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Exercise 1: Choose among A, B, C, or D the best answer to complete each of the following
sentences
1 When I got to the station, I _ John
2 When I got to the station, John _ in a coffee shop
3 When I got to the station, John _ and I didn’t see him
4 When I got to the station, John _ for me for ten minute
A has been waiting B had been waiting C was waiting D is waiting
5 When John _ here tomorrow, I _ you
C arrives/ will call D is arriving/ will be calling
6 When you _ here at this time tomorrow, I _ the room up
C Will come/ will be tidying D come/ will have tidied
7 When you _ here by this time tomorrow, I _ the room up
C Will come/ will have tidied D are coming/ have tidied
8 When it rains heavily, John usually _ at home
9 When it rained heavily, John usually _ at home
10 I _ on the street when it rained
A was walking B have been walking C had walked D walked
11 John _ anything since yesterday
12 In a few days, there _ an important meeting
13 How many questions _ you _ so far
14 I _ John He _ me about his trip to Singapore
A met/told B met/was telling C have met/told D met/ have told
15 Look! A boy _ run after a little dog
16 This is the best book, I _
A have ever read it B have ever read C have read D read
17 That was the most interesting story I _
A have ever listened B had ever listened C had ever listened to D listened to it
18 China _ to the North of Vietnam
19 The police caught the thief who _ John’s motorcycle
20 I think that John _ the money before we need it
A have returned B has returned C will have returned D had returned
21 When I looked out of the door, I found out that my motorcycle _
A was stolen B had been stolen C has been stolen D had stolen
22 When _ you first _ Hanoi?
23 This is the first time I _ Hanoi
24 Right now, I _ some help What are you doing? Can you give me a hand?
25 Last night, while I _ a letter the phone _
Trang 2A wrote/rang B wrote/was ringing
26 At this time yesterday, Mr and Mrs Brown’s daughter _ the floor
cleaning
27 He hardly _ up before the sun _
28 In two weeks, we _ our vacation in Halong bay
A have spent B will have spent C will spend D had spent
29 In the last two weeks, we _ our vacation in Halong bay
30 Mary _ the meal before her friends came
A was repairing B had been repairing C had repaired D repaired
Exercise 2: Supply the right form of each verb in each blanket.
John has always traveled a lot In fact, he was only two years old when he first flew to the
US His mother is Italian and his father is American John was born in France, but his parents (1 meet) _ in Cologne, Germany after they (2 live) _ there for five years They had met one day while John’s father was reading a book in the library and his mother (3 sit) _ beside him John (4 travel) _ a lot because his parents also travel a lot As a matter of fact, John is visiting his parents in France at the moment He lives in New York now, but (5 visit) _ his parents for the last few weeks He really enjoys living in New York, but he also loves coming to visit his parents at least once a year This year he (6 fly) _ over 5,000 miles for his job He has been working for Jackson & Co for almost two years now He (7 be) _ pretty sure that he (8 work) _ for them next year as well His job requires a lot
of travel In fact, by the end of this year, he (9 travel) _ over 120,000 miles! His next journey will be to Australia He really doesn’t like going to Australia because it is so far This time
he (10 fly) _ from Paris after a meeting with the company’s French partner He will have been sitting for over 18 hours by the time he arrives!
Exercise 3: Supply the right form of each verb in each blanket.
The world is getting warmer and the oceans are rising Why this (1 happen) _? One answer is that it could simply be part of a natural process After all, there
(2 be) ice ages and long periods of warmth, so we could just (3 experience) _ another warming trend This kind of answer (4 have) _ more supporters a few years ago What scientists now (5 believe) _ is that human activity is the cause
For more than two hundred years, human (6 gradually change) the atmosphere, mainly as a result of industrial pollution We (7 create) _ an atmosphere around the earth that, like a giant glass container, (8 let) heat from the sun through and then (9 hold) _ it in temperatures, and sea levels (10 keep) _ rising? The general answer is unfortunately yes
Exercise 4: Supply the right form of each verb in each blanket.
Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim (1 see) _ monsters in the sea Though people (2 often laugh) _ at stories told by seamen, it is now known that many of these 'monsters' which (13 at times sight) _ are simply strange fish Occasionally, unusual creatures (4 wash) _ to the shore, but few of them (5 catch) _ out at sea Some time ago, however, a peculiar fish was caught near Madagascar A small fishing-boat (6 carry) _ miles out to sea
by the powerful fish as it pulled on the line Realizing that this was no ordinary fish, the fisherman made every effort (7 not damage) _ it in any way When it was eventually brought to shore, it was found to be over thirteen feet long It had a head like a horse, big blue eyes, shining silver skin, and a bright red tail The fish, which (8 send) _ to a museum where
it (9 examine) _ by a scientist now, is called an oarfish Such creatures (10 rarely see) _ alive by man as they live at a depth of six hundred feet
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