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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
22) While they ____ chess, we ____ the shopping.
A. playing/doing B. were playing/doing
C. played/did D. were playing/were doing
23) They ____ football when the lights in the stadium ____ out.
A. were playing/went B. played/was going
C. were playing/ was going D. playing/went
24) While George and John ____ their room, she ____ the ironing.
A. cleaning/doing B. were cleaning/was doing
C. were cleaning/doing D. cleaning/was doing
25) Today is Thursday and she ____ late twice this week. She ____ late yesterday and on Monday.
A. is/was B. has been/is C. has been/was D. has been/had been
26) He ____ in the same house since 1975.
A. has lived B. is living C. lived D. had lived
27) We ____ him since he ____ married.
A. didn’t see/got B. haven’t seen/got C. don’t/get D. hadn’t seen/got
28) It ____ for two hours and the ground is too wet to play tennis.
A. is raining B. had rained C. has rained D. was raining
29) He ____ to HCMC last year and I ____ him since then.
A. moved/didn’t see B. moves/haven’t seen C. moved/haven’t seen D. moved/hadn’t seen
30) We ____ what to do with the money yet.
A. not decide B. didn’t decide C. haven’t decided D. hadn’t decided
31) My father ____ as a teacher for thirty years.
A. works B. is working C. worked D. has worked
32) He ____ to New York three times this year.
A. had been B. was C. has been D. is
33) I ____ how to dance when I ____ six years old.
A. don’t know / was B. didn’t know / am
C. didn’t know / was D. haven’t known/was
34) Last month my brother ____ me his photos. He ____ me his photos every year.
A. sends/sent B. sent/sends C. sent/sent D. sends/sends
35) Nam is a careful driver but yesterday he ____ carelessly.
A. drove B. had driven C. drives D. was driving
36) Do you like swimming, Ba? – I ____ when I was a child but not now.
A. do B. did C. have done D. had done
37) I ____ her at the school gate yesterday.
A. met B. meet C. had met D. am meeting
38) She ____ English when she was six years old.
A. learned B. has learned C. is learning D. had learned
39) I don’t remember where and when I ____ her.
A. meet B. had met C. met D. have met
40) They ____ to know each other for more than ten years.
A. get B. got C. have got D. had got
41) ____ you ____ that film yet?
A. Do/see B. Have/seen C. Did/see D. Had/seen
42) I ____ the film with my friends last week.
A. watched B. watch C. have watched D. had watched
43) He ____ up at five every morning.
A. is getting B. got C. gets D. was getting
44) ____ she ____ in Hue at the moment?
A. Does/live B. Is/living C. Did/live D. Was/living
45) He usually __ her at weekend but now he __ in bed because of his severe illness.
A. visits/stays B. visits/staying C. visited/stays D. visits/is staying
46) Don’t make noise, children! Parents ____.
A. sleep B. are sleeping C. were sleeping D. slept
47) Why ____ you often ____ so much noise in the house?
A. do/make B. did/make C. are/making D. were/making
48) What ____ he ____ before you came?
A. does/do B. had/do C. had/done D. has/done
49) While mum was watching TV, I ____ my homework.
A. am doing B. was doing C. had done D. has done
50) At this time yesterday I ____ to music.
A. listened B. had listened C. was listening D. am listening
51) What ____ he ____ at 4 P.m. last Sunday?
A. did/do B. was/do C. had/done D. was/ doing
52) When I ____ a little girl, I used to climb trees and go swimming in the river with my friends.
A. am B. was C. have been D. had been
53) Last year he came here and ____ me to marry him but I ____ too young to get married.
A. asked/ was B. asks/am C. had asked/was D. has asked/am
54) How long ____ you ____ novels?
A. have/write B. do/write C. have written D. are/writing
55) ____ you sometimes ____ out with friends?
A. Are/going B. do/ go C. Have/gone D. Did/go
56) I ____ a lot of badminton recently.
A. play B. have played C. am playing D. was playing
57) When I ____ home, everyone ____ TV.
A. got/watch B. got/watching C. get/was watch D. got/ was watching
58) We ____ your mother for ages.
A. don’t see B. haven’t seen C. didn’t see D. hadn’t seen
59) London ____ a lot since we first ____ to live here.
A. changed/came B. has changed/ came
C. had changed/ came D. has changed/ come
60) How many times ____ you ____ this film? – The first time.
A. have/ seen B. did/see C. do/see D. had/seen
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
22) While they ____ chess, we ____ the shopping.
A. playing/doing B. were playing/doing
C. played/did D. were playing/were doing
23) They ____ football when the lights in the stadium ____ out.
A. were playing/went B. played/was going
C. were playing/ was going D. playing/went
24) While George and John ____ their room, she ____ the ironing.
A. cleaning/doing B. were cleaning/was doing
C. were cleaning/doing D. cleaning/was doing
25) Today is Thursday and she ____ late twice this week. She ____ late yesterday and on Monday.
A. is/was B. has been/is C. has been/was D. has been/had been
26) He ____ in the same house since 1975.
A. has lived B. is living C. lived D. had lived
27) We ____ him since he ____ married.
A. didn’t see/got B. haven’t seen/got C. don’t/get D. hadn’t seen/got
28) It ____ for two hours and the ground is too wet to play tennis.
A. is raining B. had rained C. has rained D. was raining
29) He ____ to HCMC last year and I ____ him since then.
A. moved/didn’t see B. moves/haven’t seen C. moved/haven’t seen D. moved/hadn’t seen
30) We ____ what to do with the money yet.
A. not decide B. didn’t decide C. haven’t decided D. hadn’t decided
31) My father ____ as a teacher for thirty years.
A. works B. is working C. worked D. has worked
32) He ____ to New York three times this year.
A. had been B. was C. has been D. is
33) I ____ how to dance when I ____ six years old.
A. don’t know / was B. didn’t know / am
C. didn’t know / was D. haven’t known/was
34) Last month my brother ____ me his photos. He ____ me his photos every year.
A. sends/sent B. sent/sends C. sent/sent D. sends/sends
35) Nam is a careful driver but yesterday he ____ carelessly.
A. drove B. had driven C. drives D. was driving
36) Do you like swimming, Ba? – I ____ when I was a child but not now.
A. do B. did C. have done D. had done
37) I ____ her at the school gate yesterday.
A. met B. meet C. had met D. am meeting
38) She ____ English when she was six years old.
A. learned B. has learned C. is learning D. had learned
39) I don’t remember where and when I ____ her.
A. meet B. had met C. met D. have met
40) They ____ to know each other for more than ten years.
A. get B. got C. have got D. had got
41) ____ you ____ that film yet?
A. Do/see B. Have/seen C. Did/see D. Had/seen
42) I ____ the film with my friends last week.
A. watched B. watch C. have watched D. had watched
43) He ____ up at five every morning.
A. is getting B. got C. gets D. was getting
44) ____ she ____ in Hue at the moment?
A. Does/live B. Is/living C. Did/live D. Was/living
45) He usually __ her at weekend but now he __ in bed because of his severe illness.
A. visits/stays B. visits/staying C. visited/stays D. visits/is staying
46) Don’t make noise, children! Parents ____.
A. sleep B. are sleeping C. were sleeping D. slept
47) Why ____ you often ____ so much noise in the house?
A. do/make B. did/make C. are/making D. were/making
48) What ____ he ____ before you came?
A. does/do B. had/do C. had/done D. has/done
49) While mum was watching TV, I ____ my homework.
A. am doing B. was doing C. had done D. has done
50) At this time yesterday I ____ to music.
A. listened B. had listened C. was listening D. am listening
51) What ____ he ____ at 4 P.m. last Sunday?
A. did/do B. was/do C. had/done D. was/ doing
52) When I ____ a little girl, I used to climb trees and go swimming in the river with my friends.
A. am B. was C. have been D. had been
53) Last year he came here and ____ me to marry him but I ____ too young to get married.
A. asked/ was B. asks/am C. had asked/was D. has asked/am
54) How long ____ you ____ novels?
A. have/write B. do/write C. have written D. are/writing
55) ____ you sometimes ____ out with friends?
A. Are/going B. do/ go C. Have/gone D. Did/go
56) I ____ a lot of badminton recently.
A. play B. have played C. am playing D. was playing
57) When I ____ home, everyone ____ TV.
A. got/watch B. got/watching C. get/was watch D. got/ was watching
58) We ____ your mother for ages.
A. don’t see B. haven’t seen C. didn’t see D. hadn’t seen
59) London ____ a lot since we first ____ to live here.
A. changed/came B. has changed/ came
C. had changed/ came D. has changed/ come
60) How many times ____ you ____ this film? – The first time.
A. have/ seen B. did/see C. do/see D. had/seen