Choose the best answer to complete each following sentenceExercise 2: Choose the best answer to complete each following sentence. Question 1: The manager______the store before I arrived. A. closed B. had closed C. has closed D. was closed Question 2: When we see Mr. Minh tomorrow, I______him of that. A. will remind B. remind C. have reminded D. reminded Question 3: When I got home I found that water______down the kitchen walls. A. ran B. was running C. has run D. had been running Question 4: After he______his English course, he went to England to continue his study. A. has finish B. had finished C. was finished D. would finish Question 5: While my father______a film on TV, my mother was cooking dinner. A. watched B. was watching C. had watched D. watches Question 6: I don't think he______in the thirty years I______him. A. had changed/have known B. has changed/have known C. had changed/had known D. has changed/knew Question 7: When I came to visit her last night, she______a bath. A. is having B. was having C. has had D. had had Question 8: Tom______before we arrive there. A. has left B. had left C. will have left D. leaves Question 9: He______his Chinese course before he went to China to continue his business. A. will finish B. has finished C. had finished D. will have finished Question 10: Please send us a postcard as soon as you______in London. A. will arrive B. is going to arrive C. arrive D. arrived Question 11: I______you this book when I meet you tomorrow. A. give B. will give C. is giving D. has given Question 12: We______for going home when it began to rain. A. were preparing B. are preparing C. will be preparing D. have prepared Question 13: John______in the same house since he left school. A. lived B. had lived C. was living D. has lived Question 14: I had prepared dinner before I______to work. A. went B. was going C. had gone D. is going Question 15: When she came into the hall, she______her arms to the audience, smiled and bowed deeply. A. opened B. had opened C. was opening D. is opening Question 16: I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I______to play it. A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying Question 17: The car______ready for him by the time he comes tomorrow. A. will be B. will have been C. will being D. are going to be Question 18: He greeted her. She really______better than when he______her last. Yes, she______. A. looked/saw/had changed B. looked/saw/changed C. looked/had seen/had changed D. had looked/had seen/had changed Question 19: When I last saw him, he______in London. A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living Question 20: I sat down at the desk and______why my father's letter______yet. I______to ask him to send me some money at once. A. wonder/hasn’t arrive/wrote B. wondered/hadn’t arrived/wrote C. wondered/hasn’t arrived/wrote D. wondered/hadn’t arrived/had written Question 21: By Christmas, I______for Mr. Smith for six years. A. will have been working B. will work C. have been working D. will be working Question 22: I will come and see you before I______for the States. A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave Question 23: By the age of 25, he______two famous novels. A. wrote B. writes C. has written D. had written Question 24: When her husband was in the army, Mary______to him twice a week A. was writing B. wrote C. was written D. had written Question 25: I have never played football before. This is the first time I______to play. A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying Question 26: Since Tom______, I have heard nothing from him. A. had left B. left C. has left D. was left Question 27: After I______lunch, I looked for my bag. A. had B. had had C. will have had D. have had Question 28: By the end of next year, George______English for two years. A. will have learned B. will learn C. has learned D. would learn Question 29: These were the highest words of praise they______from the old man. A. ever heard B. have ever had C. had ever had D. will have ever heard Question 30: He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he______dinner. A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing Question 31: She______the children to her, and______the words she______to the others. A. drew/said/had said B. was drawing/said/said C. had drawn/had said/said D. draws/is saying/has said Question 32: He fell down when he______towards the church. A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run Question 33: Within a week she knew the fearful mistake she______. A. made B. has made C. had made D. was making Question 34: They______table tennis when their father comes back home. A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play Question 35: Before she went to bed, she______her homework already. A. finished B. is finishing C. had finished D. was finishing Question 36: They are staying at the hotel in London. At this time tomorrow, they ______in Vietnam. A. will have travelled B. will travel C. will be travelling D. will be travelled Question 37: There______something vaguely familiar about her face but I couldn't remember where I______her before. A. is/have met B. was/had met C. will see/meet D. was/met Question 38: Another million people______unemployed by the time next year. A. will have become B. will become C. will be become D. will be becoming Question 39: She told me that her family______long in that town. A. has lived B. had lived C. lived D. was living Question 40: By the time he______out of jail, he will have forgotten how to function in the real world. A. got B. will get C. gets D. is getting Question 41:______I have been saving money because I____________ buy a computer A. shall B. will C. am going to D. would Question 42:______By 8 o’clock yesterday, the spaceship______20 hours around the earth A. will travel B. has been traveling C. had been traveling D. will have been traveling Question 43: Over 20 years______but I never forgot the time we first met each other. A. went B. have gone up C. has gone by D. has gone out Question 44: The child kept the present that she______. A. has been given B. had been given C. had given D. has given Question 45: That pipe______for ages-we must get it mended. A. has been leaking B. has been leaked C. had been leaked D. had been leaking Question 46: I used my calculator; otherwise it______longer A. will take B. would take C. took D. would have taken Question 47: How many musical notes of the 11,000 tones that the human ear can distinguish______in the musical scale? A. is it B. it is C. are there D. there are Question 48: You______to our conversation. It was private. A. haven’t been listening B. shouldn’t have been listening C. couldn’t have been listening D. hadn’t been listening Question 49: The President______a speech, but in the end he______his mind. A. would deliver - had changed B. was going to deliver - changed C. delivered - had changed D. was delivering - changed Question 50: The Angkor complex______the entire range of Khmer art from the 9th to the 14th century. A. represented B. represents C. represent D. was represented |