Exercise 1: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: I _ up at five thirty in the morning A get B got C gets D am getting When my younger brother was young, he usually A was crying B cried C has been crying David born after his father _ A were / died B was / died C was / had died When I _ a child, I _ to be a doctor A was / wanted B was / want C was / used to want I _ meet my friends and talk to relax A sometime B often C now I’m preparing to support anything he tomorrow A say B says C will say D saying My father to the radio last night A listen B listened C is listening My mother home day ago A arrived B arrives C is arriving The students in class yesterday A isn’t B aren’t C weren’t D wasn’t 10 She at home and did nothing last Monday A was staying B stays C stayed 11 you watch a soccer match on TV last night? A Do B Does C Are D Did 12 Be careful! The dog A barks B barking C is barking 13 My friend married in August this year A gets B getting C will get D get 14 –“What your mother ?” –“She is a teacher” A do/ B does/ C is/ doing 15 Ba likes TV every night A watches B watch C watching 16 The weather colder and colder A is getting B will get C get 17 Last night, I home at half past twelve A arrives B arrived C have arrived 18 They _ here when I was a child A used to live B live C have lived 19 They house the coming year A will build B builds C have built 20 She _ a cake every Sunday A make B makes C made Exercise 2: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: She _ a new house last week A buy B bought C have bought D buying The boys _some letters yesterday A wrote B have written C written They _ in the river for since nine o’clock A swim B swam C have swum They _ a lot of wine at the party last night A drank B drink C have drunk She _ her left arm last week D used to cry D is / had died D is / used to want D next week D listens D arriving D staying D are barking D will/ D is watching D gets D arrive D living D built D have made D writes D swum D drunk A hurt B hurting C hurts D to hurt He _ all his money last week A loses B losing C lost She _ a bath two minutes ago A haveB has C having D had He _ his wallet last night A lose B losing C lost D loosed She _ On the old chair a minute ago A sat B sitting C sits D has sat 10 She _ the clothes yesterday A washes B wash C washing 11 Look! Mr Nam to Ba A are talking B is talking C talking 12 The children in the park at the moment A playing B is play C are playing 13 My sister a dinner now A cooking B is cooking C cooks 14 Be careful! The train A comes B come C coming 15 What your father now? A / B does / C is / doing 16 Don’t disturb me! I A is working B am working C are working 17 Sometimes I _ up before the sun rises A get B got C gets D am getting 18 Liz _here since last year A have lived B was C has been 19 I _ Jerry days ago A won’t meet B haven’t met C hasn’t met 20 _ your father _ a manager in this bank since last year? A has/been B did/work C was/being Exercise 3: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: _ you _ this test an hour ago? A do/do B are/doing C did/do It’s the sixth time I _ this novel A have been reading B am reading C have read Thomas _ Spanish since 2005 A learnt B is learning C have learnt Paul _ to learn French in 2005 A have begun B has begun C begins Since 1975, I _ Jane A haven’t seen B didn’t see C saw They _ Hoi An several times A have visited B visited C has visited My mother _ a chance to visit Hue A never has B has never had C had never had Vanessa _ a famous pop star since she _ 16 A became/was B becomes/was C have become/was I _ Thomas since last week A have seen B don’t see C haven’t met 10 _ you ever _ in HN before? D has lost D washed D talks D plays D cook D is coming D will / D is used to want D lived D didn’t meet D have /been D have/done D read D has learnt D began D will see D will visit D never had D has become/was D didn’t see A did/be B have/been C have/are 11 Our city _ a lot so far A changes B has changed C changing 12 How long _ you _ in Hue last summer? A have/lived B do/live C have/been living 13 They _ a new bridge from MT to BT recently A build B are building C have built 14 It’s the third time I _ this mistake A have made B have been making C made 15 _ your father _ your PC yet? A have/installed B has/installed C does/install 16 How long _ Mr Smith _ in this school? A did/teach B has/taught C does/teach 17 They _ some new classrooms in our school A have just built B has just built C are building 18 I promise I _ help you with your homework A will B would C should 19 The photos _ in a London studio last week A were taken B have taken C was taken 20 The car _ by my father yesterday A were washed B was washed C washed Exercise 4: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: When the boy the car he was badly injured A is hit by B was hit by C hit Many mistakes made A has been just B have just been C is just What will happen if the air ? A was polluted B be polluted C is polluted Look! Thomas _his little sister to class A is bringing B brings C to bring My older sister _to pop music A is often listening B often listens C often listen We an exercise now A writes B writing C write Mmm! Mum a cake A makes B make C is making Our teacher us a test every month A gives B is giving C giving I coffee for breakfast every day A haveB has C having D am having 10 My brother in a shoe store now A work B working C is working 11 She to school every day A go B goes C to go D going 12 We this exercise at the moment A are B am C are doing 13 Miss Helen a newspaper now A are reading B am reading C is reading 14 Mary ice-cream A love B loves C loving D is loving A rain/is raining B rain/ raining C rains/ is raining D has/lived D changed D did/live D built D make D did/install D have/taught D built D may D have been taken D has been washed D was hitting D to be just D has polluted D bring D often listening D are writing D makes D gives D are working D D reading D rains/ rains 16 She trees in the garden now A plant B planting C to plant D is planting 17 Students hard every day A working B to work C works D work 18 _ to the radio now? A Are you listening B Is you listening C Do you listening D Be you listening 19 I at seven o'clock every morning A am not get up B not get up C does not get up D are not get up 20 Mary today because it’s Sunday A don’t work B doesn’t work C isn’t work D aren’t work Exercise 5: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence: We always our exercises carefully A B are doing C does D doing I to school every day A go B goes C going D am going My parents _ in the garden now A sitting B are sitting C is sit D is sitting Be quiet The baby _ 15 It much in the summer It (rain) now A sleeping B are sleeping C is sleeping D sleeps It _ very cold now A be B are C is D am Tom _ to the museums by bus now A is traveling B are traveling C is travel D travels The Bakers dinner at the moment A is having B are having C eating D is eating The United States _ big A had been B are C was D is Nam to Hue three times A is B was C had been D has been 10 Uncle Ho _ most of his life for our national Independence and freedom A spent B had spent C was spending D has spent 11 " Come back tomorrow I it all to you A have explained B will explain C was explaining D explained 12 We each other since we left at school A hadn't seen B didn't see C don't see D haven't seen 13 She _ abroad many times A has gone B goes C went D had gone 14 He has _ in giving up smoking A succeeds B succeed C succeeded D succeeding 15 The train when we got to the station A leaves B will leave C was already leaving D had already left 16 One of the students in my class absent today A have been B is C were D are 17 Ba likes TV every night A watches B watch C watching D is watching 18 Alex married next month A getting B will get C get D Gets 19 I that film two months ago A see B saw C seeing D will see 20 They both from college in 1990 A had graduated B graduate C have graduated D graduated