TENSES
I. Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct tense:
1. When the light went out, I ( make)………………….a cake, so I ( have)……………….to finish it in the dark.
2. When he ( return)……………… , I will give him the keys.
3. Jack is trying to give up smorking. He ( not/have)…………………………any cigarette for a week.
4. You ( wear)………………………your new hat when I ( meet)……………………you yesterday on the way
to supermarket.
5. While my son ( play)……………………the piano, my daughter ( learn) …………………….
English through the songs.
6. Yesterday, I (walk)…………………….a long the street when I ( realise)……………….that a man with a
black beard ( follow)……………………….me.
7. Jackson thanked me for what I ( do )………………………….for him.
8. I am sorry. I ( forget)………………………that fellow’s name already.
9. Marry ( look)…………………….no trouble with my English lesson up to now.
10. Michael ( work)……………………thirty – eight hours e week.
11. At present, that author ( write)…………………….a historical novel.
12. The weather generally ( get )………………quite hot in May and June.
13. Fred’s brother( just/graduate)…………………………from Oxford university.
14. You ( ever/be ) to England? - ……………………………………………………?
- Yes, We ( go)………………………….there three years ago.
15. Laura’s mother ( have)…………………….a headache for several hours.
16. Do you think it ( rain)……………………… tomorrow?
17. I am very hungry because I ( not/have)…………………………… breakfast or lunch.
18. By the time I got to Linh’s house, she ( already/ leave)………………………… for work.
19. When we (get)…………………….to the restaurant, we ( find )………………… that nobody had
remembered to reserve a table.
20. I’m going to bed. I ( work )…………………………for hours, and I’m so tired now.
21. “ Good morning! Can I help you?” “ Yes, I ( bring)…………………… my watch to you for repair four
weeks ago. Is it ready yet?”.
22. I wanted to be the first to tell her the news, but I ( be)………………….too late. Someone ( already/ tell)
…………………………………her that news.
23. The girl ( sit)…………………….next to our form – teacher is very clever and beautiful.
24. My uncle ( make)……………………….a speech on Friday.
25. Oh dear! Look out the window. It ( rain )………………………
26. They ( build)………………………a new house in this corner of the street right now.
27. When Mr Google (come)……………………to the party this afternoon, he
( bring)……………………………along some children.
28. How many films you ( see) this month? ?
29. They ( not/come) …………………………home until they ( ses)……………….everything.
30. John ( do )……………………… the test again at the moment because he
( not/pass)……………………………in the first time.
31. An English Speaking contest (hold) at my school next week.
32. What (happen) when they arrives?
33. My mother always (go) to work by bus.
34. I’m very bored. My mother always (complain) about her housework.
35. it (rain) when you (go) out ?
36. At 9.00 last night. Mrs. Green ( wash) the dishes while the children
(play) game.
37. I (talk) about him when suddenly he ( come) in.
38. While I (go) to school yesterday, I (meet) him.
39. When we (have) dinner last night, the lights (go) out
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40. Last night Thao came home, cooked dinner, and ( watch)………………….TV. Then the phone rang. Her
mother didn’t hear the phone. She ( sleep)………………………
II. Rearrange the words or phrases to make meaningful sentences
1. Lan / her free time / fishing / in / goes / never/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. meet / he / three / girlfriend / ago / days / didn’t / his/ .
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. at 7.00 p.m / we / yesterday / watching / were / TV/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. They / Hanoi / tomorrow / go to / will / with me/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. My son / on / is / at the moment / the sofa / lying/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. have/ this film / already / seen / they /.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. stopped / until now / he / not / has / smoking/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. are / Halong Bay / we / going / next / to / summer / visit/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. had / by 1970 / they / moved / to London / their house /.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. sometimes / vegetables / she / at / buys / this market /.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
11. in / at / is / my mother / present / cooking / the kitchen / some food/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
12. arrived / his house / when / he / I / at / sleeping / was / still/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
13. she / she/ all the work / last night / went out / had finished / before / for walking/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
14. to London / by the time / next weekend / she will / I come / have engaged to John/.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
15. have you / learning / been / in this club / how long / English /
…………………………………………………………………………………………………?
III. Choose the best answer:
1. Nam …………………………his homework when I came in.
A. do B.was doing C. is doing D. does
2. Nga has worked in this company ……………………. 6 years.
A. since B.in C.for D. at
3. When I got to the hospital , she _____ in the waiting room.
A. sat B. was sitting C. had sat D. is sitting.
4. Can you tell me how ______ this washing machine ?
A. to operate B. I could operate C. operating D. could I operate
5. John ___ at the moment, so he can’t answer the telephone.
A. works B. is working C. has worked D. will work
6. I ___ my key. Can you help me look for it?
A. lose B. lost C. had lost D. have lost
7. Last week, Dick ___ his right leg.
A. falls and breaks B. fell and breaks C. fell and broke D. falls and broke
8. The moon ___ round the earth.
A. goes B. is going C. will go D. went
9. Last night, Tina ___ in bed when suddenly she heard a scream.
A. read B. was reading C. has read D. had read
10.Ann lives in London. She ___ there for 10 years.
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A. has been living B. is living C. was living D. had been living
11. How many language ___ John speak?
A. do B. does C. did D. will
12. Look! Someone ___ to open your car door.
A. is trying B. has been trying C. are trying D. were trying
13. Since 1981, scientists in the world ___ a lot of things to fight AIDS.
A. had done B. has done C. have done D. did
14. This room is dirty. Someone ___ here.
A. smoked B. has smoked C. had been smoking D. has been smoking
15. Mike ___ one hour ago.
A. phoned B. was phoning C. had phoned D. has phoned
16. I was so embarrassed, I was sure that someone ___ at me.
A. were looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. is looking
17. Paulo has learned English ___ five years.
A. since B. from C. to D. for
18. Oh! I’ve cut my finger. It ___ .
A. bleeds B. is bleeding C. had bleed D. was bleeding
19. When you ___ to England this summer, please visit me.
A. will come B. came C. come D. are coming
20. Families in the Western world ___ very much in the last 100 years.
A. changed B. has changed C. had changed D. have changed
21. It ___ five years since he ___ to study English.
A. was/ begin B. is/ has begun C. will be/ begins D. is/ begun
22. Monica ___ with her sister at the moment until she find a flat.
A. stays B. is staying C. will stay D. is going to stay
23. Laura says she is 17 but I ___ her.
A. don’t believe B. didn’t believe C. won’t believe D. wouldn’t believe
24. When he worked here, Simon ___ mistake.
A. always made B. made always C. was always making D. was making always
25. I___ work when I saw the accident.
A. had driven B. am driving C. drove D. was driving
26. Since he bought a car, he ___ to work everyday.
A. drives B. is driving C. has driven D. has been driving
27. Her husband ___ unemployed since they ___ the countryside.
A. was/ moved B. was/ have moved C. has been/ moved D. has been/ have moved
28. We ___ our evening meal at half past seven yesterday and then we watched a film on TV.
A. was having B. were having C. had D. had had
29. Tim ___ in three movies already. I think he will be a star someday.
A. had appeared B. has appeared C. was appearing D. is appearing
30. Please don’t make so much noise. My son ___.
A. sleeps B. is sleeping C. slept D. has been sleeping
31. When the storm ___ this area tomorrow, it will bring with it great destruction force.
A. is reaching B. will reach C. reaches D. is going to reach
32. While my mother ____ dinner the phone rang.
A. cooked B. had cooked C. has cooked D. was cooking
33. There is nobody in the room but there is a smell of cigarettes. Somebody ___ .
A. has smoked C. has been smoking
B. have been smoking D. had been smoking
34. His answers to our question ___ everything so far.
A. changes B. change C. has changed D. have changed
35. I’ll handle over all my files to my assistant before I ___ .
A. am leaving B. leave C. will leave D. shall leave
36. I saw Maggie at the party. She ___ a very beautiful dress.
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A. wears B. wore C. was wearing D. has wore
37. He ___ in the U.S.A at the present.
A. studies B. has studied C. is studying D. will study
38. The students ___ busily when Miss Brown went to get a book.
A. had written B. were writing C. has written D. was writing
39. Angelina Jolie is a famous actress. She ___ in several films.
A. appears B. is appearing C. appeared D. has appeared
40. I’ll see him when he ___ next week.
A. will arrive B. arrives C. has arrived D. would arrive
41. When the old school friends met, a lot of memories ___ back.
A. had brought B. were brought C. brought D. had been brought
42. She ___ away when he came in.
A. went B. was going C. had gone D. has gone
43. I ___ stamps since I was 10 years old.
A. collected B. had collected C. have collected D. was collecting
44. They ___ TV when the light went out.
A. were watching B. had been watching C. had watched D. watched
45. Spring ___ winter.
A. follows B. is following C. will follow D. followed
46. What time ___ the train leave yesterday?
A. did B. will C. shall D. would
47. ___ you ___ the Titanic yet?
A. Do/ see B. Are/ seeing C. Have/ seen D. Will/ see
48. He ___ for Chelsea this season.
A. played B. is playing C. would play D. has played
49. Jane’s eyes are red. She ___ .
A. cried B. has cried C. has been crying D. had cried
50. Michael ___ a work with Lisa this morning.
A. has B. had C. has had D. had had
51. I________ "Chicken soup for the soul" but I haven’t finished it yet.
a. read b. am reading c. have been reading d. was reading
52. Alan took a photograph of Sandra while she________
a. didn't look b. wasn't looking c. hasn't looked d hadn't looked
53. I ________ my key. Can you help me look for it?
a. lose b. lost c. had lost d. have lost
54. Last night Tine________ in bed when suddenly she heard a scream.
a. read b. was reading c. had read d. had read
55. We________ a part next week. Would you like to come?
a. have b. will have c. are having d. will have had
56. The Red River________ very fast today-much faster than yesterday.
a. flows b. is flowing c. will flow d. is going to flow
57. While mother________ dinner the phone rang.
a. cooked b. had cooked c. has cooked d. was cooking
58. Fish________ on earth for ages and ages.
a. existed b. are existing c. exist d. have existed
59. The phone________ constantly since Jack won the first prize this morning.
a. has been ringing b. rang c. had rung d. had been ringing
60. The earth________ on the sun for its heat and light.
a. is depend b. depending c. has depend d. depends
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61. I don't feel good. I ________ home from work tomorrow.
a. am staying b. stay c. will have stayed d. stayed
62. In the last two decades, space exploration___great contributions to weather forecasting.
a. is making b. has made c. made d. makes
63. On July 20, 1969, 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
64. When boarding the plane, many passengers were annoyed because they ________ waiting in the airport for
three ad a half hours.
a. are b. were c. have been d. had been
65. By the end of this year, Tom ________English for three years.
a. will be studying b. has studied c. will have studied d. has been studying
66. They ________ this course by next June.
a. have finished b. will finish c. are going to finish d. will have finished
67. She will go abroad as soon as she________ this English course.
a. has completed b. will complete c. will have completed d. completed
68. I / have/ wonderful time/ Da Lat/ moment
A. I was having a wonderful time in Da Lat in the moment.
B. I am having a wonderful time in Da Lat at the moment.
C. I had a wonderful time in Da Lat at the moment.
D. I am having a wonderful time at Da Lat in the moment.
69. I / already / visit / Xuan Huong Lake / Prenn Waterfall/ places of interest.
A. I have already visit Xuan Huong Lake, Prenn Waterfall and some places of interest.
B. I have already visited Xuan Huong Lake, Prenn Waterfall and some places of interest.
C. I was already visiting Xuan Huong Lake, Prenn Waterfall and some places of interest.
D. I am already visiting Xuan Huong Lake, Prenn Waterfall and some places of interest. 70. Last night/
I / visit/ Da Lat market / buy / lot/ souvernirs .
A. Last night I visit Da Lat market and buy lots of souvernirs.
B. Last night I was visiting Da Lat market and buying lots of souvenirs.
C. Last night I visited Da Lat market and bought a lot of souvenirs.
D. Last night I have visited Da Lat market and bought a lot of souvenirs.
TENSE EXERCISE
Exercise 1. Choose the most correct answer:
1. I _______this film twice.
A. see B. saw C. will see D. have seen
2. –Peter, please help me do the washing up. – Sorry, Mum. I ____TV.
A. watch B. am watching C. had watched D. watched
3. The farmers _____ in the field now.
A. were working B. have worked C. worked D. are working
4. The war _____ out three years ago.
A. broke B. had broken C. has broken D. was breaking
5. He ______ a cup of coffee every morning.
A. drinks B. drank C. is drinking D. has drunk
6. She ______ a lot of new books.
A. had just bought B. has just bought C. buys D. bought
7. Up to the present, Nam_____ good work in his class.
A. does B. has done C. had done D. did
8. At present, that author ______ a historical novel.
A. is writing B. was writing C. has written D. had written
9. By next month, I _____ my first novel.
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A. will finish B. am going to finish C. finish D. will have finished
10. Phong ______ at the university so far.
A. had worked B. was working C. worked D. has worked
11. How long _____ able to drive? – since 1990.
A. could you B. have you been C. were you D. are you
12. They ______ since eight o’clock.
A. are talking B. have been talking C. talked D. talk
13. My brother _______ in the army from 1990 to 1995.
A. served B. has served C. had served D. is serving
14. At this moment, I _____ that we have a good chance of victory.
A. was feeling B. am feeling C. feel D. had been feeling
15. I _____ the money from him yet.
A. haven’t received B. don’t receive
C. will receive D. am receiving
16. This is the most interesting book _____ .
A. I’ve read B. I had read C. I’ve ever readed D. I’ve ever read
17. I ____ him ten days ago.
A. see B. saw C. have seen D. will see
18. It ______ a long time since I last saw him.
A. is B. was C. will be D. had been
19. She _____ so hard this week that she doesn’t have time to go to the hairdresser’s.
A. works B. worked C. has been working D. had worked
20. Mr. John_______ to Los Angeles in 1992.
A. had gone B. has gone C. went D. was going
21. What ______ to you yesterday?
A. happened B. did happen C. had happened D. has happened
22. I never go to Australia. I _____ to Australia yet.
A. will go B. went C. haven’t been D. have been
23. What _____ do at 7:00 tomorrow morning.
A. will you B. shall you C. were you D. did you
24. Why ______ you come yesterday?
A. couldn’t B. can’t C. didn’t D. A and C
25. My mother ______ in this factory since 1990
A. works B. worked C. has worked D. had worked
26. I _____ my hair before breakfast this morning.
A. washed B. had washed C. was washing D. have washed
27. I _____ about him when he suddenly came in.
A. talk B. talked C. am talking D. was talking
28. He will finish this work before you _______ here tomorrow.
A. leave B. will leave C. would leave D. are going to leave
29. Don’t make noise. My mother ______ with her friends.
A. is talking B. was talking C. talks D. talked
30. He _____ in this office for ten years by next Monday. A. will have been working
B. would be working C. will work D. will be working
31. No sooner _____ the office than the telephone rang.
A. was he leaving B. he was leaving C. he had left D. had he left
32. George______ this movie three times.
A. sees B. has seen C. saw D. had seen
33. Food, air and clothes _______ necessary for life.
A. was B. were C. is D. are
34. He ______ a visit to Halong Bay in 1995.
A. had paid B. paid C. has paid D. pays
35. This morning while I ______ for the bus, the rain stopped.
A. waited B. have waited C. had waited D. was waiting
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36. What _____ during the last few weeks.
A. did you do B. had you been doing
C. have you been doing D. were you doing
37. Up to now, the teacher _______ our class five tests.
A. gives B. is giving C. has given D. had given
38. The students _____ English now.
A. study B. are studying C. will study D. have studied
39. I don’t feel good. I _____ work tomorrow.
A. won’t be going B. won’t go to C. don’t go D. went
40. He is tired because he ____ all day.
A. had worked B. has worked C. worked D. works
41. _____ at home tonight?
A. are you staying B. do you stay
C. were you staying D. did you stay
42. We _____ in this house for ten years.
A. are living B. were living C. had lived D. have lived
43. She ____ in the departure lounge for a long time.
A. is waiting B. was waiting C. waits D. has waited
44. I ______ my driving test on Friday.
A. have passed B. had passed C. passed D. was passing
45. I ______ a vegetarian since 1998.
A. am B. was C. have been D. had been
46. When _____ she was sorry?
A. did Jane say B. had Jane said
C. has Jane said D. was Jane saying
47. The motorway ____ in 1986.
A. finished B. was finished C. has finished D. finishes
48. I hope you _____ more carefully in the future.
A. write B. will write C. would write D. wrote
49. She _____ English before she came to England.
A. studied B. had studied C. would study D. studies
50. We usually go ______ after work.
A. to fishing B. fished C. fishing D. fish
51. She’ll be a millionaire by the time she _____ forty.
A. was B. is C. will be D. is going to be
52. I’ve been waiting for my friends. I wonder if they_____ their way.
A. will lose B. would lose C. had lost D. have lost
53. He said everything _____ all right.
A. is B. will be C. can be D. would be
54. It is raining now. it began raining two hours ago. It __ for two hours.
A. has rained B. had rained C. is raining D. has been raining
55. He ____ his job last month and since then he ______ out of work.
A. has lost/ is B. had lost/ was C. lost / has been D. lost/ had been
56. At this time tomorrow, my father ____ in London.
A. is arrivingB. has arrived C. will be arrivingD. would arrive
57. In a few hours, we ______ the test, and we’ll go home and rest.
A. have finished B. are finishingC. will be finishingD. will have finished
58. People ____ English and French in Canada.
A. speak B. have spoken C. had spoken D. are speaking
59. The car isn’t here today because Dick ______ it.
A. uses B. used C. is using D. has used
60. “When did you come here?” “I ____ here since last Sunday.”
A. have been B. had been C. was D. am
61. Mr. Harry ______ in the army from 1980 to 1985
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A. had served B. has served C. is serving D. served
62. At first you should ____ slowly for a short distance.
A. jog B. to jog C. jogging D. jogged
63. We began to jog____.
A. before three year B. three years ago
C. three years past D. the past three years
64. The baby_____. Don’t make so much noise.
A. sleep B. sleeps C. slept D. is sleeping
65. Peter said that he _____ that film before.
A. didn’t see B. had not ever seen
C. will not see D. has not ever seen
Exercise 2
Choose the most correct answer:
1. He said that he a lot of money on advertising to expand his business.
A. spends B. has spent C. spending D. had spent
2. The train _____ when we got to the station.
A. just left B. just leaves C. had just left D. will leave
3. Tom told me he _____ call me at the airport when I ______.
A. would/ arrived B. will/ arrive
C. will have/ arriving D. would be/ arriving
4. At this time tomorrow, we ____ our final exam.
A. will have taking B. will be taking
C. will be taken D. would take
5. ____ before? – Yes, I ____ my holidays here last year.
A. have you ever been / spent B. have you ever been / spend
C. Did you ever be / spending D. were you ever / spend
6. ______ I was working in the garden, John was repairing the washing machine.
A. as soon as B. because of C. while D. until
7. Peter said he _____ a test the following day.
A. had had B. will have C. has had D. would have
8. After she _____ at the hospital for 2 years, she_____ to give up the job yesterday.
A. had been working/ decides B. had been working/ decided
C. working / had decided D. is working/ will decide
9. Tom _____ before we arrive there.
A. has left B. had left C. will leave D. leaves
10. In 1970, the Canadian scientist George Kelly ______ that warm water _____ more quickly than cold
water.
A. prove/freeze B. proves / breezed
C. proving / freezing D. proved/freezes
11. After we _____ our work, we ____ for lunch.
A. having finish/ went B. have finished/ went
C. had finished/went D. having finish/ going
12. After _____ Tom was apprenticed to learn a trade.
A. leave B. leaves C. left D. leaving
13. They were in a hurry because they thought that the class _____.
A. had already begun B. have already begun
C. was begun D. will begin
14. – Why have they demolished that old building? – They ____ a new supermarket there.
A. would be built B. were building C. are going to build D. had built
15. When I’m learning English, sometimes I ____ the accent.
A. will be confused about B. was confused about
C. had be confused about D. am confused about
16. After he _____ his English course, he went to England to continue his study .
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A. will have finished B. has finished
C. had finished D. will finish
17. They ____ a lot of preparation before the match started.
A. has made B. had made C. will be made D. are making
18. I____ in the US for one year, but I still find it difficult to communicate with the American.
A. am B. was C. have been D. had been
19. American women may ____ conversations with men or even ___ them to dance.
A. to start/ to ask B. started/ asked
C. starting / asking D. start/ ask
20. After ______ the doctor found that he ____ his arm.
A. to examine/ breaks B. to examine/ broke
C. examining/ broken D. examining/had broken
21. As soon as she arrived in London, she found that the English people spoke English differently from what
she _____.
A. will learn B. is learning C. has been learning D. had learnt
22. How____ since we____ school?
A. are you/ left B. will you be / left
C. have you been/ had left D. have you been/ left
23. Before cars_______ , people ____ horses and bicycles.
A. were discovered/ had used B. discovering/ use
C. have been discovered / have been using D. is discovered/ using
24. Don’t go anywhere until I _____ back.
A. come B. will come C. have come D. came
25. I _____ the book by the time you come tonight.
A. will be finishing B. will have finished
C. have finishing D. finished
26. Who ______ when I came ?
A. were you talking to B. are you talking to C. you were talking to
D. you are talking to
27. Please send us a postcard as soon as you _______in London.
A. will arrive B. is going to arrive
C. arrive D. arrived
28. I will give you this book ______ I met you tomorrow.
A. when B. until C. since D. for
29. Jane _____ her house all the morning before the guest arrived.
A. had been cleaning B. was cleaning
C. has been cleaning D. is cleaning
30. We ______ for going home when it began to rain.
A. are preparing B. were preparing
C. will be preparing D. have prepared
31. Tom said everything ______ ready when the match ______.
A. will be/ started B. would be/ started C. is / started D. will be/ starts
32. I _____ in the waiting room when I heard someone_____ me.
A. am sitting/ to call B. was sitting/ call C. am sitting/ called D. have sat / called
33. At 10 o’clock tomorrow morning, we_____ our final test.
A. has been taking B. will be taking
C. will take D. would be taking
34. Our grandfather____ as an engineer for 30 years be fore he retired in 1980.
A. had been working B. was working
C. has been working D. worked
35. Up to now, the pollution problems yet.
A. will not have solved B. are not solving
C. hadn’t solved D. haven’t solved
36. Miss Hoa always takes her umbrella when she _____ to school.
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A. has gone B. goes C. is going D. will go
37. Never talk to the driver while he ______.
A. will be driving B. will drive C. drives D. is driving
38. I’ll tell you it is good or not after I ____it.
A. try B. am trying C. have tried D. will try
39. I’ll marry her as soon as she _____ all her problems.
A. solves B. has solved C. had solved D. solve
40. I bought Romano whenever I ____ Maximart.
A. had gone B. has gone C. went D. would go
41. My son was sleeping when I ______ home.
A. went B. has gone C. had gone D. would go
42. I was compiling this book while my son ____.
A. slept B. would sleep C. had slept D. was sleeping
43. Lan has learnt English since she ____ a small girl.
A. has been B. had been C. was D. would be
44. She won’t get married until she _____ 25 years old.
A. is B. will be C. had been D. was
45. After ______ , he went to bed.
A. had done his homework B. have done his homework
C. being done his homework D. doing his homework
46. Yesterday when I _____ at the station, the train _______ for 15 minutes.
A. arrived/ had left B. arrives/ has left
C. arrived/ left D. had arrived/ left
47. When we _____ there ; people ______ calmly.
A. got/ are waiting B. got/ were waiting
C. got/ waited D. get/ wait
48. While I ____ in the street, I saw my old friend.
A. was walking B. am walking C. walk D. walked
49. What do you think the children _____ when we get home?
A. would do B. do C. were doing D. are doing
50. I’ll read the book when I _____ time.
A. have B. had C. will have D. would have
51. The house was quiet when I _____ home. Everyone _____ to bed.
A. was getting/ was going B. got/ had gone
C. had got / went D. got/ went
52. I ______ her since I _____ a student.
A. know/ am B. knew/ was C. have known/ am D. have known/ was
53. While I was going to school yesterday, I ____ him.
A. meet B. met C. will meet D. am meeting
54. Alice _____ for Washington as soon as she had finished her exam.
A. will leave B. would leave C. leaves D. left
55. He died after he ______ ill for a long time.
A. was B. had been C. has been D. is
56. I _______ home until I finish my lesson.
A. haven’t come B. don’t come C. didn’t come D. won’t come
57. The manager ______ the store before I arrived.
A. closed B. had closed C. has closed D. was closing
58. When the alarm rang, Hai ______ out of bed quickly.
A. was jumping B. has jumped C. had jumped D. jumped
59. When we see Mr. Minh tomorrow, I ____ him of that.
A. will remind B. remind C. have reminded D. reminded
60. I’ll wait until you ____crying.
A. have stopped B. will stop C. stop D. stopped
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Exercise 3: Find ONE mistake in each of the following sentences:
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)has got married (B)for 30 years (C)by the end of (D)this month.
6. They (A)will help you (B)whenever you (C)will ask (D)them.
7. (A)When Sam (B)will arrive, he will (C)open (D)the gift.
8. My father (A)has ever told (B)me honesty
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(C)was (D)the best policy.
9. Did you say (A)that you (B)will have a lot of things (C)to do the (D)following week?
10. (A)When we arrived (B)at (C)the station, the train (D)has already left.
11. (A)Did your doctor (B)recommend you that you (C)will stop (D)smoking?
12. (A) Up to now, there (B)had been (C)no woman (D)being chosen the US president.
13. The neighbors (A)are having a party. They (B)are making so much noise (C)since 6 o’clock. I (D)can’t
sleep.
14. (A)Don’t (B)leave the house (C)until I (D)will get back.
15. I (A)was walking along the pavement(B)
when I (C)realized that there (D)has been a man following me.
16. Human (A)had struggled (B)against weeds (C)since the beginning (D)of agriculture.
17. Mary (A)said (B)that she (C)do jogging (D)every morning.
18. (A)At this time (B)next week, Peter (C)was working (D)in London.
19. Never I (A)have seen (B)such a (C)good film (D)before.
20. (A)Before the 1920s, (B)no women (C)will vote (D)in the US.
21. Some students have always (A)complain that they (B)do not have (C)enough money (D)to spend.
22. The teacher (A)got (B)angry with him (C)because he sometimes (D)come to class late.
23. (A)Up to now, there (B)had been (C)no woman (D)being chosen the US president.
24. The mother (A)had always took (B)good care (C)of her (D)little son.
25. An American woman (A)not always (B)shake hands (C)when she is introduced (D)to a man.
26. Peter (A)has been written the composition (B)for 3 hours and he (C)has not finished (D)yet.
27. We (A)were a few minute late (B)so the film (C)was already started when we (D)got to the cinema.
28. (A)By the time (B)the police (C)come, the robber (D)had run away.
29. Why (A)didn’t Peter (B)go to school? What (C)did happened (D)to him?
30. I (A)was listening (B)to the radio (C)when the door bell (D)will ring.
31. Why (A)are you so late? I (B)am waiting here (C)for you for more (D)than one hour
32. Phuc never (A)go to bed (B)before he (C)has finished his (D)homework.
33. I (A)have learnt English (B)for I (C)was ten (D)years old.
34. Yesterday evening (A)while I (B)was watching TV, Mai (C)pays me (D)a visit.
35. We (A)went out (B)for a walk (C)after we (D)had our dinner.
36. (A)As soon as (B)the next lecture (C)will end, (D)let’s leave.
37. Mr. Ba (A)had a daughter who (B)were born in 1950, but (C)who died a few years (D)later.
38. (A)After they (B)were playing cards, (C)someone broke (D)into the house.
39. A (A)city university professor reported that he (B)discovers a vaccine (C)which could (D)prevent bird flu.
40.Factories discard waste that (A)had (B)polluted air and water, but factories (C)give us (D)employment.
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Unit 1: HOME LIFE
PAUL: So, Andrea, you’re going home for the holiday?
ANDREA: I am sure. I’ve booked a flight for tomorrow afternoon and I can’t wait.
PAUL: That’s sounds great.
ANDREA: What about you? Going home too?
PAUL: I haven’t decided yet. I’m still considering …
ANDREA: Haven’t decided yet? Oh, you are never going to get a flight out of here. All the seats have been reserved
by now I’m sure. It’s the holiday season, after all.
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PAUL: Well, it’s not very important to me. My family lives about 180 kms from here. I usually take the train or the
coach.
ANDREA: You don’t sound excited about it.
PAUL: Well, we are not really a very close-knit family. I have three brothers, and they’ve spread out all over the
place. We rarely get together as a family any more.
ANDREA: Well, try to get home as soon as possible. We’re a big family – there are six of us – children – so it’s
always a lot of fun.
PAUL: Six kids?
ANDREA: Yes. And we’re really close. My brothers are married, so it makes for a very crowded home over the
holiday. And there are too many people to cook for, so we end up going out to dinner a lot. That’s also fun.
PAUL: Well, at my home, my mother loves to cook, so when we get home she often cooks big meals. We have
leftovers for days.
Unit 2: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
TOURIST: Can you tell me about wedding ceremonies in VN?
TOURIST GUIDE: Well, wedding is very important to the Vietnamese, not only to the couple involved, but also for
the both families. The wedding day is usually chosen carefully by the groom’s parents.
TOURIST: What does the groom’s family usually do on the wedding day?
TOURIST GUIDE: On the wedding day, the groom’s family and relatives go to the bride’s house bringing gifts
wrapped in red paper. The people who hold the trays of gifts are also carefully chosen.
TOURIST: Do you have someone in charge of the ceremony? And what does he do during the wedding ceremony?
TOURIST GUIDE: Yes, we have Master of Ceremonies who introduces the groom, the bride, the parents, the
relatives and guests of the two families. The wedding ceremony starts in front of the altar. The bride and the groom
would pray, asking their ancestors’ permission to get married. The Master of Ceremonies gives the wedding couple
advice on starting a new family. The groom and the bride then exchange their wedding rings.
TOURIST: Where is the wedding banquet held?
TOURIST GUIDE: Well, it depends. Often the wedding banquet is held at the groom and bride’s home or at the
hotel or a restaurant and all close relatives, friends, and neighbours are invited.
TOURIST: What kind of food and drinks are served?
TOURIST GUIDE: Traditional food and beer or vine are served. During the reception, the groom, bride, and their
parents stop by each table to thank their guests. The guests in return, will give envelopes containing wedding cards
and money to the newly wedded couples along with their blessing.
TOURIST: Oh. That’s very interesting. Thank you.
TOURIST GUIDE: You’re welcome!
Unit 3: WAYS OF SOCIALISING
The Telephone – Potential Family Battleground
Hello, everyone. In today’s talk I’m going to give you some pieces of advice on how to use the telephone in the most
decent way so as to avoid unnecessary disagreements between you and members of your family.
The telephone, as you know, is a marvelous instrument, but it may cause arguments between you and your parents –
arguments that could be easily avoided if you would sit down, talk it over, and agree to a few simple regulations.
The most obvious problem, of course, is what everyone considers a reasonable length of time for a call. The exact
duration must be worked out with your parents, but ten minutes should be an absolute maximum. That’s certainly
long enough to say almost anything in five different ways, and yet it isn’t so long that other members of the family
will become angry. Even when your parents are out, the length of your call should be limited, because they, or
someone else, may be trying to reach your home for a very important reason.
Calling hours should be agreed upon. If your parents object to your leaving the dinner table to take calls, tell your
friends to avoid calling that hour; if someone does phone, ask him to call back, or offer to call him when dinner’s
over.
A serious calling problem is calling very late at night, or very early in the morning. This particular mistake is made
mostly by young people who consider 10 or 11 p.m., when a lot of tired adults are happily sleeping, the shank of the
evening. So please tell your friends not to call after ten o’clock. The shock of waking out of a sound sleep and the
fright of that instant thought – “There’s an accident” - are enough to give your parents a heart attack. Weekend
morning calls aren’t startling, but it’s the one time your parents can sleep late.
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If your mother and father out of kindness, have installed a separate phone for you, remember that you’re still a
member of a family. So try to stick to your family’s regulations.
That’s all for my talk today. Thank you for listening.
Unit 4: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
JENNY: Look, these questions about how you got on at school. Shall we just go through them?
GAVIN: Yes, let’s.
JENNY: Oh, so, did you always work very hard?
GAVIN: Well I certainly worked pretty hard at the subjects I enjoyed. Yes, I did. What about you?
JENNY: Yes, I did actually, I think I worked very hard, yeah. Now let’s come to the next question.
GAVIN: Did, yeah, did you always listen carefully to your teachers?
JENNY: No I don’t think I did. No, I think I was quite disruptive, actually. What about you?
GAVIN: Well I think I did listen to the teachers certainly when I got to the level where I was doing the subjects I
enjoyed.
JENNY: Yeah, OK, the next question is, did you always behave well?
GAVIN: I don’t think I always behaved well. I was, a bit, er, a bit of a tearaway.
JENNY: Um. Well, I think I was pretty well-behaved on the whole, so I’d say yes, yeah.
GAVIN: Good for you! Did you pass your exams easily?
JENNY: No I can’t say I did, no, I, I found them quite a struggle, actually. What about you?
GAVIN: I didn’t pass them that easily, though I worked hard I found it very difficult to answer all that long
questions in a short time.
JENNY: Yeah, yeah, exactly. What about this one, then? Did you always write slowly and carefully?
GAVIN: Quite slowly. Essays took a long time to write and I suppose I took a bit of care, yes.
JENNY: Yes, I agreed. I was also, I was very careful and erm, yeah, yeah I was quite methodical.
GAVIN: And did you think your school days were the best days of your life?
JENNY: Um, no, no I can’t say they were. What about you?
GAVIN: No, I went away to a boarding school when I was quite young and I didn’t like that. No, they weren’t the
best days of my life.
Unit 5: HIGHER EDUCATION
JOHN: Now, David, can I get this right: You’ve just completed a Msc course on which a large proportion of the
students were international students? Is that right?
DAVID: That’s it. Yes, I was in AERD – that’s the department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development.
JOHN: And how do you think the students from the other countries got along on that course?
DAVID: Pretty well.
JOHN: What advice would you give to students, particularly international students, based on your experience as a
student here?
DAVID: I think the most basic thing is to make use, full use, of the tutors and lecturers. Maybe some of the overseas
students are a bit shy to take questions or problems to tutors.
JOHN: What do you think they should do?
DAVID: I think they should find out at the beginning of the course the times at which the tutor is going to be
available for tutorial appointments, and then make full use of them.
JOHN: So, any problems, they should tell the tutor as soon as possible? Let’s move on, what about the amount of
reading that you have to do as a university student?
DAVID: Yes! It looks pretty daunting at first, with those long reading lists. Don’t think that students have to read
everything that’s listed. Try to find out which are the most important items on the list – ask the lecturer or tutor if
necessary, and then, if your time is limited, spend it reading those books thoroughly.
JOHN: OK, that’s very helpful, David. Thank you very much.
DAVID: No, not at all.
Unit 6: FUTURE JOBS
Let’s look at some of the recent changes in the US job market and see if we can make some predictions for future
jobs.
A good way to begin is to look at the American workforce and how it is changing. The most important change has
been the shift from manufacturing jobs to service jobs.
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Manufacturing jobs are jobs in which people make something or produce things. For example, people produce cars.
Service jobs are those in which workers provide services, or we may say, they do something, like washing people’s
cars. Generally, service jobs are grouped into five categories:
One: Transportation companies.
Two: Wholesale companies.
Three: Retail companies.
Four: Finance companies.
Five: Personal services, such as hotels, cars repair, accounting, education and medicine.
Now the point here is that people have change from manufacturing jobs to service jobs. For example, 100 years ago,
80% of workers produced goods, today only 30% do. Economists predict by the year 2020, nine out of every ten
workers will work in service jobs.
Unit 7: ECONOMIC REFORMS
The inhabitants of Tango, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, discovered a plant which contained a powerful drug.
They grew the plant all over the island and they took the drug every day. This made it more difficult for them to
think rationally - it stopped them worrying about the future and enabled them to forget all their problems. At the
same time, it made it much easier for them to relax and enjoy themselves. And because of the drug, the whole
population of the island stopped working and spent all their time singing and dancing and looking at the sea.
Unfortunately this had very bad effects on the country's economy. The workers and farmers became lazy, the
children didn't want to go to school and the whole population began to run short of food. This, however, didn't
discourage people from taking the drug. The Prime Minister made speeches on the TV warning them about the drug,
but nobody took any notice, and before long the economy of the country was in ruins. This forced the Government to
take measures. They introduced a law to make the drug illegal. But that only made the situation worse. The law
couldn't prevent the people from taking the drug. On the contrary, the fact that the drug was illegal encouraged
people to take it more. They put the drug-takers into prison. But this did not have any effect, there were not enough
prisons for them. Eventually, the Government found a solution: they exported the drug to other countries. This saved
the islanders from having to work more than one day a week and allowed them to spend the rest of their time sitting
in the sun without any care in the world.
Unit 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE
Interviewer: Many scientists predict that in the 21st century people will be living into the incredible age of 130.
What do you think about this?
Dr. Davis: Well, I quite agree with them. They have reasons to be confident about that.
Interviewer: What are the reasons?
Dr. Davis: In fact, their prediction is based on research and on the fact that the centenarian population is
mushrooming as our general health improves.
Interviewer: Can you explain this further?
Dr. Davis: A century ago average life expectancy in Europe was 45. Today, providing we look after ourselves, eat
more healthily, cut down on things like butter, alcohol and cigarettes, we can add nearly 35 years to that figure.
Interviewer: So these are the factors that help people live longer?
Dr. Davis: Yes. But the most important factor is the development in medical science.
Interviewer: What do you mean?
Dr. Davis: Nobody dies from old age, just from diseases that affect people when they get older.
Interviewer: So scientists are trying to find cures for fatal diseases like cancer and Aids?
Dr. Davis: Right. Nowadays, about 50% of cancers are curable, and I really believe that within 30 years this will
increase to 80%. And in ten years' time Aids will also be brought under control, too.
Interviewer: That sounds interesting. What about living forever?
Dr. Davis: So far, eternal life is just science fiction. But with the advance of science, it's not impossible.
Unit 9: DESERTS
Hello everyone. In today's talk, I'm going to tell you something about deserts, what they are and how they are
formed.
A desert is a hot, dry, sandy place. A desert is also a beautiful land of silence and space. The sun shines, the wind
blows, and time and space seem endless. Nothing is soft. The sand and the rocks are hard, and many of the plants,
such as the cactus, have hard needles instead of leaves.
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The size and location of the world's deserts are always changing. Over millions of years, as climates change and
mountains rise, new dry and wet areas develop. But within the last 100 years, deserts have been growing at a
frightening speed. This is partly because of natural changes, but the greatest desert makers are humans.
In the 19th century some people living in English colonies in Australia got rabbits from England. Today there are
millions of rabbits in Australia, and they eat every plant they can find. The great desert that covers the centre of
Australia is growing.
Farming first began in the Tigris-Euphrates, but today the land there is a desert. In dry areas, people can plant crops
on dry and poor land. When there are one or two very dry years, the plants die, and the land becomes desert.
In developing countries, 90 percent of the people use wood for cooking and heat. They cut down trees for firewood.
But trees are important. They cool the land under them and keep the sun off smaller plants. When leaves fall from a
tree, they make the land richer. When the trees are gone, the smaller plants die, and the land becomes desert.
Humans can make deserts, but humans can also prevent their growth. Algeria planted a green wall of trees across the
edge of the Sahara to stop the desert sand from spreading. Mauritania planted a similar wall around its capital. Iran
puts a thin covering of petroleum on sandy areas and plant trees. Other countries build long canals to bring water to
the desert areas.
Well, that's all for my talk. Thank you for listening.
Unit 10: ENDANGERED SPECIES
For a long time the image most people had of a gorilla was a dangerous-looking animal with big, bared teeth. But
researchers studying gorillas show a very different picture of mountain gorillas. The animals are peaceful, gentle,
sociable, and mainly plant-eating creatures.
Gorillas live in family groups. A typical group is led by the biggest and strongest grown-up male gorilla. He is called
a silverback because the hair on a male's back turns from black to silvery grey as he grows up. A silverback's group
usually includes one or two sub-adult males and a few females and their young.
Mountain gorillas spend much of their time eating. Their food includes a variety of plants, along with a few kinds of
insects and worms. At night the animals make a nest to sleep in. Many lightweight gorillas nest in trees. The heavier
ones may nest in grasses on the ground. Babies sleep with their mothers at night.
Life for mountain gorillas is not always peaceful. They are endangered and threatened by civil wars in the smaller
parts of Africa. Hunters kill them for food. Their forests are cut down for farmland, fuel, and housing. But many
scientists, forest rangers and other concerned people are working hard to protect mountain gorillas and their habitats.
Unit 11: BOOKS
I recently read The Incredible Journey by Sheila Bumford, a book about three animal friends who travel across the
Canadian wilderness looking for their owners. It is a fascinating story that describes some of the incredible things
animals can do.
When a Canadian family goes to England for a long trip, they leave their three pets with a friend who lives 300 miles
away. Though well treated by the friend, the pets miss their family. One day, they are able to leave the friend's house
unnoticed and begin the long journey to find their owners. The central theme of the book, a problem the animals
must resolve, is how to survive life in the wilderness in order to arrive home. They never could have completed the
journey alone, but they take care of one another, and all the three make it and are reunited with their owners.
Each animal has a distinct personality, but they care for one another almost as if they were a family. The most
impressive of them is the old dog. The journey was the most difficult for him, hut amazingly he found the strength to
make it.
The author didn't try to turn the animals into people, speaking and acting like humans. Instead she was faithful to her
characters as animals and showed us their journey through animal eyes. That made the book interesting and
unbelievable.
I would recommend the book to anyone who likes animals. I think that anyone who has ever had a pet or wanted one
would enjoy it.
Typed by Le Ngoc Thach, Thong Linh High School.
Unit 12: WATER SPORTS
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
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The great Australian swimmer, Annette Kellerman, student at the University of Wisconsin, planted the first seed of
what was to become synchronized swimming when she performed a water ballet in a glass tank in New York in
1907.
Katherine Curtis, an American woman, was very inspired by the new water sport. So she tried to get synchronized
swimming added to the physical education programme for female students. In 1923 she founded a water ballet club
at the University of Chicago and sixty swimmers of the club attracted national and international publicity.
The sport quickly became popular among young women in Chicago. Curtis developed the competition rules, based
essentially on the scoring methods used in gymnastics and diving.
The first recorded competition was held on May 27, 1939, between Chicago Teacher's College coached by Curtis
and Wright Junior College of Illinois.
Shortly afterwards, the Central Association of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) staged the first multi-team
competition on March 1, 1940. The following year, the AAU officially accepted synchronized swimming as a
competitive sport for team events. In 1946 the first formal national championships were conducted by the AAU.
Synchronized swimming became an Olympic event at the Los Angeles Games in 1984.
Unit 13: THE 22nd SEA GAMES
The first newspaper article:
Only Amnat won a gold in the Southeast Asian Games Pole Vaulting yesterday. Nobody else could clear the bar.
While he was the only one who stood alone on the podium, Amnat was among the Thai athletes who won 10 gold
medals in early events yesterday. He won the gold in the Pole Vaulting Final after clearing 4.80 m. Meanwhile four
other pole-vaulters missed their attempts at the heights ranging from 4.40m to 4.80m. Amnat has proved a lonely
winner in this event, but his points were still below the SEA Games record of 5.05m.
The second newspaper article:
The Vietnamese Milk Company (Vinamilk) has offered jobs to the 27 members of Vietnam's Women's Football
Team after they won the Games' second title. Perhaps they are going to be milkmaids when they retire. It is not an
odd proposal because the majority of the footballers will become unemployed when the Games are over. And they
now have to struggle to make ends meet Vinamilk has promised to train their new employees as soon as the deal is
signed. The goalkeeper of Vietnam's Women's Football Team is dreaming to run a café after doctors have said her
injuries would stop her from playing ever again. At the moment, she is short of money, so the Vinamilk offer looks
tempting to her.
Unit 14: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
In 1945 leaders from 51 countries met in San Francisco, California and organised the United Nations (often called
the UN). World War II had just ended. Millions of people had died and there was destruction everywhere.
People hoped they could build a future of world peace through this new organisation.
The United Nations has four main goals and purposes:
1. To work together for international peace and to solve international problems;
2. To develop friendly relations among nations;
3. To work together for human rights for everyone of all races, religions, languages and of both sexes.
4. To build a centre where nations can work together for these goals.
Today almost every country in the world is a member of the UN. Each count signed an agreement that says:
• All members are equal.
• All members promise to solve international problems in a peaceful way.
• No member will use force against another member.
• All members will help the UN in its actions.
• The UN will not try to solve problems within countries except to international peace.
Obviously, the United Nations has not been completely successful in it. There have been several wars since 1945.
However, the organization has helped bring peace to some countries that were at war. It has helped people who left
their countries because of wars. It has helped bring independence to colonies.
Unit 15: WOMEN IN SOCIETY
Women hold up half the sky. This is an old Chinese saying. However, research shows that perhaps women do more
than their share of “holding up the sky".
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Fifty percent of the world's population are women, but nearly two-thirds of all working hours are done by women.
They do most of the domestic work like cooking and washing clothes. Millions also work outside the home. Women
hold forty percent of all the world's jobs. For this work they earn only 40 to 60 percent as much as men, and of
course they earn nothing for their domestic work.
In developing countries, where three-fourths of the world's population lives, women produce more than half of the
food In Africa, 80 percent of all agricultural work is done by women.
In parts of Africa, this is a typical day for a village woman. At 4.45 am, she gets up, washes, and eats. It takes her
half an hour to walk to the fields, and she works there until 3.00 pm. She collects firewood until 4.00 pm then comes
back home. She spends the next hour and a half preparing food to cook, then she collects water for another hour.
From 6.30 to 8.30 she cooks. After dinner, she spends an hour washing the dishes. She then goes to bed at 9.30 pm.
Unit 16: THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
Mr. Hung: What are you doing? It’s so late. Why don’t you go to bed?
Nga: I’m trying to finish my essay about the culture and religions of the ASEAN countries. I’ll have to submit it to
my teacher tomorrow. May I ask you something, Dad?
Mr. Hung: Yes? What’s that?
Nga: Do you know how many people in Southeast Asia speak English?
Mr. Hung: I'm not sure. But the ASEAN region has the third largest number of English speakers -just after the US
and UK.
Nga: Really? Exactly how many people speak English?
Mr. Hung: Around 50 million, I think, … mostly in the Philippines.
Nga: Do you know anything about religions?
Mr. Hung: The ASEAN countries include three main religions. They are Islam, Buddhism and Catholicism.
Nga: What is Islam?
Mr. Hung: A religion based on a belief in one god and the teaching of Muhammad. It's the religion of the Muslims.
Nga: Can you tell me something more about the Muslims?
Mr. Hung: It's an interesting question. The ASEAN countries have more Muslims than any other geo-political entity.
Nga: But how many Muslims, Dad?
Mr. Hung: Oh, let me try to remember about a quarter of a billion, mostly in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Nga: And what about the other religions?
Mr. Hung: Other main religions of the various countries in the region include large numbers of Buddhists, and
Catholics in the Philippines.
Nga: What is the main religion in Vietnam?
Mr. Hung: It's Buddhism. Many people go to pagodas.
Nga: Well, and now I think I've got all the information I need for my essay. Thank you very much, Dad.
Mr. Hung: That's all right. Finish your writing and go to bed. I'm afraid you'll get up late tomorrow morning.
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