PART 1: TENSES. Exercise 1: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: 1. The students used to___________ football in that stadium. A. played B. play C. playing D. are playing 2. Her parents want him___________ some good books to read. A. to choose B. choose C. chose D. choosing 3. Would you like__________ and visit my country? A. come B. coming C. to come D. came 4. My children are lucky___________ the chance to visit the capital again. A. have B. having C. are having D. to have 5. The children enjoy___________ with their friends through computers. A. to chat B. chat C. chatting D. chatted 6. Her father used to___________ abroad for his business. A. traveling B. traveled C. travel D. is traveling 7. Since the worldwide recession of the 1990’s, the sail of jeans __________ growing. A. stopped B. was stopped C. was stopping D. has stopped 8. In some countries, _________ uniforms is compulsory in schools. A. wear B. to wear C. wearing D. wore 9. Vietnamese women_________ very proud of their Ao dai. A. are B. were C. had been D. have been 10. Vietnamese women can continue_________ the unique and fashionable “Ao dai”. A. to wear B. wear C. wore D. wearing 11. Ba said he__________ some good marks last semester. A. gets B. got C. getting D. have got 12. They asked me how many children_________. A. I had B. had I C. I have D. have I 13. Thu said she had been_________ the day before. A. here B. there C. in this place D. where 14. You should practice_________ English to talk to your foreign friends. A. to speak B. speak C. spoke D. speaking 15. My friends practice__________ to the radio every day. A. listening B. are listening C. listen D. to listen 16. _____________ television is also a means of learning English. A. Watch B. Watching C. To watch D. Watched 17. You should________ a lot of grammar exercises if you want to improve your writing. A. did B. doing C. done D. do 18. Chinese is a difficult language_______________. A. to learn B. to be learnt C. to be learning D. to learning 19. The student said that the English test__________ the most difficult. A. is B. was C. will be D. have been 20. They told their parents that they______________ their best to do the test. A. try B. will try C. are trying D. would try Exercise 2: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: 1. Don’t forget___________ your dictionary with you to class. A. to bring B. bring C. bringing D. to bringing 2. Her classmates started__________ when she won the race. 1 A. to shout B. shouting C. shout D. shouted 3. You should remember____________ your warm clothes when it’s cold. A. to wear B. wearing C. wear D. are wearing 4. The students stopped_________ when the teacher entered the classroom. A. to talk B. talk C. talked D. talking 5. There is more population in the city_______ there is more traffic in the streets. A. and B. because C. but D. although 6. The kids didn’t go to the movie last night________ it rained so heavily. A. and B. but C. because D. although 7. ________ it’s rainy, I walk home with my umbrella. A. When B. But C. Because D. Though 8. Lan suggested________ to the zoo at weekend. A. goes B. went C. going D. to go 9. This movie is not interesting. How about_______ to the concert? A. to go B. going C. go D. went 10. You should_____ more books on UFO if you want to know about life on other planets. A. reading B. read C. to read D. have read 11. What were you doing when he_________? A. comes B. to come C. came D. coming 12. There used _______ a movie theater here, but it closed a long time ago. A. be B. to be C. being D. have been 13. He used to_______ full time, but now he is a part time worker. A. work B. working C. worked D. is working 14. Let’s__________ somewhere for a drink! A. go B. to go C. going D. went 15. She said that she___________ learning English with you. A. like B. to like C. likes D. had liked 16. She asked me where I_________ from. A. come B. coming C. to come D. came 17. She______ me whether I liked classical music or not. A. ask B. asks C. asked D. asking 18. He asked me who the editor of that book________ . A. was B. were C. is D. has been 19. He wants to know whether I_______ back tomorrow. A. come B. came C. will come D. would come 20. I wonder why he__________ love his family. A. doesn’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. hasn’t Exercise 3: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: 1. I remember___________ her somewhere. A. see B. seeing C. saw D. to see 2. She forgot_________ off the gas before going out. A. turn B. turning C. to turn D. turned 3. We____________ since we left school. A. don’t meet B. didn’t meet C. won’t meet D. haven’t met 4. ______________ laugh at me. 2 A. Didn’t B. Won’t C. Don’t D. Haven’t 5. Tidal waves________ the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. A. are B. were C. is D. was 6. My friend_____________ to the museum last weekend. A. goes B. went C. had gone D. have gone 7. Thu and Lan______________ close friends for years. A. are B. were C. had been D. have been 8. Our Singaporean friends_______________ to visit our school last year. A. is coming B. come C. came D. have come 9. We_____________ Malaysia last summer. A. visited B. were visiting C. are visiting D. have visited 10. The children______________ their parents for a long time. A. didn’t see B. haven’t seen C. don’t see D. haven’t see 11. I and Kenny____________ penpal friends since I____________ Singapore. A. are-visit B. were-visited C. have been-visited D. were-have visited 12. The kids_____________ that show before. A. didn’t see B. don’t see C. aren’t seeing D. haven’t seen 13. How long_______________ you_____________ for me?-For an hour. A. did-waited B. do-wait C. have-waited D. have-wait 14. They _____________ their friend at the airport tomorrow. A. will see B. have seen C. saw D. see 15. ______________ English here since I graduated from university. A. teach B. taught C. have taught D. am teaching 16. Up to now, the teacher ___________our class 5 tests. A. give B. giving C. have given D. is giving 17. When my younger brother was young , he usually__________ A. was crying B. cried C. has been crying D. used to cry 18. David ____________ born after his father ___________ A. were/ died B. was/ died C. was/ had died D. is/ had died 19. Please be quiet! I _________. A. is working B. am working C. are working D. is used to want 20. Mary_________ from London A. came B. come C. are coming D. comes Exercise 4: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: 1. Sometimes I _________ up before the sun rises A. get B. got C. gets D. am getting 2. When my younger brother was young, he usually__________ A. was crying B. cried C. has been crying D. used to cry 3. David ____________ born after his father ___________ A. were / died B. was / died C. was / had died D. is / had died 4. When I _________ a child, I _________ to be a doctor A. was / wanted B. was / want C. was / used to want D. is / used to want 5. Sometimes I_________ up before the sun rises A. get B. got C. gets D. am getting 3 6. I’m preparing to support anything he ________tomorrow A. say B. says C. will say D. saying 7. My father __________ to the radio last night. A. listen B. listened C. is listening D. listens 8. My mother __________home 3 day ago. A. arrived B. arrives C. is arriving D. arriving 9. The students ________ in class yesterday. A. isn’t B. aren’t C. weren’t D. wasn’t 10. She __________ at home and did nothing last Monday. A. was staying B. stays C. stayed D. staying 11. __________ you watch a soccer match on TV last night? A. Do B. Does C. Are D. Did 12. Be careful! The bus __________ A. comes B. come C. coming D. is coming 13. My friend __________ married in August this year. A. gets B. getting C. will get D. get 14. What__________ your mother __________ now? A. do/ do B. does/ do C. is/ doing D. will/ do 15. Ba likes __________ TV every night. A. watches B. watch C. watching D. is watching 16. Alex __________ married next month. A. getting B. will get C. get D. Gets 17. Last night, I __________ home at half past twelve A. arrives B. arrived C. have arrived D. arrive 18. We _________ here 5 years ago. A. live B. live C. have lived D. lived 19. They__________ house 2 years ago A. build B. builds C. have built D. built 20. She _________ a cake an hour ago. A. make B. makes C. made D. have made Exercise 5: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: 1. She _________ a hat last week. A. buy B. bought C. have bought D. buying 2. The boy _________ a letter yesterday. A. wrote B. have written C. written D. writes 3. They _________ in the sea for an hour. A. swim B. swam C. have swum D. swum 4. They _________ a lot of Coke last night. A. drank B. drink C. have drunk D. drunk 5. She _________ her arm last week. A. hurt B. hurting C. hurts D. to hurt 6. He _________ all his money last week. A. spends B. spending C. spent D. has spent 7. She _________ a bath two minutes ago. 4 A. have B. has C. having D. had 8. He _________ his wallet last night. A. lose B. losing C. lost D. losed 9. She _________. On the old chair a minute ago. A. sat B. sitting C. sits D. has sat 10. She _________ the clothes yesterday. A. washes B. wash C. washing D. washed 11. Look! Mr. Nam __________ to Ba. A. are talking B. is talking C. talking D. talks 12. The children __________ in the park at the moment. A. playing B. is play C. is playing D. plays 13. My mother __________ a meal now. A. cooking B. is cooking C. cooks D. cook 14. Be careful! The bus __________. A. comes B. come C. coming D. is coming 15. What__________ your mother __________ now? A. do / do B. does / do C. is / doing D. will / do 16. Please be quiet! I_________. A. is working B. am working C. are working D. is used to want 17. Sometimes I_________ up before the sun rises A. get B. got C. gets D. am getting 18. Liz_________here since last year. A. have lived B. was C. has been D. lived 19. I_________ Jerry 3 days ago. A. won’t meet B. haven’t met C. hasn’t met D. didn’t meet 20. _________ your father_________ a manager in this bank since last year? A. has/been B. did/work C. was/being D. have /been Exercise 6: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: 1. _________ you _________ this test an hour ago? A. do/do B. are/doing C. did/do D. have/done 2. It’s the sixth time I_________ this novel. A. have been reading B. am reading C. have read D. read 3. Thomas_________ Spanish since 2005. A. learnt B. is learning C. have learnt D. has learnt 4. Paul_________ to learn French in 2005. A. have begun B. has begun C. begins D. began 5. Since 1975, I_________ Jane. A. haven’t seen B. didn’t see C. saw D. will see 6. They_________ Hoi An several times A. have visited B. visited C. has visited D. will visit 7. My mother_________ a chance to visit Hue. A. never has B. has never had C. had never had D. never had 8. Vanessa_________ a famous pop star since she_________ 16 A. became/was B. becomes/was C. have become/was D. has become/was 9. I_________ Thomas since last week A. have seen B. don’t see C. haven’t met D. didn’t see 5 10. _________ you ever_________ in HN before? A. did/be B. have/been C. have/are D. has/lived 11. Our city_________ a lot so far A. changes B. has changed C. changing D. changed 12. How long_________ you_________ in Hue last summer? A. have/lived B. do/live C. have/been living D. did/live 13. They_________ a new bridge from MT to BT recently A. build B. are building C. have built D. built 14. It’s the third time I_________ this mistake A. have made B. have been making C. made D. make 15. _________ your father_________ your PC yet? A. have/installed B. has/installed C. does/install D. did/install 16. How long_________ Mr. Smith_________ in this school? A. did/teach B. has/taught C. does/teach D. have/taught 17. They_________ some new classrooms in our school. A. have just built B. has just built C. are building D. built 18. I promise I _________ help you with your homework. A. will B. would C. should D. may 19. The photos _________ in a London studio last week. A. were taken B. have taken C. was taken D. have been taken 20. The car _________ by my father yesterday. A. were washed B. was washed C. washed D. has been washed Exercise 7: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: 1. When the boy the car he was badly injured. A. is hit by B. was hit by C. hit D. was hitting 2. Many mistakes made. A. has been just B. have just been C. is just D. to be just 3. What will happen if the air ? A. was polluted B. be polluted C. is polluted D. has polluted 4. Look! Thomas _______his little sister to class. A. is bringing B. brings C. to bring D. bring 5. My older sister _______to pop music. A. is often listening B. often listens C. often listen D. often listening 6. We ________an exercise now. A. writes B. writing C. write D. are writing 7. Mmm! Mum __________a cake. A. makes B. make C. is making D. makes 8. Our teacher ________ us a test every month. A. gives B. is giving C. giving D. gives 9. I ____________ coffee for breakfast every day. A. have B. has C. having D. am having 10. My brother____________ in a shoe store now A. work B. working C. is working D. are working 11. She____________ to school every day. A. go B. goes C. to go D. going 6 12. We____________ this exercise at the moment. A. are do B. am do C. are doing D. do 13. Miss Helen ____________ a newspaper now. A. are reading B. am reading C. is reading D. reading 14. Mary____________ ice-cream. A. love B. loves C. loving D. is loving 15. It ____________ much in the summer. It ____________ (rain) now. A. rain/is raining B. rain/ raining C. rains/ is raining D. rains/ rains 16. She ________ trees in the garden now. A. plant B. planting C. to plant D. is planting 17. Students ____________ hard every day. A. working B. to work C. works D. work 18. _________ to the radio now? A. Are you listening B. Is you listening C. Do you listening D. Be you listening 19. I ____________ at seven o'clock every morning. A. am not get up B. do not get up C. does not get up D. are not get up 20. Mary ____________ today because it’s Sunday. A. don’t work B. doesn’t work C. isn’t work D. aren’t work Exercise 8: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: 1. We always________ our exercises carefully. A. do B. are doing C. does D. doing 2. I ____________ to school every day. A. go B. goes C. going D. am going 3. My parents___________ in the garden now. A. sitting B. are sitting C. is sit D. is sitting 4. Be quiet. The baby___________. A. sleeping B. are sleeping C. is sleeping D. sleeps 5. It ___________ very cold now. A. be B. are C. is D. am 6. Tom___________ to the museums by bus now. A. traveling B. are traveling C. is travel D. travels 7. The Bakers ______ dinner at the moment. A. is having B. are having C. eating D. is eating 8. The United States _________ big. A. had been B. are C. was D. is 9. Nam __________________ to Hue three times. A. is B. was C. had been D. has been 10. Uncle Ho ___________ most of his life for our national Independence and freedom. A. spent B. had spent C. was spending D. has spent 11. " Come back tomorrow. I ____________ it all to you. A. have explained B. will explain C. was explaining D. explained 12. We __________________ each other since we left at school. A. hadn't seen B. didn't see C. don't see D. haven't seen 13. She _________________ abroad many times. A. has gone B. goes C. went D. had gone 7 14. He has _________________ in giving up smoking. A. succeeds B. succeed C. succeeded D. succeeding 15. The train ______________ when we got to the station. A. leaves B. will leave C. was already leaving D. had already left 16. One of the students in my class ________ absent today. A. have been B. is C. were D. are 17. Ba likes __________ TV every night. A. watches B. watch C. watching D. is watching 18. Alex __________ married next month. A. getting B. will get C. get D. Gets 19. I __________ that film two months ago. A. see B. saw C. seeing D. will see 20. They both__________ from college in 1990. A. had graduated B. graduate C. have graduated D. graduated Exercise 9: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: 1. He _________ his wallet last night. A. lose B. losing C. lost D. losed 2. She _________. On the old chair a minute ago. A. sat B. sitting C. sits D. has sat 3. She _________ the clothes yesterday. A. washes B. wash C. washing D. washed 4. Look! Mr. Nam __________ to Ba. A. are talking B. is talking C. talking D. talks 5. __________ a novel at present? A. Is he writing B. Does he write C. Did he write D. Has he written 6. Last night Tom __________ very well A. sleep B. slept C. sleeps D. has slept 7. Look! It __________. A. snow B. snows C. is snowing D. snowing 8. It _________hard last night. A. raining B. has rained C. rains D. rained 9. We __________ TV last night. A. watches B. watched C. have watched D. watch 10. Last night, I __________ home at half past twelve A. arrives B. arrived C. have arrived D. arrive 11. We _________ here 5 years ago. A. live B. live C. have lived D. lived 12. They__________ house 2 years ago A. build B. builds C. have built D. built 13. She _________ a cake an hour ago. A. make B. makes C. made D. have made 14. She _________ a hat last week. A. buy B. bought C. have bought D. buying 15. The boy _________ a letter yesterday. 8 A. wrote B. have written C. written D. writes 16. They _________ in the sea for an hour. A. swim B. swam C. have swum D. swum 17. They _________ a lot of Coke last night. A. drank B. drink C. have drunk D. drunk 18. She _________ her arm last week. A. hurt B. hurting C. hurts D. to hurt 19. He _________ all his money last week. A. spends B. spending C. spent D. has spent 20. She _________ a bath two minutes ago. A. have B. has C. having D. had Exercise 10: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: 1. The children __________ in the park at the moment. A. playing B. is play C. is playing D. plays 2. My mother __________ a meal now. A. cooking B. is cooking C. cooks D. cook 3. Be careful! The bus _______. A. comes B. come C. coming D. is coming 4. What__________ your mother __________ now? A. do/ do B. does do C. is doing D. will do 5. Please be quiet! I _______. A. is working B. am working C. are working D. is used to want 6. Sometimes I_______ up before the sun rises A. get B. got C. gets D. am getting 7. John _______ tennis once or twice a week. A. usually B. is usually playing C. usually plays D. have usually played 8. It was noisy next door. Our neighbors _______ a party. A. had B. were having C. had had D. have had 9. It _______ dark. Shall I turn on the light? A. is getting B. get C. got D. has got 10. Tom: ‘I _______ for Christine. Do you know where she is?’ David: ‘She has gone out.’ A. look B. looked C. am looking D. looks 11. Nga: ‘What were you doing at 7 o’clock yesterday evening?’ Huong: ‘I _______ my clothes.’ A. am ironing B. have ironed C. ironed D. was ironing 12. Calvin: “Are you ready, Ann?” Ann: “Yes, I _______” A. am coming B. come C. came D. have came 13. Why _______ at me like that? What’s the matter? A. do you look B. have you looked C. did you look D. are you looking 14. I _______ along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me. A. was walking B. am walking C. walk D. walked 15. She _______ German for two years. A. has learnt B. is learning C. learn D. learns 16. The earth _______ round the Sun. A. go B. went C. goes D. has gone 9 17. I come from Canada. Where _______ you _______ from? A. do – come B. did – come C. are – coming D. have come 18. When I last _______ Jane, she _______ to find a job. A. see – trying B. saw – was trying C. have seen – tried D. saw – tried 19. _______ you go to the dentist? A. How often are B. How often do C. How often does D. How are 20. Ann _______ tea very often. A. doesn’t drink B. don’t drink C. didn’t drink D. hasn’t drunken 10 . PART 1: TENSES. Exercise 1: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: 1. The students used