MONTHLY TEST #1

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Tổng số câu: 100 câu TN
Exercise 1: Choose the best answer
1. My mothers has retired____________
a. for two years b. two years ago c. since d. yet
2. He met her____________
a. so far b. last week c. now d. every day
3. My mother____________ in a bookshop when she was young.
a. is working b. worked c. has worked d. was working
4. We cleaned up the room as soon as the guests____________
a. had left b. has left c. left d. were
5. The concert____________ at 7:15.
a. starts b. is staring c. has started d. is going to start
6. Her family____________ to America before 1975.
a. went b. have gone c. had gone d. would go
7. Everyone was asleep when the enemy_____________.
a. was attacking b. attacked c. had attacked d. attacking
8. We were disappointed that most of the guests_________ when we arrived at the party.
a. leave b. left c. have left d. had left
9. Up to now, I _______ a lot information about her.
a. will learn b. would learn c. have learnt d. learnt
10. It is the largest ship I __________.
a. had seen b. saw c. have ever seen d. see
11. She isn’t here. She __________ in the living room.
a. sits b. is sitting c. sat d. was sitting
12. They sent some books to my sister and __________
a. leave b. were leaving c. left d. have left
13. The police __________the thief recently.
a. have arrested b. has arrested c. arrested d. arrests
14. “ Hurry up! What’s taking you so long?” – “ I . __________for an important phone call. Go
ahead and leave without me”
a. wait b. am waiting c. was waiting d. has been waiting
15. Light __________ faster than sound.
a. travel b. travels c. traveled d. is traveling
16. He fell down while he __________toward the church.
a. will run b. runs c. was running d. had run
17. They __________in London from 1970 to 1990.
a. lived b. lives c. had lived d. have lived
18. Robert is going to be famous someday. He . __________ in three movies already.

a. has been appearing b. had appeared c. has appeared d. appeared

19. Linda is working in this department. She __________here for 2 years.

a. works b. worked c. had worked d. has worked
20. The children__________football all day yesterday.
a. played b. play c. was playing d. were playing
21. When it began to rain, they__________in the yard.
a. played b. were playing c. had played d. have played
22. Be quiet! Their children__________
a. is sleeping b. are sleeping c. was sleeping d. were sleeping
23. Fish were among the earliest forms of life. Fish . __________ on earth for ages and ages.
a. existed b. had existed c. are existing d. have existed
24. “ May I speak to Dr. Paine, please? “ – “ Sorry, he __________a patient at the moment. Can
I help you?”
a. is seeing c. had been seeing c. was seeing d. has been seeing
25. We. __________your mother for ages.
A. don’t see B. haven’t seen C. didn’t see D. hadn’t seen
26. He __________ an assistant in the laboratory after he had been a bookbinder.
a. has become b. became c. becomes d. is becoming
27. Since his death, John Milton's poems ____ into several languages.
A. were translated B. have translated. C. have been translated D. has been translated
28. At three o’clock yesterday, Maria __________
a. studies b. studying c. has studied d. was studying
29. Where are you? I __________in the garden.
a. were sitting b. was sitting c. am sitting d. will sit
30. When the postman came I __________breakfast
a. was having b. had c. am having d. were having
31. I __________a cough since yesterday.
a. have b. have had c. had d. was having
32. I've been in this city for a long time. I __________here sixteen years ago.
a. came b. had come c. was coming d. have
33. We didn’t use to get up late when we__________in the countryside.
a. live b. lived c. are living d. were living
34. After Diego__________lunch, he__________to some music for a while.
a. finished/had listened b. had finished/listened
c. finished/listened d. had finished/had listened
35. By the time he retired from work, all his daughters__________married.
a. got b. have got c. would get d. had got
36. They__________together for five years when they decided to get married.
a. had been b. have been c. were d. had being
37. She__________extremely quiet since her husband died.
a. is b. has been c. was d. is being
38. Peter, __________since you got home form football practice?
a. have you eaten b. are you eating c. do you eat d. did you eat
39. The accident __________ while he was driving to work.
a. occurred b. was occurring c. was being occurred d. had been occurring
40. He was writing to his friend when he __________a noise.
a. was hearing b. heard c. had heard d. hears
41. How much__________these eggs?
a. is b. was c. do d. are
42. He__________busy now; he__________a letter.
a. is, write b. is being, is writing c. is, wrote d. is, is writing
43. When the boss__________, the meeting__________
A. arrived, has been beginning B. arrived, has begun
C. was arriving, had begun D. arrived, had begun
44. We ……….here for six months.
A. have been living B. are living C. were living D. live
45. Tim __________his hair while I__________up the kitchen.
A. was washing, was cleaning B. was washing, cleaned
C. washed , cleaned D. washed, was cleaned
46. When Henry arrived home after a hard day at work, __________So they didn’t have chance
to talk about their children
a. his wife was sleeping b. his wife slept
c. his wife has been sleeping d. his wife is sleeping
47.At this moment, I _____ that we have a good chance of victory.
A. was feeling B. am feeling C. feel D. had been feeling
48. I ____ him ten days ago.
A. see B. saw C. have seen D. will see
49. What __________at nine o’clock last night?
a. did you do b. were you doing. c. have you been doing. d. had you been doing
50. Mr. John_______ to Los Angeles in 1992.
A. had gone B. has gone C. went D. was going
51. What ______ to you yesterday?
A. happened B. did happen C. had happened D. has happened
52. _____ at home tonight?
A. are you staying B. do you stay C. were you staying D. did you stay
53. We _____ in this house for ten years.
A. are living B. were living C. had lived D. have lived
54. I hope you _____ more carefully in the future.
A. write B. will write C. would write D. wrote
55. Food, air and clothes _______ necessary for life.
A. was B. were C. is D. are
56. She’s been a teacher __________1992
a. since b. for c. from d. in
57. What__________during the last few years?
a. have you been doing b. did you do c. were you doing d. had you been doing
58. I __________ ten pages so far.
a. read b. have been reading c. have read d. was reading
59. I am sitting in class right now. I__________in class at this exact time yesterday
a. am sitting b. sat c. was sitting d. will be sitting
60. It is the first time I __________snow.
a. ever saw b. ever see c. have ever seen d. had ever seen
61. Alex is an artist. He __________many beautiful pictures in his life time. Last week he
__________ a beautiful mountain scene
a. drew / drew b. has drawn/ has drawn c. has drawn/ drew d. drew/ has drawn
62. What__________ since you __________ here?
a. have you learned / came b. did you lean / have come c. have you leaned / have come
63. “ Do you like lobster?” – “ I don’t know. I __________it”
a. am never eating b. never ate c. have never eaten d. had never eaten
64. The last time I saw John was five years ago
a. I didn’t see John five years ago b. I have seen John for five years
c. I haven’t seen John for five years d. I didn’t see John for five years
65. In the last fifty years, medical scientists __________many important discoveries
a. made b. are making c. have made d. had made
66. The weather has been terrible lately. It__________off and on for two days.
a. rained b. was raining c. has rained d. had been raining
67. Tom __________ to Hanoi before.
A. is never B. had never been C. was never D. has never been
68. I called on her yesterday, she __________ a meal at that time
a. cooked b. had cooked c. was cooking d. cooks
69. “ How many pages __________ so far?” – “ Ten”
a. do you study b. did you study c. have you studied d. had you studied
70. “ Let’s go to the new movie downtown” -“ Thanks, but I__________it already”
a. have seen b. was seeing c. had seen d. did see
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer
1. A. phoned B. stated C. mended / D. old-aged /
2. A. clapped B. attracted C. lifted D. needed
3. A. involved B. believed C. praised D. locked
4. A. remembered B. cooked C. closed D. cleaned
5. A. smiled B. regarded C. suggested D. naked
6. A. reversed B. choked C. played D. sentenced
7. A. proved B. looked C. stopped D. coughed
8. A. dated B. changed C. struggled D. agreed
9. A. scaled B. stared C. phoned D. hundred
10. A. behaved B. washed C. clicked D. approached
11. A. worked B. shopped C. missed D. played
12. A. coughed B. cooked C. melted D. mixed
13. A. walked B. hundred C. fixed D. coughed
14. A. watched B. practiced C. introduced D. cleaned
15. A. passed B. stretched C. comprised D. washed
16. A. desks B. maps C. plants D. chairs
17. A. pens B. books C. phones D. tables
18. A. dips B. deserts C. books D. camels
19. A. miles B. attends C. drifts D. glows
20. A. mends B. develops C. values D. equals
21. A. repeats B. classmates C. amuses D. attacks
22. A. humans B. dreams C. concerts D. songs
23. A. manages B. laughs C. photographs D. makes
24. A. dishes B. oranges C. experiences D. chores
25. A. fills B. adds C. stirs D. lets
26. A. wants B. books C. stops D. sends
27. A. books B. dogs C. cats D. maps
28. A. biscuits B. magazines C. newspapers D. vegetables
29. A. knees B. peas C. trees D. niece
30. A. cups B. stamps C. books D. pens