Test about tenses

1-I …….Louisiana state University.

A-am attending B-attend C-was attending D-attended
2-He has sold his motorcycles……………
A-ten years ago B-since ten years C-for ten years ago D-for ten years
3-Columbus…….America more then 400 years ago.
A-discovered B-has discovered C-had discovered D- has gone
4-We …….there when our father died.
A-still lived B-lived still C-was still living D-were still living
5-I…….in the room now.
A-am being B-was being C-have been being D-am
9-I……..to New york three times this year.
A-have been B-was C-were D-had been
10-I will come and see you before I……..for America.
A-leave B-will leave C-have left D-shall leave
11-I have waited for you……….
A-since early morningB-since 9 a.m C-for two hours D-all are correct
12-We ………Doris since last Sunday.
A-don’t see B-haven’t seen C-didn’t see D-hadn’t seen
13-For several years his ambition………to be a pilot.
a-is B-has been C-was D-had been
14-He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he …….dinner.
A-finish B-finishes C-will finish D-shall have finished
15-Ask her to come and see me when she ………her work.
A-finish B-has finished C-finished D-finishing
16-At the age of 25, Nam Cao…….two famous novels.
A- wrote B-writes C-has written D-had written
17-When her husband was in the army, Janet ……. to him twice a week.
A-was writing B-wrote C-was written D-had written
18. I ……….in this town for 15 years. My family……….here when I ……..10 years old
A. have been/moved/was B. was/moved/was C. was/have moved/ have been D.
was/moved/have been
19-I have never played badminton before.This is the first time I……..to play.
A-try B-tried C-have tried D-am trying
20-Since……,I have heard nothing from him.
A-he had left B-he left C-he has left D-he was left
21-I don’t understand this sentence.What…………………….?
A-does mean this word B-have this word mean C-means this word D-does this
word mean
22-John……..tennis once or twice a week.
A-usually playB-is usually playing C-usually plays D-have usually played
23-It……..dark.Shall I turn on the light?
A-is getting B-get C-got D-has got
24-I …….for Christine. Do you know where she is?
A-look B-looked C-am looking D-looks
25-“Are you ready ,Ann?” “Yes,I……………”
A-am coming B-come C-came D-have came
26-Why ……..at me like that?What’s the matter?
A-do you look B-have you looked C-did you look D-are you looking
27-She ……..German for two years.
A-has learnt B-is learning C-learn D-learns
28-I usually …….away at weekends.
A-have gone B-goes C-am going D-go
29-It is a nice day.I ……….we go out for a walk.
A-suggested B-suggest C-is suggesting D-are suggesting
30-Bad driving often…….many accidents.
A-caused B-had caused C-causes D-has cause
II. Rewrite the following sentences
1. I haven’t played football for ages.
It’s…………………………………………………………………..
2. I haven’t been to Ha long for three years.
It’s…………………………………………………………………..
The last time………………………………………………………..
3. She hasn’t seen her mother since she left for Pairs.
She last………………………………………………………………
4. The last time I went to Hanoi was over fours years ago.
I haven’t…………………………………………………………….
It’s………………………………………………………………….
5. I last saw her when she returned to her hometown.
I haven’t…………………………………………………………….
6. She hasn’t spoken Japanese before.
It’s…………………………………………………………………..
7. This is the first time she has driven a car.
She……………………………………………………………………
8. I haven’t heard from him since July.
I last…………………………………………………………………….
The last time……………………………………………………………
9. My aunt has been teaching English for 40 years.
My aunt………………………………………………………………
10.I haven’t stayed in a hotel for years.
It’s years since __________________________________________________________
11I have never read such a good book before.
- This is the first time ____________________________________________________
12 She started learning English ten years ago.
She has ____________________________________________________________
13. It’s two years since he last went home.
He hasn’t __________________________________________________________
14. She began to play the piano three years ago.
She has ____________________________________________________________
15. We last went to the cinema two months ago.
 We haven’t _________________________________________________________
16. He lost the job three months ago.
It is three
John has been _______________________________________________________
17. We have been cooking for the party for four hours.
We started _________________________________________________________
18. She hasn’t played the piano for five years.
- The last time _________________________________________________________
19. How long haven't you seen Peter?
When did you _______________________________________________________
20. I haven’t been to London since I left my college.
The last time
III. Choose the best answer.
1: A: “Could you help me move this television, please?” B: “ ______”
A. No, thanks. B. Yes, I do C. No, I’m rather busy. D. Yes, I am.
2: How _____were you in the mountains?
A. long B. far C. old D. Fast
3.My mother is busy.......... her housework.
A.at B.with C.on D.in
4. .......all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong.
A.Although B.Because C.Because of D.in spite of
5.We arrived.......... the station just in time to catch the train.
A.at B.in C.to D.for
6.I like to study sea life .Marine biology is a ................subject.
A.fascinated B. boring C.bored D.fascinating
7.. “Why are you driving so fast?” – “I’m................................”
A.must be hurry. B.in hurry . C .in a hurry . D.hurrying.
8.I don’t know ........ about English literature.
A.many B.much C.a few D.little
9.He ...... to HoChiMinh city last year and I........him since then.
A.moved-didn’t see B.moves-haven’t seen C.moved-haven’t seen D.moved-hadn’t seen
10. Hoa __________________ coins and stamps since she was six.
A. was collecting B. has collected C. collected D. will collect
11. His brother is a _________________ boy. He always tells a joke.
A. handsome B. humorous C. sociable D. energetic
12. Minh loves playing chess _____________ his sister enjoys skipping in their free time.
A. when B. because C. while D. during
13. Thanks _______ Alexander Graham Bell’s invention, I can communicate with each other easily.
A. for B. from C. on D.to
14. We must _________ the environment from the pollution every day.
A. save B. protest C. protect D. waste
15. If you _______________ your work, let’s play volleyball with them in the garden.
A. finish B. are finishing C. have finished D. will finish
IV - Put the correct form of the words:
1. Joanne wants to become a __________ in the future. (science)
2. Many rural areas in Viet Nam have been __________ in the last few years. (urban)
3. The book was so ________ that we didn’t want to read it. (interest)
 4. There are a lot of _______________ in the competition. (contest)
5. Linda’s __________ made the party less exciting. (absent)
6. He didn’t win the championship, so he felt very _____________ . (hope)
7. Because of his _________, they failed the exam. (lazy)
8. Vinamilk company has served customers a lot of _____________ recently. (produce)
9. Tet holiday is one of the most important __________ for Vietnamese people. (celebrate)
10. Laura loves all of Vietnamese dishes, _______________ Nem. (special)
V. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition.
1. It’s 2.5 km…………my school………..the movie theatre.
2. I live ………..Xuan Dieu street……….my grandparents
3. She is talking…………her students in the school yard.
4. My new house is different……….my old house.
5. My father is a farmer. He works………..a farm.
6. Does your aunt work ……….the central hospital? – Yes, she is a nurse there.
7 I’m always busy. I must work ………..early morning until night.
8. Mr. Minh is a journalist. He writes ………..Tuoi Tre newspaper.
9. This apartment is suitable………….my family.
10. I often help my parents ………….the housework after school.
VI: Find and correct one mistake in each line of the passage below
Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer 1........................................
holiday. He traveled with him classmates to a mountainous 2........................................
area in Hoa Binh province. They gone there to help make a 3........................................
road through a forest among two villages. “It was very difficult 4........................................
because there had no water to drink and no shops where we could 5........................................
bought food,” said Nam. “It was also cold and wet 6........................................
in the mountains. It is one of the wetter place in the country.” Nam 7........................................
stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard 8........................................
work, but he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He is 9........................................
hoping to return next year to do any more work there. 10........................................
VII. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. kitchen B. history C. realize D. finish
2. A. Laughed B. Passed C. Suggested D. Placed
3. A. neighbors B. friends C. relatives D. photographs
4. A. key B. monkey C. hockey D. money
5. A. above B. produce C. month D. love
6. A. narrow B. task C. fancy D. harrow
7. A. airport B. forty C. sorrow D. normal
8. A. come B. comfortableC. brother D. worry
9. A. export B. example C. expensive D. extreme
10. A. bathe B. weather C. thought D. leather
VIII. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D
I’m interested in sports, especially athletics, and I run seven or eight kilometers every day. I
particularly enjoy cross country running, where you have to run across fields, jump over streams
and so on. While I’m running I think about all sorts of things, and at the end of a run I’m sometimes
surprised to find that I’ve managed to solve a problem that was on my mind.
Next year, I’m going to try the London Marathon. It’s hard race 26 miles, or 42 kilometers-and you
have to be tough to finish, but I very much want to do it. I worry a bit about getting too old, and I’d
like to prove to myself that I’m still almost as fit as I was twenty years old.
I’m interested in mountaineering as well as running. I’ll never become an expert climber, but I know
what I’m doing in the mountains. I successfully completed a course in snow and ice climbing when I
was younger; and I’ve done a series of easy climbs in the Alps during the last few years. My wife
doesn’t share my interest in mountains. She agreed to go climbing with me once, but she found that
she felt ill as soon as she got above 1,000 meters.
1. The word “particularly” in line 1 can be best replaced by………….
A. normally B. suddenly C. partly D. especially
2. At the end of a run the writer sometimes finds that………….
A. he gets the answer to a problem B. he grows bigger
C. he feels better D. he gets a surprising problem
3. The writer wants to take part in the London Marathon because …………….
A. He wants to prove that he is still healthy B. he wants to do it before getting old
C. the reward is great D. it helps him solve his problems
4. The writer’s wife is not interested in mountaineering because…………….
A. it doesn’t bring her any benefit
B. she feels ill at the height of above 1,000 meters
C. she doesn’t want to climb together with her husband
D. the weather in the mountains is too cold for her
5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The writer doesn’t practice any sports.
B. The London Marathon is not an easy race.
C. Becoming an expert climber has always been the writer’s dream.
D. The writer knows very little about mountaineering.

IX. Arrange following paragraphs into the meaningful passage.

A- Love,
Nga
B- It was really interesting when we know about the legend of Ha Long Bay. We really want to
come back there when we have time next year.
C- How are you getting with your study at home? Where are you going for your holiday? Let
me know.
D- I’m writing this letter to tell you that I’ve just returned from a trip to HaLong Bay with my
family. The sight was extremely magnificent.
E- It took us five or six hours by car to get there from Hanoi. We spent more than a week there.
The weather was perfect. It was sunny, cool and windy. We enjoyed walking along the
seaside at night very much.
F- April 15, 2008
Dear Lan,
YOUR ANSWERS:

1 2 3 4 5 6
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1-A 2-B 3-A 4-C 5-D 6-B 7-A

8-D 9-A 10-A 11-C 12-C 13-B 14-A
15-D 16-C 17-A 18-B 19-B 20-C 21-B
22-A 23-B 24-B 25-B 26-B 27-B 28-B
29-B 30-B 31-D 32-D 33-B 34-C 35-A
36-C 37-B 38-C 39-D 40-C 41-B 42-A
43-C 44-D 45-A 46-D 47-A 48-A 49-D
50-D 51-A 52-B 53-D 54-B 55-A 56-D
57-B 58-D 59-C 60-B 61-A 62-C 63-C
64-B 65-A 66-C 67-A 68-B 69-C 70-B
71-D 72-D 73-D 74-D 75-C 76-A 77-A
78-B 79-A 80-D