1,she said................collect it for me after work

a,would b,did c,must d,had

2,she said i....................an angel

a,am b,was c,were d,have been

3,she said that he....................unreliable

a,is b,were c,was d,would be

4,she asked me where i......................from

a,come b,coming c,to come d,came

5,she....................me whether i liked classical music or not

a,asks b,told c,asked d,b&c

6,i worder why he....................love his family

a,doesn't b,don't c,didn't d,hasn't

7,they asked me how many children..............................

a,if i had b,had i c,i have d,i had

8,the student said that the english test..........................the most difficult

a,is b,was c,will be d,have been

9,he advised......................too far

a,her did not go b,her do not do c,her not to go d,she did not go

10,the guest told the host that.........................

a,i must go now b,he must go now c,he had to go now d,he had to go then

11,my parents asked me.............................about my fault

a,to explain b,explain c,explaining d,explained

12,today is my happinest day of my life

the groom.said .........................the happinest day of his life

a,today was b,that day was c,that day is d,yesterday was

Ex6 .Choose the best answers.

1. If John ___ to his home town, he would visit his mother

a. go b. has gone c. went d. had gone

2. If she ___ here now, she could give us some advices

a. a. is                   b. was c. were d. has been

3. I ___ not loose my way if I ___ you . a. would/was      b. would/were    c. will/am d. will/was

4. I ____ not be late for class if I ____ you .     a. would/was b. would /were c. will/am    d. will/was

5. If I were you, I would ____ her            a. marry b. to marry c. married d. marrying

6. You ____ the exam unless you study hard .a. will fail   b. would fail c. will pass  d. would pass

7. If it ____ , I shall take an umbrella with me .    a. rain b. rains c. to rain        d. rained

8. I ____ be able to give you the answer if you asked me tomorrow

a. would b. will c. should d. might

9. If I ____ the teacher, I would give an easier test .  a. was b. were c. is d. am

10. If I were you, I ____ visit them without an invitation  

a. won’t b. hadn’t c. don’t d. wouldn’t

11. If you want ___ there before dark, you should start at one

a. get b. to get c. getting d. got

12. Ask him ____ in don’t keep him standing at the door

a. come   b. came c. to come d. coming

13. I don’t know him but he looks as if he _____ be his brother

a. can b. could c. would d. should

14. If it ____ fine, I shall go out       a. was b. will be   c. is d. were

15. If you look hard enough, you ____ it  

a. will find b. will be finding      c. are finding       d. found 

VERB TENSES.

I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1. Since 1980, scientists the world over ___ a lot of things to fight against AIDS.

A. have done B. are doing C. did D. had done

A. have died B. had died C. would die D. were dying

A. has helped B. helps C. would help D. is helping

4. My girl friend arrived after I ______ for her about half an hour.

A. was waiting B. had been waiting D. have been waiting D. had waited

5. ______ to rain before you woke up this morning?

A. Did it begin B. Has it begun C. Had it begun D. Would it begin

6. I just want to know what you ____ at this time tomorrow afternoon.

A. are going to do B. will be doing C. are doing D. do

7. I am reading this novel. By the time you come back from work I ________-.

A. shall finish B. will finish C. shall have finished D. have finished

8. He ______the piano every day. A. practice B. practices C. is practicing D. has practiced

9. He _____________ now. A. is swimming B. swims C. swim D. has swum

10. John and I_______ pen pals for nearly 3 years. A. am B. are C. has been D. have been

11. I ____ to the market with my mother yesterday. A. go B. went C. have gone D. was going

12. The electricity went out while mother __________ a magazine.

A. read B. reads C. was reading D. reading

13. After he ____________his work, he sat down to write some letters.

A. finishes B. has finished C. had finished D. have finished

14. I_____________ your brother recently.

A. haven’t seen B. hasn’t seen C. am not seeing D. don’t see

15. She __________many people since she came here in June.

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

16. We ____Math at this time last week. A. were learning B. are learning C. was learning D. learnt

17. She was playing games while he _____a football match.

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

18. She _____to Ho Chi Minh city last year. A. goes B. has gone C. go D. went

19. He __________football now. A. are playing B. plays C. is playing D. played

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

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

VERB TENSES.

I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1. Since 1980, scientists the world over ___ a lot of things to fight against AIDS.

A. have done B. are doing C. did D. had done

A. have died B. had died C. would die D. were dying

A. has helped B. helps C. would help D. is helping

4. My girl friend arrived after I ______ for her about half an hour.

A. was waiting B. had been waiting D. have been waiting D. had waited

5. ______ to rain before you woke up this morning?

A. Did it begin B. Has it begun C. Had it begun D. Would it begin

6. I just want to know what you ____ at this time tomorrow afternoon.

A. are going to do B. will be doing C. are doing D. do

7. I am reading this novel. By the time you come back from work I ________-.

A. shall finish B. will finish C. shall have finished D. have finished

8. He ______the piano every day. A. practice B. practices C. is practicing D. has practiced

9. He _____________ now. A. is swimming B. swims C. swim D. has swum

10. John and I_______ pen pals for nearly 3 years. A. am B. are C. has been D. have been

11. I ____ to the market with my mother yesterday. A. go B. went C. have gone D. was going

12. The electricity went out while mother __________ a magazine.

A. read B. reads C. was reading D. reading

13. After he ____________his work, he sat down to write some letters.

A. finishes B. has finished C. had finished D. have finished

14. I_____________ your brother recently.

A. haven’t seen B. hasn’t seen C. am not seeing D. don’t see

15. She __________many people since she came here in June.

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

16. We ____Math at this time last week. A. were learning B. are learning C. was learning D. learnt

17. She was playing games while he _____a football match.

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

18. She _____to Ho Chi Minh city last year. A. goes B. has gone C. go D. went

19. He __________football now. A. are playing B. plays C. is playing D. played

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

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

1. Thu Thuy ( be) ….twenty –three years old next December.

a. is b. was c. has been d. will be

2. They ( learn)…..French at present with their classmates.

a. are learning b. learnt c. have learnt d. had learnt

3. (be) ……on holiday in Hue City one year ago.?

a. Is he b. Was he c. Has he been d. Will he be

4. He is practicing the piano while his sister ( learn) …..Maths.

a. is learning b. was learning c. will be learning d. has learnt

5. What time ( go)…to work every day?

a. is he going b. did he go c. does he go d. was he going

6.She ( learn)…… Japanese since her teacher was retired.

a. learnt b. was learning c. had learnt d. has learnt

7. He ( come)……to see Thailand if he had a good chance?

a. Had he come b. Has he come c. Would he come d. Will he come

8. He ( go)…….to Nha Trang in three months?

a. Did he go b. Does he go c. Will he go d. Is he going

9. Where they ( go)…..now?

a. do they go b. will they go c. did they go d. are they going

10. She ( go) …to the cinema tonight?

a. Is she going b. Was she going c. Will she go d. Has she gone

11. It is necessary that she ( learn)…….foreign language.

a. learns b. learn c. learnt d. will learn

12. Her mother ( go)…..on business to Hanoi five or six times a year.

a. is going b. went c. has gone d. goes

13. Where is your brother? He ( have)……a bath.

a. has b. had c. is having d. will have

14. What you ( do)……when I came to see you?

a. did you do b. will you do c. have you done d. were you doing

15. Peter ( not see) ….his parents for ages.

a. does not see b. will not see c. has not seen d. did not see

16. Who ( teach)…..you biology last year?

a. taught b. teaches c. has taught d. was teaching

17. I cannot go out with my girlfriend because I ( not finish) …my work.

a. do not finish b. didn’t finish c. won’t finish d. haven’t finished

18. Doctors ( learn)……French before they went to Paris.

a. learnt b. has learnt c. has been learning d. had learnt

19. French ( teach)…in that college since 1979.

a. was taught b. was being taught c. has been taught d. had been taught

20. Mr Trung ( write) ….a letter to his teacher in two weeks.

a. writes b. is writing c. wrote d. will write

21. He ( consider)…..the applicants at the moment?

a. Does he consider b. Is he considering c. Has he considered d. Did he consider

22. Mount Everest ( believe)…..to be the highest mountain in the world.

a. believed b. is believed c. was believed d. has believed

23. Recently, the best way to protect the environment ( be found)….by some scientists.

a. is found b. is being found c. was found d. has been found

24. I did not attend the wedding party last night. I wish I ( enjoy) …it.

a. enjoyed b. have enjoyed c. had enjoyed d. would enjoy

25. He cannot join his friends until he ( finish)…..the reports for his director.

a. finishes b. is finishing c. has finished d. will finish

26. The book ( publish)…..before customers ordered to buy it.

a. published b. was being published c. had been published d. had published

27. She ( devote)…all her life to the education cause in the last twenty years.

a. has devoted b. devoted c. will devote d. had devoted

28. This time the day after tomorrow, they ( come)…..to see this city again.

a. come b. will come c. will be coming d. will have come

29. When my mother leaves office next month, she ( work) ….there for twenty –five years.

a. works b. worked c. will work d. will have worked

30.Many people highly appreciated her talent, so she ( offer)….a prize last month.

4a. offered b. was being offered c. was offered d. had offered

31. Everything ( send)…..to him since he was in a small town.

a. has sent b. has been sent c. have been sent d. had sent

32. This building ( finish)……by the end of this year.

a. will have been finished b. will be finished c. have been finished d. will have finished

33. Nam told me that he ( give up)….smoking long ago.

a. gives up b. gave up c. has given up d. had given up

34. After she ( have)…….. some sandwiches, she had a drink.

a. had b. will have c. had had d. would have.

35. What they ( do)…at eight tomorrow morning?

a. are they doing b. will they do c. will they be doing d. have they done

36. When she ( bear)…..? She was born in 1985.

a. she bears b. does she bear c. was she born d. has she born

37. She told me that he ( teach)…literature at that college since 1989.

a. taught b. was teaching c. has taught d. had taught

38. Mt. Thomas ( die)…..in his old flat when the police arrived to investigate the incident.

a. died b. had died c. has died d. had been died

39. The table ( take)…away before I came here.

a. was taken b. was being taken c. had taken d. had been taken

40. The man ( catch)…any fish yet?

a. Has the man caught b. Does the man catch c. Is the man catching d. Was the man catching

1 she said i ........................ an angel a am b was c were d have been 2 i have ever told you he ................................. unreliable a is b were c had been d would be 3 john asked me .............................. in english a what does this word mean b what that word means c what did this word mean d what that word meant 4 laura said she had worked on the assignment since .............................. a yesterday b two days ago c the day before d the next day 5 john asked me ............................ that film the night before a that i saw b had i seen c if i had seen d if had i seen 6 she asked me........................................... a where was her umbrella b where her umbrella was c where where her umbrella d where her umbrella were 7 nancy asked me why i had not gone to new york the summer.................................. a before b ago c last d previous 8 andrew told me that they ........................... fish two previous days a have not eaten b had not eaten c did not eat d would not eat 9 jason told me that he ............................ his best in the exam the following day a had done b will do c would do d was doing

1 she said i ........................ an angel a am b was c were d have been 2 i have ever told you he ................................. unreliable a is b were c had been d would be 3 john asked me .............................. in english a what does this word mean b what that word means c what did this word mean d what that word meant 4 laura said she had worked on the assignment since .............................. a yesterday b two days ago c the day before d the next day 5 john asked me ............................ that film the night before a that i saw b had i seen c if i had seen d if had i seen 6 she asked me........................................... a where was her umbrella b where her umbrella was c where where her umbrella d where her umbrella were 7 nancy asked me why i had not gone to new york the summer.................................. a before b ago c last d previous 8 andrew told me that they ........................... fish two previous days a have not eaten b had not eaten c did not eat d would not eat 9 jason told me that he ............................ his best in the exam the following day a had done b will do c would do d was doing