BÀI TẬP Past tenses

The past tenses 1. I ………………. her before. a. saw b. see c. had seen d. has seen 2. I ………………. her last year. a. saw b. see c. had seen d. has seen 3. Tom …………never in Hanoi. a. was b. is c. has been d. have been 4. I ………………. the novel written by Jack London several times before. a. read b. reads c. had read d. am reading 5. What you ………………. yesterday? a. were … doing b. did …. do c. do you do d. are … doing 6. You ………………. TV last night? a. Do …. Watch b. are …. Watching c. did … watch d. did …. watched 7. She ……………….born in 1980. a. were b. was c. is d. has been 8. He ………………. a book since last year. a. wrote b. writes c. has written d. have written 9. Mr Green ………………. English in this school since he …………… from the university in 1986. a. taught / graduated b. teaches/graduates c. has taught/graduated d. taught/ has graduated 10. How long you ………………. English? a. has … learned b. have …. learned c. is …. learning d. does …. learn. 11. When I ……………… at his house, he still ………………. a. arrived/was sleeping b. arrived / were sleeping c. was arriving/ slept d. arrived/ slept 12. The light ……………… out while we ……………… dinner. a. went/ were having b. went/ were having c. was going/ had d. went/ had. 13. Bill ……………… breakfast when I ……………… at his house this morning. a. had/ was stopping b. had / were stopping c. was having/ stopped d. had / stopped. 14. As we ……………… the street, we ……………… an accident. a. crossed/ was seeing b. crossed/ were seeing c. were crossing/saw d. crossed/saw. 15. Tom ……………… a serious accident while he ……………… at the bus stop. a. saw/ was standing b. saw/ were standing c. was seeing/ stood d. saw/stood. 16. While my father ……………… a newspaper, my sister ………………her homework. a. read/ was doing b. was reading/ was doing c. was reading/did d. read/did. 17. The children ……………… football when their mother ……………… back home. a. played/ was coming b. were playing/came c. played/ were coming d. played/ came. 18. The bell ……………… while Tom ……………… a bath. a. rang/ was taking b. rang/ were taking c. was ringing/ took d. rang/took. 19. I ……………… very tired because I ……………… all day yesterday. a. was/ was working b. was/ were working c. were/ worked d. was/ worked 20. He……………… in a cafe when I ……………… him. a. sat/ was seeing b. sat/ were seeing c. was sitting/saw d. sat/saw. 21. They ……………… home after they ……………… their work. a. went/ finished b. went/had finished c. had gone/finished d. have gone/finished 22. She said that she already ……………… Dr. Rice. a. has seen b. had seen c. saw d. was seeing 23. When we came to the stadium, the match already ………………. a. has begun b. had begun c. began d. was beginning 24. They told me they ……………… such kind of food before. a. hasn’t eaten b. hadn’t eaten c. ate d. haven’t eaten. 25. He asked why we ……………… so early. a. has come b. had come c. came d. have come 26. After they had gone, I ……………… down. a. has sat b. had sat c. sat d. have sat 27. Before she ……………… TV, she ………………her homework. a. watched/had done b. had watched/did c. watched/did d. was watching/did 28. After taking a bath, he ……………… to bed. a. has gone b. had gone c. went d. have gone. 29. What was he when he ……………… young? a. has been b. had been c. is d. was 30. It was the first time I ever ……………… such a beautiful girl. a. has seen b. had seen c. saw d. have seen 31. Yesterday John ……………… to the store before he ……………… home. a. went/had gone b. had gone/went c. went/went d. went/ was going 32. Our teacher ……………… us yesterday that he ……………… England in 1970. a. told/ had visited b. had told/ visited c. told/ visited d. told / has visited 33. When John and I got to the theatre, the movie ……………… already. a. started b. had started c. has started d. have started 34. Before Alice ……………… to sleep, she ……………… her family. a. went/had called b. had gone/ called c. went/ called d. went/ has called. 35. When the phone ………………, I ……………… dinner. a. rang/ was having b. rang/ were having c. was ringing/ had d. rang/had. 36. Daisy ……………… with other members in the last meeting. a. has agreed b. agreed c. had agreed d. was agreeing 37. What you ……………… at 6 p.m. yesterday? a. did … do b. were …. doing c. has …. done d. have …. done 38. The little girl asked what ……………… to her ice-cream. a. has happened b. happened c. had happened d. have happened. 39. He ……………… in this school before he ……………… for England. a. taught/ had left b. had taught/ left c. was teaching/ left d. taught/left. 40. She ……………… the gold medal in 1986. a. has won b. won c. had won d. have won . The past tenses 1. I ………………. her before. a. saw b. see c. had seen d. has seen 2. I ………………. her last year. a.