UNIT 1 - Grammar Grade 12 TENSE REVISION (con’t) II. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence below. 1. Tom Mary in 1985 and since then they good friends. a. met / were b. met / have been c. have met / have been d. have met / were 2. I a snack at midnight last night. a. eat b. ate c. was eating d. have eaten 3. She isn’t here. She in the living room. a. sits b. is sitting c. sat d. was sitting 4. Mary her job last month and since then she out of work. a. lost / was b. lost / has been c. has lost / has been d. has lost / was 5. Where are you? –I’m upstairs. I a bath. a. have b. am having c. has d. was having 6. you at home tonight? a. Did / stay b. Do / stay c. Have / stayed d. Will / stay 7. …………… the police ……………………. for the criminal now? a. Is / looking b. Have / looked c. Did / look d. Are / looking 8. They sent some books to my sister and ………………………… . a. leave b. were leaving c. left d. have left 9. The police …………………….the thief recently. a. have arrested b. has arrested c. arrested d. arrests 10. The phone rang when I ………………… a bath. a. have b. was having c. has d. am having 11. When I see Tom tomorrow, I …………… him of that. a. remind b. reminded c. will remind d. would remind 12. I ………………him since last Sunday. a. haven’t seen b. don’t see c. hadn’t seen d. didn’t see 13. The light ……………… out when I was having tea. a. will go b. is going c. went d. was going 14. As soon as he finishes his work, he ………………… home. a. go b. goes c. will go d. would go 15. Light ………………… faster than sound. a. travel b. travels c. traveled d. is traveling 16. He fell down while he ……………… toward the church. a. will run b. runs c. was running d. had run 17. They _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in London from 1970 to 1990. a. lived b. lives c. had lived d. have lived 18. She will be ready when he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ here. a. will get b. got c. gets d. has got 19. Linda is working in this department. She _ _ _ _ _ _ _ here for 2 years. a. works b. worked c. had worked d. has worked 20. The children football all day yesterday. a. played b. play c. was playing d. were playing 21. When it began to rain, they in the yard. a. played b.were playing c. had played d. have played 22. Be quiet! Their children . a. is sleeping b. are sleeping c. was sleeping d. were sleeping 23. We out when the rain stops. a. will go b. go c. will be going d. is going 24. John after 6 o’clock. a. seldom got up b. gets seldom up c. is seldom getting up d. seldom gets up 25. We saw Nga while we for the bus. UNIT 1 - Grammar Grade 12 a. were waiting b. was waiting c. is waiting d. are waiting 26. He an assistant in the laboratory after he had been a bookbinder. a. has become b. became c. becomes d. is becoming 27. At three o’clock yesterday, Maria _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a. studies b. studying c. has studied d. was studying 28. Where are you? I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the garden. a. were sitting b. was sitting c. am sitting d. will sit 29. When the postman came I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ breakfast a. was having b. had c. am having d. were having 30. I a cough since yesterday. a. have b. have had c. had d. was having 31. I will see him when he…………………….here tomorrow a. comes b. will come c. has come d. had come 32. I …………… her since I………………………………a student a. know /am b. have known / was c have known /am d. have known / were 33. As he……………….dinner, I……………………………………… a. had/had come b. had/ come c had / was coming d. was having/ came 34. When I ……………to him next Sunday, I ……………………… him your news a. talk/ give b. will talk/ give c. talk/ will give d. will talk/ will give 35. The light ………………………………out while we …………………tea a. was going /had b. went / were having c. had gone /were having d. has gone / had 36. I ………………… breakfast before I …………………… to school. A. had / had gone B. had had/ had gone C. had / went D. had had / went 37. Up to now, I ……………………….a lot information about her. A. will learn B. would learn C. have learnt D. learnt 38. Wait here until …………………I you. A. am calling B. am going to call C. call D. will call 39. My parents first _____ each other at the Olympic Games in 1982. A. have met B. met C. meet D. had met 40. My daughter often says that she won’t get married until she_______25 years old. A. is B. will be C. will have been D. has been 41. It is the largest ship I __________. A. had seen B. saw C. have ever seen D. see 42. I've been in this city for a long time. I here sixteen years ago. a. came b. had come c. was coming d. have 43. Ever since she arrived, she…… quietly in the corner. a. sat b. has been sitting c. sits d. is sitting 44. This time next week, I…… across the Pacific Ocean. a. would fly b. am flying c. will be flying d. can fly 45. We didn’t use to get up late when we…… in the countryside. a. live b. lived c. are living d. were living 46. By the end of next year, Mr. Park…… for this company for 35 years. a. will work b. will have worked c. will be working d. has worked 47. After Diego……… lunch, he……… to some music for a while. a. finished/had listened b. had finished/listened c. finished/listened d. had finished/had listened 48. By the time he retired from work, all his daughters…… married. a. got b. have got c. would get d. had got 49. They…… together for five years when they decided to get married. a. had been b. have been c. were d. had being 50. She…… extremely quiet since her husband died. a. is b. has been c. was d. is being UNIT 1 - Grammar Grade 12 III. Find ONE mistake in each sentence. 1. When a boy, Tom often plays tennis. 2. I have gone as soon as you come back. 3. After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house from work, she was cooking dinner. 4. The police arrested the man while he is having dinner in a restaurant. 5. haven’t had any news of John for 2003. 6. Some people are believing there is life on other planets. 7. I was working really hard in my office yesterday when the electricity is out. 8. For the past two years I did a lot of things. 9. Debbie, whose father is an excellent tennis player, has been playing tennis since ten years. 10. Mary was making a dress when she cuts her finger. 11. Don’t get off the bus until it stopped. 12. The mother will wait outside the school until her son will finish his exam. 13. Mary never went to bed before she has finished her homework. 14. The last time I have seen him was in 1999. 15. Mr.Pike likes traveling. By the time he will be 60, he will have visited 15 countries and capitals. 16. I will tell John about it when I will see him this afternoon. 17. I was listening to the radio when the doorbell was ringing. 18. Last week, when the police came there, the thief went away. 19. Human had struggled against weeds since the beginning of agriculture. 20. Peter and Wendy first met in 2006, and they are married for three years now. UNIT 1 - Grammar Grade 12 TENSE REVISION (con’t) II. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence below. 1. Tom Mary in 1985 and since then they good friends. a. met / were b. met / have been c. have met / have been d. have met / were 2. I a snack at midnight last night. a. eat b. ate c. was eating d. have eaten 3. She isn’t here. She in the living room. a. sits b. is sitting c. sat d. was sitting 4. Mary her job last month and since then she out of work. a. lost / was b. lost / has been c. has lost / has been d. has lost / was 5. Where are you? –I’m upstairs. I a bath. a. have b. am having c. has d. was having 6. you at home tonight? a. Did / stay b. Do / stay c. Have / stayed d. Will / stay 7. …………… the police ……………………. for the criminal now? a. Is / looking b. Have / looked c. Did / look d. Are / looking 8. They sent some books to my sister and ………………………… . a. leave b. were leaving c. left d. have left 9. The police …………………….the thief recently. a. have arrested b. has arrested c. arrested d. arrests 10. The phone rang when I ………………… a bath. a. have b. was having c. has d. am having 11. When I see Tom tomorrow, I …………… him of that. a. remind b. reminded c. will remind d. would remind 12. I ………………him since last Sunday. a. haven’t seen b. don’t see c. hadn’t seen d. didn’t see 13. The light ……………… out when I was having tea. a. will go b. is going c. went d. was going 14. As soon as he finishes his work, he ………………… home. a. go b. goes c. will go d. would go 15. Light ………………… faster than sound. a. travel b. travels c. traveled d. is traveling 16. He fell down while he ……………… toward the church. a. will run b. runs c. was running d. had run 17. They _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in London from 1970 to 1990. a. lived b. lives c. had lived d. have lived 18. She will be ready when he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ here. a. will get b. got c. gets d. has got 19. Linda is working in this department. She _ _ _ _ _ _ _ here for 2 years. a. works b. worked c. had worked d. has worked 20. The children football all day yesterday. a. played b. play c. was playing d. were playing 21. When it began to rain, they in the yard. a. played b.were playing c. had played d. have played 22. Be quiet! Their children . a. is sleeping b. are sleeping c. was sleeping d. were sleeping 23. We out when the rain stops. a. will go b. go c. will be going d. is going 24. John after 6 o’clock. a. seldom got up b. gets seldom up c. is seldom getting up d. seldom gets up 25. We saw Nga while we for the bus. UNIT 1 - Grammar Grade 12 a. were waiting b. was waiting c. is waiting d. are waiting 26. He an assistant in the laboratory after he had been a bookbinder. a. has become b. became c. becomes d. is becoming 27. At three o’clock yesterday, Maria _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a. studies b. studying c. has studied d. was studying 28. Where are you? I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the garden. a. were sitting b. was sitting c. am sitting d. will sit 29. When the postman came I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ breakfast a. was having b. had c. am having d. were having 30. I a cough since yesterday. a. have b. have had c. had d. was having 31. I will see him when he…………………….here tomorrow a. comes b. will come c. has come d. had come 32. I …………… her since I………………………………a student a. know /am b. have known / was c have known /am d. have known / were 33. As he……………….dinner, I……………………………………… a. had/had come b. had/ come c had / was coming d. was having/ came 34. When I ……………to him next Sunday, I ……………………… him your news a. talk/ give b. will talk/ give c. talk/ will give d. will talk/ will give 35. The light ………………………………out while we …………………tea a. was going /had b. went / were having c. had gone /were having d. has gone / had 36. I ………………… breakfast before I …………………… to school. A. had / had gone B. had had/ had gone C. had / went D. had had / went 37. Up to now, I ……………………….a lot information about her. A. will learn B. would learn C. have learnt D. learnt 38. Wait here until …………………I you. A. am calling B. am going to call C. call D. will call 39. My parents first _____ each other at the Olympic Games in 1982. A. have met B. met C. meet D. had met 40. My daughter often says that she won’t get married until she_______25 years old. A. is B. will be C. will have been D. has been 41. It is the largest ship I __________. A. had seen B. saw C. have ever seen D. see 42. I've been in this city for a long time. I here sixteen years ago. a. came b. had come c. was coming d. have 43. Ever since she arrived, she…… quietly in the corner. a. sat b. has been sitting c. sits d. is sitting 44. This time next week, I…… across the Pacific Ocean. a. would fly b. am flying c. will be flying d. can fly 45. We didn’t use to get up late when we…… in the countryside. a. live b. lived c. are living d. were living 46. By the end of next year, Mr. Park…… for this company for 35 years. a. will work b. will have worked c. will be working d. has worked 47. After Diego……… lunch, he……… to some music for a while. a. finished/had listened b. had finished/listened c. finished/listened d. had finished/had listened 48. By the time he retired from work, all his daughters…… married. a. got b. have got c. would get d. had got 49. They…… together for five years when they decided to get married. a. had been b. have been c. were d. had being 50. She…… extremely quiet since her husband died. a. is b. has been c. was d. is being UNIT 1 - Grammar Grade 12 IV. Find ONE mistake in each sentence. 8. When a boy, Tom often plays tennis. 9. I have gone as soon as you come back. 10. After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house from work, she was cooking dinner. 11. The police arrested the man while he is having dinner in a restaurant. 12. haven’t had any news of John for 2003. 13. Some people are believing there is life on other planets. 14. I was working really hard in my office yesterday when the electricity is out. 10. For the past two years I did a lot of things. 11. Debbie, whose father is an excellent tennis player, has been playing tennis since ten years. 10. Mary was making a dress when she cuts her finger. 11. Don’t get off the bus until it stopped. 12. The mother will wait outside the school until her son will finish his exam. 13. Mary never went to bed before she has finished her homework. 14. The last time I have seen him was in 1999. 15. Mr.Pike likes traveling. By the time he will be 60, he will have visited 15 countries and capitals. 16. I will tell John about it when I will see him this afternoon. 17. I was listening to the radio when the doorbell was ringing. 18. Last week, when the police came there, the thief went away. 19. Human had struggled against weeds since the beginning of agriculture. 20. Peter and Wendy first met in 2006, and they are married for three years now. UNIT 1 - Grammar Grade 12 12. Jimmy threw the ball high in the air, and Betty catching it when it came down. 13. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it. 14. Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job and is looking for a new one. 15. Having fed the dog, he was sat down to his own meal. 16. When I returned on my computer, I was shocked to find some junk mail, and I just delete it all. 17. They are going to have to leave soon and so do we. 18. The boss laughed when the secretary has told him that she really needed a pay rise. 19. The telephone rang several times and then stop before I could answer it. 20. I have seen lots of interesting places when I went on holiday last summer. 21. When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she stopped moving and listen intently. 22. I think it’s time you must change your way of living. 23. Roger felt the outside of his pocket to make sure his wallet is still there. 24. While I’m shopping in the supermarket, I ran into an old friend who I hadn’t met for five years. 25. Although the driver slamming on his brakes, he couldn’t avoid hitting the small dog. 26. Mr. Dawson has to finish the meeting and getting to the airport by 5 p.m. 27. Books borrowed from the library must be took good care of. 28. The Vietnamese people are not used to drive on the left side of the road. 29. She is very lazy, she almost never help her mother with the household chores. 30. Before going to bed, Mrs. Tuyet usually read something or watches some programs on television. 31. It’s ten years since we have left school in 1996. 32. People say that during World War II, many women take over the businesses for their absent husbands. 33. As soon as john will get a good job, he is going to by a flat. . UNIT 1 - Grammar Grade 12 TENSE REVISION (con’t) II. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence below. 1. Tom Mary in 1985. and they are married for three years now. UNIT 1 - Grammar Grade 12 TENSE REVISION (con’t) II. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence below. 1. Tom Mary in 1985