Chuyên đề TENSES;
I. Put the verb in the brackets in the correct tense.
- We seldom (eat) ______________ before 7 am.
- I (not see) ________________ him since I (meet) ____________ him 2 months ago.
- Listen! I (think) _____________ someone (knock) _______________ the door.
- I (get) _________________ up early the day before yesterday.
- The earth (circle) ____________ the sun once every 365 days.
- __________you (watch) _________ TV last night?
- The workers (work) _______________ in the firm at the moment.
- How many times _________ you (see) ________him since he went to Edinburgh?
- Do you know that man, who (smoke) _______________________ there?
- Mrs. Green always (go) _____________to work by bus.
- We (be) ____________ from French. We (be) ______________ there for 20 years.
- I (move) ______________ to another town next week.
- __________you (take) _________ a trip to London next week?
- He (not finish) _______________ doing it yet.
- In what year _______ World War II (break) __________ out?
- They (go) __________ home after they (finish) __________ their work.
- He (do) _________ nothing before he (see) ___________ me.
- We will go out when it (stop) _________________raining.
- I (know) ______Jack since we (be) ________ students but I (not meet) ______ him since we (leave) _______ school in 1998.
- The Bakers (be) ______________ in New York for 3 months.
- When I was young, I (want) _______________to be a bus diver.
- Thu (look) _______________after her little brother next Sunday.
- The kids (sleep) ________________when the bell rang.
- Who_____ you (talk) _______________to on the phone now, Minh?
- Where your new friend (live) ____________, Nga? - She (live) ________________on Hang Bac Street.
II. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.
1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London. A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living
2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday. A. don’t see B. haven’t seen C. didn’t see D. hadn’t seen
3. The train ______ half an hour ago. A. has been leaving B. left C. has left D. had left
4. Jack ______ the door. A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D. painting
5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.
A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked
6. I ______ Texas State University now. A. am attending B. attend C. was attending D. attended
7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.
A. ten years ago B. since ten years C. for ten years ago D. for ten years
8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.
A. discovered B. has discovered C. had discovered D. had been discovering
9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church. A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run
10. We _______ there when our father died.
A. still lived B. lived still C. was still lived D. were still living
11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play
12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. shall have been working B. shall work C. have been working D. shall be working
13. I _______ in the room right now. A. am being B. was being C. have been being D. am
14. I ______ to New York three times this year. A. have been B. was C. were D. had been
15. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.
A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave
16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.
A. has happened B. happened C. had happened D. would have been happened
17. John ______ a book when I saw him. A. is reading B. read C. was reading D. reading
18. He said he _______ return later. A. will B. would C. can D. would be
19. I have been waiting for you ______ .
A. since early morning B. since 9a.m C. for two hours D. All are correct
20. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.
A. leave B. left C. leaves D. had left
21. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels. A. wrote B. writes C. has written D. had written
22. While her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week.
A. was writimg B. wrote C. was written D. had written
23. I couldn’t cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.
A. broke down B. has been broken C. had broken down D. breaks down
24. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
25. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left B. he left C. he has left D. he was left
26. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag. A. had B. had had C. have has D. have had
27. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.
A. will have learned B. will learn C. has learned D. would learn
28. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.
A. walking B. walked C. walks D. walk
30. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.
A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing
31 Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.
A. finish B. has finished C. finished D. finishing
32. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. leave B. are leaving C. leaving D. are left
33. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.
A. go B. is going C. goes D. going
34. Her brother ______ in Canada at present. A. working B. works C. is working D. work
35. Last week, my professor promised that he ________ today.
A. would come B. will come C. comes D. coming
II. Choose the underlined part in each sentence (A, B,C, or D ) that needs correcting.
1. After Mrs. Wang had returnedto her house from work, she was cooking dinner.
A B C D
2. Jimmy threw the ball high in the air, and Betty catching it when it came down
A B C D
3. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it.
A B C D
4. Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job and is looking for a new one.
A B C D
5. Having fed the dog, he was sat down to his own meal.
A B C D
6. When I turned on my computer, I was shocked to find some junk mail, and I justdelete it all.
A B C D
7. They are going to have to leave soon and so do we.
A B C D
8. The boss laughed when the secretary has told him that she really needed a pay rise.
A B C D
9. The telephone rang several times and then stop before I could answer it.
A B C D
10. Debbie, whose father is an excellent tennis player, has been playing tennis since ten years.
A B C D