TENSES

1. Peter, please help me do the washing up. – Sorry, Mum. I ______ TV.

A. watch B. am watching C. had watched D. watched

2. The farmers _____ in the field now.

A. were working B. have worked C. worked D. are working

3. Last night when I was with him, it_____a lot outside.

A. was raining B. is raining C. raining D. has rained

4. The war _____ out three years ago.

A. broke B. had broken C. has broken D. was breaking

5. How many languages … (do) John speak?

A. do B. is doing C. does D. has done

6. He ______ a cup of coffee every morning.

A. drinks B. drank C. is drinking D. has drunk

7. Hurry! The train… (come). I don’t want to miss it.

A. is coming B. came C. was coming D. has come

8. At present, that author ______ a historical novel.

A. is writing B. was writing C. has written D. had written

9. Angelina Jolie is a famous actress. She … (appear) in several film.

A. has appeared B. is appearing C. appeared D. had appeared

10.How long _____ able to drive? – since 1990.

A. could you B. have you been C. were you D. are you

11.The man got out of the car, … (walk) round to the back and opened the boot.

A. has walked B. is walking C. walked D. has been walking

12.Henry … (go) into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.(qk đơn)
 A. has gone B. went C. was going D. has been going
13.At this moment, I _____ that we have a good chance of victory.(ht tiếp diễn)

A. was feeling B. am feeling C. feel D. had been feeling

14. She’s at her best when she …(make) big decisions. (ht đơn)

A. has made B. is making C. made D. makes

15. I never go to Australia. I _____ to Australia yet.(ht hoàn thành)

A. will go B. went C. haven’t been D. have been

16.When I last saw him, he _____ in London.(qk tiếp diễn)

A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living

17.We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.(ht hoành thành)

A. don't see B. haven't seen C. didn't see D. hadn't seen

18. Why ______ you come yesterday?(qk đơn)

A. couldn’t B. can’t C. didn’t D. A and C

19.Don’t make noise. My mother ______ with her friends.(ht tiếp diễn)

A. is talking B. was talking C. talks D. talked

20. Jack ______ the door.(ht hoàn thành)

A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D. painting

21.My sister ________ for you since yesterday. Ht hoàn thành

A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked

22.I ______ Texas State University now. Ht tiếp diễn

A. am attending B. attend C. was attending D. attended

23. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago. Qk đơn

A. discovered B. has discovered C. had discovered D. had been discovering

24.We _______ there when our father died. Qk tiếp diễn
A. still lived B. lived still C. was still lived D. Were still living
25.They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home. Tương lai tiếp
diễn

A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play

26. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years. Tương lai hoàn thành

A. will have been working B. will work C. have been working D. will be working
27.I ______ to New York three times this year. Ht hoàn thành

A. have been B. was C. were D. had been

28.I'll come and see you before I _______ for the States. Ht đơn

A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave

29. He fell down when he ______ towards the church. Qk tiếp diễn

A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run

30.I _______ in the room right now. Ht đơn

A. am being B. was being C. have been being D. am

31. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend. Qk hoàn thành

A. has happened B. happened C. had happened D. would have been

happened
32. Food, air and clothes _______ necessary for life. Ht đơn

A. was B. were C. is D. are

33. He ______ a visit to Ha Long Bay in 1995. Qk đơn

A. had paid B. paid C. has paid D. pays

34.The motorway ____ in 1986. Qk đơn

A. finished B. was finished C. has finished D. finishes

35.I hope you _____ more carefully in the future. Tương lai đơn
 A. write B. will write C. would write D. wrote

36.She _____ English before she came to England. Qk hoàn thành

A. studied B. had studied C. would study D. studies

37.We usually go ______ after work. Ht đơn

A. to fishing B. fished C. fishing D. fish

38.She’ll be a millionaire by the time she _____ forty. Ht đơn

A. was B. is C. will be D. is going to be

39.People ____ English and French in Canada. Ht đơn

A. speak B. have spoken C. had spoken D. are speaking

40.The car isn’t here today because Dick ______ it. Ht tiếp diễn

A. uses B. used C. is using D. has used