1.As my friend and I _______, my cell phone _______. *
A. are having a gossip - was ringing
B. were having a gossip - rang
C. had a gossip - rang
D. had a gossip - was ringing
2.We should not make the final decision yet since _______ two more meetings in April and May. *
A. there will have been
B. there had been
C. there are to be
D. there have been
3.My application came too late. By the time it reached the Agency, all the funds _______ distributed. *
A. were being
B. have been
C. had been
D. would have been
4.Without any warning he _______ the boy on the chest. 
A. striked
B. stroke
C. stroked
D. struck
 
5.I was rather surprised seeing Mr Salt's name on the list because he _______ invited. Last time he got drunk and offended our Chinese visitors. *
A. was not being
B. was not to be
C. wouldn't have been
D. wouldn't be
6.Both witnesses, who were giving widely conflicting accounts of the incident, _______ on one important detail: the driver of the van was a young woman in a baseball cap. *
A. didn't agree
B. had agreed
C. have been agreeing
D. did agree
7.With trembling hands I _______ both ends of the rope together, hoping it would be strong enough to hold two people. *
A. knot
B. have knot
C. knotted
D. have been knotting
8.Even in the first few months the language was not a problem as he _______ it since his student days. *
A. had studied
B. was studying
C. has been studying
D. studied

3. Bài 3: Rewrite the following sentences, using the words given.
Ex : The last time I heard him was in August.
AI haven't heard him since August.
1. The last time I played football was in 1970.
→I have
2. The last time it rained was a fortnight ago.
>It has
3. The last time Lucy wore that dress was at Barbara's wedding.
→Lucy has
4. The last time my father was to Vung Tau was 2 years ago.
→My father.
5. The last time Betty rode to work was a fortnight ago.
>Betty has,
6. He hasn't played tennis since 1990.
>The last time
7. I haven't met her for 2 months.
→The last time.
8. Tom began playing the piano 4 years ago.
>Tom has
9. I started cooking for the party 4 hours ago.
→I have,
10. She started working as a secretary 2 years ago.
→She

1 Don't you do your homework carefully ?
->
2 His sister made some cakes for him yesterday.
Some cakes
He
3. Couldn't you answer this question immediately ?
->
4.Hasn't he told you the truth yet ?
->
->
5. The company will invest 2 million dollars to modernize its factories in VN.
->
6.Cousin Quan gives me some circus tickets every year.
7.Nobody designed these symbols to her ao dai.
→These symbols
Her ao dai
8.Everyone mustn't use the computer here after 5pm.
9.Does Lan have to type those reports right now ?
10.They here usually lit their houses with candles long ago.