1. She was thoughtfully looking at him while he                    a newspaper.

            A. read                                    B. was reading                        C. has read                  D. has been reading

2. While I                  the floor, Mrs Paker began cooking.

            A. swept                      B. was sweeping         C. has swept                D. has been sweeping

3. I just                       a telegram to say that my poor friend is badly ill again.

            A. had                         B. have had                 C. was having             D. has been having

4. I have lost my key again. I                 things. I lose things too often.

            A. always                    B. am always losing    C. have always lost     D. was always losing

6. I               Ann at her father’s house twenty years ago and                her ever since.

            A. met/ have known    B. was meeting/ knew C. met knew                D.have met/ was working

7.  Higher education in the US              in 1636 when the first colonists                  Harvard College.

            A. has began/ founded                                    B. began/ have founded

            C. began/ founded                                          D. was beginning/ have founded

8. when Jack                  me, I                  a letter.

            A. was phoning/ wrote                                    B. phoned/ has been wrting   

            C.phoned/ was writing                                    D. has phoned/ was writing

9. He will             here till he                everything.

            A. stay/ will do           B. stay/ will not do     C/ will stay/ does        D. will stay/ doesn’t do

10. In case the weather                  good, they               fishing.

            A. is/ go                       B. will be go                C. will be/ will go        D. is/ will go

11. By 8 o’clock they                    dinner.

            A. will have                 B. will be having         C. will have had          D. is having

12. By the end of this week he              the translation.

            A. will finish               B. will have finished   C. will be finishing      D. is finishing

13. Before you                 I               all the work.

            A. come/ do                B. will come / will do  C. will come / do         D. come/ will do

14. By the time we                to the forest, the rain                    .

            A. will get/ will stop                                       B. will get/ will have stopped

C. get/ will stop                                               D. get/ will have stopped

15. I think he                the letter by this time.

            A. will answer             B. will have answered C. will be answering   D. has answered

16. I                   my report when you entered the hall.

            A. made                      B. have been makin     C. was making             D. have made

17. They                  the newwords yesterday from three to seven.

            A. learnt                      B. have been learning  C. have learnt              D. were learning

18. She                  this exercise yesterday at 8 o’clock.

            A. wrote                      B. has written              C. has been writing     D. was writing

19. My mother often                      morning exercises.

            A. do                           B. does                        C. doing                      D. has done

20. She                   some cakes yesterday at 2 p.m.

            A. make                       B. has been making     C. has made                D. was making

21. He                  me to the party yesterday.

            A. invited                    B. has invited              C. has been invited     D. was inviting

22. He               a book two days ago.

            A. read                                    B. has been reading     C. was reading                        D. has read

23. Miss Brown’s telephone                 when she                .

            A. rang/ dressed                                              B. was ringing/ was dressing

            D. was ringing/ dresses                                   D. rang/ was dressing

25. When he             into the office, the secretary               a crosswords puzzle.

            A. came/ was doing                                        B. was coming/ was doing     

C. was coming/ did                                         D. came/ did

26. why                  to me while I                    ?

            A. did you not listen/ was speaking                B. were you not listening/ was speaking

            C. were you not listening/ spoke                     D. did you not listen/ spoke

28. He                   for her, but she never                .

            A. was waiting/ was coming                           B. waited / was coming

            B. was waiting/ came                                      D. was waiting/ comes

29. While I                      for him to call up, he                  a good time in the bar.

            A. waited/ was having                                                B. have waited/ was having

            C. was waiting/ have had                                D. was waiting/ was having

30. They               this film last week.

            A. have seen                B. saw                         C. have been seeing    D. were seeing

31. She                 the picture when I came.

            A. painted                   B. has painted             C. was painting           D. have been

32. They                   the new words yesterday from three till seven.

            A. learnt                      B. were learning          C. have learnt              D. have been learning

33. It                 this week.

            A. rained                     B. has rained               C. was raining             D. rains

34. She                a bath at seven o’clock last night.

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

35. She              dishes already.

            A. was washing           B. washed                   C. has washed             D. has been washing

36. They                   supper when the telephone rang.

            A. had                         B. have had                 C. were having            D. have been having

37. I                you for ages.

            A. didn’t meet            B. haven’t met            C. was not meeting     D. haven’t been meeting

38. Last summer he                 to Ha Long Bay.

            A. has gone                 B. was going               C. went                       D. has been going

39. While  she              , she            the doorbell, then voices.

            A. was washing up/ heard                               B. washed up/ has heard

            C. has heard/ was hearing                               D. was washing up/ was hearing

40. “ She               tea”, let’s go to the dinning room”.

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

41. The library               by the time I                     there.

            A. had closed/ got       B. closed/ got              C. closed/ had got       D. has closed/ got

42. When my friend              , I                   an exercise for an hour.

            A. was coming/ had been doing                     B. came/ was doing

            C. was coming/ has been doing                      D. cam/ had been doing

43. We              while he                 .

            A. read/ was eating                                         B. were reading/ ate                    

C. read/ ate                                                      D. were reading/ was eating

44. When he                , I                in London for a week.

A. arrived/ was living                                      B. was living/ has been living

B. arrived/ has been living                              C. arrived/ had been living

45. Be quite, please. We               at the translation and you                a lot of noise.

            A. are working/ are making                             B. work/ are making

            B. are working/ make                                      D. work/ make

46. He always              for a walk in the morning.

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

47. “ Where is Jack?”   _   “ He               his girl friend at the station. She             at 12 o’clock.”

            A. meets/ is coming     B. is meeting/ comes   C. meets/ comes          D. is meeting/ is coming

48. She                . Is something wrong?

            A. cries                        B. is crying                  C. cry                          D. crying

49. In the morning I              little time, so I                   a shower in the evening.

            A. have/ take                                                   B. am having/ am taking

            C. have/ am taking                                          D. am having/ take

50. A decade                    a period of ten years.

            A. describes                B. is describing           C. describe                  D. describing

51. Her brother                 in Canada now.

            A. working                  B. works                      C. is working               D. work

52. She always                 but                nothing to realize her dreams.

            A. dreams/ does          B. is dreaming/ does   C. dreams/ is doing     D. is dreaming/ is doing

53. He            so suspicious to me at the moment. I wonder why.

            A. be                           B. will be                     C. was                         D. is being

54. Hurry up, Jane! We all                   for you.

            A. wait                                    B. are waiting              C. waiting                   D. are waited

55. Don’t bother her. She                her French lesson;  she always               it in the morning.

            A. takes/ is taking       B. is taking/ takes        c. takes/ takes              D. is taking/ is taking

56. The living standard           . Every month things                 more expensive.

            A. are changing/ are getting                            B. are changing

            C. change/ are getting                                     C. change/ get

57. Tom and Mary                  for the Netherlands tomorrow.

            A. leave                       B. are leaving              C. leaving                    D. are left

58. I have just started English course, I                 English grammar.

            A. study                      b. studying                  C. am studying            D. studied

59. Mercury                 at 357,23 degree Centigrade.

            a. boils                         B. is boiling                 C. boiling                    D. boiled

60. It               me that they can’t sell their flat.

            A. surprises                 B. is surprising C. surprising                D. surprise

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