1) He ____ for London one year ago.
    A. left    B. has left    C. leaves    D. had left
2) She ____ in Hue for twenty years.
    A. lives    B. has lived    C. lived    D. will live
3) I ____ to the market with my mother yesterday.
    A. go    B. went    C. have gone    D. was going
4) What ____ you ____, Nam? – I’m thinking of my mother.
    A. do/think    B. are/thinking    C. have/thought    D. were/thinking
5) How long ____ you ____ her? – For five months.
    A. do/know    B. are/knowing    C. have/known    D. had/known
6) I usually ____ to school by bus.
    A. went    B. am going    C. go    D. have gone
7) Yesterday morning I ____ up at 6.30.
    A. got    B. get    C. was getting    D. had got
8) Please don’t make so much noise. I ____.
    A. studying    B. study    C. am studying    D. studied
9) Water ____ at 100 degrees Celsius.
    A. boils    B. boiled    C. is boiling    D. will boil
10)  It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. So it ____ for two hours.
    A. rains    B. is raining    C. has rained    D. rained
11)  ____ you ____ out last night?
    A. Did/go    B. Do/go    C. Have/gone    D. Were/going
12)  This house ____ 35,000 pounds in 1980.
    A. costs    B. cost    C. had cost    D. was cost
13)  While Tom ____ tennis, Ann ____ a shower.
    A. played/took        B. playing/taking    
    C. was playing/was taking    D. was play/was take
14)  Mike is playing chess. How long ____ he ____?
    A. did/play        B. is/playing           C. has/play            D. has/been playing
15)  When they ____ in the garden, the phone ____. 
    A. worked/was ringing    B. were working/rang    C. worked/rang    D. work/rings
16)  After they ____ their breakfast, they ____ shopping yesterday.
    A. have/go    B. had had/go    C. had/had gone       D. had had/went
17)  They ____ tea when the doorbell ____.
    A. have/is ringing    B. were having/rang    C. had had/ rang    D. having/ringing
18)  Father ____ his pipe while mother ____ a magazine.
    A. smoked/read        B. had smoked/read    
    C. was smoking/was reading    D. smoking/reading
19)  When I ____ into the office, my boss ____ for me. 
    A. came/was waiting    B. was coming/waited    
    C. had come/waited     D. came/waiting
20)  When I ____ Brian, he ____ a taxi.
    A. see/drives    B. see/was driving    C. saw/was driving     D. saw/is driving
21)  When he ____, we ____ dinner.
    A. arrived/having    B. arrived/were having    
    C. was arriving/had    D. had arrived/had    
22)  While they ____ chess, we ____ the shopping. 
    A. playing/doing        B. were playing/doing        
    C. played/did         D. were playing/were doing
23)  They ____ football when the lights in the stadium ____ out. 
    A. were playing/went        B. played/was going    
    C. were playing/ was going     D. playing/went
24)  While George and John ____ their room, she ____ the ironing. 
    A. cleaning/doing        B. were cleaning/was doing 
    C. were cleaning/doing        D. cleaning/was doing
25)  Today is Thursday and she ____ late twice this week. She ____ late yesterday and on Monday.
    A. is/was            B. has been/is            C. has been/was         D. has been/had been
26)  He ____ in the same house since 1975.
    A. has lived    B. is living    C. lived    D. had lived
27)  We ____ him since he ____ married.
    A. didn’t see/got    B. haven’t seen/got    C. don’t/get    D. hadn’t seen/got
28)  It ____ for two hours and the ground is too wet to play tennis.
    A. is raining    B. had rained    C. has rained    D. was raining
29)  He ____ to HCMC last year and I ____ him since then. 
    A. moved/didn’t see    B. moves/haven’t seen    C. moved/haven’t seen     D. moved/hadn’t seen
30)  We ____ what to do with the money yet.
    A. not decide    B. didn’t decide    C. haven’t decided     D. hadn’t decided
31)  My father ____ as a teacher for thirty years.
    A. works    B. is working    C. worked    D. has worked
32)  He ____ to New York three times this year.
    A. had been    B. was    C. has been    D. is
33)  I ____ how to dance when I ____ six years old.
    A. don’t know / was    B. didn’t know / am     
    C. didn’t know / was     D. haven’t known/was
34)  Last month my brother ____ me his photos. He ____ me his photos every year.
    A. sends/sent       B. sent/sends    C. sent/sent    D. sends/sends
35)  Nam is a careful driver but yesterday he ____ carelessly.
    A. drove    B. had driven    C. drives    D. was driving
36)  Do you like swimming, Ba? – I ____ when I was a child but not now.
    A. do    B. did    C. have done    D. had done
37)  I ____ her at the school gate yesterday.
    A. met    B. meet    C. had met    D. am meeting
38)  She ____ English when she was six years old.
    A. learned    B. has learned    C. is learning    D. had learned
39)  I don’t remember where and when I ____ her.
    A. meet    B. had met    C. met    D. have met
40)  They ____ to know each other for more than ten years.
    A. get    B. got    C. have got    D. had got
41)  ____ you ____ that film yet?
    A. Do/see    B. Have/seen    C. Did/see    D. Had/seen
42)  I ____ the film with my friends last week.
    A. watched    B. watch    C. have watched      D. had watched
43)  He ____ up at five every morning.
    A. is getting    B. got    C. gets    D. was getting
44)  ____ she ____ in Hue at the moment?
    A. Does/live    B. Is/living    C. Did/live    D. Was/living
45)  He  usually  __  her  at  weekend  but  now  he  __  in  bed  because  of  his  severe illness.
    A. visits/stays      B. visits/staying    C. visited/stays    D. visits/is staying
46)  Don’t make noise, children! Parents ____.
    A. sleep    B. are sleeping    C. were sleeping      D. slept
47)  Why ____ you often ____ so much noise in the house?
    A. do/make    B. did/make    C. are/making    D. were/making
48)  What ____ he ____ before you came?
    A. does/do    B. had/do    C. had/done    D. has/done
49)  While mum was watching TV, I ____ my homework.
    A. am doing    B. was doing    C. had done    D. has done
50)  At this time yesterday I ____ to music.
    A. listened    B. had listened    C. was listening    D. am listening
51) What ____ he ____ at 4 P.m. last Sunday?
    A. did/do         B. was/do         C. had/done             D. was/ doing
52) When I ____ a little girl, I used to climb trees and go swimming in the river with my friends.
    A. am     B. was     C. have been     D. had been
53) Last year he came here and ____ me to marry him but I ____ too young to get married.
    A. asked/ was    B. asks/am         C. had asked/was         D. has asked/am
54) How long ____ you ____ novels?
    A. have/write         B. do/write         C. have written        D. are/writing
55) ____ you sometimes ____ out with friends?
    A. Are/going       B. do/ go                C. Have/gone         D. Did/go
56) I ____ a lot of badminton recently.
    A. play     B. have played    C. am playing         D. was playing
57) When I ____ home, everyone ____ TV.
    A. got/watch    B. got/watching         C. get/was watch        D. got/ was watching
58) We ____ your mother for ages.
    A. don’t see         B. haven’t seen    C. didn’t see     D. hadn’t seen
59) London ____ a lot since we first ____ to live here.
    A. changed/came         B. has changed/ came    
    C. had changed/ came     D. has changed/ come
60) How many times ____ you ____ this film? – The first time.
    A. have/ seen        B. did/see         C. do/see         D. had/seen