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1. He ............... to New York three times this year.
A. was B. had been C. is D. has been
2. My parents first _____ each other at the Olympic Games in 1982.
A. meet B. have met C. met D. had meet
3. When I came to visit her last night, she _____ a bath.
A. is having B. was having C. had D. has
4. Wait here until I ____________back.
A. came B. will come C. am coming D. come
5. The second World War _________________in 1939.
A. started B. starts C. has started D. start
6. Mary ______ dinner when her friend ______ at 6.30 yesterday.
A. is having / calls B. was having / called C. had / called D. had / calling
7. Who ______ when I came? - Mrs. Brown.
A. you were talking to B. were you talking to C. are you talking to D. you are talking to
8. He ______ ill for a long time before he ______ in 1990.
A. had been / died B. has been / died C. is / dies D. was / had died
9. Wait here until I _______________you.
A. call B. will call C. am going to call D. am calling
10. We ______ as soon as you have finished your work.
A. will go B. go C. went D. have gone
11. While I ____________TV last night, a mouse ran across the room.
A. was watching B. am watching C. watched D. watch
12. I ______ the book by the time you come tonight.
A. will be finishing B. have finished C. will have finished D. finished
13. Television ___________ very popular since 1950s.
A. has been B. was C. had been D. is
14. I ______ TV while my father ______ a newspaper last night.
A. am watching / was reading B. was watching / was reading
C. am watching / is reading D. was watching / is reading
15. Peter _____________ at the moment, so he can't answer the phone.
A. has worked B. is working C. worked D. works
16. Don't go anywhere until I ______ back.
A. came B. have come C. come D. will come
17. She didn't tell me the reason why she ______ to school the day before.
A. didn't come B. hadn't come C. wouldn't come D. doesn't come
18. The house caught fire while they ____________.
A. are sleeping B. have slept C. were sleeping D. sleep
19. There ______________ no rule about the movement of traffic before the Pope came to visit Paris.
A. has been B. was C. had been D. is
20. The King just ____________ here yesterday.
A. had come B. comes C. has come D. came
21. While I ________________ along the road, I saw a friend of mine.
A. cycled B. was cycling C. had cycled D. were cycling
22. It is the largest ship I______________
A. had seen B. saw C. have ever seen D. see
23. I ________________ ghost in my life.
A. has never seen B. never saw C. had never seen D. have never seen
24. Mary ____________ an hour ago.
A. phoned B. has phoned C. phones D. was phoning
25. The light went out while I _______________dinner.
A. has B. was having C. am having D. had
26. This is the house that Jack ______ three years ago.
A. was building B. builds C. had built D. built
27. He ___________ the effects of radiation when he suddenly died
A. was studying B. studied C. had been studying D. has studied
28. The train ______ when I ______ at the station.
A. already left / had arrived B. already had left / arrived
C. left already / had arrived D. had already left / arrived
29. Everyone was asleep when the enemy _____________
A. had attacked B. attacked C. was attacking D. attacking
30. Don't make noise. My mother ________________with her friends.
A. talked B. talks C. is talking D. was talking
31. She ______ the piano since she ______ ten years old.
A. played / was B. has played / has been C. has played / was D. had played / was
32. Up to now, I _________________ a lot of information about her.
A. learnt B. would learn C. learn D. have learnt
33. Mary ___________ in London for 15 years.
A. lives B. was living C. is living D. has lived
34. We were disappointed that most guests ___________ when we arrived at the party.
A. had left B. has left C. left D. leave
35. He never goes home before he ______ his work.
A. finished B. has finished C. had finished D. finishing
36. Before cars ______, people ______ horses and bicycles.
A. were discovered / had used B. has been discovered / have been using
C. is discovered / using D. discovering / used
37. I ______ my writing by 3 o'clock this afternoon.
A. will finish B. finish C. will have finished D. finished
38. How ______ since we ______ school?
A. will you / left B. are you / left C. have you been / had left D. have you been / left
39. When I last ___________ Jane, she ____________ to find a job.
A. have seen/ tried B. saw/ tried C. see/ is trying D. saw/ was trying
40. Next week when there ______ a full moon, the ocean tides will be higher.
A. is B. will be C. is being D. will have been
41. I sat near a window whenever I ______ a bus.
A. have taken B. had took C. took D. take
42. When I last saw him, he _________in London.
A. is living B. was living C. has lived D. has been living
43. We ________________Mary since last Saturday.
A. don't see B. hadn't seen C. didn't see D. haven't seen
44. The train __________________haft an hour ago.
A. has left B. had left C. left D. has been leaving
45. By Christmas, I ________________for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. shall have been working B. shall be working C. shall work D. have been working
46. I'll come and see you before I ____________for HCM City.
A. will leave B. shall leave C. have left D. leave
47. Jack ___________ the door.
A. has just opened B. opening C. open D. will have opened
48. By the age of 25, he ________________two famous novels.
A. had written B. has written C. writes D. wrote
49. After I ____________lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. have had B. had had C. had D. was having
50. The man got out of the car, ______round to the back and opened the door.
A. walk B. walking C. walks D. walked
51. Before you asked, the letter ________________.
A. has been written B. was written C. had been written D. had written
52. I ______________in Hanoi before I moved to HCM City.
A. had been living B. had lived C. have lived D. have been living
53. She __________the painting when I came.
A. painted B. has been painting C. was painting D. has painted
54. When I was a boy, I _____________tea to coffee.
A. preferred B. was preferring C. have preferred D. prefer
55. I _____________swim in this river when I was young.
A. was used to B. am used to C. used to D. use to
56. She came into the room while they ______________television.
A. are watching B. were watching C. watched D. have watched
57. It's an hour since he ____________, so he must be at the office now.
A. is leaving B. was leaving C. has left D. left
58. He __________up his mind yet.
A. hasn't made B. didn't make C. wasn't making D. wasn't make
59. My teacher arrived after I __________________for him for ten minutes.
A. was waiting B. had waited C. waited D. have waited
60. By the end of next year, George ___________English for two years.
A. will learn B. will have learned C. would learn D. has learned
61. The children are still ill but they __________better gradually.
A. getting B. get C. are getting D. are got
62. Tom and Mary _________for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. have left B. leaving C. leave D. are leaving
63. I _______this film twice.
A. have seen B. will see C. saw D. see
64. -Peter, please help me do the washing up. - Sorry, Mum. I ______ TV.
A. had watched B. am watching C. watched D. watch
65. The farmers _____ in the field now.
A. are working B. were working C. worked D. have worked
66. The war _____ out three years ago.
A. broke B. was breaking C. has broken D. had broken
67. He ______ a cup of coffee every morning.
A. drinks B. has drunk C. drank D. is drinking
68. She ______ a lot of new books.
A. has just bought B. had just bought C. bought D. buys
69. Up to the present, Nam_____ good work in his class.
A. did B. has done C. does D. had done
70. At present, that author ______ a historical novel.
A. is writing B. had written C. has written D. was writing
71. By next month, I _____ my first novel.
A. am going to finish B. will have finished C. finish D. will finish
72. Phong ______ at the university so far.
A. has worked B. worked C. had worked D. was working
73. How long _____ able to drive? => Since 1990.
A. were you B. could you C. have you been D. are you
74. They ______ since eight o'clock.
A. are talking B. have been talking C. talk D. talked
75. My brother _______ in the army from 1990 to 1995.
A. has served B. had served C. is serving D. served
76. At this moment, I _____ that we have a good chance of victory.
A. feel B. was feeling C. had been feeling D. am feeling
77. I _____ the money from him yet.
A. will receive B. don't receive C. am receiving D. haven't received
78. This is the most interesting book _____ .
A. I've ever read B. I had read C. I've never read D. I've read
79. I ____ him ten days ago.
A. will see B. have seen C. saw D. see
80. It ______ a long time since I last saw him.
A. was B. is C. will be D. had been
81. Mr. John_______ to Los Angeles in 1992.
A. was going B. had gone C. went D. has gone
82. What ______ to you yesterday?
A. had happened B. has happened C. did happen D. happened
83. I never go to Australia. I _____ to Australia yet.
A. will go B. went C. haven't been D. have been
84. My mother ______ in this factory since 1990
A. works B. worked C. had worked D. has worked
85. I _____ my hair before breakfast this morning.
A. had washed B. have washed C. was washing D. washed
86. I _____ about him when he suddenly came in.
A. am talking B. talked C. was talking D. talk
87. He will finish this work before you _______ here tomorrow.
A. would leave B. are going to leave C. will leave D. leave
88. He _____ in this office for ten years by next Monday.
A. will be working B. would be working C. will work D. will have been working
89. No sooner _____ the office than the telephone rang.
A. was he leaving B. he was leaving C. had he left D. he had left
90. George______ this movie three times.
A. sees B. had seen C. saw D. has seen
91. Food, air and clothes _______ necessary for life.
A. is B. are C. were D. was
92. He ______ a visit to Halong Bay in 1995.
A. has paid B. had paid C. paid D. pays
93. This morning while I ______ for the bus, the rain stopped.
A. had waited B. was waiting C. have waited D. waited
94. What _____ during the last few weeks.
A. were you doing B. did you do C. have you been doing D. had you been doing
95. Up to now, the teacher _______ our class five tests.
A. has given B. had given C. gives D. is giving
96. The students _____ English now.
A. study B. are studying C. have studied D. will study
97. I don't feel good. I _____ work tomorrow.
A. won't be going B. went C. won't go to D. don't go
98. He is tired because he ____ all day.
A. had worked B. worked C. has worked D. works
99. We _____ in this house for ten years.
A. have lived B. had lived C. are living D. were living
100. She ____ in the departure lounge for a long time.
A. waits B. is waiting C. was waiting D. has waited
101. I ______ my driving test on Friday last week.
A. had passed B. have passed C. was passing D. passed
102. I ______ a vegetarian since 1998.
A. am B. have been C. had been D. was
103. The motorway ____ in 1986.
A. finished B. has finished C. finishes D. was finished
104. I hope you _____ more carefully in the future.
A. write B. wrote C. would write D. will write
105. She _____ English before she came to England.
A. had studied B. studied C. would study D. studies
106. We usually go ______ after work.
A. fished B. to fishing C. fish D. fishing
107. She'll be a millionaire by the time she _____ forty.
A. was B. will be C. is D. is going to be
108. I've been waiting for my friends. I wonder if they_____ their way.
A. would lose B. have lost C. will lose D. had lost
109. He said everything _____ all right.
A. can be B. will be C. is D. would be
110. It is raining now. it began raining two hours ago. It ______ for two hours.
A. has rained B. has been raining C. had rained D. is raining
111. He ______ his job last month and since then he ________ out of work.
A. lost/ had been B. had lost/ was C. lost / has been D. has lost/ is
112. At this time tomorrow, my father ____ in London.
A. will be arriving B. has arrived C. is arriving D. would arrive
113. In a few hours, we ______ the test, and we'll go home and rest.
A. are finishing B. have finished C. will have finished D. will be finishing
114. People ____ English and French in Canada.
A. are speaking B. had spoken C. have spoken D. speak
115. The car isn't here today because Dick ______ it.
A. has used B. is using C. used D. uses
116. "When did you come here?" "I ____ here since last Sunday."
A. was B. have been C. am D. had been
117. The baby_____. Don't make so much noise.
A. sleep B. is sleeping C. slept D. sleeps

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