Exercise 8: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:

1. We always________ our exercises carefully.

A. do B. are doing C. does D. doing

2. I ____________ to school every day.

A. go B. goes C. going D. am going

3. My parents___________ in the garden now.

A. sitting B. are sitting C. is sit D. is sitting

4. Be quiet. The baby___________.

A. sleeping B. are sleeping C. is sleeping D. sleeps

5. It ___________ very cold now.

A. be B. are C. is D. am

6. Tom___________ to the museums by bus now.

A. traveling B. are traveling C. is travel D. travels

7. The Bakers ______ dinner at the moment.

A. is having B. are having C. eating D. is eating

8. The United States _________ big.

A. had been B. are C. was D. is

9. Nam __________________ to Hue three times.

A. is B. was C. had been D. has been

10. Uncle Ho ___________ most of his life for our national Independence and freedom.

A. spent B. had spent C. was spending D. has spent

11. " Come back tomorrow. I ____________ it all to you.

A. have explained B. will explain C. was explaining D. explained

12. We __________________ each other since we left at school.

A. hadn't seen B. didn't see C. don't see D. haven't seen

13. She _________________ abroad many times.

A. has gone B. goes C. went D. had gone

14. He has _________________ in giving up smoking.

A. succeeds B. succeed C. succeeded D. succeeding

15. The train ______________ when we got to the station.

A. leaves B. will leave C. was already leaving D. had already left

16. One of the students in my class ________ absent today.

A. have been B. is C. were D. are

17. Ba likes __________ TV every night.

A. watches B. watch C. watching D. is watching

18. Alex __________ married next month.

A. getting B. will get C. get D. Gets

19. I __________ that film two months ago.

A. see B. saw C. seeing D. will see

20. They both__________ from college in 1990.

A. had graduated B. graduate C. have graduated D. graduated