CHUYÊN ĐỀ TIẾNG ANH (theo tham chiếu Châu Âu 6 bậc) TENSES
Exercise 1: Choose the best answer among the A, B, C, or D provided to finish each of the incomplete
sentences below.
1. They___________ for 3 hours when the storm suddenly broke.
A. had been running B. have been running C. are running D. will be running
2. I___________ come to the conclusion that nowadays nobody cares about anything.
A. will
B. had
C. do
D. have
3. I assumed you ___________ paying for the repairs until the end of last year.
A. have been
B. was been
C. are being
D. had been
4. ___________ get tired of answering the same questions every day?
A. Have you ever
B. Had you ever
C. Do you ever
D. Are you ever
5. She___________ working on that manuscript for 2 years now.
A. will be
B. has been
C. had been
D. is
6. I___________ there once a long time ago and___________ back since.
A. went/ have not been B. go/ am not
C. have gone/ was
D. was going/ had not been
7. The students___________ by Mrs. Linda. However, this week they___________ by Mr. Mike.
A. are usually taught/ are being taught
B. usually teach/ are teaching
C. have usually been taught/ have been teaching D. were usually teaching/ are teaching
8. In the past the trip___________ very rough and often dangerous, but things___________ a great deal in the
last hundred and fifty years.
A. was/ have changed
B. is/ change
C. had been/ will change D. has been/ changed
9. Now you___________ from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.
A. are flying
B. would fly
C. will fly
D. can fly
10. When Carol___________ last night, I__________ my favorite show on television.
A. was calling/ watched
B. called/ have watched
C. called/ was watching
D. had called/ watched
11. By this time next summer, you ___________ your studies.
A. completes
B. will complete
C. are completing
D. will have completed
12. Right now, Jim___________ the newspaper and Kathy___________ dinner.
A. reads/ has cooked B. is reading/ is cooking C. has read/ was cooking D. read/ will be cooking
13. Last night at this time, they __________ the same thing. She_________ and he the newspaper.
A. are doing/ is cooking/ is reading
B. were doing/ was cooking/ was reading
C. was doing/ has cooked/ is reading
D. had done/ was cooking/read
14. When I_________ home last night, I_________ that Jane________ a beautiful candlelight dinner.
A. had arrived/ discovered/ prepared
B. was arriving/ had discovered/ was preparing
C. have arrived/ was discovering/ had prepared
D. arrived/ discovered/ was preparing
15. Sam___________ to change a light bulb when he___________ and___________.
A. was trying/ slipped/ fell
B. tried/ was slipping/ falling
C. had been trying / slipped
D. has tried/ slips/ falls
16. Yesterday, I___________ for work late because I___________ to set my alarm.
A. had left/ forgot
B. was leaving/ was forgetting
C. left/ had forgot
D. had been leaving/ would forget
17. By the time we________ to the train station, Susan_________ for us for more than two hours.
A. will get/ has been waiting
B. got/ was waiting
C. got/ had been waiting
D. get/ will wait
18. I_____ for this company for more than thirty years, and I intend to stay here until I ______ next year.
A. am working/ will retire
B. am going to work/ am retiring
C. work/ am going to retire
D. have been working/ retire
19. My mother always the first___________ up and the last___________ to bed.
A. getting/ going
B. to get/ going
C. getting/ to go
D. to get/ to go
20. I___________ you last night after dinner, but you___________ there. Where___________ you?
A. was calling/ are not/ are
B. called/ were not/ were
C. had called/ had not been/ were
D. called/ have not been/ are
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer among the A, B, C, or D provided to finish each of the incomplete
sentences below.
1. The lights___________ out because we___________ the electricity bill.
A. have gone/ did not pay B. will go/ did not paid C. go/ would not pay D. went/ had not paid
2. ___________ Tom Cruise's last movie? Yes, I___________ it three days ago
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CHUYÊN ĐỀ TIẾNG ANH (theo tham chiếu Châu Âu 6 bậc) TENSES
A. Have you ever seen/ saw
B. Did you ever see/ have seen
C. Had you ever seen/ would see
D. Will you ever see/ saw
3. I___________ a terrible accident while I___________ on the beach.
A. see/ am walking B. saw/ was walking C. was seeing/ walked D. have seen/ were walking
4. After all, she___________ him since her childhood.
A. knows
B. knew
C. was knowing
D. had known
5. We___________ touch since we___________ school three years ago.
A. lost/ have left
B. have lost/ leave
C. have lost/ left
D. were losing/ had left
6. ___________ in Rome than he___________.
A. No sooner he had arrived/ was being kidnapped
B. No sooner had he arrived/ was kidnapped
C. Had he no sooner arrived/ kidnapped
D. No sooner was he arriving/ had been kidnapped
7. I___________ there once a long time ago and___________ back since.
A. was/ have not been
B. had been/ was not
C. would be/ had not been
D. have been/ will not be
8. As many as ten-million children___________ with the virus by the end of this decade.
A. have been infected B. will be infecting
C. had been infected D. will have been infected
9. What___________ when the fire alarm___________ off?
A. are you doing/ will go
B. have you done/ would go
C. were you doing/ went
D. will you do/ are going
10. He__________ email before, so I__________ him how to use it.
A. did not use/ had shown
B. had not used/ showed
C. has not used/ showed
D. was not using/ will show
11. Doctor Pike______ the hospital after he______ an uneventful evening on duty. He_______ of his day of
rest.
A. was leaving/ has had/ thought
B. left/ had had/ was thinking
C. will leave/ had/ will think
D. is leaving/ will have/ thinks
12. She __________ me anything about that problem so far.
A. is not telling
B. does not tell
C. will not tell
D. has not told
13. I think that everything________ ready for the project procedure by the end of next month.
A. will have been
B. has been
C. had been
D. is
14. Be quiet! Someone__________ at the front door. I__________ it.
A. is knocking/ will answer
B. knocks/ am answering
C. has knocked/ am going to answer
D. will knock/ have answered
15. Kelvin and Martha __________ married in June.
A. are getting
B. has got
C. was getting
D. will have got
16. Two lions __________ from the National Zoo, and the police __________ to catch them.
A. will escape/ try
B. escaped/ had tried C. have escaped/ are trying D. escape/ were trying
17. Oranges__________ rich in vitamin C, which__________ good for our health.
A. have been/ is
B. are/ is
C. are/ will be
D. were/ has been
18. Let's go to Fuji for our summer holiday! - OK. It__________ good.
A. sounds
B. is sounding
C. has sounded
D. was sounding
19. They __________ enthusiastically when their teacher __________ in.
A. discuss/ comes
B. will have discussed/ comes
C. will discuss/ will come
D. were discussing/ came
20. I told him_________ the word to Jane somehow that I_________ to reach her during the early hours.
A. passing/ will try B. he will pass/ tried C. to pass/ would be trying D. he passed/ have tried
Exercise 3: Choose the best answer among the A, B, C, or D provided to finish each of the incomplete
sentences below.
1. Laura said she had worked on the assignment since___________.
A. yesterday
B. two days ago
C. the day before
D. the next day
2. John asked me___________ interested in any kind of sports.
A. if I were
B. if were I
C. if was I
D. if I was
3. I___________ you everything I am doing, 'and you have to do the same.
A. will tell
B. would tell
C. told
D. was telling
4. John asked me___________ that film the night before.
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A. that I saw
B. had I seen
C. if I had seen
D. if had I seen
5. The guest told the host that___________.
A. I must go now
B. he must go now
C. he had to go now D. he had to go then
6. The teacher told Joe ___________.
A. to stop talking
B. stop talking
C. stops talking
D. stopped talking
7. She said she___________.
A. was very tired last night
B. was very tired the night before
C. had been very tired last night
D. had been very tired the night before
8. She said that her teacher___________ to London___________.
A. will go/ tomorrow B. went/ tomorrow C. would go/ the next day D. had gone/ the next day
9. She told the boys ___________ on the grass.
A. do not play
B. did not play
C. not playing
D. not to play
10. She asked ___________.
A. where was her umbrella
B. where her umbrella was
C. where were her umbrella
D. where her umbrella were
11. Jason asked me ___________ me the book the day before.
A. if who gave
B. if who has given C. who had given
D. that who had given
12. He said that his father___________ to Dallas the year before.
A. goes
B. went
C. has gone
D. had gone
13. He wanted to know___________ shopping during the previous morning.
A. if we had been going
B. that if we had been going
C. we were going
D. that we were going
14. He asked me___________ Robert and I said I did not know___________.
A. that did I know/ who were Robert
B. that I knew/ who Robert were
C. if I knew/ who Robert was
D. whether I knew/ who was Robert
15. The mother asked her son___________.
A. where he has been B. where he had been C. where has he been D. where had he been
16. They asked me___________.
A. how is my father B. how my father is C. how was my father D. how my father was
17. The host asked Peter___________ tea or coffee.
A. whether he preferred
B. that he preferred C. did he prefer
D. if he prefers
18. She asked me___________ my holidays___________.
A. where I spent/ the previous year
B. where I had spent/ the previous year
C. where I spent/ last year
D. where did I spend/ last year
19. He advised___________ too far.
A. her did not go
B. her do not go
C. her not to go
D. she did not go
20. Max often says he___________ boxing because it___________ a cruel sport.
A. does not like/ is B. did not like/ were C. not liked/ had been D. had not liked/ was
Exercise 4: Choose the best answer among the A, B, C, or D provided to finish each of the incomplete
sentences below.
1. Albert told me that they___________ fish two___________ days.
A. have not eaten/ ago
B. had not eaten/ previous
C. did not eat/ before
D. would not eat/ last
2. Manh told me that he___________ his best in the exam the___________ day.
A. had done/ following B. will do/ previous C. would do/ following D. was going/ previous
3. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony___________ next weekend.
A. is going to be performed B. has been performed C. will be performing D. will have performed
4. The man___________ an actor years ago.
A. is said to be
B. was said being
C. was said have been D. is said to have been
5. I hate___________ personal questions by newly-acquainted friends.
A. to be asking
B. to be asked
C. being asking
D. of asking
6. It___________ that learning a foreign language___________ a lot of time.
A. says / is taken
B. is saying / has been taken C. is said / takes D. was said / was taken
7. All bottles___________ before transportation.
A. frozen
B. were froze
C. were frozen
D. are froze
8. The trees___________.
A. were grown by John yesterday in the backyard B. were grown in the backyard by John yesterday
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CHUYÊN ĐỀ TIẾNG ANH (theo tham chiếu Châu Âu 6 bậc) TENSES
C. were grown in the backyard yesterday by John D. in the backyard were grown yesterday by John
9. ___________ yet?
A. Have the letters been typed
B. Have been the letters typed
C. Have the letters typed
D. Had the letters typed
10. English has become a second language in countries like India, Nigeria or Singapore where __________
for administration, broadcasting and education.
A. is used
B. it is used
C. used
D. being used
11. The telephone___________ by Alexander Graham Bell.
A. is invented
B. is inventing C. invented
D. was invented
12. Lots of houses___________ by the earthquake.
A. are destroying
B. destroyed
C. were destroying D. were destroyed
13. In the US the first stage of compulsory education___________ as elementary education.
A. to be generally known B. is generally known C. generally known D. is generally knowing
14. The Minister of the Education and Training Department appeared on TV last night to______ his new
policy.
A. public
B. publicly
C. publicize
D. publicizing
15. Mathematics, a required subject in all schools, is___________ into many branches.
A. grouped
B. prepared
C. divided
D. added
16. Education__________ to be the most important element to develop a country.
A. often be considered
B. can often consider
C. can often considered
D. can often be considered
17. The preparations___________ by the time the guests___________.
A. had been finished/ arrived
B. have finished/ arrived
C. had finished/ were arriving
D. have been finished/ were arrived
18. ___________ in that company?
A. Do shoes make B. Are shoes be made C. Shoes are made
D. Are shoes made
19. Portuguese___________ as an official language in this city since three hundred years ago.
A. has always been spoken
B. has been spoken always
C. has always spoken
D. had always spoken
20. More than ten victims___________ missing in the storm last week.
A. are reported to be
B. are reported to have been
C. are reporting to have been
D. are reporting to be
Exercise 5: Choose the best answer among the A, B, C, or D provided to finish each of the incomplete
sentences below.
1. ___________ by your father?
A. Did that book write
B. Did that book written
C. Was that book written
D. Was that book be writing
2. Something_________ immediately to prevent teenagers from________ in factories and mines.
A. should be done/ being exploited
B. we should do/ exploiting
C. should do/ be exploited
D. should have done/ exploited
3. This car___________.
A. was manufactured in Japan by Toyota last year
B. was manufactured by Toyota last year in Japan
C. was manufactured last year in Japan by Toyota
D. last year was manufactured by Toyota in Japan
4. Why___________ on time?
A. don't the exercises finish
B. weren't the exercises be finished
C. aren't the exercises being finished
D. aren't the exercises be finished
5. No longer___________ in our office since it___________.
A. have typewriters been used/ computerize
B. typewriters have been used/ was computerized
C. have typewriters been used/ was computerized
D. typewriters have been used/ computerized
6. When___________?
A. were computers used first
B. were computers first used
C. did computers first use
D. are computers first using

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CHUYÊN ĐỀ TIẾNG ANH (theo tham chiếu Châu Âu 6 bậc) TENSES
7. Everything that ___________ remained a secret.
A. overheard
B. had been overheard C. had overheard
D. was overhearing
8. The refreshments ___________ by Karen.
A. are going to be prepared B. are going to prepare
C. are preparing
D. are to prepare
9. ___________ by the police.
A. The stealing car has just been found
B. The stolen car has just been found
C. The stealing car has just found
D. The stolen car has just found.
10. ___________ to you yet?
A. Are the book been giving back
B. Was the book been given back
C. Has been the book given back
D. Has the book been given back
11. What he has done to me ___________.
A. cannot forgiven
B. cannot be forgiven C. cannot forgive
D. cannot be forgiving
12. The keys ___________ somewhere.
A. must have been leaving B. must have left
C. must be leaving
D. must have been left
13. Japanese ___________ at the meeting.
A. will speak
B. will spoken
C. will be spoken
D. will be speaking
14. Although he tried his best, he could not make his voice ___________.
A. hear
B. to hear
C. hearing
D. heard
15. I ___________ in the lounge for ten minutes.
A. was told waiting
B. was told to wait
C. was telling to be waited D. was told to be waited
16. These students ___________ so much that they feel very tired and bored.
A. are made to study
B. are made study
C. are making to study D. ate made to be studied
17. They ___________ time and money doing such a thing.
A. were advised not to waste
B. were advised not to be wasted
C. were advising not to waste
D. were advising not to be wasted
18. If I ___________ 10 years younger, I ___________ the job.
A. am/ will take B. was/ have taken C. had been/ will have taken D. were/ would take
19. ___________ I had learnt English when I was at high school.
A. Unless
B. Even if
C. If
D. If only
20. You are not allowed to use the club's facilities _____ you are a member.
A. unless
B. if
C. provided
D. supposed

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