. had taken d. had been taken
42. The man ( catch) any fish yet?…
a. Has the man caught b. Does the man catch c. Is the man catching d. Was the man catching
43. They ( live) here for eleven years by the end of next September.…
a. will live b. will be living c. have been living d. will have been living
44. These engineers ( build) this bridge for five years next month.…
a. will build b. will be building c. have built d. will have built

60. I saw Mrs Linh just now in the street as she ( come) .home from school.…
a. comes b, is coming c. was coming d. came
61. I suggested that he ( stop) smoking.…
a. stops b. stop c. stopped d. has stopped
62. They ( work) ..very hard lately.…
a. are working b. worked c. were working d. have worked
63. he pretended to ( forget) ..his girlfriend’s name.…
a. forgot b. have forgotten c. had forgotten d. will forget
64. She refused to admit that she ( break) that video cassette player.…
a. broke b. was breaking c. had broken d. has been breaking
65.This time last month, her friends ( visit).. Hai Phong city.
a. visited b. were visiting c. had visited d. had been visiting
66. It ( rain) .all day yesterday.…
a. rained b. was raining c. had rained d. had been raining
67. By next Tet holidays, my family ( live) ..in Hanoi for six years.…
a. will live b. will be living c. will have been living d. will have lived
68. She wishes she ( go) out with us last night .…
a. goes b. went c. would go d. had gone
69. She felt sad because the singer of the T.Rex ( kill) .…
a. killed b. was killed c. had killed d. had been killed
70. It ( be) ..very warm this spring.…
a. is b. was c. has been d. will be
71. She ( work) .for that company for ten years before her husband moved here.…
a. had worked b. was working c. has worked d. will be working
72. This hotel ( build) .for ten years by this time next month.……
a. will build b. will be built c. will have built d. will have been built
73. What he ( do) ..if he passed his matriculation?…
a. did he do b. would he do c. would have done d. had he done
74. We are sorry that we ( not reply) ..the last letter up to now.……
a. haven’t replied b. don’t reply c. didn’t reply d. hadn’t replied

88. I wonder what I ( do) ..this time next year. I expect you ( work) .at the same office.… …
a. will be doing- will be working b. will do- will work c. am going to do- will work
d. will have done- will work
89. This time tomorrow everyone ( read) of your success, and all sorts of people ( ring) .up to …… …
congratulate you.
a. will read- will ring b. will be reading- will ring c. will be reading- will be ringing
d. will be reading- will have rung
90. I have not seen your uncle recently. No, he ( not be) out of his house since he ( buy) his colour ……
television.
a. is not- buys b. was not- bought c. was not- has bought d. has not been- bought
91. Miss Betty Linda did not buy an English dictionary because she was short of money. If she ( have) ..a…
lot of money, she ( take) .it already.…
a. has – takes b. has – will take c. had- would take d. had had- would have taken
92. She saw that two boys ( fight) .at a street corner and a policeman ( try) to stop them.… …
a. fought- tried b. were fighting- was trying c. were fighting- tried d. had fought- tried
93. She usually ( go) to work by bus, but this week she ( go) ..by bicycle.……… ……
a. goes- is going b. goes- goes c. goes- has gone d. went- goes
94. She told me that she ( write) .a letter to her friend in England when I (come) .to see two days … …
before.
a. wrote- came b. was writing- was coming c. was writing- came d. had been writing- had come
95. You will be too late. By the time you get there they ( finish) their speeches and everyone ( go)…
.home.…
a. will finish- goes b. will have finished- will have gone c. will be finishing- will go d. will finish-
will be going
96. I ( come) to see you at 4 o’clock. What do you think? Well, I ( expect) you.… …
a. will come- will be expecting b. will come- will expect c. come- am expecting d. am
coming- am expecting
97. When they ( come) .to the station, the train already ( leave) ..… …
a. came- had already left b. came- left c. came- has already left d. came- was already
leaving