Exercise 8: Choose the correct option (A,B,C) to complete each sentence.
1. She ______ in Florida with his parents.
A. lived B. lives C. has lived
2. He ______ football with his friends in the backyard at the moment.
A. is playing B. plays C. has played
3. We ______ to New York next Sunday.
A. went B. go C. will go
4. They ______ their teacher 10 minutes ago.
A. will meet B. are meeting C. met
5. I ______ this man before. He’s a stranger to me.
A. haven’t met B. hadn’t met C. didn’t meet
6. We ______ TV at 9:00 last night.
A. watched B. were watching C. had watched
7. She ______ to Manchester 3 times.
A. has been B. had been C. was
8. Alex ______ this movie before, so she doesn’t want to see it again.
A. saw B. has seen C. had seen
9. She found a good job after she ______ from college.
A. has graduated B. had graduated C. graduated
10. Last night while I ______ dinner with my family when my friend phoned me.
A. had B. am having C. was having
11. I didn’t do the test well because it ______ difficult.
A. was B. had been C. has been
12. I’m sorry I can’t help you. I ______ the homework at the moment.
A. am doing B. do C. has done
13. I ______ you the answer of the problem when I ______ it.
A. tell/will find B. told/found C. will tell/find
14. My father often ______ to work by bus.
A. goes B. went C. has gone
15. She ______ me a ghost story last night.
A. tells B. told C. will tell
16. She ______ in HCM City since she ______ born in 1990.
A. had lived/was B. lived/was C. has lived/was
17. Yesterday afternoon while we ______ to school when it suddenly ______ to rain.
A. are walking/started B. were walking/started C. walked/started
18. Tom ______ for IBM for 3 years before he ______ for Microsoft in 2000.
A. had worked/worked B. worked/worked C. has worked/will work
19. Lan ______ school when she ______ 6 years old.
A. started/was B. had started/was C. has started/was
20. He ______ to help me when I ______ for his help, so I was so sad.
A. refuses/ask B. refused/asked C. will refuse/ask
21. Tom ______ 30 books since last summer.
A. read B. has read C. was reading
22. The child was very happy when he ______ his parents.
A. meets B. has met C. met
23. He ______ in this for all his life.
A. had lived B. lives C. has lived
24. I can’t read the letter because it ______ dark.
A. is B. was C. has been
25. The old man ______ after he ______ ill for a long time.
A. died/had been B. died/has been C. died/was
26. Don’t worry! I ______ you meet the principal.
A. will help B. help C. have helped
27. The last storm ______ serious damage for my village.
A. causes B. caused C. has caused
28. Yesterday I ______ the homework before I ______ to school.
A. has done/went B. did/went C. had done/went
29. Peter ______ to New York 3 times since he ______ born.
A. has gone/was B. had gone/was C. went/was
30. I ______ for you here until you ______ back.
A. wait/come B. will wait/come C. wait/will come
31. Mr. Tuyen ______ a teacher of English. He ______ us how to use the present perfect tense at the moment.
A. is/is teaching B. is/teaches C. is/taught
