Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence: He was writing to his friend when he ... a noise
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
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