TENSE REVISION Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.. I’m sure the answer to my letter ______ by next Friday morning... The girl weeps whenever she _____ s
Trang 1TENSE REVISION Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1 We _ TV when it started to rain
A watched
B were watching
C are watching
D have watched
2 Put your money into your pocket, or you may it
A lose
B lost
C have lost
D be losing
3 Charles Pat a box of chocolates
A is often giving
B often gives
C was often giving
D often give
4 I in the cafe having a drink when the police arrived
A sat
B was sat
C was sitting
D have sat
5 They’ll certainly come them
A when calling
B you’re calling
C if you call
D do you call
6 I’m sure the answer to my letter by next Friday morning
A will come
B has coming
C coming
D was coming
7 When I was a boy, I _ tea to coffee
A prefer
B preferred
C was preferring
D have preferred
8 Always honest in whatever you do
A to be
B be
C is
D are
9 I swim in this river when I was young
A used to
B am used to
C use to
D was used to
10 Look! It _, so we can’t go to the beach
A rains
B has rained
C is raining
D was raining
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A do
B have
C am
D shall
12 She came into the room while they television
A watched
B have watched
C are watching
D were watching
13 I _ a headache since yesterday
A had
B was having
C have had
D would have
14 The teacher _ into the room
A has still come
B has already come
C has yet come
D has recently come
15 “Did you get any mail?” – “No, I a letter for a long time.”
A don’t get
B didn’t get
C haven’t got
D wasn’t got
16 He _ you a lot of money, deasn’t he?
A owes
B is owing
C has owned
D doesn’t owe
17 He _ book the tickets, but he had no time to call at the cinema
A would
B will
C is going to
D was going to
18 When he failed to meet us, we _ without him
A left
B would leave
C was leaving
D has left
19 Peter has been trying for an hour, but his car still _ start
A won’t
B wouldn’t
C didn’t
D hasn’t
20 This is the second time that you _ here, isn’t it?
A are
B will be
C have been
D were
21 When the telephone rang, she a letter
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22 You’ve heard she isn’t coming to the party, ?
A is she
B haven’t you
C hasn’t she
D are you
23 Isn’t an hour since he , so he must be at the office now
A is leaving
B was leaving
C has left
D left
24 Most students hard for the last few weeks
A were working
B worked
C have working
D have been working
25 Johnny up his mind yet
A didn’t make
B hasn’t make
C wasn’t make
D wasn’t making
26 One third of the oranges _ spoilt
A is
B are
C has been
D was
27 When _ the car, you’ll agree with me about it
A you saw
B you’ve seen
C you would see
D you will see
28 The baby non-stop for the past two hours
A cried
B was crying
C is crying
D has been crying
29 The entrance examination in July
A begin
B has begun
C begins
D shall begin
30 The girl weeps whenever she _ such a story
A hears
B has heard
C will hear
D heard
31 As soon as _ another apartment, we
A we’re finding – will move
B we found – moved
C we’d find – move
D we find – would move
32 It a long time ago that I lived here
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B has been
C will be
D was
33 My teacher arrived after I _ for him for ten minutes
A was waiting
B have waited
C had waited
D waited
34 I to visit Australia some time in the future
A like
B would like
C will like
D am liking
35 This is the first time I _ to play badminton
A have tried
B am trying
C was trying
D would be trying
36 She _ here but she doesn’t work here now
A has worked
B had worked
C used to work
D used to working
37 The man said he the thieves go into the bank
A sees
B was seeing
C has seen
D has seen
38 He _ in in the retaurant when she came in
A sat
B has sat
C has been sitting
D was sitting
39 We’re working hard, so the job by tomorrow evening
A is done
B has been done
C will be done
D would be done
40 Jack went out, but he anyone where he was going
A doesn’t tell
B not told
C wasn’t telling
D didn’t tell
41 London _ the capital of the United Kingdom
A is
B was
C will be
D is being
42 Someone _ at the door Can you hear it?
A knocks
B is knocking
C will knock
D was knocking
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A smells
B is smelling
C smelled
D has smelled
44 When the thief was questiones by the police, he the truth
A doesn’t tell
B not told
C was telling
D didn’t tell
45 Hearing a noise, I outside
A went
B will go
C was going
D has gone
46 Your friends won’t be here for long, ?
A do they
B will they
C would they
D shall they
47 I used to swim in this river when I _ young
A am
B was
C will be
D have been
48 We the bus at the same stop every day
A get off
B are getting off
C got off
D have got off
49 _ “Congratulation!” to Nam? He’s won a scholarship yo study abroad
A Do you say
B Did you say
C Have you said
D Were you saying
50 We reached the house after we for almost an hour
A cycled
B were cycling
C have been cycled
D had been cycling
51 I _ my pencil May I borrow one of yours?
A broke
B have broken
C was breaking
D had broken
52 Who will look after your baby while you ?
A are shopping
B will shop
C were shopping
D have shopped
53 When you get up tomorrow morning, the sun
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B is shining
C will shine
D will be shining
54 The strike _ on for over two months now
A went
B was going
C has been going
D had gone
55 The patient in the emergency room for almost an hour beforea doctor finally treated her
A is waiting
B was waiting
C has waited
D had been waiting
56 When she was in college, Julia home at least once a week
A writes
B wrote
C was writing
D would write
57 While Mary was cleaning the apartment, her husband TV
A watched
B was watching
C would watch
D has watched