I.
Choose the best answer
1. After they…..their breakfast, they…….shopping yesterday
A. Have/go B. had had/go
C. had/had gone
D. had had/went
2. They………..tea when the doorbell ………….
A. Have/is ringing B. were having/rang C. had had/ rang
D. having/ringing
3. Father ……….his pipe while mother…….a magazine
A. Smoked/read
B. had smoked/read C. was smoking/was reading D. smoking/reading
4. When I ……..into the office, my boss……..for me
A. Came/was waiting
C. was coming/waited
B. had come/waited
D. came/waiting
5. When I was 9, I often……..by taxi
A. Drive
B. drove
C. driving
D. was driving
6. When he……, we…….dinner
A. Arrived/having B. arrived/were having
C. was arriving/had D. had arrived/had
7. While they……..chess, we……the shopping
A. Playing/doing
B. were playing/doing
C. played/ did
D. were playing/were doing
8. Today is Thursday and she…..late yesterday and on Monday
A. Is/was
B. has been/is
C. has been/was
D. has been/had been
9. What…….he……before he came?
A. Does/do B. had/do
C. had/done D. was doing
10. She lost her balance when she……..reach out for the balloon
A. Had tried B. was trying C. tried
D. is trying
11. When I……. John, he……from his university already
A. Had met/Graduated
C. was meeting/was graduating
B. met/had been graduating
D. met/had graduated
12. When I was younger, I ……to smoke or drink
A. Wasn’t used
B. didn’t used C. never used D. not used
13. Just a minute too late, he…….on the train when the girl came
A. Was leaving
B. had left
C. left D. leave
14. After……..for help, she……off her shoes and……..in……..him
A. Have been shouting/took/jumped/saving
C. having shouted/took/jumped/being saved
B. Shouting/had taken/jumped/save
D. shouting/took/jumped/to save
15. The performance……at 7 o’clock and ……for three hours. We…..it
A. Began/lasted/have enjoyed
C. began/lasted/enjoyed
B. Would be begin/enjoyed
D. had began/lasted/enjoyed
16. He…….for London 2 years ago and I ……..him since
A. Had left/haven’t seen
B. left/haven’t seen C. left/didn’t see
D. had left/didn’t see
17. As Hugh and I …….down the steps we nearly …….into my father
A. Came/ran B. were coming/ran C. have come/has run D. came/were running
18. On arrival at home I ……that she ……..just a few minutes
A. Had found/left
B. have found/have just left C. found/had just left D. found/left
19. After the guests …..she …..back into the living room and ……off the light
A. Left/went/switched
C. had left/went/switched
B. had left/had gone/switched
D. left/went/had switched
20. Ms. Abbott…….home from work when she…..the child fall
A. Has been walking/saw
C. had been walking/saw
B. was walking/saw
D. Was walking/had seen
21. She is said ……….his books yesterday
A.to borrow
B. borrowed C. to have borrowed D. to be borrowing
22. It ………….that my brother came some days ago
A. is
B. was
C. has said
D. had been
23. They promise that the performance will start on time.
A. It is promised that the performance will start on time
B. They are promised that the performance will start on time
C. The performance is promised to start on time
D. A & C are correct
24. It is recommended that we……………..stay at the city center
A. Could B. would
C. should
D. might
25. People say that he …………. a good doctor.
A. Is
B. was
C. are
D. would
26. He is believing that the wanted man is living in New York.
A. It is being believing that the wanted man is living in New York
B. The wanted man is being believed to be living in New York
C. It is believed that the wanted man is living in New York
D. The wanted man is believed to be lived in New York
27. It …….expected that the government will lose the election
A. was
B. were
C. is D. will
28. People believed that the earth ……… still.
A. Stand B. stood
C. standing D. stands
29. It is alleged that he drove through the town at 90 miles an hour.
A. He is alleged that he drove through the town at 90 miles an hour
B. People allege that he drove through the town at 90 miles an hour
C. They alleged that he drove through the town at 90 miles an hour
D. I am alleged that he drove through the town at 90 miles an hour
30. The thieves are believed to have got in through the kitchen.
A. I believed that the thieves got in through the kitchen
B. We believe that the thieves have got in through the kitchen
C. It is believed that the thieves get in through in kitchen
D. They believe that the thieves got in through in kitchen
II. Put the right verb
1.
When Hoa arrived at the theater, the film ____________(start).
2.
While I (study)_____in my room, my roommates (have)________ a party in the other room
3.
He ____________ (live) in Laos before He went to Vietnam.
4.
After Lan ____________ (eat) the cake, Lan began to feel sick.
5.
Mary and I (dance)_________ the house when the telephone rang.
6. If he ____________ (listen) to me, he would have got the job.
7. Linh didn’t arrive until I ____________ (leave).
8. After they ____________ (finish) lunch, they went out.
9. Somedays ago, The tree (die)
10. I ____________ (meet) him somewhere before.
11. They were late for the flight because they ____________ (forget) their passports.
12. Linh told me she ____________ (study) a lot before the exam.
13. The leaf was yellow because it ____________ (not/rain) all summer.
14. When we met them last year, they (live)______ in Santiago.
15. The boy fell and hurt himself while he (ride)_________ a bicycle.
16. The lamp went off because I ____________ (not/pay) the electricity bill.
17. Hoa____________ (not/do) her homework, so she was in trouble.
18. The tourist lost his camera while he (walk) _____ around the city.
19. I (walk)___________down the street when it began to rain
20. She ____________ (not/eat) yesterday