TENSE EXERCISE Exercise 1. Choose the most correct answer: I _______this film twice. A. see B. saw C. will see D. have seen –Peter, please help me do the washing up. – Sorry, Mum. I ____TV. A. watch B. am watching C. had watched D. watched The farmers _____ in the field now. A. were working B. have worked C. worked D. are working The war _____ out three years ago. A. broke B. had broken C. has broken D. was breaking He ______ a cup of coffee every morning. A. drinks B. drank C. is drinking D. has drunk She ______ a lot of new books. A. had just bought B. has just bought C. buys D. bought Up to the present, Nam_____ good work in his class. A. does B. has done C. had done D. did At present, that author ______ a historical novel. A. is writing B. was writing C. has written D. had written By next month, I _____ my first novel. A. will finish B. am going to finish C. finish D. will have finished Phong ______ at the university so far. A. had worked B. was working C. worked D. has worked How long _____ able to drive? – since 1990. A. could you B. have you been C. were you D. are you They ______ since eight o’clock. A. are talking B. have been talking C. talked D. talk My brother _______ in the army from 1990 to 1995. A. served B. has served C. had served D. is serving At this moment, I _____ that we have a good chance of victory. A. was feeling B. am feeling C. feel D. had been feeling I _____ the money from him yet. A. haven’t received B. don’t receive C. will receive D. am receiving This is the most interesting book _____ . A. I’ve read B. I had read C. I’ve ever readed D. I’ve ever read I ____ him ten days ago. A. see B. saw C. have seen D. will see It ______ a long time since I last saw him. A. is B. was C. will be D. had been She _____ so hard this week that she doesn’t have time to go to the hairdresser’s. A. works B. worked C. has been working D. had worked Mr. John_______ to Los Angeles in 1992. A. had gone B. has gone C. went D. was going What ______ to you yesterday? A. happened B. did happen C. had happened D. has happened I never go to Australia. I _____ to Australia yet. A. will go B. went C. haven’t been D. have been What _____ do at 7:00 tomorrow morning. A. will you B. shall you C. were you D. did you Why ______ you come yesterday? A. couldn’t B. can’t C. didn’t D. A and C My mother ______ in this factory since 1990 A. works B. worked C. has worked D. had worked I _____ my hair before breakfast this morning. A. washed B. had washed C. was washing D. have washed I _____ about him when he suddenly came in. A. talk B. talked C. am talking D. was talking He will finish this work before you _______ here tomorrow. A. leave B. will leave C. would leave D. are going to leave Don’t make noise. My mother ______ with her friends. A. is talking B. was talking C. talks D. talked He _____ in this office for ten years by next Monday. A. will have been working B. would be working C. will work D. will be working No sooner _____ the office than the telephone rang. A. was he leaving B. he was leaving C. he had left D. had he left George______ this movie three times. A. sees B. has seen C. saw D. had seen Food, air and clothes _______ necessary for life. A. was B. were C. is D. are He ______ a visit to Halong Bay in 1995. A. had paid B. paid C. has paid D. pays This morning while I ______ for the bus, the rain stopped. A. waited B. have waited C. had waited D. was waiting What _____ during the last few weeks. A. did you do B. had you been doing C. have you been doing D. were you doing Up to now, the teacher _______ our class five tests. A. gives B. is giving C. has given D. had given The students _____ English now. A. study B. are studying C. will study D. have studied I don’t feel good. I _____ work tomorrow. A. won’t be going B. won’t go to C. don’t go D. went He is tired because he ____ all day. A. had worked B. has worked C. worked D. works _____ at home tonight? A. are you staying B. do you stay C. were you staying D. did you stay We _____ in this house for ten years. A. are living B. were living C. had lived D. have lived She ____ in the departure lounge for a long time. A. is waiting B. was waiting C. waits D. has waited I ______ my driving test on Friday. A. have passed B. had passed C. passed D. was passing I ______ a vegetarian since 1998. A. am B. was C. have been D. had been When _____ she was sorry? A. did Jane say B. had Jane said C. has Jane said D. was Jane saying The motorway ____ in 1986. A. finished B. was finished C. has finished D. finishes I hope you _____ more carefully in the future. A. write B. will write C. would write D. wrote She _____ English before she came to England. A. studied B. had studied C. would study D. studies We usually go ______ after work. A. to fishing B. fished C. fishing D. fish She’ll be a millionaire by the time she _____ forty. A. was B. is C. will be D. is going to be I’ve been waiting for my friends. I wonder if they_____ their way. A. will lose B. would lose C. had lost D. have lost He said everything _____ all right. A. is B. will be C. can be D. would be It is raining now. it began raining two hours ago. It __ for two hours. A. has rained B. had rained C. is raining D. has been raining He ____ his job last month and since then he ______ out of work. A. has lost/ is B. had lost/ was C. lost / has been D. lost/ had been At this time tomorrow, my father ____ in London. A. is arrivingB. has arrived C. will be arrivingD. would arrive In a few hours, we ______ the test, and we’ll go home and rest. A. have finished B. are finishingC. will be finishingD. will have finished People ____ English and French in Canada. A. speak B. have spoken C. had spoken D. are speaking The car isn’t here today because Dick ______ it. A. uses B. used C. is using D. has used “When did you come here?” “I ____ here since last Sunday.” A. have been B. had been C. was D. am Mr. Harry ______ in the army from 1980 to 1985 A. had served B. has served C. is serving D. served At first you should ____ slowly for a short distance. A. jog B. to jog C. jogging D. jogged We began to jog____. A. before three year B. three years ago C. three years past D. the past three years The baby_____. Don’t make so much noise. A. sleep B. sleeps C. slept D. is sleeping Peter said that he _____ that film before. A. didn’t see B. had not ever seen C. will not see D. has not ever seen Exercise 2 Choose the most correct answer: He said that he.. a lot of money on advertising to expand his business. A. spends B. has spent C. spending D. had spent The train _____ when we got to the station. A. just left B. just leaves C. had just left D. will leave Tom told me he _____ call me at the airport when I ______. A. would/ arrived B. will/ arrive C. will have/ arriving D. would be/ arriving At this time tomorrow, we ____ our final exam. A. will have taking B. will be taking C. will be taken D. would take ____ before? – Yes, I ____ my holidays here last year. A. have you ever been / spent B. have you ever been / spend C. Did you ever be / spending D. were you ever / spend ______ I was working in the garden, John was repairing the washing machine. A. as soon as B. because of C. while D. until Peter said he _____ a test the following day. A. had had B. will have C. has had D. would have After she _____ at the hospital for 2 years, she_____ to give up the job yesterday. A. had been working/ decides B. had been working/ decided C. working / had decided D. is working/ will decide Tom _____ before we arrive there. A. has left B. had left C. will leave D. leaves In 1970, the Canadian scientist George Kelly ______ that warm water _____ more quickly than cold water. A. prove/freeze B. proves / breezed C. proving / freezing D. proved/freezes After we _____ our work, we ____ for lunch. A. having finish/ went B. have finished/ went C. had finished/went D. having finish/ going After _____ Tom was apprenticed to learn a trade. A. leave B. leaves C. left D. leaving They were in a hurry because they thought that the class _____. A. had already begun B. have already begun C. was begun D. will begin – Why have they demolished that old building? – They ____ a new supermarket there. A. would be built B. were building C. are going to build D. had built When I’m learning English, sometimes I ____ the accent. A. will be confused about B. was confused about C. had be confused about D. am confused about After he _____ his English course, he went to England to continue his study . A. will have finished B. has finished C. had finished D. will finish They ____ a lot of preparation before the match started. A. has made B. had made C. will be made D. are making I____ in the US for one year, but I still find it difficult to communicate with the American. A. am B. was C. have been D. had been American women may ____ conversations with men or even ___ them to dance. A. to start/ to ask B. started/ asked C. starting / asking D. start/ ask After ______ the doctor found that he ____ his arm. A. to examine/ breaks B. to examine/ broke C. examining/ broken D. examining/had broken As soon as she arrived in London, she found that the English people spoke English differently from what she _____. A. will learn B. is learning C. has been learning D. had learnt How____ since we____ school? A. are you/ left B. will you be / left C. have you been/ had left D. have you been/ left Before cars_______ , people ____ horses and bicycles. A. were discovered/ had used B. discovering/ use C. have been discovered / have been using D. is discovered/ using Don’t go anywhere until I _____ back. A. come B. will come C. have come D. came I _____ the book by the time you come tonight. A. will be finishing B. will have finished C. have finishing D. finished Who ______ when I came ? A. were you talking to B. are you talking to C. you were talking to D. you are talking to Please send us a postcard as soon as you _______in London. A. will arrive B. is going to arrive C. arrive D. arrived I will give you this book ______ I met you tomorrow. A. when B. until C. since D. for Jane _____ her house all the morning before the guest arrived. A. had been cleaning B. was cleaning C. has been cleaning D. is cleaning We ______ for going home when it began to rain. A. are preparing B. were preparing C. will be preparing D. have prepared Tom said everything ______ ready when the match ______. A. will be/ started B. would be/ started C. is / started D. will be/ starts I _____ in the waiting room when I heard someone_____ me. A. am sitting/ to call B. was sitting/ call C. am sitting/ called D. have sat / called At 10 o’clock tomorrow morning, we_____ our final test. A. has been taking B. will be taking C. will take D. would be taking Our grandfather____ as an engineer for 30 years be fore he retired in 1980. A. had been working B. was working C. has been working D. worked Up to now, the pollution problems yet. A. will not have solved B. are not solving C. hadn’t solved D. haven’t solved Miss Hoa always takes her umbrella when she _____ to school. A. has gone B. goes C. is going D. will go Never talk to the driver while he ______. A. will be driving B. will drive C. drives D. is driving I’ll tell you it is good or not after I ____it. A. try B. am trying C. have tried D. will try I’ll marry her as soon as she _____ all her problems. A. solves B. has solved C. had solved D. solve I bought Romano whenever I ____ Maximart. A. had gone B. has gone C. went D. would go My son was sleeping when I ______ home. A. went B. has gone C. had gone D. would go I was compiling this book while my son ____. A. slept B. would sleep C. had slept D. was sleeping Lan has learnt English since she ____ a small girl. A. has been B. had been C. was D. would be She won’t get married until she _____ 25 years old. A. is B. will be C. had been D. was After ______ , he went to bed. A. had done his homework B. have done his homework C. being done his homework D. doing his homework Yesterday when I _____ at the station, the train _______ for 15 minutes. A. arrived/ had left B. arrives/ has left C. arrived/ left D. had arrived/ left When we _____ there ; people ______ calmly. A. got/ are waiting B. got/ were waiting C. got/ waited D. get/ wait While I ____ in the street, I saw my old friend. A. was walking B. am walking C. walk D. walked What do you think the children _____ when we get home? A. would do B. do C. were doing D. are doing I’ll read the book when I _____ time. A. have B. had C. will have D. would have The house was quiet when I _____ home. Everyone _____ to bed. A. was getting/ was going B. got/ had gone C. had got / went D. got/ went I ______ her since I _____ a student. A. know/ am B. knew/ was C. have known/ am D. have known/ was While I was going to school yesterday, I ____ him. A. meet B. met C. will meet D. am meeting Alice _____ for Washington as soon as she had finished her exam. A. will leave B. would leave C. leaves D. left He died after he ______ ill for a long time. A. was B. had been C. has been D. is I _______ home until I finish my lesson. A. haven’t come B. don’t come C. didn’t come D. won’t come The manager ______ the store before I arrived. A. closed B. had closed C. has closed D. was closing When the alarm rang, Hai ______ out of bed quickly. A. was jumping B. has jumped C. had jumped D. jumped When we see Mr. Minh tomorrow, I ____ him of that. A. will remind B. remind C. have reminded D. reminded 60. I’ll wait until you ____crying. A. have stopped B. will stop C. stop D. stopped Exercise 3: Find ONE mistake in each of the following sentences: (A)Last year, my son (B)was lost (C)among the crowd when we (D)have gone shopping. The problem (A)has turned out (B)to be more serious (C)than we (D)will have thought. (A)Almost 300 million people (B)had visited (C)America’s national parks (D)every year. They (A)have studied English(A) before they went (C)to London. They (A)has got married (B)for 30 years (C)by the end of (D)this month. They (A)will help you (B)whenever you (C)will ask (D)them. (A)When Sam (B)will arrive, he will (C)open (D)the gift. My father (A)has ever told (B)me honestychân thât (C)was (D)the best policy. Did you say (A)that you (B)will have a lot of things (C)to do the (D)following week? (A)When we arrived (B)at (C)the station, the train (D)has already left. (A)Did your doctor (B)recommend you that you (C)will stop (D)smoking? (A) Up to now, there (B)had been (C)no woman (D)being chosen the US president. The neighbors (A)are having a party. They (B)are making so much noise (C)since 6 o’clock. I (D)can’t sleep. (A)Don’t (B)leave the house (C)until I (D)will get back. I (A)was walking along the pavement(B) when I (C)realized that there (D)has been a man following me. Human (A)had struggled (B)against weeds (C)since the beginning (D)of agriculture. Mary (A)said (B)that she (C)do jogging (D)every morning. (A)At this time (B)next week, Peter (C)was working (D)in London. Never I (A)have seen (B)such a (C)good film (D)before. (A)Before the 1920s, (B)no women (C)will vote (D)in the US. Some students have always (A)complain that they (B)do not have (C)enough money (D)to spend. The teacher (A)got (B)angry with him (C)because he sometimes (D)come to class late. (A)Up to now, there (B)had been (C)no woman (D)being chosen the US president. The mother (A)had always took (B)good care (C)of her (D)little son. An American woman (A)not always (B)shake hands (C)when she is introduced (D)to a man. Peter (A)has been written the composition (B)for 3 hours and he (C)has not finished (D)yet. We (A)were a few minute late (B)so the film (C)was already started when we (D)got to the cinema. (A)By the time (B)the police (C)come, the robber (D)had run away. Why (A)didn’t Peter (B)go to school? What (C)did happened (D)to him? I (A)was listening (B)to the radio (C)when the door bell (D)will ring. Why (A)are you so late? I (B)am waiting here (C)for you for more (D)than one hour Phuc never (A)go to bed (B)before he (C)has finished his (D)homework. I (A)have learnt English (B)for I (C)was ten (D)years old. Yesterday evening (A)while I (B)was watching TV, Mai (C)pays me (D)a visit. We (A)went out (B)for a walk (C)after we (D)had our dinner. (A)As soon as (B)the next lecture (C)will end, (D)let’s leave. Mr. Ba (A)had a daughter who (B)were born in 1950, but (C)who died a few years (D)later. 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