Present tenses

The Present Tenses :
1. Be quiet! The baby ………………
a. sleeps b. are sleeping c. sleep d.
is sleeping.
2. We seldom ……………… before 6:30.
a. eat b. eats c. is eating d. are
eating.
3. Look! A man ……………… after the train.
a. runs b. runs c. is running
d. are running
4. The sun ……………… in the West.
a. set b. sets c. is setting d.
are setting.
5. It ……………… often hot in Summer.
a. is b. are c. is being d. am
6. I ……………… an exercise on the present tenses at this
moment .
a. am doing b. do c. are doing d.
does.
7. My mother sometimes ……………… vegetables at this
market.
a. buy b. buys c. are buying
d. is buying
8. It ……………… very cold now.
a. is b. are c. is being d. am
9. It ……………… much in summer. It ……………… now.
a. rain/ is raining b. rains/ are raining c. rains/ is raining
d. is raining/ is raining
10. Daisy ……… some food in the kitchen at present. She
always ……………… in the morning.
a. cook/ is cooking b. cooks/ are cooking c. cooks/ is

cooking d. is cooking/cooks
11. How long you ……………… English? For 5 years now.
a. has …. Studied b. have … studied c. has been …
studying d. have … been studying
12. I ……………… for two hours, but she has not come yet.
a. have waited b. has waited c. has been waiting
d. waited.
13. They ……………… in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975.
a. lived b. has lived c. have been living
d. live.
14. She ……………… all the books written by Dickens for 10
years.
a. have read b. has read c. read d.
has been read.
15. He ……………… here since Christmas, I wonder where
he has been living since then.
a. hasn’t been b. hasn’t been being
c. haven’t been d. haven’t been being.
16. Jack has been going to Paris for a holiday. He never
……………… there.
a. has been b. has been being
c. have been d. have been being.
17. You ……………… so far? I have rung the bell for the last
twenty minutes.
a. has …. Slept b. have … been sleeping
c. have sleep d. has …. Been sleeping
18. He ……………… a novel for two years, but he has not
finished it yet.
a. has been writing b. have been writing c. have written
d. has write.

19. Mary has lost her hat and she ……………… for it until
now.
a. have been looking b. has look c. has been looking d.
have looked.
20. I ……………… that film several times because I like it.
a. has seen b. have saw c. has been seeing d.
have seen.
21. Listen! I think someone ……………… at the door.
a. are knocking b. has knocked c. is knocking d.
have knocked.
22. Up to the present, we ……………… almost every lesson
in the book.
a. are writing b. have written c. has written
d. is writing
23. The earth ……………… the sun once every 365 days.
a. circle b. circles c. is circling d. are
circling
24. The farmers ……………… in the field at the moment.
a. is working b. are working c. have worked d.
work
25. How many times you ……………… him since he went to
Edinburgh?
a. do … see b. has … seen c. have … seen d. are
… seeing
26. Rivers usually ……………… to the sea.
a. flow b. is flowing c. have flown
d. has flown.
27. Look! The boy ………………
a. is crying b. are crying c. has cried d.
cries.

28. Do you know that man who often ……………… here?
a. smokes b. smoke c. has smoked d. have
smoked.
29. Mrs Green always ……………… to work by bus.
a. go b. goes c. has gone d. is
going
30. We are from French. We ……………… there for 20 years.
a. has been b. are c. have been d. are
being
31. That house ……………… to Mr. Green.
a. belong b. belongs c. have belonged d. are
belonging
32. Mai ……………… her dictionary lately.
a. lose b. loses c. have lost d.
has lost.
33.I am sorry. I ……………… that girl's name already.
a. forget b. forgets c. has forgot d. have
forgot.
34. I ……………… for the manager for two hours.
a. am waiting b. wait c. has waited
d. have waited
35. You ………………. a lion?
a. Have ….ever seen b. has … ever seen
c. do … ever see d. are ever seeing
The past tenses
1. I ………………. her before.
a. saw b. see c. had seen d.
has seen
2. I ………………. her last year.
a. saw b. see c. had seen d.

has seen
3. Tom …………never in Hanoi.
a. was b. is c. has been d. have
been
4. I ………………. the novel written by Jack London several
times before.
a. read b. reads c. had read d. am
reading
5. What you ………………. yesterday?
a. were … doingb. did …. do c. do you do d.
are … doing
6. You ………………. TV last night?
a. Do …. Watch b. are …. Watching c. did … watch d. did
…. watched
7. She ……………….born in 1980.
a. were b. was c. is d.
has been
8. He ………………. a book since last year.
a. wrote b. writes c. has written d. have
written
9. Mr Green ………………. English in this school since he
…………… from the university in 1986.
a. taught / graduated b. teaches/graduates
c. has taught/graduated d. taught/ has graduated
10. How long you ………………. English?
a. has … learned b. have …. learned
c. is …. learning d. does …. learn.
11. When I ……………… at his house, he still ……………….
a. arrived/was sleeping b. arrived / were sleeping
c. was arriving/ slept d. arrived/ slept

12. The light ……………… out while we ………………
dinner.
a. went/ were having b. went/ were having
c. was going/ had d. went/ had.
13. Bill ……………… breakfast when I ……………… at his
house this morning.
a. had/ was stopping b. had / were stopping
c. was having/ stopped d. had / stopped.
14. As we ……………… the street, we ……………… an
accident.
a. crossed/ was seeing b. crossed/ were seeing
c. were crossing/saw d. crossed/saw.
15. Tom ……………… a serious accident while he
……………… at the bus stop.
a. saw/ was standing b. saw/ were standing
c. was seeing/ stood d. saw/stood.
16. While my father ……………… a newspaper, my sister
………………her homework.
a. read/ was doing b. was reading/ was doing
c. was reading/did d. read/did.
17. The children ……………… football when their mother
……………… back home.
a. played/ was coming b. were playing/came
c. played/ were coming d. played/ came.
18. The bell ……………… while Tom ……………… a bath.
a. rang/ was taking b. rang/ were taking
c. was ringing/ took d. rang/took.
19. I ……………… very tired because I ……………… all day
yesterday.
a. was/ was working b. was/ were working

c. were/ worked d. was/ worked
20. He……………… in a cafe when I ……………… him.
a. sat/ was seeing b. sat/ were seeing
c. was sitting/saw d. sat/saw.
21. They ……………… home after they ……………… their
work.
a. went/ finished b. went/had finished
c. had gone/finished d. have gone/finished
22. She said that she already ……………… Dr. Rice.
a. has seen b. had seen c. saw d. was
seeing
23. When we came to the stadium, the match already
……………….
a. has begun b. had begun c. began d.
was beginning
24. They told me they ……………… such kind of food before.
a. hasn’t eaten b. hadn’t eaten c. ate d.
haven’t eaten.
25. He asked why we ……………… so early.
a. has come b. had come c. came d.
have come
26. After they had gone, I ……………… down.
a. has sat b. had sat c. sat d. have sat
27. Before she ……………… TV, she ………………her
homework.
a. watched/had done b. had watched/did
c. watched/did d. was watching/did
28. After taking a bath, he ……………… to bed.
a. has gone b. had gone c. went d.
have gone.

29. What was he when he ……………… young?
a. has been b. had been c. is d. was
30. It was the first time I ever ……………… such a beautiful
girl.
a. has seen b. had seen c. saw d. have
seen
31. Yesterday John ……………… to the store before he
……………… home.
a. went/had gone b. had gone/went c. went/went
d. went/ was going
32. Our teacher ……………… us yesterday that he
……………… England in 1970.
a. told/ had visited b. had told/ visited c. told/
visited d. told / has visited
33. When John and I got to the theatre, the movie
……………… already.
a. started b. had started c. has started d.
have started
34. Before Alice ……………… to sleep, she ……………… her
family.
a. went/had called b. had gone/ called
c. went/ called d. went/ has called.
35. When the phone ………………, I ……………… dinner.
a. rang/ was having b. rang/ were having
c. was ringing/ had d. rang/had.
36. Daisy ……………… with other members in the last
meeting.
a. has agreed b. agreed c. had agreed d.
was agreeing
37. What you ……………… at 6 p.m. yesterday?

a. did … do b. were …. doing
c. has …. done d. have …. done
38. The little girl asked what ……………… to her ice-cream.
a. has happened b. happened
c. had happened d. have happened.
39. He ……………… in this school before he ………………
for England.
a. taught/ had left b. had taught/ left
c. was teaching/ left d. taught/left.
40. She ……………… the gold medal in 1986.
a. has won b. won c. had won d. have won
The Future tenses
1. We'll go out when the rain ………………
a. stopped b. stops c. stop d. has stopped
2. I ……………… here until he ……………… me.
a. will stay/ answers b. stay/ will answer
c. stay/ answer d. will stay/ will answer
3. Wait until I ……………… you.
a. will catch b. catches c. catch d. caught
4. She ……………… until you ……………… ready.
a. won’t come/are b. doesn’t come/ will be
c. doesn’t come/are d. won’t come/ is
5. Miss Helen ……………… you as soon as she
……………… that letter tomorrow.
a. will help/ finishes b. helps/ will finish
c. will help/ will finish d. help/ finishes
6. After the class ……………… over, ask the teacher about that
sentence.
a. is b. will be c. had been d. would be.
7. I ……………… you before I leave here.

a. will visit b. visit c. had visited d. would visit
8. We ……………… home as soon as we have finished our
work.
a. go b. will go c. went d. would go
9. I ……………… here until you ……………… back
tomorrow.
a. will wait/ come b. wait/ will come c. wait/ come
d. will wait/ will come
10. I ……………… you some postcards as soon as I
……………… in London.
a. will send/ arrive b. send/ will arrive c. will send/ will
arrive d. send / arrive
11. When you ……………… into the office, Mr John
……………… at the front desk.
a. will go/ sits b. go/ will sit c. will go/ will sit
d. go/ sits
12. Our English teacher ……………… that lesson to us
tomorrow.
a. will explain b. explain c. explains d. has
explained
13. We ……………… for you when you ……………… back
tomorrow.
a. will wait/ get b. wait/ will get c. will wait/ will get d. wait/
get
14 What you ……………… at 7p.m next Sunday?
a. will … do b. will …. be doing c. do … do d.
were … doing
15. When I ……………… Mr Pike tomorrow, I ………………
him of that.
a. will see/ remind b. see / will remind

c. will see/ will remind d. see/ remind
16. When you ……………… today, I ……………… at my
desk in Room 12.
a. will come/ work b. come/ will work
c. will come/ will work d. come/work
17. He ……………… on the report at this time tomorrow.
a. will work b. will be working c. work d.
has worked
18. Please wait here until the manager ……………….
a. will return b. will be returning c. return d.
returns
19. Don't leave until you ……………… her.
a. will see b. will be seeing c. see d. sees
20. The Browns ……………… their housework when you
……………… next Sunday.
a. will do/ come b. do/ will come c. will do/ will come d. do/
come.
21. Don't speak until someone ……………… you.
a. will ask b. ask c. will be asking d. asks
22. I ……………… the parcel until I hear from you.
a. won’t send b. don’t send c. am not sending
d. didn’t send
23. By the time you come there, she ……………… a big cake.
a. will make b. make c. makes d. made
24. I'm preparing to support anything he (say) tomorrow.
a. will say b. say c. says d.
said
25. I think he ……………… as soon as he ……………… the
news.
a. will leave/ knows b. leaves/ will know c. leave/ will know

d. leaves/ knows
26. He ……………… you soon.
a. will come and will see b. comes and sees
c. come and see d. come and sees
27. My mother ……………… to stay with us next weekend.
a. come b. comes c. will come d. has
come
28. Where you ……………… your holidays next summer?
a. will ….spend b. spend c. do …. spend d. does …
spend
29. By the end of this year, my father ……………for 40 years.
a. will have been teaching b. will be teaching
c. will teach d. has been teaching