Class 12: REVIEW : TENSES (cont.) I . Choose the best answer: 1.She ………… .Is something wrong? A.cries B.is crying C.cry D.crying 2.In the morning I ………… little time, so I ………… a shower in the evening. A.have-take B.am having-amtaking C.have-am taking D.am having-take 3.A decade………… a period of ten years. A.describes B.is describing C.describe D.describing 4. “When…………?”-“he ………… at 2 o’clock.” A.does he arrive-arrived B.did he arrive-has arrived C.will he arrive-arrived D.did he arrive-arrived 5.He ………… this book when he was at school. A.has read B.read C.was reading D.reads 6.It is the most beautiful place I ………… . A.visited B.visit C.have visited D.am visiting 7.They………… since they………… school. A.did not meet-left B.have not met-have left C.do not met-left D.have not met-left 8.I………… them since we met at Ann’s party. A.have been knowing B.knew C.have known D.know 9.By the end of next year, George ……………English for two years. A.will have learned B.will learn C.has learned D.would learn 10.I haven’t heard from Maria …………… . A.since many months before B.for many months C.for many months ago D.since a long time 11.My girlfriend arrived after I…………… for her about half an hour. A.was waiting B.had been waiting C.have been waiting D.have waited 12. ……………to rain before you woke up this morning? A.Did it begin B.Has it begun C.Had it begun D.Would it begin 13.I……………in HaNoi before moved to Ho Chi Minh City. A.have been living B.have lived C.had lived D.had been living 14.I am reading this novel. By the time you come back from work I …………… . A.shall finish B.will finish C.shall have finished D.have finished 15.As soon as he ……………a certificate in English, he will apply for a job. A.would get B.got C.gets D.will get 16.In 1996, my brother ……………at HaNoi University. A.studies B.is studing C.studied D.had studied 17.We ……………waiting for her half an hour before she came. A.have been B.will be C.will have been D.had been 18.When we got home, dinner ……………so we had a drink first. A.was preparing B.was being prepared C.was prepared D.had been prepared 19.They ……………this film last week. A.have seen B.saw C.were seeing D.have been seeing 20.She ……………the painting when I came. A.painted B.has painted C.was painting D.has been painting 21.I…………… my report when you entered the hall. A.made B.have made C.was making D.have been making 22.Last summer he …………… to the Caucasus. A.has gone B.was going C.went D.has been going 23.She ……………a bath at seven o’clock last night. A.was having B.had C.has had D.has been having 24.They ……………supper when the telephone rang. A.had B.have had C.were having D.have been having 25.She ……………this exercise yesterday at 8 o’clock. A.wrote B.has written C.has been writing D.was writing 26.He …………… a book two days ago. A.read B.has read C.was reading D.has been reading II. PRONOUNCIATION: /S/, /ES/, /ED/ 1. A.sight B. listen C. start D. music 2A. thoughts B.feelings C. dreams D. ideas 3A. seasons B. tourists C. animals D. depends 4A. design B. season C. newspaper D. disagree 5A. visitor B. decision C. musical D. preserve 6A. sure B. seal C. software D. sorrow 7A. tablets B. liners C. sharks D. crops 8A. forest B. resort C. reason D. visit 9A. answer B. listen C. music D. solemn 10A. news B. songs C. feelings D. thoughts 11A. peas B. contests C. works D. thoughts 12A. business B. serious C. compose D. easily 13A. schools B. teachers C. students D. lessons 14A. lands B. suits C. rings D. plans 15A. frogs B. villagers C. fields D. perhaps 16A. tasks B. parts C. baysD. effects 17A. challenges B. devices C. submarines D. passages 18A. parks B. trees C. caves D. contains 19A. forks B. instruments C. feelings D. thoughts 20A. viewers B. nations C. games D. tasks 21A. cooked B. stopped C. watered D. finished 22A. missed B. played C. called D. moved 23A. lived B. continued C. contented D. followed 24A. produced B. visited C. added D. subtracted 25A. worked B. matched C. placed D. ended 26A. asked B. watched C. typed D. played 27A. located B. formed C. threatened D. agreed 28A. worked B. talented C. appreciated D. needed 29A. developed B. used C. played D. enjoyed 30A. followed B. considered C. called D. witnessed III. WORD FORM: 1.Our teacher wants us to feel ----- about asking questions when we don’t understand any lesson. A. confident B. confidence C. confidential D. confidently 2.One of the most important qualities for true friendship is ---------. A. constant B. constancy C. constantly D. constanty 3.Everyone feels great ----------- for the victims of the attack. A.sympathise B. sympathetic C. sympathy D. sympathize 4. A dog is capable of great ------------- to its master. A. loyalty B. loyal C. loyally D. loyalties 5.A selfish person is --------------- of true friendship. A. incapable B. capable C. able D. unable 6. Jane showed great ----------- new project. A.enthusiastic B. enthusiasm C. enthusia D. enthusiastical 7. His strange behaviour made the police ------------. A.suspect B. suspicion C. suspicious D. suspects 8. Would you mind if I asked you some -------------- questions? A.person B. personality C. personage D. personal 9. I think it’s ---------- of the police to use unmarked cars. A.sneak B. sneaky C. sneaks D. sneaking 10. Her words left a ----------- impression on me. A. last B. lasting C. lasted D. lastly 11. Their quality of life improved ------ when they moved to France. A. drama B. dramatic C. dramatist D. dramatically 12.She never complains, but she is obviously ------------. A. exhaust B. exhausting C. exhausted D. exhaustive