I, Choose the best answer
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. While 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
24. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
25. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left B. he left C. he has left D. he was left
26. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had B. had had C. have has D. have had
27. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.
A. will have learned B. will learn C. has learned D. would learn
28. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.
A. walking B. walked C. walks D. walk
29. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going B. went C. has gone D. did go
30. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.
A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing
31. I shall be glad when he _______.
A. had gone B. did go C. went D. has gone
32 Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.
A. finish B. has finished C. finished D. finishing
33. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see the kettle ________ ?
A. boil B. boils C. is boiling D. boiled
34. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. leave B. are leaving C. leaving D. are left
35. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.
A. go B. is going C. goes D. going
36. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.
A. working B. works C. is working D. work
37. I ______ to the same barber since last year.
A. am going B. have been going C. go D. had gone
38. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.
A. dies B. died C. has died D. had died
39. Last week, my professor promised that he ________ today.
A. would come B. will come C. comes D. coming
40. Pasteur ______ in the 19th century.
A. was living B. lived C. had lived D. has lived
