TENSES-TRAC NGHIEM

TENSES. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions. 1. He ____ for London one year ago. A. left B. has left C. leaves D. had left 2. She ____ in Hue for twenty years. A. lives B. has lived C. lived D. will live 3. I ____ to the market with my mother yesterday. A. go B. went C. have gone D. was going 4. - What ____ you ____, Nam? – I’m thinking of my mother. A. do/think B. are/thinking C. have/thought D. were/thinking 5. - How long ____ you ____ her? – For five months. A. do/know B. are/knowing C. have/known D. had/known 6. I usually ____ to school by bus. A. went B. am going C. go D. have gone 7. Yesterday morning I ____ up at 6.30. A. got B. get C. was getting D. had got 8. Please don’t make so much noise. I ____. A. studying B. study C. am studying D. studied 9. Water ____ at 100 degrees Celsius. A. boils B. boiled C. is boiling D. boil 10. It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. So it ____ for two hours. A. rains B. is raining C. has rained D. rained 11. ____ you ____ out last night? A. Did/go B. Do/go C. Have/gone D. Were /going 12. This house ____ 35,000 pounds in 1980. A. costs B. cost C. had cost D. was cost 13. While Tom ____ tennis, Ann ____ a shower. A. played/took B. was playing/was taking C. playing/taking D. was play/was take 14. - Mike is playing chess. How long ____ he ____? A. did/play B. is/playing C. has/play D. has/been playing 15. When they ____ in the garden, the phone ____. A. worked/was ringing B. worked/rang C. were working/rang D. work/rings 16. After they ____ their breakfast, they ____ shopping yesterday. A. have/go B. had had/go C. had/had gone D. had had/went 17. They ____ tea when the doorbell ____. A. have/is ringing B. had had/ rang C. were having/rang D. having/ringing 18. Father ____ his pipe while mother ____ a magazine. A. smoked/read B. was smoking/was reading C. had smoked/read D. smoking/reading 19. When I ____ into the office, my boss ____ for me. A. came/was waiting B. had come/waited C. was coming/waited D. came/waiting 20. When I ____ Brian, he ____ a taxi. A. see/drives B. saw/was driving C. see/was driving D. saw/is driving 21. When he ____, we ____ dinner. A. arrived/having B. was arriving/had C. arrived/were having D. had arrived/had 22. While they ____ chess, we ____ the shopping. A. playing/doing B. were playing/doing C. were playing/were doing D. played/did 23. They ____ football when the lights in the stadium ____ out. A. were playing/went B. were playing/ was going C. played/was going D. playing/went 24. While George and John ____ their room, she ____ the ironing. A. were cleaning/doing B. were cleaning/was doing C. cleaning/was doing D. cleaning/doing 25. Today is Thursday and she ____ late twice this week. She ____ late yesterday and on Monday. A. is/was B. has been/is C. has been/had been D. has been/was 26. He ____ in the same house since 1975. A. has lived B. is living C. lived D. had lived 27. We ____ him since he ____ married. A. didn’t see/got B. don’t/get C. haven’t seen/got D. hadn’t seen/got 28. It ____ for two hours and the ground is too wet to play tennis. A. is raining B. had rained C. has rained D. was raining 29. He ____ to HCM.C last year and I ____ him since then. A. moved/didn’t see B. moved/haven’t seen C. moves/haven’t seen D. moved/hadn’t seen 30. We ____ what to do with the money yet. A. not decide B. haven’t decided C. didn’t decide D. hadn’t decided 31. My father ____ as a teacher for thirty years. A. works B. is working C. worked D. has worked 32. He ____ to New York three times this year. A. had been B. was C. has been D. is 33. I ____ how to dance when I ____ six years old. A. don’t know / was B. didn’t know / am C. didn’t know / was D. haven’t known/was 34. Last month my brother ____ me his photos. He ____ me his photos every year. A. sends/sent B. sent/sends C. sent/sent D. sends/sends 35. Nam is a careful driver but yesterday he ____ carelessly. A. drove B. had driven C. drives D. was driving 36. - Do you like swimming, Bob? – I ____ when I was a child but not now. A. do B. did C. have done D. had done 37. I ____ her at the school gate yesterday. A. met B. meet C. had met D. am meeting 38. She ____ English when she was six years old. A. learned B. has learned C. is learning D. had learned 39. I don’t remember where and when I ____ her. A. meet B. had met C. met D. have met 40. They ____ to know each other for more than ten years. A. get B. got C. have got D. had got 41. - ____ you ____ that film yet? A. Do/see B. Have/seen C. Did/see D. Had/seen 42. I ____ the film with my friends last week. A. watched B. watch C. have watched D. had watched 43. He ____ up at five every morning. A. is getting B. got C. gets D. was getting 44. - ____ she ____ in Hue at the moment? A. Does/live B. Is/living C. Did/live D. Was/living 45. He usually ____ her at weekend but now he ____ in bed because of his severe illness. A. visits/stays B. visits/staying C. visited/stays D. visits/is staying 46. Don’t make noise, children! Parents ____. A. sleep B. are sleeping C. were sleeping D. slept 47. - Why ____ you often ____ so much noise in the house? A. do/make B. did/make C. are/making D. were/making 48. - What ____ he ____ before you came? A. does/do B. had/do C. had/done D. has/done 49. While mum was watching TV, I ____ my homework. A. am doing B. was doing C. had done D. has done 50. At this time yesterday I ____ to music. A. listened B. had listened C. was listening D. am listening 51. - What ____ he ____ at 4pm last Sunday? A. did/do B. was/do C. had/done D. was/doing 52. When I ____ a little girl, I used to climb trees and go swimming in the river with my friends. A. am B. was C. have been D. had been 53. Last year he came here and ____ me to marry him but I ____ too young to get married. A. asked/was B. asks/am C. had asked/was D. has asked/am 54. - How long ____ you ____ novels? A. have/write B. do/write C. have/written D. are/writing 55. ____ you sometimes ____ out with friends? A. Are/going B. Do/go C. Have/gone D. Did/go 56. I ____ a lot of badminton recently. A. play B. have played C. am playing D. was playing 57. When I ____ home, everyone ____ TV. A. got/watch B. got/watching C. get/was watch D. got/was watching 58. We ____ your mother for ages. A. don’t see B. haven’t seen C. didn’t see D. hadn’t seen 59. London ____ a lot since we first ____ to live here. A. has changed/ came B. had changed/ came C. has changed/ come D. changed/came 60. - How many times ____ you ____ this film? – The first time. A. have/seen B. did/see C. do/see D. had/seen 61. - Who’s that? I ____ never ____ him before in my life. A. am/seeing B. had/seen C. have/seen D. was/seeing 62. They ____ just ____ a new fuel. It’s half the price of the petrol and much cleaner. A. had/discovered B. are/discovering C. have/discovered D. were/ discovering 63. My sister ____ married three times. A. is B. was C. has been D. had been 64. While she ____ on the phone, the children ____ fighting and broke a window. A. talked/start B. talking/started C. talked/started D. was talking/started 65. I ____ a lot of time travelling since I ____ this new job. A. spend/get B. have spent/get C. spent/got D. have spent/got 66. When I ____ at school, we all ____ Latin. A. was/study B. am/study C. was/studied D. had been/studied 67. After he ____ breakfast, he ____ down to write some letters. A. has/sat B. has had/sits C. had had/sits D. had had/sat 68. I ____ a new house last year, but I ____ my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses. A. buy/didn’t sell B. bought/hadn’t sold C. bought/haven’t sold D. bought/ didn’t sell 69. He ____ you when he has the necessary information. A. will tell B. told C. tells D. is telling 70. When we ____ at the stadium last Sunday, the match ____ already ____. A. arrive/had/started B. arrived/has/started C. had arrived/started D. arrived/had/started 71. We ____ our plan next week. A. started B. will start C. have started D. will have started 72. They ____ a house by June next year. A. will build B. are building C. have built D. will have built 73. I will stay here until he ____ me. A. answer B. answers C. answered D. have answer 74. She ____ until you are ready. A. didn’t come B. isn’t coming C. won’t come D. doesn’t come 75. The film ____ by the time we get there. A. ends B. will end C. is ending D. will have ended 76. Tom ____ to Hanoi before. A. is never B. had never been C. was never D. has never been 77. When we came to the stadium, the match ____. A. already begins B. had already begun C. have already begun D. already began 78. It was the first time I ____ such a beautiful girl. A. ever saw B. had ever seen C. have ever seen D. ever see 79. He ____ in this school before he ____ for England. A. taught/had left B. taught/has left C. had taught/left D. has taught/left 80. She ____ the gold medal in 1986. A. wins B. had won C. won D. has won 81. - Look. The plane _____ toward the airport. It ______. A. fly / will land B. is flying/will land C. is flying/is going to land D. is flying/is landing 82. – Wait here until your mother ______ back. A. came B. will come C. is coming D. comes 83. She will get home after she _______ her work. A. is going to finish B. finished C. will finish D. has finished 84. – I haven’t got any money on me. - I _______ you some. A. will lend B. am going to lend C. am lending D. lend 85. – Why are you turning on the radio? - I ________ the news. A. listen to B. will listen C. am going to listen to D. am listening 86. – Don’t try that new restaurant. I’m sure you ______ like it. A. not like B. don’t like C. aren’t going to like D. won’t like 87. When he ______ for his lover last night, he suddenly _______ that he ______ his wallet at home. A. was waiting / realized / had forgotten B. waited / realized / forgot C. had waited / had realized / had forgotten C. was waiting / realized / was forgetting 88. When David was in the army, Susan _______ to him twice a week. A. writes B. wrote C. had written D. has written 89. – Where are you going now? Are you going shopping? - Yes, I _______ something for dinner. A. am going to buy B. am buying C. will buy D. buy 90. It rained yesterday after it _______ dry for months. A. has been B. had been C. was D. is 91. They were sleeping soundly when the thief _______ their bedroom. A. entered B. has entered C. had entered D. was entering 92. It ___ five years since he ___ to study English. A. was/ begin B. is/ haves begun C. will be/ begins D. is/ began 93. Spring ___ winter. A. follows B. is following C. will follow D. followed 94. It was very cold so we all _______ coats. A. wear B. are wearing C. wore D. have worn 95. They once ________ a caravan. A. own B. owned C. had owned D. were owning 96. Since 1981, scientists in the world ___ a lot of things to fight AIDS. A. had done B. has done C. have done D. did 97. When you ___ to England this summer, please visit me. A. will come B. came C. come D. are coming 98. Families in the Western world ___ very much in the last 100 years. A. changed B. has changed C. had changed D. have changed 99. Her husband ___ unemployed since they ___ the countryside. A. was/ have moved B. has been/ moved C. has been/ have moved D. was/ moved 100. The students ___ busily when Miss Brown went to get a book. A. had written B. were writing C. has written D. was writing Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. 101. Yesterday David was crossing (A) a street when (B) a truck was turning (C) a corner very fast and almost hit (D) him. 102. When Rita will get (A) her driver’s license next week (B) , she will be able (C) to drive to (D) school every day. 103. So far (A) she spends (B) a lot of time (C) chatting (D) with her friends. 104. Jack is living (A) in Spain now (B). His Spanish had improved (C) greatly since he moved (D) there. 105. Last night (A), while we watched (B) an exciting game on (C) television in our living room, the electricity went out (D) . 106. I’m sure (A) they have completed (B) the new road (C) by (D) June. 107. At (A) this time tomorrow (B) , they will do (C) their homework with their (D) brothers. 108. We have seen (A) and tell (B) you the situation next Monday(C) . Please wait for (D) us. 109. Our (A) teacher explained (B) that lesson to (C) us tomorrow (D). 110. We will wait (A) for you when (B) you will get (C) back tomorrow (D). 111. I will practice (A) my English lesson with (B) my classmate at (C) 7p.m. next (D) Sunday. 112. When I see (A) Mr. Pike tomorrow (B), I remind (C) him of (D) that. 113. He works (A) on the (B) report at (C) this time (D) tomorrow. 114. Please (A) sit here (B) and wait until (C) the manager will returns (D). 115. Our parents arrived (A) next Wednesday. I’m sure we will receive (B) a lot of (C) presents from them (D). 116. I gave (A) him your message (B) and letter when (C) I see him (D). 117. By the time (A) you arrive (B) , I will finish (C) writing an (D) essay. 118. We will be going (A) home as soon as (B) we have finished (C) our work (D). 119. Ms. Green has taught (A) English at this school since (B) she graduates (C) from (D) the university in1986. 120. At (A) 7:00 yesterday morning, when I arrive (B) at (C) his house, he was still sleeping (D).