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1. The teacher gave back the papers which ______ marked
A. was
B. has been
C. had been
D. have been
2. Mrs Ramsay was accustomed ______ in this rickety house.
A. by living
B. to living
C. with living
D. lining
3. Neither Mary nor her two brothers _____ superstitious.
A. is
B. was
C. are
D. have
4. If my candidate had won the election, I _____ happy now.
A. am
B. was
C. would be
D. can be
5. I _____ very well with my father now, we never have any arguments
A. go on
B. carry on
C. get on
D. put on
6. People have different ways of preparing _____ .
A. their exams
B. to exams
C. for exams
D. in exams
7. Lack of sleep can have a noticeable _____ your performance at work .
A. effect to
B. effect in
C. affect on
D. effect on
8. I’ve got to see the dentist for a check - up tomorrow; I just hope I don’t need to _____ .
A. have anything done
B. be done something to
C. let anything be done
D. make something done
9. He climbed up the tree _____ to pick the apples before the wind blew them off .
A. so
B. in order
C. so that
D. for
10. Next summer, we’re _____ a swimming pool built in our garden.
A. making
B. deciding
C. letting
D. having

1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

A. has lived

B. is living

C. was living

D. has been living

2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

A. don’t see

B. haven’t seen

C. didn’t see

D. hadn’t seen

3. The train ______ half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving

B. left

C. has left

D. had left

4. Jack ______ the door.

A. has just painted

B. paint

C. will have painted

D. painting

5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.

A. is looking

B. was looking

C. has been looking

D. looked

6. I ______ Texas State University now.

A. am attending

B. attend

C. was attending

D. attended

7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.

A. ten years ago

B. since ten years

C. for ten years ago

D. for ten years

8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered

B. has discovered

C. had discovered

D. had been discovering

9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.

A. run

B. runs

C. was running

D. had run

10. We _______ there when our father died.

A. still lived

B. lived still

C. was still lived

D. was still living

11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.

A. will play

B. will be playing

C. play

D. would play

12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.

A. will have been working

B. will work

C. have been working

D. will be working

13. I _______ in the room right now

A. am being

B. was being

C. have been being

D. am

14. I ______ to New York three times this year.

A. have been

B. was

C. were

D. had been

15. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.

A. leave

B. will leave

C. have left

D. shall leave

16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.

A. has happened

B. happened

C. had happened

D. would have been happened

17. John ______ a book when I saw him.

A. is reading

B. read

C. was reading

D. reading

18. He said he _______ return later.

A. will

B. would

C. can

D. would be

19. Jack ________ the door.

A. has just opened

B. open

C. have opened

D. opening

1.C. was living

2.B. haven’t seen

3. B. left

4. A. has just painted

5.C. has been looking

6. A. am attending

7. D. for ten years

8. A. discovered

9. C. Was running

10. C. was still lived

11. B. will be playing

12.A. will have been working

13.D. am

14.A. have been

15.A. leave

16. C. had happened

17. C. was reading

18.B. would

19. A. has just opened

41. When he_______ , I______ in London for a week

      A. arrived/ was living                                              B. was living/ has been living

      C. arrived/ has been living D. arrived/ had been living

42. Be quite, please. We________ at the translation and you________ a lot of noise

      A. are working/ are making__                                  B. work/ are making

      C. are working/ make                                              D. work/ make

43. He always for a walk in the morning

      A. go                               B. is going                       C. goes                         D. going

44. “Where is Jack?”  “ He_______ his girlfriend at the station. She________ at 12 o’clock”

      A. meets/ is coming         B. is meeting/ comes        C. meets/ comes            D. is meeting/ is coiming

45. She________ . Is something wrong?

      A. cries                            B. is crying                      C. cry                           D. crying

46. In the morning, I________ little time, so I_______ a shower in the evening.

      A. have/ take                                                          B. am having/ am taking

      C. have/ am taking                                                  D. am having/ take

47. A decade___________ a period of ten years.

      A. describes                     B. is describing                C. describe                    D. describing

48. Her brother__________ in Canada now.

      A. working                      B. works                          C. is working                D. work

49. She always_______ but______ nothing to realize her dreams.

      A. dreams/ does               B. is dreaming/ does         C. dreams/ is doing       D. is dreaming/ is doing

50. He_______ so suspicious to me at the moment. I wonder why

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

51. Hurry up, Jane! We all      ______ for you

      A. wait                            B. are waiting                  C. waiting                     D. are waited

52. Don’t brother her. She________ her French lesson; she always_________ it in the morning   

      A. takes/ is taking            B. is taking/ takes             C. takes/ takes               D. is taking/ is taking

53. The living standard_________ . Every month things more expensive.

      A. are changing/ are getting                                     B. are changing/ gets

      C. change/ are getting                                             D. change/ get

54. Tom and Mary _________ for the Netherlands tomorrow

      A. leave                           B. are leaving                   C. leaving                     D. are left

55. I have just started English course, I_________ English grammar

      A. study                          B. sutyding                      C. am studying             D. studied

56. Mercury________ at 357,23 degree Centigrade.

      A. boils                            B. is boiling                     C. boiling                     D. boiled

57. It_______ me that they can’t sell their flat.

      A. surprises                      B. is surprising                 C. surprising                 D. surprise

58. We are going to on a________ to Vung Tau next week.

      A. two day trip                 B. two- days trip              C. two-day trip              D. two day trip

59. We_____ from school by the end of June.

      A. will graduate               B. will have graduated      C. have graduated         D. had graduated

60. I’m afraid my parents do not allow me__________ a long journey.

      A. going                          B. to go                           C. to going                    D. will go

61. All my friends_________ for the same job

      A. applied                        B. intended                      C. requested                  D. referred

62. Please be quiet while the teacher__________ the lesson

      A. explains                      B. was explaining            C. is explaining             D. explained

63. Be careful! The bus_______ near.

      A. will come                    B. will be coming             C. is coming                 D. has come

64. They are going to_________ a boat trip on the Themes

      A. for                              B. in                                C. at                             D. on

65. What are you doing at 8 o’clock tomorrow?- I __________ in class.

      A. will sit                        B. am going to sit             C. will be sat                 D. will be sitting

21/ Have you ___ your homework yet?

a been finished

b finishing

c finished

d finish

22/ Father is ___ at the movie.

a laughs

b laughing

c been laughing

d laugh

23/ Our family ___ in this city for twenty years.

a is living

b has lived

c having live

d live

24/ The car ___ to my uncle.

a belonging

b belong

c are belonging

d belongs

25/ We ___ to London three times.

a have went

b have been

c went

d had gone

26/ The bus ___ every twenty minutes.

a are running

b runs

c running

d run

27/ I ___ to watch comedies on TV.

a liking

b am liking

c likes

d like

28/ She ___ on the phone when I came in.

a was talking

b had been talking

c has been talking

d Both a&b are correct.

29/ They ___ at two o’clock tomorrow.

a are arriving

b arrived

c have been arriving

d have arrived

30/ I’ve ___ the book already.

a will read

b read

c reading

d been read

1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living

2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

A. don't see B. haven't seen C. didn't see D. hadn't seen

3. The train ______ half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving B. left C. has left D. had left

4. Jack ______ the door.

A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D. painting

5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.

A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked

6. I ______ Texas State University now.

A. am attending B. attend

C. was attending D. attended

7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.

A. ten years ago B. since ten years

C. for ten years ago D. for ten years

8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered B. has discovered

C. had discovered D. had been discovering

9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.

A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run

10. We _______ there when our father died.

A. still lived B. lived still C. was still lived D. was still living

1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living

2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

A. don't see B. haven't seen C. didn't see D. hadn't seen

3. The train ______ half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving B. left C. has left D. had left

4. Jack ______ the door.

A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D. painting

5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.

A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked

6. I ______ Texas State University now.

A. am attending B. attend

C. was attending D. attended

7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.

A. ten years ago B. since ten years

C. for ten years ago D. for ten years

8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered B. has discovered

C. had discovered D. had been discovering

9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.

A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run

10. We _______ there when our father died.

A. still lived B. lived still C. was still lived D. was still living

EXERCISE 5: Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.

1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

A. has lived

B. is living

C. was living

D. has been living

2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

A. don’t see

B. haven’t seen

C. didn’t see

D. hadn’t seen

3. The train ______ half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving

B. left

C. has left

D. had left

4. Jack ______ the door.

A. has just painted

B. paint

C. will have painted

D. painting

5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.

A. is looking

B. was looking

C. has been looking

D. looked

6. I ______ Texas State University now.

A. am attending

B. attend

C. was attending

D. attended

7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.

A. ten years ago

B. since ten years

C. for ten years ago

D. for ten years

8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered

B. has discovered

C. had discovered

D. had been discovering

9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.

A. run

B. runs

C. was running

D. had run

10. We _______ there when our father died.

A. still lived

B. lived still

C. was still lived

D. was still living

11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.

A. will play

B. will be playing

C. play

D. would play

12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.

A. will have been working

B. will work

C. have been working

D. will be working

13. I _______ in the room right now

A. am being

B. was being

C. have been being

D. am

14. I ______ to New York three times this year.

A. have been

B. was

C. were

D. had been

15. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.

A. leave

B. will leave

C. have left

D. shall leave

16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.

A. has happened

B. happened

C. had happened

D. would have been happened

17. John ______ a book when I saw him.

A. is reading

B. read

C. was reading

D. reading

18. He said he _______ return later.

A. will

B. would

C. can

D. would be

19. Jack ________ the door.

A. has just opened

B. open

C. have opened

D. opening

20. I have been waiting for you ______ .

A. since early morning

B. since 9 a.m

C. for two hours

D. All are correct

21. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.

A. leave

B. left

C. leaves

D. had left

22. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.

A. wrote

B. writes

C. has written

D. had written

23. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week

A. was reading

B. wrote

C. was written

D. had written

24. I couldn’t cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.

A. broke down

B. has been broken

C. had broken down

D. breaks down

25. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.

A. try

B. tried

C. have tried

D. am trying

26. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.

A. he had left

B. he left

C. he has left

D. he was left

27. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.

A. had

B. had had

C. have has

D. have had

28. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.

A. will have learned

B. will learn

C. has learned

D. would learn

29. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.

A. walking

B. walked

C. walks

D. walk

30. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.

A. was going

B. went

C. has gone

D. did go

31. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.

A. finish

B. finishes

C. will finish

D. finishing

32. I will be glad if he _______ with us.

A. had gone

B. did go

C. went

D. goes

33 Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.

A. finish

B. has finished

C. finished

D. finishing

34. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see that the kettle ________ ?

A. boil

B. boils

C. is boiling

D. boiled

35. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.

A. leave

B. are leaving

C. leaving

D. are left

36. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.

A. go

B. is going

C. goes

D. going

37. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.

A. working

B. works

C. is working

D. work

EXERCISE 5: Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.

1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

A. has lived

B. is living

C. was living

D. has been living

2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

A. don’t see

B. haven’t seen

C. didn’t see

D. hadn’t seen

3. The train ______ half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving

B. left

C. has left

D. had left

4. Jack ______ the door.

A. has just painted

B. paint

C. will have painted

D. painting

5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.

A. is looking

B. was looking

C. has been looking

D. looked

6. I ______ Texas State University now.

A. am attending

B. attend

C. was attending

D. attended

7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.

A. ten years ago

B. since ten years

C. for ten years ago

D. for ten years

8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered

B. has discovered

C. had discovered

D. had been discovering

9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.

A. run

B. runs

C. was running

D. had run

10. We _______ there when our father died.

A. still lived

B. lived still

C. was still lived

D. was still living

11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.

A. will play

B. will be playing

C. play

D. would play

12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.

A. will have been working

B. will work

C. have been working

D. will be working

13. I _______ in the room right now

A. am being

B. was being

C. have been being

D. am

14. I ______ to New York three times this year.

A. have been

B. was

C. were

D. had been

15. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.

A. leave

B. will leave

C. have left

D. shall leave

16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.

A. has happened

B. happened

C. had happened

D. would have been happened

17. John ______ a book when I saw him.

A. is reading

B. read

C. was reading

D. reading

18. He said he _______ return later.

A. will

B. would

C. can

D. would be

19. Jack ________ the door.

A. has just opened

B. open

C. have opened

D. opening

20. I have been waiting for you ______ .

A. since early morning

B. since 9 a.m

C. for two hours

D. All are correct

21. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.

A. leave

B. left

C. leaves

D. had left

22. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.

A. wrote

B. writes

C. has written

D. had written

23. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week

A. was reading

B. wrote

C. was written

D. had written

24. I couldn’t cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.

A. broke down

B. has been broken

C. had broken down

D. breaks down

25. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play

A. try

B. tried

C. have tried

D. am trying

26. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.

A. he had left

B. he left

C. he has left

D. he was left

27. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.

A. had

B. had had

C. have has

D. have had

28. By the  end of next year, George _______ English for two years.

A. will have learned

B. will learn

C. has learned

D. would learn

29. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.

A. walking

B. walked

C. walks

D. walk

30. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.

A. was going

B. went

C. has gone

D. did go

31. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.

A. finish

B. finishes

C. will finish

D. finishing

32. I will be glad if he _______ with us.

A. had gone

B. did go

C. went

D. goes

33 Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.

A. finish

B. has finished

C. finished

D. finishing

34. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see that the kettle ________ ?

A. boil

B. boils

C. is boiling

D. boiled

35. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.

A. leave

B. are leaving

C. leaving

D. are left

36. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.

A. go

B. is going

C. goes

D. going

37. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.

A. working

B. works

C. is working

D. work

1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

A. has lived

B. is living

C. was living

D. has been living

2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

A. don’t see

B. haven’t seen

C. didn’t see

D. hadn’t seen

3. The train ______ half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving

B. left

C. has left

D. had left

4. Jack ______ the door.

A. has just painted

B. paint

C. will have painted

D. painting

5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.

A. is looking

B. was looking

C. has been looking

D. looked

6. I ______ Texas State University now.

A. am attending

B. attend

C. was attending

D. attended

7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.

A. ten years ago

B. since ten years

C. for ten years ago

D. for ten years

8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered

B. has discovered

C. had discovered

D. had been discovering