II. Choose the word or phrase that best complete the sentence (A, B, C, or D): (gạch chân dấu hiệu nhận biết của thì và ghi thì được sử dụng trong các câu)

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