Đề cương ôn thi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Topic 1: Tenses

TOPIC 1: TENSES
I. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.
1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
	A. has lived	B. is living	C. was living	D. has been living
 2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
	A. don’t see	B. haven’t seen	C. didn’t see	D. hadn’t seen
 3. The train ______ half an hour ago.
	A. has been leaving	B. left	C. has left	D. had left
 4. Jack ______ the door.
	A. has just painted	B. paint	C. will have painted	D. painting
 5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.
	A. is looking	B. was looking	C. has been looking 	D. looked
 6. I ______ Texas State University now.
	A. am attending	B. attend	C. was attending	D. attended
 7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.
	A. ten years ago	B. since ten years 	
	C. for ten years ago	D. for ten years 
 8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.
	A. discovered 	B. has discovered	
	C. had discovered	D. had been discovering
 9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
	A. run	B. runs	C. was running	D. had run
 10. We _______ there when our father died.
	A. still lived 	B. lived still 	C. was still lived 	D. were still living
 11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
	A. will play	B. will be playing	C. play	D. would play
 12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
	A. shall have been working B. shall work	C. have been working	D. shall be working
	13. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.
	A. will have learned 	B. will learn	C. has learned 	D. would learn
	14. I ______ to New York three times this year.
	A. have been	B. was	C. were	D. had been
 15. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.
	A. leave	B. will leave	C. have left	D. shall leave
 16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.
	A. has happened	B. happened	C. had happened 	D. would have been happened
 17. John ______ a book when I saw him.
	A. is reading	B. read 	C. was reading	D. reading
 18. He said he _______ return later.
	 A. will 	B. would	C. can	D. would be
 19. I have been waiting for you ______ .
	A. since early morning	B. since 9 a.m	 	C. for two hours	D. All are correct
20. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.
	A. leave	B. left	C. leaves	D. had left
21. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.
	A. wrote	B. writes	C. has written	D. had written
22. While her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week.
	A. was reading	B. wrote	C. was written	D. had written
23. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.
	A. try	B. tried	C. have tried	D. am trying
24. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
	A. he had left 	B. he left	C. he has left	D. he was left
25. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.
	A. had 	B. had had 	C. have has 	D. have had
26. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.
	A. finish	B. finishes	C. will finish	D. finishing
27. Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.
	A. finish	B. has finished	C. finished	D. finishing
 28. Don’t leave ______ about the problem.	
	A. after you talked to the headmaster	B. until you have talked to the headmaster	
	C. before you will talk to the headmaster	D. as soon as you had talked to the headmaster
29. You will not know who your true friend is...... .
A. after you had had trouble and needed help 	B. when you were having trouble and needing help
C. until you have trouble and need help 	D. as soon as you had trouble and needed help
30. Only when I_______ my exams next month_______ the book.
 	A. have finished/ I read	 	B. will finish/ I will read	
 	C. finished/ did I read	D. have finished/ will I read
31. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced plans to quickly restart the tourism market _____.
A. after Covid-19 had ended	B. as soon as Covid-19 pandemic ends
C. until Covid-19 ended	D. when Covid-19 will end
32. Mary will have finished all her work _____.
A. as soon as her boss returned	B. until her boss will return
C. by the time her boss returns	D. after her boss had returned
Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one.
1. My father hasn’t smoked cigarettes for a month.
 	A. It’s a month since my father last smoked cigarettes.	 
B. It’s a month ago that my father smoked cigarettes.
 	C. It’s a month that my father hasn’t smoked cigarettes. 
D. It’s a cigarette that my father smoked a month ago.
2. Mr. Brown bought this car five years ago.
 	A. Mr. Brown started to buy this car five years ago. 
B. It has been five years when Mr. Brown bought this car
 	C. Mr. Brown has had this car for five years .	
D. It is five years ago since Mr. Brown bought this car.
3. I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for years.
 	A. It’s years since I enjoyed myself so much.	
B. It’s years since I have enjoyed myself so much.
 	C. It was years since I had enjoyed myself so much.	
D. It has been years since I have enjoyed myself so much.
4. This is my tenth year working in this bank.
 A. By the end of this year , I will work in this bank for ten years.
 B. I have worked in this bank for ten years by the end of this year.
 C. By the end of this year , I will have worked in this bank for ten years.
 D. I had been working in this bank for ten years by the end of this year.
5. The famous actor was last seen in 2000.
 	A. The famous actor has not been able to see since 2000. 	
B. No one has seen the famous actor since 2000.
 	C. The famous actor didn’t see anyone in 2000.	
D. No one saw the famous actor until 2000.
6. I came to live here three months ago.
 A. It was three months since I lived here.	B. I’ve been living here for three months.
 C. I lived here for three months.	D. I didn’t live here for three months.
7. We started working here three years ago.
 A. We worked here for three years.	B. We have no longer worked here for three years.
 C. We have worked here for three years.	D. We will work here in three years.
8. It’s a long time since we last went to the cinema.
 A. We have been to the cinema for a long time.	B. We haven’t been to the cinema for a long time.
 C. We don’t go to the cinema as we used to.	D. We wish we went to the cinema now.
9. He last had his eyes tested ten months ago.
 A. He hasn’t had his eyes tested for ten months .	B. He had not tested his eyes for ten months then.
 C. He had tested his eyes ten months before.	D. He didn’t have any test on his eyes in ten months.
10. I haven’t been here before.
 A. I was last here ago.	B. This is the first time I have been here .
 C. I have wished to be here for long.	D. Before long I was here .
11. The last time I saw Rose was three years ago.
 A. I hasn’t seen Rose for three years.	B. I haven’t seen Rose three years ago.
 C. I haven’t seen Rose since three years.	D. I haven’t seen Rose for three years.