BT LESSON 1 TENSES

TOPIC 1: TENSES (CÁC THÌ CỦA ĐỘNG TỪ)
I. Choose the best answer.
1. Why are all these people here? What ________?
A. am happening B. are happening C. is happening D. happening
2. Please don’t make so much noise. I ________ to work.
A. is trying
B. are trying
C. trying
D. am trying
3. This is the most interesting novel _______________
A. I’ve read
B. I had read
C. I’ve never read
D. I’ve ever read
4. I haven’t seen you _______________
A. since a long time
B. for ages C. ages
D. for long existence
5. It _______________ every day so far this week.
A. rained
B. has rained
C. rains
D. is raining
6. I haven’t met him since he _______________school.
A. left
B. was leaving
C. had left D. was left
7. I ………his car to work while he was sleeping.
A. drive
B. drove
C. driving D. driven

8. When Carol ________ last night, I ________ my favorite show on television.
A. was calling/watched B. called/have watched
C. called/was watching D. had called/watched
9. When I woke up this morning, it ____
A. rained
B. was raining
C. has rained
D. is raining
10. After they ___________ their breakfast, they ___________shopping yesterday.
A. have/go B. had had/go
C. had/had gone D. had had/went
11. When I met John, he ___________from his university already.
A. graduated
B. was graduating
C. had been graduating
D. had
graduated
12. When I was younger, I ___________to smoke or drink.
A. wasn't used
B. didn't used
C. never used
D. not used
13. He ________ playing with his dog. A. is loving
B. loves
C. was loving
D. love
14. Oil ________ if you pour it on water.
A. floated B. floats
C. will be floated D. float
15. While I was going to school yesterday, I ____ him.

A. meet
B. met
C. will meet
D. am meeting
16. He died after he ______ ill for a long time. A. was B. had been
C. has been
D. is
17. The manager ______ the store before I arrived.
A. closed
B. had closed
C. has closed
D. was closing
18. The motorway ____ in 1986.
A. finished B. was finished C. has finished
D. finishes
19. I hope you _____ more carefully in the future.
A. write
B. will write
C. would write
D. wrote
10. We usually go ______ after work.
A. to fishing
B. fished
C. fishing
D. fish
21. I’ll wait until you ____crying.
A. have stopped B. will stop C. stop
D. stopped
22. After ______, he went to bed.
A. had done his homework

B. have done his homework
C. being done his homework
D. doing his homework
23. He died after he ______ ill for a long time. A. Was B. had been C. has been
D. Is
II. Supply the correct tenses of the verbs:
1. What time _____________Mary usually (get) _____________up every morning?
2. She (not wash) _____________her clothes every weekend.


3. Please be quite! You (make) ____________________so much noise so I can’t
concentrate.
4. This term I (study) _______________philosophy and economics.
5. Bob (see) ______________ this movie before.
6. I (live) _______________ in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975.
7. Bill is still a bad driver although he (drive)__________ cars for six years.
8. The second war (finish) 40 years ago.
9. Tom (see) ______________a serious accident while he (stand) ________________ at
the bus stop.
10. At this time last year, I (attend) __________________an English course.
11. After she (finish) ________________ breakfast she left the house.
12. Before he came to Warsaw he (live) ____________ in Prague.
13. She already (eat) _________ by the time he left.
14. He told me he (never see) ____ anything like that.
15. I think he (be) ______________ the next President of the United States.
16. At that time tomorrow, I (work) __________________ in my office.
17. At three o’clock tomorrow, he (wait) _____________ for the train.
18. He (work) ______________ on the report at this time tomorrow.
III. Find the mistake: (A, B, C, or D)
1. (A) Last year, my son (B) was lost (C) among the crowd when we (D) have gone

shopping.
2. The problem (A) has turned out (B) to be more serious (C) than we (D) will have
thought.
3. (A) Almost 300 million people (B) had visited (C) America’s national parks (D)
every year.
4. They (A) have studied English (A) before they went (C) to London.
5. They (A) will help you (B) whenever you (C) will ask (D) them.
6. (A) When Sam (B) will arrive, he will (C) open (D) the gift.
7. Did you say (A) that you (B) will have a lot of things (C) to do the (D) following
week?
8. (A) When we arrived (B) at (C) the station, the train (D)has already left.
9. (A) Up to now, there (B) had been (C) no woman (D) being chosen the US
president.
10. (A)At this time (B)next week, Peter (C)was working (D)in London.
11. The teacher (A) got (B) angry with him (C) because he sometimes (D) come to
class late.
12. (A)By the time (B)the police (C)come, the robber (D)had run away.
BÀI TẬP ĐỒNG NGHĨA, TRÁI NGHĨA
I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following
questions.
1: He was asked to account for his presence at the scene of crime.
A. complain
B. exchange
C. explain D. arrange
2: The teacher gave some suggestions on what could come out for the
examination.
A. effects
B. symptoms
C. hints

D. demonstrations
3: I’ll take the new job whose salary is fantastic.
A. reasonable
B. acceptable
C. pretty high
D. wonderful
4: I could see the finish line and thought I was home and dry.
A. hopeless
B. hopeful C. successful
D. unsuccessful
5: Carpets from countries such as Persia and Afghanistan often fetch high prices in
the United States.
A. Artifacts B. Pottery C. Rugs
D. Textiles
6. The film is not worth seeing. The plot is too dull.
A. simple
B. complicated
C. boring
D. slow
7. If the headmaster were here, he would sign your papers immediately.


A. right ahead
B. currently
C. formerly
D. right away
8. Many scientists agree that global warming poses great threats to all species on Earth.
A. annoyance
B. risks
C. irritations

D. fears
II: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of
the following questions.
1: Because Jack defaulted on his loan, the bank took him to court.
A. failed to pay B. paid in full
C. had a bad personality
D. was paid much
money
2: His career in the illicit drug trade ended with the police raid this morning .
A. elicited B. irregular C. secret
D. legal
3: The government is not prepared to tolerate this situation any longer.
A. look down on B. put up with
C. take away from
D. give on to
4: I clearly remember talking to him in a chance meeting last summer.
A. unplanned
B. deliberate
C. accidental
D. unintentional
5:The International Organizations are going to be in a temporary way in the
country.
A. soak
B. permanent
C. complicated
D.guess
6. We ought to keep these proposals secret from the chairman for the time being.
A. lively
B. frequented

C. accessible
D. revealed
7. There has been insufficient rainfall over the past two years, and farmers are having trouble.
A. adequate
B. unsatisfactory
C. abundant
D. dominant
8. Now, when so many frogs were killed, there were more and more insects.
A. lesser and lesser
B. fewer and fewer
C. lesser and fewer D. less and less