Exercise 2: Choose the best answer to complete each following sentence.

Question 1: The manager______the store before I arrived.

A. closed                     B. had closed              C. has closed               D. was closed

Question 2: When we see Mr. Minh tomorrow, I______him of that.

A. will remind            B. remind                    C. have reminded       D. reminded

Question 3: When I got home I found that water______down the kitchen walls.

A. ran                           B. was running           C. has run                    D. had been running

Question 4: After he______his English course, he went to England to continue his study.

A. has finish               B. had finished           C. was finished           D. would finish

Question 5: While my father______a film on TV, my mother was cooking dinner.

A. watched                  B. was watching         C. had watched           D. watches

Question 6: I don't think he______in the thirty years I______him.

A. had changed/have known                          B. has changed/have known

C. had changed/had known                            D. has changed/knew

Question 7: When I came to visit her last night, she______a bath.

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

Question 8: Tom______before we arrive there.

A. has left                    B. had left                   C. will have left          D. leaves

Question 9: He______his Chinese course before he went to China to continue his business.

A. will finish               B. has finished           C. had finished           D. will have finished

Question 10: Please send us a postcard as soon as you______in London.

A. will arrive              B. is going to arrive   C. arrive                      D. arrived

Question 11: I______you this book when I meet you tomorrow.

A. give                         B. will give                  C. is giving                  D. has given

Question 12: We______for going home when it began to rain.

A. were preparing      B. are preparing         C. will be preparing   D. have prepared

Question 13: John______in the same house since he left school.

A. lived                        B. had lived                C. was living               D. has lived

Question 14: I had prepared dinner before I______to work.

A. went                        B. was going               C. had gone                 D. is going

Question 15: When she came into the hall, she______her arms to the audience, smiled and bowed deeply.

A. opened                    B. had opened             C. was opening           D. is opening

Question 16: I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I______to play it.

A. try                            B. tried                         C. have tried               D. am trying

Question 17: The car______ready for him by the time he comes tomorrow.

A. will be                     B. will have been       C. will being               D. are going to be

Question 18: He greeted her. She really______better than when he______her last. Yes, she______.

A. looked/saw/had changed                           B. looked/saw/changed

C. looked/had seen/had changed                   D. had looked/had seen/had changed

Question 19: When I last saw him, he______in London.

A. has lived                 B. is living                   C. was living               D. has been living

Question 20: I sat down at the desk and______why my father's letter______yet. I______to ask him to send me some money at once.

A. wonder/hasn’t arrive/wrote                       B. wondered/hadn’t arrived/wrote

C. wondered/hasn’t arrived/wrote                D. wondered/hadn’t arrived/had written

Question 21: By Christmas, I______for Mr. Smith for six years.

A. will have been working                              B. will work

C. have been working                                     D. will be working

Question 22: I will come and see you before I______for the States.

A. leave                       B. will leave                C. have left                  D. shall leave

Question 23: By the age of 25, he______two famous novels.

A. wrote                       B. writes                      C. has written              D. had written

Question 24: When her husband was in the army, Mary______to him twice a week

A. was writing            B. wrote                       C. was written             D. had written

Question 25: I have never played football before. This is the first time I______to play.

A. try                            B. tried                         C. have tried               D. am trying

Question 26: Since Tom______, I have heard nothing from him.

A. had left                   B. left                           C. has left                    D. was left

Question 27: After I______lunch, I looked for my bag.

A. had                          B. had had                   C. will have had         D. have had

Question 28: By the end of next year, George______English for two years.

A. will have learned B. will learn                  C. has learned             D. would learn

Question 29: These were the highest words of praise they______from the old man.

A. ever heard              B. have ever had         C. had ever had           D. will have ever heard

Question 30: He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he______dinner.

A. finish                      B. finishes                   C. will finish               D. finishing

Question 31: She______the children to her, and______the words she______to the others.

A. drew/said/had said                                       B. was drawing/said/said

C. had drawn/had said/said                            D. draws/is saying/has said

Question 32: He fell down when he______towards the church.

A. run                           B. runs                         C. was running           D. had run

Question 33: Within a week she knew the fearful mistake she______.

A. made                       B. has made                C. had made                D. was making

Question 34: They______table tennis when their father comes back home.

A. will play                 B. will be playing       C. play                         D. would play

Question 35: Before she went to bed, she______her homework already.

A. finished                  B. is finishing             C. had finished           D. was finishing

Question 36: They are staying at the hotel in London. At this time tomorrow, they ______in Vietnam.

A. will have travelled                                      B. will travel

C. will be travelling                                         D. will be travelled

Question 37: There______something vaguely familiar about her face but I couldn't remember where I______her before.

A. is/have met             B. was/had met           C. will see/meet          D. was/met

Question 38: Another million people______unemployed by the time next year.

A. will have become B. will become           C. will be become      D. will be becoming

Question 39: She told me that her family______long in that town.

A. has lived                 B. had lived                C. lived                        D. was living

Question 40: By the time he______out of jail, he will have forgotten how to function

in the real world.

A. got                           B. will get                    C. gets                          D. is getting

Question 41:______I have been saving money because I____________ buy a computer

A. shall                        B. will                          C. am going to            D. would

Question 42:______By 8 o’clock yesterday, the spaceship______20 hours around the earth

A. will travel                                                     B. has been traveling

C. had been traveling                                       D. will have been traveling

Question 43: Over 20 years______but I never forgot the time we first met each other.

A. went                        B. have gone up          C. has gone by            D. has gone out

Question 44: The child kept the present that she______.

A. has been given       B. had been given      C. had given                D. has given

Question 45: That pipe______for ages-we must get it mended.

A. has been leaking B. has been leaked        C. had been leaked    D. had been leaking

Question 46: I used my calculator; otherwise it______longer

A. will take                 B. would take             C. took                         D. would have taken

Question 47: How many musical notes of the 11,000 tones that the human ear can distinguish______in the musical scale?

A. is it                          B. it is                          C. are there                 D. there are

Question 48: You______to our conversation. It was private.

A. haven’t been listening                                B. shouldn’t have been listening

C. couldn’t have been listening                     D. hadn’t been listening

Question 49: The President______a speech, but in the end he______his mind.

A. would deliver - had changed                     B. was going to deliver - changed

C. delivered - had changed                             D. was delivering - changed

Question 50: The Angkor complex______the entire range of Khmer art from the 9th to the 14th century.

A. represented            B. represents               C. represent                D. was represented