PRESENT AND PAST TENSES

A. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.

​1. He was writing to his friend when he __________a noise.

​A. was hearing ​B. heard ​C. had heard         D. hears

​2. I __________many people since I came here in June.

​A. met ​B. has met ​C. was meeting       D. have met

3. We __________ Maths at this time last week.

​A. were learning      B. are learning   ​          C. was learning    ​ D. learnt

4. She was playing games while he __________a football match.

​A. watched ​B. watches              ​C. was watching        D. watching

5. She __________to Ho Chi Minh city last year.

​A. goes ​B. has gone            ​C. go                          D. went 

6. Since we came here, we ______ a lot of acquaintances.

A. have had​      B. had​  C. have​           ​      D. are having

7. __________he playing football now?

​A. Will ​B. Does ​C. Was            ​ D. Is 

8. Every morning, I often sit in my garden and____ to my nightingale sing.

​A. listening ​B. listen ​C. listened              D. listens

9. She __________school when she was six.

A. start​B. started​C. has started        D. are starting

10. I. __________TV when the telephone rang.

​A. watched ​B. was watching​C. are watching    D. have watched

11. She__________ lunch by the time we arrived.

​A. had finished ​B. finished ​C. have finished   D. finishing

12. This record-shop__________ be a book-shop a few years ago. 

​A. used to​B. use​C. used                 D. used

13. I couldn't come to the party because I __________go to work.

​A. have ​B. had to ​C. have got           D. had

14. Yesterday, I _______ for work late because I _______ to set my alarm.

A. had left / forgot ​B. was leaving / was forgetting

C. left / had forgot ​D. had been leaving / would forget

15. By the time we ____ to the train station, Susan _____ for us for more than two hours.

A. will get / has been waiting ​B. got / was waiting

C. got / had been waiting ​D. get / will wait

16. While her brother was in the army, Sarah ___________ to him twice a week.

​A. was writing​B. wrote​C. has written       D. had written

17. The Titanic _______ the Atlantic when it _______ an iceberg.

A. was crossing / struck ​B. had crossed / was striking

C. crossed / had struck ​D. is crossing / strikes

18. In the 19th century, it _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.

​A. took  ​B. had taken ​C. had taken          D. was taking

19. Last night at this time, they ____ the same thing. She ______ and he _________ the Newspaper.                                                                                                                                            A. are not doing / is cooking / is reading                                                                                             ​B. were not doing / was cooking / was reading                                                                                                        C. was not doing / has cooked / is reading ​                                                                                                             D. had not done / was cooking /read                                                                                                    20. 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 / discover

3.                 TỔNG HỢP THÌ - CHỌN ĐÁP ÁN ĐÚNG

1.     The girl weeps whenever she…………..such a story.

A.               hears         B. has heard        C. will hear       D. heard

2.                 As soon as we……………….this new apartment, we…………….

A.               are finding - will move               C. found - moved

B.                would find - move                     D. find - would move

3.                 My teacher arrived after we………...for him for ten minutes 

A.               was waiting                          C. had waited 

B.                have waited                          D. waited  

4.                 This is the first time I……………..to play badminton.

A.               have tried                             C. was trying

B.                B. am trying                         D. would be trying 

5.                 She…………….here but she doesn’t worked here now.

A.               has worked                           C. used to work 

B.                had work                              D. used to working 

6.                 Jack went out, but he…………..anyone where he was going 

A.               doesn’t tell                           C. wasn’t telling  

B.                not told                                 D. didn’t tell

7.                 London……………..the capital of the United Kingdom 

A.               is           B. was             C. will be         D. is being 

8.                 Someone…………….at the door. Can you hear it?

A.               knocks                                 C. will knocks  

B.                is knock                               D. was knocking

9.                 What are you cooking in that saucepan? It………...good

A.               smells       B. is smelling     C. smelled     D. has smelled

10.             I used to swim in this river when I …………..young

A.               am             B. was               C. will be       D. have been

Mark the better A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word from the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D) choose the one that best completes the sentence

At _________time did I ever promise you a pay rise

A. some 

B. all 

C. any 

D. no

IV.  Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

1.   Did you forget your purse             purpose so you wouldn’t have to pay?

      a. on                            b. of                             c. in                             d. for

2.   He was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of drug                    .

      a. charging                  b. stealing                   c. trafficking               d. trading

3.   In recent years, there has been thousands of victims of sexual and physical             .

      a. sentence                  b. crime                       c. abuse                       d. conduct

4.   Harrison’s greatest attribute is his ability to work            pressure.

      a. within                      b. under                       c. in                             d. on

5.   My parents always criticize me for not getting good grades at school. I wish they put themselves in my                    .

      a. pants                        b. legs                         c. hands                       d. shoes

6.   He wondered                      to tell the news to his parents.

      a. why                         b. how                         c. what                        d. which

7.   He             a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems in 1951.

      a. forced                      b. sent                         c. took                         d. gained

8.   “You must come to my party,” she told me.

      a. She told me I come to her party.                b. She told me to come her party.

      c. She told me I had to come to her party.      d. She told me I came to her party.

9.   “My life’s got stuck these days. I am so depressed and unable to think of anything.”

      “                ”

      a. You will be tired.                                        b. Stay stuck there,

      c. Stay calm. Everything will be alright.        d. No, thanks.

10. “Mom, I’ve got the first rank in class this semester!” “               ”

      a. Well done!              b. Thank you!             c. Never mind!            d. Let’s go!

I. Choose the best answer.

1. I .................... born on the first of May.

A. were           B. was           C. are            D. is

2. The enemy ..................... by night.

A. attack              B. attacks         C. attacked               D. did attack

3. Mind about what I just ............................. now.

A. said               B. say         C. did say               D. didn't say

4. Did you ever ............................. of such a thing?

A. hear           B. hears         c. heard          D. heart

5. He,........................................... some eggs to make cakes.

A. buys            B. buy                C. buied              D. bought

6. there....................... not any eggs in the packet when i ........................ to the kitchen .

A. was / some     b. were / come           c. was / came             d. were / came

7. I.......................... an English course to improve all the skills.

a. not joined              b. joined           c. did joined          d. join

8. We ........................... to our friend last night.

a. spoke         b. speak   c. speaked          d. spoken

9. We ........................ and ....................... lunch at the cafeteria with them .

a. talked / have       b. talked / had                c. talk / had       d. talked / have

10. ........................ you attend yoga class when i ......................... at home/

a. did / stay            b. didn't / didn't stayed                 c. did / didn't stay             d. were / stayed

Read the passage then Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C, D (1pt):

           Isn’t it amazing how much time we spend talking about food? “Have you ever eaten......?” “What did you have for lunch?” and so on. And yet when you travel from one country to another, you find that people have quite different feelings about food. People often feel that what they eat is normal, and that what other people eat is strange or silly.

           In most part of Asia, for example, no meal is complete without rice. In England, people eat potatoes every day. In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating, like so many things we do, becomes a habit which is difficult to change. Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice and coffee. The English drink tea four or five times every day. Australians drink large amount of beer and the French drink wine every day.

          The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another. Horsemeat is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. Newzelanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese don’t like eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy raw fish.

           So it seems that although eating is a topic that we can talk about for hours, there is little common sense in what we say about it. People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always been eating, and there is very little we can do to change our eating habits.

23. The writer thinks that.............................

A. people eat only what is normal to everybody

B .people often change their feelings about food.

C. people have different opinions about food.                      

D. people like eating different food as they travel from one country to another.

24. in many Asian countries............................

A. people almost always have rice in their meal        B. rice is a perfect food

C. rice is included in every menu                               D. rice is completely eaten

25. The text is mainly about.............................

A. people’s attitude to food                                        B. the importance of meat

C. strange dishes in the world                                    D. food and life

26. The  Japanese enjoy eating raw fish because.............................

A. it doesn’t smell       B. it is special to them             C. it is well boiled       D. it is not good to have fish cooked

27. People everywhere think that..............................

A. we can spend few hours talking about food                     

B. there is very little common sense in talking about food

C. there is very little common sense in what we say about the eating habits

D. we should do much to change our eating habits.