Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
 1. He was writing to his friend when he __________a noise.
 A. was hearing  B. heard  C. had heard          D. hears
 2. I __________many people since I came here in June.
 A. met  B. has met  C. was meeting       D. have met
3. We __________ maths at this time last week.
 A. were learning  B. are learning              C. was learning        D. learnt
4. She was playing games while he __________a football match.
 A. watched  B. watches              C. was watching     D. watching
5. She __________to Ho Chi Minh city last year.
 A. goes  B. has gone            C. go                      D. went 
6. Since we came here, we ______ a lot of acquaintances.
A. have had       B. had     C. have            D. are having
7. __________he playing football now?
 A. Will  B. Does  C. Was                D. Is 
8. Every morning, I often sit in my garden and____ to my nightingale sing.
 A. listening  B. listen  C. listened              D. listens
9. She __________school when she was six.
A. start B. started C. has started        D. are starting
10. I. __________TV when the telephone rang.
 A. watched  B. was watching C. are watching    D. have watched
11. She__________ lunch by the time we arrived.
 A. had finished  B. finished  C. have finished   D. finishing
12. This record-shop__________ be a book-shop a few years ago. 
 A. used to B. use C. used                 D. used
13. I couldn't come to the party because I __________go to work.
 A. have  B. had to  C. have got           D. had
14. Yesterday, I _______ for work late because I _______ to set my alarm.
A. had left / forgot  B. was leaving / was forgetting
C. left / had forgot  D. had been leaving / would forget
15. By the time we ____ to the train station, Susan _____ for us for more than two hours.
A. will get / has been waiting  B. got / was waiting
C. got / had been waiting  D. get / will wait
16. While her brother was in the army, Sarah ___________ to him twice a week.
 A. was writing B. wrote C. has written       D. had written
17. The Titanic _______ the Atlantic when it _______ an iceberg.
A. was crossing / struck  B. had crossed / was striking
C. crossed / had struck  D. is crossing / strikes
18. In the 19th century, it _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.
 A. took   B. had taken  C. had taken          D. was taking
19. Last night at this time, they _______ the same thing. She ______ and he ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_________ the Newspaper.
A. are not doing / is cooking / is reading  B. were not doing / was cooking / was reading
C. was not doing / has cooked / is reading  D. had not done / was cooking /read
20. When I _____ home last night, I ____that Jane ______ a beautiful candlelight dinner.
A. had arrived / discovered / prepared
B. was arriving / had discovered / was preparing
C. have arrived / was discovering / had prepared
D. arrived / discovered / was preparing
21. After he ____________ his English course, he went to England to continue his study.
     A. finish      B. finishes              C. finished  D. had finished
22. Angelina Jolie is a famous actress. She ________ in several films.
 A. appears    B. is appearing  C. appeared     D. has appeared
23. Mai____ in HCM for five years.
 A. lives B. has lived C. is living   D. was living
24. My little sister________ "sleeping beauty" several times.
 A. watches B. is watching  C. has watched   D. watched
 25. I ______ to New York three times this year.
  A. have been B. was          C. were             D. had been
26. I ______ her since I _____ a student.
 A. know/ am B. knew/ was C. have known/ am D. have known/ was
27. The train _____ when we got to the station.
 A. just left  B. just leaves C. had just left D. will leave
28. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.
 A. dies B. died C. has died D. had died
29. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.
 A. leave B. left C. leaves D. had left