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MULTIPLE - CHOICE QUESTIONS
Question 1: It was not until the end of prehistoric times that the first wheeled vehicles appearing.(ĐH A12015)
Question 2: The boat was sailing north when a terrible storm ______ . (ĐH D - 2015)
A. had broken
B. broke
C. would break
D. was breaking
Question 3: Mrs. Black’s son ______ in hospital ever since he fell off his bicycle last week. (CĐ - 2015)
A. was
B. was being
C. is
D. has been
Question 4: The price of houses ______ dramatically in recent years. (CĐ - 2015)
A. rose
B. has risen
C. was raising
D. raises
Question 5: Due to ever more spreading poaching, there ___ a dramatic decline in the number of
elephants over the last decade. (ĐH A1- 2012)
A. was
B. is
C. has been
D. had been
Question 6: I ______ work last week, but I changed my mind. (ĐH A1- 2012)
A. have started B. was going to start C. had started
D. would start
Question 7: I ______ with my aunt when I am on holiday in Ho Chi Minh City next month. (ĐH A12012)
A. will have been staying B. will have stayed C. stay
D. will be staying
Question 8: How long ago ______ to learn French?
A. have you started

B. were you starting C. would you start
D. did you start (CĐ 2012)
Question 9: Switch off all the lights ______. (CĐ 2012)
A. by the time you enter the room
B. until you enter the room
C. after you will leave the room
D. before you leave the room
Question 10: “You’ll recognize Jenny when you see her. She ______ a red hat.” (ĐH 2011)
A. will wear
B. will be wearing
C. wears
D. is wearing
Question 11: The instructor blew his whistle and ______. (ĐH 2011)
A. off the runners were running
B. off ran the runners
C. off were running the runners
D. the runners run off
Question 12: The Second World War ______ in 1939. (ĐH 2011)
A. turned up
B. took out
C. brought about
D. broke out
Question 13: Hurry up, or they ______ serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant. (CĐ 2011)
A. stopped
B. will have stopped C. are stopping
D. would stop
Question 14: My favourite team ______ 15 games so far this season, and will probably win the
championship. (CĐ 2011)
A. are winning
B. won

C. have won
D. will win
Question 15: He has been to the school library many times ______. (CĐ 2011)
A. if the semester has started
B. while the semester is starting
C. since the semester started
D. after the semester starts
Question 16: Our industrial output______ from $2 million in 2002 to $4 million this year. (ĐH 2010)
A. was rising
B. rises
C. rose
D. has risen
Question 17: My brother ______ his driving test when he was 18. (CĐ 2010)
A. has passed
B. passes
C. was passing
D. passed
Question 18: I’d like to see him in my office the moment he will arrive. (CĐ 2010)
Question 19: That pipe ______ for ages - we must get it mended. (CĐ 2010)
A. has been leaking
B. is leaking
C. had been leaking D. leaks
Question 20: Jane ______ law for four years now at Harvard. (ĐH 2009)
A. is studying
B. has been studying C. studies
D. studied
Question 21: She is very absent-minded: she ______ her cell phone three times! (CĐ 2009)
A. has lost
B. loses
C. was losing

D. had lost
Question 22: Society will be having to change radically to keep pace with the technology available. (CĐ
2009)
Question 23: It is blowing so hard. We ______ such a terrible storm. (ĐH 2008)
A. have never known
B. have never been knowing C. never know D. had never known
Question 24: I ______ this letter around for days without looking at it. (CĐ 2008)
A. am carrying
B. will be carrying C. carry
D. have been carrying


Question 25: Can you keep calm for a moment? You ______ noise in class! (CĐ 2008)
A. are always made
B. always make
C. have always made D. are always making
Question 26: ______, give her this map of the city. (CĐ 2007)
A. When Mr. Leat’s wife arrived
B. When Mr. Leat’s wife will arrive
C. When is Mr. Leat’s wife arriving
D. When Mr. Leat’s wife arrives
Question 27: Many people have complain about the dirt from the factory. (CĐ 2007)
Question 28: When I last ______ Jane, she ______ to find a joB. (CC 2007)
A. saw / was trying
B. saw / tried
C. have seen / tried D. see / is trying
Question 29: He last had his eyes tested ten months ago. (ĐH 2006)
A. He had tested his eyes ten months before.
B. He had not tested his eyes for ten months then.
C. He hasn't had his eyes tested for ten months. D. He didn't have any test on his eyes in ten months.

Question 30: Neither Tom nor his brothers ______ willing to help their mother with the housework. (CĐ
2012)A. are
B. was
C. has been
D. is
Question 31: The captain as well as all the passengers ______ very frightened by the strange noise. (ĐH
2011)A. is
B. were
C. was
D. have been
Question 32: Professor Jones said that a good way to improve your language are learning to practise it
frequently.
Question 33: It was announced that neither the passengers nor the driver ______ in the crash. (ĐH 2007)
A. were injured
B. are injured
C. was injured
D. have been injured
Question 34: The existence of many stars in the sky ______ us to suspect that there may be life on
another planet.
A. have led
B. leads
C. lead
D. Leading
Question 35. I haven't met my grandparents for five years.(2017)
A. I last met my grandparents five years ago.
B. I have met my grandparents for five years.
C. I didn't meet my grandparents five years ago.
D. I often met my grandparents five years ago.
Question 36. The population of the earth is increasing at a tremendous rate and _______ out of control.
(2007)

A. are soon going to be
B. soon will be
C. they have become
D. why it will be
Question 37. At present, the new director.................. to foster a culture of open communication
within the company.(tn2013)
A. is trying
B. was trying
C. tries
D. tried
Question 38. She started working as a teacher of English ten years ago. .(tn2013)
A. She had worked with a teacher of English for ten years.
B. She has worked with a teacher of English for ten years.
C. She had been working as a teacher of English for ten years.
D. She has been working as a teacher of English for ten years.
Question 39. I have never eaten this kind of fruit before. (tn2012)
A. This is the first time I have eaten this kind of fruit.
B. This is the last time I have eaten this kind of fruit.
C. I last ate this kind of fruit a long time ago.
D. I have eaten this kind of fruit for a long time.
Question 40. My children ________ interested in kangaroos lately. (Tn 2012)
A. become
B. will become
C. have become
D. were becoming
Question 41. We first ________ each other in London in 2006. (tn2011)
A. met
B. have met
C. meet
D. had met

Question 42. Robert ______ in three important water polo games so far. (tn2010
A. had played B. is playing C. has played D. Played
Question 43. The World Health Organization ______ in 1948 in order to carry out medical research and
improve international health care.
A. was established
B. established C. had been established
D. had established
Question 44: I ______ this letter around for days without looking at it.
A. am carrying B. will be carrying C. carry D. have been carrying
Question 45. She is very absent-minded: she ______ her cellphone three times! (cd 2009)
A. has lost B. loses C. was losing D. had lost


Question 46. Society will be having to change radically to keep pace with the technology available.
47. The headmaster has decided that three lecture halls......in our school next semester.(2015)
A. will be building
B. will build
C. are being built D. will be built
SEQUENCE OF VERBS
1. When I last ______ Jane, she ______ to find a job.
A. saw / was trying B. saw / tried C. have seen / tried D. see / is trying
2. As soon as I saw the advertisement, I________ the house agent.(Tn 2013)
A. phone
B. phoned
C. have phoned
D. had phoned
3. She was overjoyed because her article____(tn2013)____.
A. had published
B. has published
C. has been published

D. had been published
4. Before the 1920s, no women have voted in national elections in the US.(tn2013)_
A
B
C
D
5. Michael________ water sports when he was younger.
A. used to play
B. is used to playing
C. used to playing
D. is used to play
6. All of our rain forests ____ unless we find some ways to stop people from cutting down trees.
A. destroy
B. were destroyed
C. will destroy
D. will be destroyed
7. She regretted to tell him that ______. (tn09)
A. she was leaving the tickets at home
B. the tickets at home would be left
C. she would have left the tickets at home
D. she had left the tickets at home
8. We are going to visit our grandparents when we will finish our final exams. (09)
A
B
C
D
9. I first met her two years ago when we ______ at Oxford University. (09)\
A. have been studying B. had been studying
C. were studying
D. are studying

10. He went back to work in his country after he ______ his course on Advanced Engineering in London.
A. finishes
B. has finished
C. had finished
D. was finishing
11. Many people ______ homeless after the earthquake in Haiti a few months ago. (tn10)
A. become
B. will become
C. became
D. are becoming
12. Whenever he had an important decision to make, he ______ a cigar to calm his nerves.(cd 2009)
A. would light
B. would be lighting
C. would have lit
D. had lit
13. We could have caught the last train, but we ______ five minutes late. (A1/2014)
A. were
B. would be
C. have been
D. are
14. I...... my old school teacher last week.
A. have visited
B. visit
C. visited
D. am visiting
15. Hurry up, or they ______ serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant. (CD 2011)
A. stopped
B. will have stopped
C. are stopping
D. would stop

16. When you arrived back at the hotel, ______?(tn2008)
A. were you noticing what time it was
B. did you notice what time was it
C. did you notice what time it was
D. were you noticing what time was it
17. By this time next year, my father ______ here for 25 years.(tn2008)
A. are going to work
B. will be working C. will have been working
D.
will work
18. She'll be a billionaire by the time she ______ forty. .(tn2008)
A. is going to be
B. will be
C. is
D. was