English in this school since he ……… from the university in 1986.. Bill ……… breakfast when I ……… at his house this morning.. While my father ……… a newspaper, my sister ………her homework.. T
Trang 1The past tenses
1 I ……… her before
2 I ……… her last year
3 Tom …………never in Hanoi
4 I ……… the novel written by Jack London several times before
5 What you ……… yesterday?
a were … doing b did … do c do you do d are … doing
6 You ……… TV last night?
a Do … Watch b are … Watching c did … watch d did … watched
7 She ……….born in 1980
8 He ……… a book since last year
9 Mr Green ……… English in this school since he ……… from the university in 1986
a taught / graduated b teaches/graduates
c has taught/graduated d taught/ has graduated
10 How long you ……… English?
a has … learned b have … learned
c is … learning d does … learn
11 When I ……… at his house, he still ………
a arrived/was sleeping b arrived / were sleeping
c was arriving/ slept d arrived/ slept
12 The light ……… out while we ……… dinner
a went/ were having b went/ were having
c was going/ had d went/ had
13 Bill ……… breakfast when I ……… at his house this morning
a had/ was stopping b had / were stopping
c was having/ stopped d had / stopped
14 As we ……… the street, we ……… an accident
a crossed/ was seeing b crossed/ were seeing
c were crossing/saw d crossed/saw
15 Tom ……… a serious accident while he ……… at the bus stop
a saw/ was standing b saw/ were standing
c was seeing/ stood d saw/stood
16 While my father ……… a newspaper, my sister ………her
homework
a read/ was doing b was reading/ was doing
c was reading/did d read/did
17 The children ……… football when their mother ……… back home
a played/ was coming b were playing/came
c played/ were coming d played/ came
Trang 218 The bell ……… while Tom ……… a bath.
a rang/ was taking b rang/ were taking
c was ringing/ took d rang/took
19 I ……… very tired because I ……… all day yesterday
a was/ was working b was/ were working
20 He……… in a cafe when I ……… him
a sat/ was seeing b sat/ were seeing
c was sitting/saw d sat/saw
21 They ……… home after they ……… their work
a went/ finished b went/had finished
c had gone/finished d have gone/finished
22 She said that she already ……… Dr Rice
23 When we came to the stadium, the match already ………
a has begun b had begun c began d was beginning
24 They told me they ……… such kind of food before
a hasn’t eaten b hadn’t eaten c ate d haven’t eaten
25 He asked why we ……… so early
26 After they had gone, I ……… down
27 Before she ……… TV, she ………her homework
a watched/had done b had watched/did
c watched/did d was watching/did
28 After taking a bath, he ……… to bed
29 What was he when he ……… young?
30 It was the first time I ever ……… such a beautiful girl
31 Yesterday John ……… to the store before he ……… home
a went/had gone b had gone/went c went/went d went/ was going
32 Our teacher ……… us yesterday that he ……… England in 1970
a told/ had visited b had told/ visited c told/ visited d told / has visited
33 When John and I got to the theatre, the movie ……… already
a started b had started c has started d have started
34 Before Alice ……… to sleep, she ……… her family
a went/had called b had gone/ called
c went/ called d went/ has called
35 When the phone ………, I ……… dinner
a rang/ was having b rang/ were having
c was ringing/ had d rang/had
36 Daisy ……… with other members in the last meeting
Trang 3a has agreed b agreed c had agreed d was agreeing
37 What you ……… at 6 p.m yesterday?
38 The little girl asked what ……… to her ice-cream
39 He ……… in this school before he ……… for England
a taught/ had left b had taught/ left
c was teaching/ left d taught/left
40 She ……… the gold medal in 1986
a has won b won c had won d have won