Tài liệu Tense

TENSE REVISION 1. I’d like to borrow this book. ………………………..it yet? A. Did you read B. Had you read C. Have you read D. Do you read 2. We…………..in this town for a long time. We …………here 16 years ago. A. had been/come B. have been/came C. were/came D. are/came 3. Fish were among the earlier forms of life. Fish………on earth for ages and ages. A. existed B. are existing C. have existed D. exist 4. Lan……………..extremely hard when she was a student. A. worked B. has worked C. was working D. had been worked 5. The World War II…in 1939 and……………….in 1945. A. begins/ends B. had begun/ended C. has begun/had ended D. began/ended 6. I ………….at the checkout when I …………..a strange-looking man. A. waited/noticed B. was waiting /noticed C. waited/ was noticing D. was waiting/had noticed 7. According to the research reports, people usually……………in their sleep 25 to 30 times each night. A. turn B. are turning C. have turned D. turned 8. As soon as the light turned red, she………………..the motorbike. A. stopped B. has stopped C. was stopping D. stops 9. The last time I …………….swimming when we were in Nha Trang. A. went B. had gone C. has gone D. was going 10. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ………..to bed. A. have gone B. went C. had gone D. goes 11. Nam……………….the newspapers when I ………………..him. A. read/interrupted B. was reading/interrupted C. read/was interrupting D. has read/interrupted 12. Which team………………..the game? A. did it win B. did they win C. won D. won it 13. I ……………English for 4 years now. A. have learnt B. am learning C. learned D. have been learning 14. “Was Thanh there when you arrived?’ “Yes, but he…………home soon afterwards” A. goes B. went C. had gone D. were going 15. Before Nam won the lottery, he …………any kind of contest. A. hasn’t entered B. doesn’t enter C. wasn’t entering D. hadn’t entered 16. Did you say that you………….there only 3 years ago? A. were coming B. had come C. have come D. come 17. By the time he arrived at the party, all his classmates…………………. A. has left B. left C. was leaving D. had left 18. When I was a child I ………………the guitar. A. was playing B. had played C. play D. played 19. They………..in Hue for 9 years. A. lived B. have lived C. has been leaving D. had lived 20. As soon as Lan …………….the house, it started to rain. A. has left B. was leaving C. had left D. had been leaving 21. Sorry I’m late, I ………..the wrong turning. A. had taken B. was taking C. took D. am taking 22. We …………..in Hue for 10 years and then we ………………..here in 1999. A. have lived/moved B. lived/moved C. lived/had moved D. had lived/ moved 23. When he ……………….the car, he took it out for a drive. A. had repaired B. has repaired C. repaired D. was repairing 24. We………………him before the reception yesterday. A. haven’t met B. hadn’t met C. didn’t meet D. wouldn’t meet 25. One day last May, I ………………….a very strange letter. A. get B. got C. used to get D. was getting 26. The program must be new. I ……………….it before. A. have never been seen B. have ever seen C. have never seen D. have seen 27. When I arrived the theater, the play…………. I missed the first part. A has started B. started C. was starting D. had started 28. ……………..your house painted last year? A. Had B. Did C. Was D. Have 29. My mother……………….tomorrow to stay with me for a few days. A. come B. will have come C. is coming D. came 30. I’ll return Bob’s pen to him the next time I ……………….him. A. see B. will see C. am going to see D. have seen 31. This is the first time we ……………….to DaLat, so it’s all new to us. A. are going B. were C. have been D. will go 32. Goodnight. I………………..you in the morning. A. see B. am seeing C. am going to see D. will see 33. Look at those cars! They……………………………..! A. will crash B. are crashing C. will be crashed D. are going to crash 34. We ……………..Hue 4 times during the 1990s. A. will visit B. visited C. would visit D. used to visit 35. When I arrived at the party, she……………..…home A. has already gone B. had already gone C. already went D. already was going 36. I’ve lived in a small house near the coast……………..2000. A. from B. since C. in D. for 37. He left home in 2003 and ………………since. A. hasn’t seen B. didn’t see C. hasn’t been seen D. wasn’t seen 38. Yesterday, when I …………at the station, the train……..for 7 minutes. A. arrived/ had left B. arrived/ left C. had arrived/ left D. arrived/ has left 39. It’s against the law to kill the black rhinoceros. They………………extinct. A. became B. have become C. become D. are becoming 40. Although it is a problem only in Britain at the moment, I think it ………………..the rest of Europe soon A. affects B. will affect C. is going to affect D. is to affect 41. “This suitcase is heavy”, “I ……………it for you. Give it to me.” A. will carry B. am carrying C. am going to carry D. carry 42. Apparently, they ……………..a stadium that…………….over 50,000 spectators in this town. A. are going to build/ will seat B. will build/ will seat C. are building/ seats B. will build/ is seating 43. We…………………..soccer together when we were kids. A. played B. have played C. had played D. were playing 44. The city of London …………………..by the Romans in the year 43 AD. A. founded B. has been founded C. was founded D. found 45. While Lan …………………. to music, her brother…………………his lesson. A. listened/ learned B. is listening/ learn C. was listening/ was learning D. listen/ learn 46. I ……………….a man sitting in front of the theater when I went to school. A. see B. have seen C. was seeing D. saw 47. When I ………………..to her house, she …………….out. A. come/had gone B. came/ has gone C. had come/ gone D. came/had gone 48. Lan’s family …………………..here for ages and ages. A. lived B. had lived C. has lived D. has been lived 49. How many years have you learnt English?- I …………………English for 4 years now. A. have learnt B. have been learning C. had learnt D. learned 50. Who helped you to do this task?_ My sister ……………….. A. did B. had helped C. helps D. was helping