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1. Wood ……………………… on water. That’s a fact, 8. I ……………………… down the street for two hours,
you know? but I can’t find him.
A. Has floated A. Walked
B. Is floating B. Am walking
C. Floats C. Walk
D. Floated D. Have been walking
E. Has been floating E. Walks
2. Basuki Abdullah usually ………………….. his works 9. I ………………........ a pen only a month ago. Look!
at Jakarta Art Gallery. It’s not working anymore now.
A. Exhibits A. Have bought
B. Exhibit B. Had bought
C. Has exhibited C. Had been buying
D. Will exhibit D. Bought
E. Is exhibiting E. Was buying
3. Some animals …………………… meat and some 10. I ……………………. a letter for Aminah last
others ………………………. Vegetables. Thursday. I expect to have her reply soon.
A. Eat; eat A. Have written
B. Have eaten; eat B. Write
C. Eat; are eating C. Had been writing
D. Are eating; eat D. Had written
E. Have eaten; are eating E. Wrote
4. My brother ……………………… the Al-Qur’an twice 11. Anggi has been taking guitar course since she
a day but now he does almost four times a day. ……………… her elementary school.
A. Was reading A. Has finished
B. Reads B. Finished
C. Has read C. Had finished
D. Had read D. Was finishing
E. Had been reading E. Will finish
5. She ……………………………… him before he came 12. The man …………………….. to reach for the branch
here. before he fell.
A. Had met A. Was trying
B. Has met B. Had been trying
C. Is meeting C. Had tried
D. Will meet D. Has tried
E. Meets E. Is trying
6. We ……………………. Surabaya for the last two 13. He ……………………….. before I finished my lunch.
years. A. Have come
A. Live B. Will come
B. Lived C. Came
C. Wil live D. Had come
D. Have been living E. Is coming
E. Has lived
14. When I came home, my mother ……………… in the
7. Annisa ……………………English and Arabic for kitchen.
these past two years. A. Was cooking
A. Is studying B. Is cooking
B. Study C. Had been cooking
C. Studies D. Cooked
D. Had studied E. Cooks
E. Has been studying
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15. When he knocked at the door, we …………….. an D. Will be discussing

examination. E. Will discuss
A. Had been having
B. Were having 22. Ruli’s mother won’t sleep until she ………….
C. Have had Home.
D. Have A. Are coming
E. Are having B. Comes
C. Will be coming
16. She ………………………. the book for two hours D. Came
when her father called her. E. Will come
A. Had been reading
B. Read 23. The students are going to Bali next month.
C. Has read This will be the first time they ………….. there.
D. Has been reading A. Go
E. Was reading B. Have gone
C. Had gone
17. We ……………….. in the country for 5 years D. Will have gone
when the war broke out. E. Would go
A. Have lived
B. Were living 24. We …………. Along the road for about forty
C. Live minutes when a man stopped his car and
D. Have been living offered us a ride.
E. Had been living A. Was walking
B. Walked
18. George : “Do you think I can meet Prof. C. Are walking
Dahlan in two days to go?” D. Had been walking
Ann : “I don’t think so because he E. Would walk
……………… the research for a week
by the time you appear!” 25. The anthropologist has been studying that
A. Has conducted tribe for the las five years. Means, He …………
B. Will have conducted that tribe.
C. Conducts A. Have finished studying
D. Is conducting B. Studied
E. Will have been conducting C. Was studying
D. Had studied
19. They …………… the dinner to stay with us by E. Is still studying
next weekend.
A. Prepare 26. I gave the package to my sister when she …….
B. Are preparing me last week.
C. Will have prepared A. Visited
D. Prepared B. Visits
E. Had prepared C. Visit
D. Visiting
20. My mother ………………… to stay with us by next E. Has visited
weekend.
A. Came 27. Those employees went home after they ……….
B. Comes Their works.
C. Will have come A. Are finishing
D. Was coming B. Finishing
E. Had come C. Were finishing
D. Had finished
21. At this time next week we ……………… chapter E. Are going to finish
four of our English lesson.
A. Discussed
B. Have discussed
C. Will have discussed
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28. Rahmat is going to study at 07.00 until 10.00 34. When I fetched her this morning, she ………..
o’clock this evening so at 08.30 this evening he for office with her father.
…………… A. Was leaving
A. Is studying B. Will have left
B. Was studying C. Had been leaving
C. Will study D. Has already left
D. Is being studied E. Had already left
E. Will be studying
35. “Why were you absent from the English class?”
29. Paul always goes to bed at 11 o’clock. Mercell “Because I …………. my homework.”
is going to visit him at 11.20 this evening. A. Don’t do
When Mercell arrives, Paul ……………… B. Won’t do
A. Is going to bed C. Haven’t done
B. Was going to bed D. Am not doing
C. Will have gone to bed E. Hadn’t done
D. Has gone to bed
E. Had gone to bed 36. By this time next week ………… her work.
A. She finishes
30. Merry has been typing monthly report for B. She had finished
three hours. C. She will have finished
It means: ………………………………. D. She has been finished
A. Merry doesn’t type monthly report E. She would finish
anymore.
B. Merry hasn’t been typing monthly report 37. All these years, Ira’s family ………… in poverty.
anymore. A. Lived
C. Merry isn’t typing monthly report now. B. Has been living
D. Merry is still typing monthly report now. C. Had lived
E. Merry typed monthly report three hours D. Was living
ago. E. Lives

31. Now George ……………. That he has made many 38. “He has to take the TOEFL test before leaving
mistakes. for the US.”
A. Is realizing “No, …………. Have to, he already took it a few
B. Not realize months ago.”
C. Realize not A. He doesn’t
D. Will realize B. He isn’t
E. Realizes C. He hasn’t
D. He mustn’t
32. They …………… the bridge by this time next E. He can’t
year.
A. Finish 39. Five years ago Mr. Jansen ………… in this town.
B. Have finished A. Live
C. Had finished B. Will live
D. Are finishing C. Has lived
E. Will have finished D. Lives
E. Lived
33. I saw George this morning while I …………… for
the bus. 40. A taxi driver who witnessed the accident took
A. Wait the inured students to the hospital and then
B. Am waiting ………… his parents.
C. Had waited A. Call
D. Was waiting B. Called
E. Have been waiting C. Calling
D. To call
E. Was calling
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41. “When do you plan to get married?”

“After ………………… school.”
A. I finish
B. I am finishing
C. I finished
D. I had finished
E. I have been finishing

42. By the end of this week I ………. from Malasyia.

A. Am back
B. Have been back
C. Would be back
D. May be back
E. Will have been back

43. When will you do your homework? It’s nine

o’clock now and you ………. Television since
five.
A. Watch
B. Watched
C. Had been watching
D. Have been watching
E. Are watching

44. I have written there letters this morning.

Means: ………………………….
A. She is still writing now.
B. She is not writing anymore.
C. She hasn’t finished writing it yet
D. She hopes to finish writing this morning
E. She has to write now

45. We haven’t heard from Dinda for such a long

time. We haven’t either, since she …………. To
Singapore.
A. Moves
B. Moved
C. Was moving
D. Has moved
E. Had moved