Phần 1: VERB TENSES pptx

Phần 1: VERB TENSES
Chose the best one to complete each sentence.
1. The wedding party ……….at the Rex Hotel.
A. is B. is being C. will be D. is going to be
2. How many languages ………… Jonh speak.
A. do B. does C. did D. will
3. Hurry! The train ……… I don’t want to miss it.
A. come B. is coming C. came D. has come
4. Angelina jolie is a famous actress. She ……… in several films.
A. appears B. is appering C. appeared D. has appeared
5. What time ……the next train leave?
A. does B. will C. shall D. would
6. Monica ……… with her sister at the moment until she find a flat.
A. stay B. is staying C. will stay D. is going to stay
7. After I ………. lunch , I looked for my bag.
A. had B. had had C. have has D. have had
*8. By the end of next year , George…………. English for 2 years.
A. will have learned B. will learn C. has learned D. would learn
9. The man got out of the car, ……… round to the back and opened the boot.
A. walking B. walked C. walks D. walk
10. For several years his ambition ……… to be a pilot.
A. is B. has been C. was D. had been
11. Henry ……….into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going B. went C. has gone D. did go
12. 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
13. Before you asked , the letter …………
A. was written B. had written C. had been written D. has been written
*14. she …… English at RMIT these days.
A. studies B. will study C. is studying D. is going to study

*15. She’s at her best when she ……… big decisions.
A. is making B. makes C. had made D. will make
16. We ……… next vacation in London .
A. spend B. are spending C. will spend D. are going to
spend
17. Look! The bus ……….
A. left B. has left C. leaves D. is leaving
18. Mike ………… one hour ago.
A. phoned B. was phoning C. had phoned D. has phoned
19. After you finish your work , you ……… a break.
A. should take B. have taken C. might have taken D. takes
20. Oil ………….if you pour it on water.
A. floated B. floats C. will be floated D. float
21. We ……………… English this time last week.
A. learned B. was learning C. have learned D. had learned
22. Her family ………… to America before 1975.
A. went B. have gone C. had gone D. would go
23. When I arrived at the party, Martha …………… home already.
A. went B. have gone C. had gone D. would go
24. Henry ………… for 10 years when he finally gave it up.
A. has smoked B. has been smoking C. had smoked D. had been
smoking
25. We our examination next month.
A. have B. shall have C. will have had D. will be having
26. Look those black clouds ! It …………
A. is going to rain B. will rain C. would rain D. can rain
27. We ……… English this time next Monday.
A. learn B. will learn C. are learning D. will be learning
28. We …………… this course before the final examination.
A. are going to

finish
B. have finished C. will finish D. will have finished

29. Alan took a photograph of Sandra while she ……………
A. didn’t look B. wasn’t looking C. hasn’t looked D. hadn’t looked
30. I ………………….my key. Can you help me look for it ?
A. lose B. lost C. have lost D. had lost
31. Last night Tina ………… in bed when suddently she heard a scream.
A. read B. was reading C. has read D. had read
32. We ……….a party next week. Would you like to come?
A. have B. will have C. are having D. will have had
33. The Red River …………… very fast today – much faster than yesterday.
A. flows B. is flowing C. will flow D. is going to flow
34. While mother …………. dinner , the phone rang.
A. cooked B. had cooked C. has cooked D. was cooking
35. The phone ………… constantly since Jack won the first prize this morning.
A. has been ringing B. rang C. had rung D. had been ringing
36. In the last two decades , space exploration ……… great contributions to weather
forecasting.
A. is making B. has made C. made D. makes
37. On July 20, Neil Armstrong …………… down onto the moon , the first person ever set
foot on another planet.
A. was stepping B. stepped C. has stepped D. was step
38. The child ……………… before the doctor arrived.
A. died B. had died C. has died D. was dying
39. Arsenal ……… next Monday.
A. wins B. will win C. would win D. is winning
40. It………… tomorrow.
A. rains B. will rain C. is going to rain D. is raining
41. I’ll come and see you before I…………………. for America.

A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave
42. John…………… a book when I saw him.
A. is reading B. read C. was reading D. reading
43. Jack ……… the door.
A. has just opened B. open C. will have opened D. opening
44. My sister ……… for you since yesterday.
A. is looking B. has been looking C. was looking D. looked
45. I have been waiting for you……………
A. since early
morning
B. since 9 a.m C. for two hours D. all are correct
46. The train ………… half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving B. has left C. left D. had left
47. We ………… Doris since last Sunday.
A. don’t see B. haven’t seen C. didn’t see D. hadn’t seen
48. When I last saw him , he ……… in London.
A. has lived B. was living C. is living D. has been living
49. She is tired now.She ………… for a long time.
A. has been learning B. has learned C. learns D. learned
50. They will have gone home before you…………. to meet them.
A. came B. come C. will come D. are coming
51. John …………… the house .
A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D. painting
52. Hurry up or the train ………….before you catch it.
A. will leave B. leaves C. will have left D. has left
53. Now my sister ……………. a bicycle of her own.
A. is having B. are having C. has D. had
54. A football team ………… chiefly of 12 players.
A. composed B. composes C. comprised D. comprises
55. This is the first time I ………… here.

A. am B. have been C. was D. be
56. My girl friend arrived after I …………….for her about hafl an hour.
A. was waiting B. had been waiting C. have been
waiting
D. have waited
57. ……………… to rain before you woke up this morning ?
A. Did it begin B. Has it begun C. Had it begun D. Would it begin
58. My daughter saw an elephant this morning but she ………… one before.
A. had never seen B. has never seen C. never seen D. never had seen
59. I ……………… in Da Nang before I moved to Dong Nai.
A. have been living B. have lived C. had lived D. had been living
60. When we got home , dinner …… , so we had a drink first .
A. has been learning B. had been learning C. learned D. was learning
61. He ……… in space for 10 days by tomorrow.
A. will travel B. will be
travelling
C. will have been
travelling
D. has travelled
62. He said he would visit me , but he ………… me yet.
A. has not visited B. is not visiting C. had not visited D. does not visit
63. The weather ……………… fine sofar this week.
A. is B. had been C. was D. has been
64. We had just got out of car when it ………. to set fire.
A. has begun B. had begun C. was beginning D. began
65. As soon as he …… a certificate in English , he will apply for a job.
A. would get B. got C. gets D. will get
66. Stephen ………… on the phone ahen I came in.
A. talked B. was talking C. has talked D. has been talking
67. I ………. TV at 8:30 last night.

A. watched B. has watched C. was watching D. had watched
68. While I was working in the garden, my son …….vidoe games.
A. was playing B. played C. has played D. has been playing
69. I ………….four chairs sofar this morning.
A. painted B. was painting C. have painted D. had painted
70. Frank ………….home since he was a boy.
A. isn’t B. wasn’t C. hasn’t been D. hadn’t been
71. Mai …….in HCM city for five years.
A. lives B. has lived C. was living D. is living
72. I’ve lived here ………. 1990.
A. since B. from C. to D. for
73. Paulo has learnt English ………… five years.
A. since B. from C. to D. for
74. My little sister ………………”sleeping beauty” several times.
A. watches B. is watching C. has watched D.
75. Since the appearace of karaoke machines , they …….
A. had been widely
used
B. have been widely
used
C. were widely used D. widely used
76. She has been studying engineering …
A. since 5 years B. for 5 years C. 5 years before D. during 5 years
77. In 1996, my brother …….at Harvard university.
A. studies B. is studying C. studied D. had studied
78. Elvis Presley …… on television for a long time .
A. isn’t appearing B. hasn’t appeared C. won’t have
appeared
D. hadn’t appeared
79. We …………… waiting for her half an hour before she came.

A. have been B. will be C. will have been D. had been
80. The wind ………… very hard when the ship sailed around the Mediterranean Sea.
A. blew B. was blowing C. has blown D. was blown
81. I …… that novel at least twice .
A. have read B. read C. reads D. have been
reading
82. What did the farmers do after locusts ………… their crop?
A. damage B. are damaged C. have damaged D. had damaged
83. We……… to Tri An a few times recently.
A. would be B. were C. had been D. have been
84. Sir Thompson always …… funny stories after dinner.
A. said B. has said C. says D. tells
85. When his girlfriend came , he …………….his car.
A. cleaning B. cleans C. is cleaning D. was cleaning
86. John ……………. at the moment , so he can’t answer the phone .
A. works B. is working C. has worked D. will work
87. The river … after last night’s rain.
A. flowed B. flows C. is flowing D. will flow
88. We shall make a trip around the world when the opportunity …….itself to us.
A. will present B. presents C. will have
presented
D. will be presenting

89. The snake ………… one big egg last week.
A. lay B. laid C. led D. laying
90. 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
91. John ……… tennis once a week.
A. usually play B. is usually playing C. usually plays D. have usually
played
92. At 5 o’clock yesterday evening, I …………… my clothes.
A. am ironing B. have ironed C. ironed D. was ironing
93. I ……………. along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me
A. was walking B. walking C. walk D. walked
94. Last year , they ………22 million TV sets.
A. was selling B. had sold C. sold D. has sold
95. At last the bus came.We …….for half an hour.
A. waited B. have waited C. was waiting D. had been waiting
96. Ted and Amy …………… for 24 years.
A. have been
married
B. married C. were married D. hsas been
married
97. Tomorrow I …… my grandparents.
A. am going to visit B. will have visited C. have visited D. visit
98. When their first child was born , they ………. Married for three years.
A. have been
married
B. had beem
married
C. will been
married
D. will have been
married
99. She ……. Very angry when she knows this.

A. shall be B. has been C. will have been D. will be
100. We ………a party last Sarturday. It was gread we invited lost of people.
A. have B. have had C. had D. had had
101. I was sad when I sold my car. I …… it for a very long time.
A. am running B. was running C. had been running D. have been
running
102. ………… a car when they were living in london?
A. Have they B. Did they have C. Were they having D. Have they had
103. Mark was listening to music while his sister ……… a book.
A. read B. reads C. is reading D. was reading
104. You ………. here for my party , won’t you?
A. shall be B. won’t be C. will be D. are going to be
105. It was 10 p.m. Most of the shops ………… just ………
A. have/ closed B. had/ closed C. has closed D. was closing
106. She ……….music all day. Now she feels tired.
A. has been playing B. played C. is playing D. plays
107. After he ……….the house , he wrote a letter.
A. cleans B. was cleaning C. had cleaned D. has cleaned
108. They …………………….me about it last week.
A. was telling B. told C. had told D. would tell
109. My grandfather ………………… many years ago.
A. had died B. has died C. died D. was dying
110. I ……. My son the money for that last week.
A. gave B. given C. have given D. was given
111. Where ……you at 9:00 last night, Mr . Green?
A. have been B. were C. will be D. are
112. I ……………the dishwasher on when heard the shot.
A. am turning B. was turned C. was turning D. turned
113. Tim was tired . He ……….hard all day.
A. has been studying

B. studies C. studied D. had been studied
114. She ………… German for two years.
A. has learnt B. learn C. is learning D. learns
115. …………… you go to the dentist ?
A. How often are B. How often does C. How often do D. How are
116. Nurses ………………. after patients in hospitals.
A. are looking B. look C. looks D. is looking
117. The earth …… round the sun.
A. go B. went C. has gone D. goes
118. I come from Canada. Where ………you…… from ?
A. do/ come B. did/ come C. are/ coming D. have/ come
119. The swimming pool……….at 9 o’clock and ……….at 18:30 every day.
A. opens/ closes B. opens/ closed C. opened/ closed D. opened/ closes
120. Bad driving often……….many accidents.
A. caused B. causes C. has caused D. had caused
121. The Olympic Games …………….every four years.
A. take place B. takes place C. took place D. is taking place
122. What time …………the banks close in Britain ?
A. do B. does C. did D. can
123. Look ! That man………… to open the door of your car.
A. try B. is trying C. tried D. has tried
124. A few days ago, I ……… that Jane ………………for New York.
A. learn/ had left B. learned/ had left C. learned/ has left D. learn/ will leave
125. Both viruses and genes ………made from nucleoproteins
A. are B. is C. were D. has been
126. twenty dollars ………… the price.
A. are B. is C. being D. were
127. Neither Canada nor Mexico …………… that citizens of the United States have
passports.

A. requires B. require C. requiring D. to require
128. The staff ……… in the conference room at the moment.
A. are meeting B. meet C. were meeting D. is meeting
129. Several pets , two dogs and a cat……… to be taken care of while we are away.
A. needs B. need C. needing D. needed
130. Four miles………… on the odometer.
A. have been
recorded
B. has been recorded

C. have recorded D. has recorded
131. The news ……….wholly correct.
A. is B. are C. have been D. wiil been
132Mathematics……………….very interesting to me.
A. are B. is C. were D. have been
133. It has …… a lot this week.
A. rains B. raining C. to rain D. rained
134. Gold , as well as silver, ……… in price.
A. have risen B. has risen C. rise D. are rising
135. He ………to New York three times this years.
A. had been B. was C. is D. has been
136. Each of you ………………a share in the work.
A. have B. has C. having D. to have
137. It ………me two hours to get home because of the traffic jam yesterday.
A. takes B. spends C. took D. spent
138. For the past two years, I ………a lot of things.
A. do B. did C. have done D. doing
139. The light went out while I … dinner.
A. have B. have had C. was having D. am having
140. Mary ………in London for 15 years.

A. lives B. has lived C. is living D. was living
141. While I …… along the road , I saw a friend of mine.
A. had cycled B. have cycled C. cycled D. was cycling
142. Mary …………… me hn hour ago.
A. phoned B. has phoned C. phones D. was phoning
143. The Second World War ……… in 1939.
A. has started B. start C. started D. starts
144. My parents first ………… each other at the Olympic Games in 1982.
A. have met B. meet C. had meet D. met
155. When the storm ………………this area tomorrow , it will bring with it great
destructive force.
A. is going to reach B. reaches C. is reaching D. will reach
156. Because of the bad heath , he ………………smoking last year.
A. has given up B. gave up C. has gave up D. has given
157. Hurry! Everyone ……………….for you.
A. waits B. waited C. is waiting D. was waiting