TENSES (EXERCISE 1) Choose the most correct answer: 1. It was a boring weekend. I ____________ anything. A. don’t do B. didn’t do C. am not doing D. won’t do 2. I’m busy at the moment. I __________ on the computer. A. work B. am working C. worked D. have worked 3. I ___________ tomorrow, so we can go somewhere. A. am not working B. don’t work C. won’t work D. am not going to work 4. Tom promises that he ____________ me again. A. visits B. will have visit C. will visit D. has visit 5. You have to wait until the light ____________ to green. A. changed B. changes C. will change D. has changed 6. We will go out as soon as it ___________ raining. A. has stopped B. will have stopped C. will stop D. is stopping 7. Either John or his brothers ___________ the keys to the car. A. has taken B. have taken C. is taking D. takes 8. “When is Mr. Ba planning to retire? He ____________ for the company for thirty years now.” A. works B. is working C. has been working D. had been working 9. The girl wishes she in Hue for the festival next week. A. had stayed B. is staying C. stayed D. could stay 10. He used to write home once a week. A. He writes home every week. B. He was force to write home every week. C. He doesn’t now write home once a week. D. He didn’t write home before. 11. By the times Jane arrives, we this group project. A. will finish B. have finished C. will have finished D. finish 12. He for the national team in 65 matches so far. A. played B. is playing C. has played D. had played 13. We the game if we’d had a few more minutes. A. won B. had won C. could win D. could have won 14. Two people to be injured in the explosion early this morning. A. were reported B. reported C. report D. had reported 15. My sister interested in medicine ever since she a child. A. has been / was B. is / has been C. was / was D. has been being / was 16. Where your husband? A. have you first met B. did you first met C. had you first met D. you first met 17. Is this the first time you pasta? A. have cooked B. cooked C. cook D. was cooking 18. Are you free on Friday? – No, we are very busy now. We a party on Sunday. A. have B. are having C. are going to have D. will have 19. Dolphins in waters for millions of years and are still common today. A. lived B. live C. have live D. have been living 20. I have never visited Vietnam but I to Asia several times. A. have traveled B. traveled C. travel D. have been traveling 21. Several students tried to solve the quiz, but no solution A. has found B. was found C. found D. had found 21. In the last hundred years, traveling much easier and more comfortable. A. is becoming B. becomes C. became D. has become 22. “Why do you look so tired? – “Yes, I all day.” A. was working B. worked C. have been working D. work 23. Mary her husband when she in the United States. A. met / worked B. met / was working C. had met / was working D. was meeting / was working 24. Sarah for her things when she someone called her name. A. was paying / heard B. paid / heard C. has paid / was hearing D. had paid / heard 25. I last me him two years ago. A. I haven’t met him for two years. B. I meet him every two years. C. I have met him for two years. D. I didn’t meet him two years ago. 26. We in Newcastle for two years now and I like it a lot. A. have lived B. have been living C. lived D. live 27. The morning paper by over 200,000 people every day. A. read B. is reading C. reads D. is read 28. When steal? – Two days ago. A. did your bike steal B. was your bike stolen C. your bike stole D. was your bike stealing 29. s soon as the light turned red, he the car. A. stopped B. has stopped C. was stopping D. had stopped 30. We can’t go along here because the road A. had been repaired B. was repaired C. is being repaired D. will be repaired 31. Did you post the letter for me? – Oh, I’m sorry. I’m completely forgot. I it now. A. do B. will do C. am going to do D. am doing 32. I’ve decided to repaint this room. _ Oh, have you. What color it? A. do you paint B. will you paint C. are you going to paint D. have you painted 33. Why are you working so hard these days? – Because I a car, so I’m saving as much as I can. A. am going to buy B. am buying C. buy D. will buy 34. At this time tomorrow, we over the Atlantic. A. will fly B. are flying C. are going to fly D. will be flying 35. After Jessica her degree, she intends to work in her father’s company. A. finishes B. has finished C. had finished D, finished 36. Your car looks very clean. it? A. Did you wash B. Had you washed C. Have you washed D. Do you wash 37. The train _____ when we got to the station. A. just left B. just leaves C. had just left D. will leave 38. Tom told me he _____ call me at the airport when I ______. A. would/ arrived B. will/ arrive C. will have/ arriving D. would be/ arriving 39. Peter said he _____ a test the following day. A. had had B. will have C. has had D. would have 40. After she _____ at the hospital for 2 years, she_____ to give up the job yesterday. A. had been working/ decides B. had been working/ decided C. working / had decided D. is working/ will decide 41. In 1970, the Canadian scientist George Kelly ______ that warm water _____ more quickly than cold water. A. prove/freeze B. proves / breezed C. proving / freezing D. proved/freezes 42. After he _____ his English course, he went to England to continue his study . A. will have finished B. has finished C. had finished D. will finish 43. I____ in the US for one year, but I still find it difficult to communicate with the American. A. am B. was C. have been D. had been 44. After ______ the doctor found that he ____ his arm. A. to examine/ breaks B. to examine/ broke C. examining/ broken D. examining/had broken 45. As soon as she arrived in London, she found that the English people spoke English differently from what she _____. A. will learn B. is learning C. has been learning D. had learnt 46. How____ since we____ school? A. are you/ left B. will you be / left C. have you been/ had left D. have you been/ left 47. Before cars_______ , people ____ horses and bicycles. A. were discovered/ had used B. discovering/ use C. have been discovered / have been using D. is discovered/ using 48. Don’t go anywhere until I _____ back. A. come B. will come C. have come D. came 49. I _____ the book by the time you come tonight. A. will be finishing B. will have finished C. have finishing D. finished 50. Who ______ when I came ? A. were you talking to B. are you talking to C. you were talking to D. you are talking to . TENSES (EXERCISE 1) Choose the most correct answer: 1. It was a boring weekend. I ____________ anything. A. don’t do B. didn’t. stay 10 . He used to write home once a week. A. He writes home every week. B. He was force to write home every week. C. He doesn’t now write home once a week. D. He didn’t write home before. 11 have finished C. will have finished D. finish 12 . He for the national team in 65 matches so far. A. played B. is playing C. has played D. had played 13 . We the game if we’d had a few more minutes. A.