n’t been selling all the tickets for the Cup Final yet Ex10 Put the verbs into the correct form I’m sorry I(1)…………… (not write) to you for so long, but I(2) ………….(be) very busy lately All last month I (3) ………(have) exams, and I (4)………… (not do) anything else but study for ages Anyway, I(5)………… (stop) studying now, and I(6)……… (wait) for my exam results ThuVienDeThi.com As you can see from the letter, I (7) ………….(change) my address and (8)………….(live) in Croydon now I (9) ………… (decide) that I wanted a change from central London because it (10) ………….(become) so expensive A friend of mine(11)…………… (tell) me about this flat, and I (12)……… (move) here about two months ago When you (13)………… (come) to London this summer, please visit me I(14) ……………(stay) here until the middle of October Then I(15) …………(go) on holiday to Scotland Please write soon Ex11 Choose the best answer to complete the passage Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, conqueror of Mount Everest, was born in the village of Thami in Nepal, probably in 1914 Like many other people, Sherpas, he (1)……… to Darjeeling in India, from where he (2)……… part in several attempts to scale Mount Everest When lord Hunt (3)………… organizing the 1953 British expedition, he……….(4) Tenzing as Sherpa leader, because Tenzing (5)………… years of mountain experience, and a strong ambition to reach the summit In fact it was Tenzing and Edmund Hillaiy, the strongest climbers in the team, who (6)………… reach the highest mountain peak in the world for the first time Following this great achievement Tenzing (7)…………… an internationally known leader and guide, and by the time he (8)……………… in 1968, he (9)…………… thousands of people to appreciate the magnificence of the mountains he (10) ………….so well A has moved B moved C would move D was moving A took B would take C was taking D has taken A had B has C had been D was A chose B was choosing C choose D had chosen A was having B has had C had D has having A could B had been able C succeeded to D managed to A became B has become C is becoming D was becoming A had died B died C is dead D has died A has helped B helped C has been helping D had helped 10 A knew B known C was knowing D has known Ex12 Choose the best answer Fish…………… on earth for ages and ages A existed B are existing C exist D have existed The phone ………… constantly since Jack won the first prize this morning A has been ringingB rang C had rung D had been ringing The earth…………… on the sun for its heat and light A is depend B depending C has depend D depends I don’t feel good I…………… home from work tomorrow A am staying B stay C will have stayed D stayed In the last two decades, space exploration……… great contributions to weather forecasting A is making B has made C made D makes On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong …………………down onto the moon, the first person ever set foot on another planet A was stepping B stepped C has stepped D was step ThuVienDeThi.com When boarding the plane, many passengers were annoyed because they …………waiting in the airport for three and a half hours A are B were C have been D had been If coastal erosion continues to take place at the present rate, in another fifty years this beach …………….any more A doesn’t exist B isn’t going to exist C isn’t existing D won’t be existing Their football team……………… a championship until last season A has never won B is never winning C had never been winning D had never won 10 By the end of this year, Tom…………… English for three years A will be studying B has studied C will have studied D has been studying Ex13 Rewrite the following sentences using the words given I haven’t been to an Indian restaurants for ages (It sages) How long have Helen and Robert been married? (When) When you phoned me, it was my lunch time (When) I haven’t had a Chinese meal for ages (It’s ages) David went home before we arrived (When) I’ve only recently started wearing glasses (I didn’t) Jack left the office before I arrived there (When) During my dinner, the phone rang (While) I haven’t been to the cinema for two months (The last time) Ex14 The verbs underlined in the following sentences are right or wrong Correct if it’s wrong While I had a bath, someone knocked on the door Sally didn’t go to a boxing match before Dick tried to repair the car, but he didn’t really know what he was doing What did you wear to Tom’s party? Were you eating spaghetti every day when you lived in Italy? didn’t know you had bought a new car They all wanted to believe her, but suspected she was lying As Mary walked home, she tried to remember what happened “What a terrible day !“ thought Lucy Everything had gone wrong! 10 Although it rained a lot, I was enjoying my holiday last year Ex15 Put the verbs into the correct form An eight-year-old boy (1)……………… (disappear) Mark Brown (2)…………… (not return) yesterday from the park near his home in West Road, Boston The Browns (3) ………….(live) five minutes’ walk away from the park Mark (4)………… (go) to the park at four o’clock and (5) …………(play) football with his friends After they (6)………… (play) for about an hour, they (7)………………… (sit) down for a rest Mark (8)………… (leave) the park at quarter past five He (9) …………… (be) alone A man who (10)……………… (walk) his dog (11) ……… (see) him go out of the gate No one (12)………… (see) Mark since then The police ThuVienDeThi.com (13)…………… (question) local residents, and so far they (14) …………….(speak) to about two hundred people They want to question a middle- aged man in a green sweater who (15) ………… (lie) on the grass near the park exit at five o’clock At the moment the police and other helpers (16)…………… (search) nearby fields and woods in the hope of finding the missing boy ThuVienDeThi.com ... expensive A friend of mine(11)…………… (tell) me about this flat, and I (12)……… (move) here about two months ago When you (13)………… (come) to London this summer, please visit me I(14) ……………(stay) here... happened “What a terrible day !“ thought Lucy Everything had gone wrong! 10 Although it rained a lot, I was enjoying my holiday last year Ex15 Put the verbs into the correct form An eight-year-old... B are existing C exist D have existed The phone ………… constantly since Jack won the first prize this morning A has been ringingB rang C had rung D had been ringing The earth…………… on the sun for