1.I like Paris very much, but I (never be)................  there.

2. I’m sorry, but our director (go) …………………….on holiday three days ago.
3. I ( read) ……………………. this book three times. It’s a really interesting book.
4. You (not watch) …………………… the TV at the moment. Why don’t you turn it off?
5. Last night, when I (arrive) …………………….at his house, he still (sleep)…………………….
6. Yesterday John (go) …………………….to the store before he (go) ……………………. home.
7. There (be) ……………………. many visitors to this country since last year.
8. He (live) ……………………. in France for ten years. But now he (live) ……………………. in Rome.
9. Look! The boy (cry) …………………….
10. Last night, I (read) ……………………… in bed when I suddenly heard a scream.
11. As many as 49.743 people in 19 provinces and cities across Vietnam (vaccinate) ……………………. against COVID-19 in March.
12. When I went out, the sun (shine) …………………….

1. I (read) this novel for three days but I (read) only 10 pages.                                    2. It is essential that John (stop) using the office phone, if he (notwant) any more trouble                                                                                                                            3. They talked (end) about this project .                                                                        4. When his uncle passed _________, he came _________ a big fortune.                 5. Mrs Smith is _________ charge _________ the planning department.                  6. This problem is _________ my understanding. I know nothing _________ it.       7. There’s been a great increase _________ the price of petrol _________ the past 2 years    

1. When _______ you (start) _______ (live) __________ in Thanh Xuan?

2. Helen (read) _______ 50 pages of this story book so far.

3. He (live) _________ IN Paris for 10 years now.

4. They (not/go) __________ out since CORONA VIRUS appeared in Ha Noi.

5. My brother (listen) _________ to music since 5pm.

6. How long _______ she (work) ________ in Sai Gon?

7. She (just/sell) _______________ a new IPAD.

8. My family and I (see) __________ an action movie last night.

• For questions 1 - 7, read the three texts below and decide which answer (A, B, c, or D) best fits each gap.

This book began when I (1) ............. a suggestion to try my hand as a political journalist nine years ago. What makes this (2) .............  so wonderfully bearable is that unfashionable as it now is to say so, I'm rather fond of British Members of Parliament. They can be dreadfully silly, of course, and there are days when they irritate (3) ............. measure. Occasionally, even, comes a moment when an MP's speech or behavior (4) .............  genuine anger, goading me into an attempt at lofty (5) ............. But I always regret it. It rarely reads well the next day. There are other journalists to ride high horses and my mission, I think, is to remind readers that their MPs are often more (6) .............  than they are wicked and that, through the laughter, we may discern the outlines of arguments, ambitions, even principles. MPs are mostly human, rarely scaling the heights nor often touching the depths to (7) .............   the famous figures of history fly. Only a handful among them are of unusual intelligence but many are effective and most are hard-working.

1, A. agreeable B. approved       C. accepted     D. agreed

2, A. slavery       B. servitude     C. maid      D. charwoman

3, A. far off      B. yonder     C. further on    D. beyond

4, A. arouses       B. awake     C. set off        D. enkindle

5, A. condemnation   B. condemn     C. self-condemnation    D. admonition

6, A. ludicrous   B. ridiculous     C. laughable     D. outrageous

7, A. whichever   B. whose     C. whomsoever     D. which