*Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. A lot of …………………were built to solve the traffic jam problem at intersections.
   A. trams      B. flyovers     C. skytrains     D. tunnels
2. There has been a …………………increase in people’s income over the last ten years.
    A. gradual      B. gradually      C. slightly     D. dramatically
3. The very first metro is being built to …………………the travel demands of Saigonese.
    A. solve      B. make     C. see     D. meet
4. Everyone was …………………that the government had decided to invest more in education.  
    A. sorry       B. confident     C. glad      D. afraid
5. …………………ease traffic congestion, it is necessary to promote the development of public transport.
   A. Because of     B. Despite      C. In order to     D. Since
6. My elementary school was …………………surrounded by paddy field, but they have built a park on the site.
    A. significant     B. slightly     C. gradually     D. initially

*Give the correct form of the verb in bracket.

1. The teacher asked her why she (not do) …………………………the test.
2. I’m very tired after that long walk. I’m not used to (walk) …………………………so far.
3. To avoid (attack) …………………………again, the millionaire hired some guards.
4. The hunter’s fatal accident (report) …………………………in the newspaper yesterday.
5. When Mrs. Brown looked out, she saw the children (play) …………………………near the pool.
6. In five more minutes, they (talk) …………………………for three hours on the phone.
7. Even though construction costs are high, a new dormitory (build) ………………next year.
8. It is a big factory. Five hundred people (employ) …………………………there.
9. Originally the book was written in Spanish and a few years ago it (translate) …………………………
into English.
10. The ao dai (mention) …………………………by writers and musicians in poets, novels and songs for
centuries.

*Give the correct form of the verb in bracket.

1. You (not / do) …………………………anything tonight, are you?
2. She dislikes (ask) …………………………to do something by others.
3. She asked me where I (buy) …………………………that car.
4. I don’t recognize her because she (change) …………………………a lot.
5. My pupils (already pass) …………………………the final exam.
6. Computers (become) …………………………more important in our life.
7. You (invite) …………………………to the wedding. Why didn’t you go?
8. I asked them if they (pass) …………………………the final exam.
9. She said to me that she (sell) …………………………that car the following day.
10. Poems as well as plays (write) …………………………by William Shakespeare.

* Give the correct form of the verb in bracket.
1. The room (clean) …………………………every day.
2. I think we (follow) ………………………….
3. This exercise must (do) …………………………carefully.
4. I would buy this book if it (be) …………………………cheaper.
5. Your book should (take) …………………………great care of.
6. Jack expects (choose) …………………………for the team.
7. I’m tired of (tell) …………………………what to do everyday.
8. Her mother is said (be) …………………………very good at cooking.
9. A cinema is a place where films (show) ………………………….
10. He asked me where I (go) …………………………the previous day.

1. I wish you ……………………us someday.
A. visit B. will visit C. visited D. would visit
2. I ……………………here since last January.
A. am working B. have been working C. had been working D. was working
3. I ……………………in heavy traffic everyday.
A. used to drive B. am used to driving C. get used to drive D. used to driving
4. I wish you ……………………me with my work.
A. help B. will help C. helped D. would help
5. Our lives ……………………since the Internet was invented.
A. improve B. improved C. has improved D. are improving
6. If your sister wants to get a driving license, she …………………….
A. must learn to drive B. ought to have a car C. might learn to drive D. should study hard
7. You ……………………more exercise if you ……………………to keep fit.
A. can make / want B. ought to do / wanted C. should take / want D. might do / want
8. If I could speak Spanish, I ……………………next year studying in Mexico.
A. would spend B. would have spend C. had spent D. will spend
9. Yesterday we went shopping and then ……………………a movie at the cinema.
A. watched B. have watched C. watch D. watching
10. The Titanic ……………………the Atlantic when it ……………………an iceberg.
A. was crossing / struck B. had crossed / was striking
C. crossed / had struck D. is crossing / strikes

11. Tony didn’t study hard for the test. His answers ……………………from someone else.
A. should have copied B. must have been copied
C. can have copied D. would have copied
12. What are you going to do next year? – I wish I ……………………the answer to that question.
A. know B. would know C. knew D. could know
13. Sam ……………………to change a light bulb when he ……………………and…………………….
A. was trying / slipped / fell B. tried / was slipping / falling
C. had been trying / slipped / was falling D. has tried / slips / falls
14. She said she was working late that evening and ……………………have time go to the concert with me.
A. does B. doesn’t C. did D. didn’t
15. When was the car stolen? – It ……………………happened this morning because I saw it parked in the
street last night.”
A. shouldn’t have B. had to have C. may have D. had

*Choose the correct answer.
01. I am tired. I ……………………since breakfast.
A. have been working B. am working C. work D. will work
02. Tomatoes should ……………………in the spring.
A. plant B. be plant C. be planted D. to be planted
03. My dog as well as my cat ……………………twice a day.
A. eat B. eats C. has eaten D. have eaten
04. Every design ……………………carefully by the experts.
A. is checked B. are checked C. checked D. to be checked
05. In the 1990s, the sale of jeans stopped …………………….
A. to grow B. growing C. grow D. to be grown

06. We’ve been living in London since we …………………….
A. have graduated B. have been graduating C. graduated D. graduate
07. Jeans ……………………of heavy cotton cloth called denim.
A. make B. have made C. are making D. are made
08. We live in London. We ……………………there for seven years.
A. live B. are living C. lived D. have lived
09. I love this film, I think it’s the fourth time I ……………………it.
A. saw B. have seen C. see D. will see
10. Clark ……………………in a bank for 15 years. Then he gave it up.
A. works B. worked C. was working D. has worked
11. Everything is going well. We ……………………any problem so far.
A. haven’t had B. hasn’t had C. haven’t D. hasn’t
12. While the front door ……………………, please use the side entrance.
A. repairs B. is repairing C. is repaired D. is being repaired
13. Wearing casual clothes makes students ……………………self-confident.
A. feel B. to feel C. feeling D. felt
14. In spite of ……………………to work in this factory, Mr. Ba decided to work for another factory.
A. to recruit B. recruiting C. to be recruited D. being recruited
15. Mary’s children are used to ……………………after school every day. They don’t have to walk home.
A. picking up B. being picked up C. be picked up D. pick up

* Give the correct form of the verb in bracket.

1. Having been abandoned by his colleagues, the Minister was forced (resign) ……………………….
2. The majority of books (publish) ………………………today do not reach a wide audience.
3. I knew I had done well in my exams even before I (receive) ………………………the official results.
4. Mary (already / write) ………………………five letters. She’s going to send one of them.
5. At present Mary (wash) ………………………her clothes. She often washes the clothes on Sunday.
6. Dr. Jones (give) ………………………the same talk in room 103 at 10.00 next Thursday.
7. I am used to driving on the left because I (live) ………………………in Britain for a long time.
8. They (make) ………………………good preparations before they took their final examination yesterday.
9. It’s difficult for us to get jobs here, so we (consider) ………………………emigrating to Canada.
10. While you were all sitting at your desks working hard last week, we (sit) ………………………on the
plane bound for Hawaii.

* Give the correct form of the verb in bracket.

1. Having been abandoned by his colleagues, the Minister was forced (resign) ……………………….
2. The majority of books (publish) ………………………today do not reach a wide audience.
3. I knew I had done well in my exams even before I (receive) ………………………the official results.
4. Mary (already / write) ………………………five letters. She’s going to send one of them.
5. At present Mary (wash) ………………………her clothes. She often washes the clothes on Sunday.
6. Dr. Jones (give) ………………………the same talk in room 103 at 10.00 next Thursday.
7. I am used to driving on the left because I (live) ………………………in Britain for a long time.
8. They (make) ………………………good preparations before they took their final examination yesterday.
9. It’s difficult for us to get jobs here, so we (consider) ………………………emigrating to Canada.
10. While you were all sitting at your desks working hard last week, we (sit) ………………………on the
plane bound for Hawaii.

* Give the correct form of the verb in bracket.

1. Tom (move) ………………………to this town in 1994. He likes this city very much.
2. I (just / finish) ………………………my homework. I’m going to watch TV.
3. The water will be further polluted unless some measures (take) ……………………….
4. I (not / be) ………………………to Japan so far. I hear that it’s a beautiful country.
5. They (spend) ………………………their holiday in New Zealand last summer?
6. My friend (be) ………………………in Canada two years ago. Now she is living in Australia.
7. I can’t take any pictures because I (not / buy) ………………………a new film yet.
8. He left for Canada two years ago and I (not / see) ………………………him since then.
9. I don’t know why the front door is open. I remember (lock) ………………………it before I left.
10. Several years after they (split) ………………………up they met again by chance in Paris.

*Give the correct form of the verb in bracket.
1. I wish they (be) ………………………here tomorrow.
2. Last week, Mary and Paul (go) ………………………to the cinema.
3. It is a cool autumn day today. The leaves (fall) ……………………….
4. I’ll return Bob’s pen to him the next time I (see) ………………………him.
5. If you (not believe) ………………………what I say, ask your mother.
6. She is considered (be) ………………………the finest pianist of her generation.
7. The academic year in England (divide) ………………………into three terms.
8. He (finish) ………………………his job by this time tomorrow.
9. He has just arrived, but he talks as if he (know) ………………………all about that.
10. I’m going to have my house (redecorate) ………………………this weekend.