CHUYÊN ĐỀ ÔN THI TIẾNG ANH THPTQG 2016 TOPIC 1: TENSES (EXERCISE 2)

TOPIC 1: TENSES (PART 2)
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I’m sorry for what I did yesterday, but I (mean) ___________no harm.
We (not work)___________tomorrow. What about (go) _________camping ?
They (stand)__________there for a long time watching the plane flying futher and futher.
He (study)______________an article on Financial world issues when I went to see him.
It’s the first time I (slide)________on snow !
On TV at the moment, Mrs.Hong (describe)__________her thoughts on visiting Bosnia when she
(is)______a journalist.
7. By the end of next month, the author (write)________his sixth novel.
8. After the guess (leave)________, she (go)_______back into the living room and (turn)_______off the
light.
9. I (stay)_______in the hotel since April.
10. She (say)_______that she had phoned me this morning. But it’s now 12:30 and she (not
phone)____________yet.
11. This time next month I (sit)_____________on the beach.
12. By the end of the term, I (read)____________all twelve volumes.
13. Don’t leave until you (talk)________to the manager about the problem.
14. I will get back as soon as I (get)________through with my business.
15. He (play)________the guitar outside her house when someone (open)_______the window and
(throw)_______out a bucket of water.
16. The population of the world (rise)_____________very fast.
17. After the phone (buzz)___________for a long while, the man (answer)___________it.
18. _____you (understand)________what I am saying ?
19. How did you feel when you (stand)_____up in front of the class ?

20. I suggest we (go)___________to the cinema together.
21. ___________(not let) strangers enter the house !
22. I (make)__________a cake when the light went out. I (have)_______to finish it the dark.
23. He (lose) ___________his job last month and since then he (be) ________out of work.
24. Before my sister (go)________abroad last year, she (finish)________the English course.
25. The apartment was hot when I got home, so I (turn)____________on the air conditioner.
26. He (shave, shower)______________and then (have)__________a light breakfast.
27. “Paul, could you please turn off the stove? The potatoes (boil)____________for at least thirty minutes.”
28. By the time he left the office, he (attend)_______________three meeting.
29. The children (play) ___________football in the yard at 5 p.m. yesterday.
30. While I (swim) ___________, someone (steal) __________clothes and I (have) ____________to walk
home in my swimming suit
31. Be quiet ! The baby (sleep)____________.
32. I(do)_______an exercise on present tense at the moment and I (think)_________that I
(know)_______how to use it now.
33. As we (cross)______________the street, we (see)___________an accident.
34. She said that she (already see)__________________Dr.Rice.
35. After taking a bath, he (go)__________________to bed.
36. It is the first time I (ever see)____________such a beautiful girl.
37. When John and I got to the theater, the movie (start)____________already.
38. Miss Ailee (help)___________you as soon as she (finish)_________the letter tomorrow.
39. I (stay)__________here until he (answer)_________me.
40. Don’t call him at 2:30 pm. He (interview)_________job applicants at that time.
41. Mercury (boil)_______at 357,23 degree Centigrade.
42. It (surprise)______________me that they can’t sell theiir flat.
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43. Hurry up, Jane ! We (all wait)__________for you.
44. Don’t bother her. She (take)_____________her French lesson.
45. He (be)____________so suspiciousat the moment. I wonder why.
46. She always (dream)___________but (do)_____________nothing to realize her dream.
47. - Where is Jack?
- He (meet)__________his girlfriend at the airport. She (come)______at 10am.
48. In the morning, I (have)________little time. So I (take)________a shower in the evening.
49. In case the weather (be)_______good, they (go)___________fishing.
50. I have lost my key again. I always (lose)__________thing. I lose things too often.
51. There was a knock on the door while we was enjoying the game show on TV.
A
B
C
D
52. Everyone agree that the lake area is a very peaceful place for a vacation. It’s very quiet
A
B
C
and restful.
D
53. Over the last few months garages has put up the price of petrol three times.
A
B
C
D
54. I’m sorry but the director had left the office.
A
B C
D

55. Up to now, the discount only applied to children under 10 years old.
A
B
C
D
56. Jane was so lonely before he moved to Sydney.
A
B
C
D
57. By the end of this year, I will work for this company for two years.
A
B
C
D
58. Teenagers often sticks photos of pop stars on their bedroom walls.
A
B
C
D
59. I can’t believe that you’ve finished all the exercises! You just start five minutes ago.
A
B
C
D
60. (A1-13) In our hospital, patients ____________ every morning.
A. are examined
B. were examining
C. have examined
D. can examine

61. (D-13) The boat was sailing north when a terrible storm ____________.
A. would break
B. broke
C. was breaking
D. had broken
62. (A1-14) We could have caught the last train, but we ____________ five minutes late.
A. were
B. would be
C. have been
D. are
63. (A1-14) The theory of relativity ____________ by Einstein, who was a famous physicist.
A. was developed
B. developed
C. is developed
D. develops
64. (CD-13) The price of houses ____________dramatically in recent years.
A. has risen
B. was rising
C. rose
D. rises
65. (CD-13) Mrs.Black’s son ____________ in hospital ever since he fell off his bicycle last week.
A. was
B. is
C. was being
D. has been
66. (CD-12) How long ago ____________ to learn French?
A. Have you started
B. were you starting
C. would you start
D. did you start

67. (CD-11) Hurry up, or they ____________ serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant.
A. Stopped
B. will have stopped
C. are stopping
D. would stop
68. (CD-11) During the Enlightenment, the powers and uses of reason ____________.
A. Were stressed
B. stressed
C. were stressing
D. has stressed

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69. (CD-11) My favorite team ____________ 15 games so far this season, and will probably win the
championship.
A. Are winning
B. won
C. have won
D. will win
70. (CD-10) That pipe ____________ for ages – we must get it mended.
A. has been leaking
B. is leaking
C. had been leaking
D. leaks
71. (CD-10) My brother ____________ his driving test when he was 18.
A. Has passed

B. passes
C. was passing
D. passed
72. (CD-09) She is very absent – minded, she ____________ her cellphone three times.
A. Has lost
B. loses
C. was losing
D. had lost
73. (D-14) Carbon dioxide ____________ as one of the main contributors to the greenhouse effects.
A. Had identified
B. has been identified
C. has identified
D. had been identified
74. (THPTQG-15) The headmaster has decided that three lecture halls ____________ in our school next
semester.
A. Will build
B. will be built
C. are being built
D. will be building
75. (A1-12) Due to ever more spreading poaching, there ____________ a dramatic decline in the number of
elephants over the last decade.
A. Was
B. is
C. has been
D. had been

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