I. PHÁT ÂM - TRỌNG ÂM
1. Phát âm
Cách phát âm của đuôi -s
“-s” được phát âm là:
+ /s/: khi âm tận cùng trước -s là /p/, k/, /f/, /θ/, /t/.
+ /ɪz/: khi trước -s là: ch, sh, ss, x, ge, ce, se.
+ /z/: khi âm tận cùng trước -s là nguyên âm và các phụ âm còn lại.
* Cách phát âm của đuôi -ed
“- ed” được phát âm là:
+ /t/: khi âm tận cùng trước -ed là /s/, /tʃ/, /ʃ/, /k/, /p/, /f/.
+ /id/: khi trước -ed là /t/ và /d/.
+ /d/: khi âm tận cùng trước -ed là nguyên âm và các phụ âm còn lại.
THÌ ĐỘNG TỪ (VERB TENSES)
4.1.
Tóm tắt cách dùng của các thì động từ
Thì động
Cách dùng
Công thức
từ
1. Thì
hiện tại
đơn
- diễn tả hành động thường xuyên
xảy ra.
- diễn tả thói quen.
diễn tả thời gian biểu, lịch trình,
thông báo.
- diễn tả sự thật, chân lí.
- diễn tả nghề nghiệp, sở thích,
nguồn gốc, bình phẩm.
2. Thì quá
khứ đơn
- diễn tả hành động đã xảy ra và
đã chấm dứt trong quá khứ,
không còn liên quan tới hiện tại.
- diễn tả hành động xảy ra nối
tiếp nhau trong quá khứ.
diễn tả hồi ức, kỉ niệm.
3. Thì
tương tại
đơn
- diễn tả những hành động sẽ xảy
ra trong tương lai.
- diễn tả những dự đoán.
- diễn tả lời hứa.
- Thường tại thời điểm nói
S + V(s/es) +O
S + (was/were(not) or
VP2)
(-): S + did+
not+V(bare)
(?): Did + S+V (bare) +?
S + will(not)+ V(bare)
Từ nhận biết
seldom/ rarely/ hardly
sometimes/ occasionally
often/ usually/ frequently
always/ constantly
ever
never
every
ago
last
yesterday
in + một mốc thời gian
trong quá khứ (in 2000...)
tomorrow
next
soon
in + một khoảng thời gian
(in an hour...)
4. Thì
hiện tại
tiếp diễn
5. Thì quá
khứ tiếp
diễn
6. Thì
tương lai
tiếp diễn
7. Thì
hiện tại
hoàn
thành
- diễn tả hành động đang xảy ra
tại thời điểm nói.
- diễn tả hành động sẽ xảy ra
trong tương lai (có kế hoạch từ
trước).
- diễn tả sự thay đổi của thói quen.
- diễn ta sự ca thán, phàn nàn.
- diễn tả hành động đang xảy ra
tại một thời điểm xác định trong
quá khứ.
- diễn tả hành động đang xảy ra
thì có hành động khác xen vào,
hành động nào xảy ra trước chia
thì quá khử tiếp diễn, hành động
nào xảy ra sau chia thì quá khứ
đơn.
- diễn tả hành động đang diễn ra
vào một thời điểm cụ thể trong
tương lai.
diễn tả hành động sẽ đang xảy ra
trong tương lai thì có hành động
khác xen vào, hành động nào xảy
ra trước chia thì tương lai tiếp
diễn, hành động nào xảy ra sau
chia HTĐ.
- diễn tả hành động xảy ra trong
quá khứ nhưng không rõ thời
gian.
diễn tả hành động lặp đi lặp lại
nhiều lần trong quá khứ.
- diễn tả hành động xảy ra trong
quá khứ nhưng để lại dấu hiệu
hoặc hậu quả ở hiện tại.
- diễn tả những trải nghiệm.
- diễn tả những hành động xảy ra
trong quá khứ nhưng kéo dài tới
hiện tại và vẫn còn có khả năng sẽ
tiếp diễn trong tương lai.
8. Thì
quá khứ
hoàn
thành
- diễn tả những hành động xảy ra
và hoàn thành trước hành động
khác trong quá khứ.
9. Thì
tương lai
hoàn
thành
- diễn tả hành động sẽ được hoàn
thành trước khi một hành động
khác xảy đến.
S+ am/is/are + V-ing
S + was/were + Ving
S + will + be + Ving
S + have/ has + V(pp)
S + had + V(pp)
S + will + have + V(pp)
now
at the moment
at present
right now
look /hear (!)
giờ + trạng từ quá khứ (at
3 pm yesterday...)
at this/that time + trạng từ
quá khứ ( at this time last
week. )
giờ + trạng từ tương lai (at
3 pm tomorrow...)
at this/that time + trạng từ
tương lai
(at this time next week).
for
since
ever, never
so far
recently
lately
before (đứng cuối câu)
up to now/ up to present/
until now
yet
just
already
- before/by the time
(trước chia quá khứ hoàn
thành, sau chia quá khứ
đơn).
- after (trước chia quá khứ
đơn, sau chia quá khứ
hoàn thành).
10.Thì
- nhấn mạnh khoảng thời gian của
hiện tại
một hành động đã xảy ra trong quá
hoàn
khứ và tiếp tục tới hiện tại (có thể
thành
tiếp diễn trong tương lai).
tiếp diễn
11.Thì
- nhấn mạnh khoảng thời gian của
quá khứ
một hành động đã xảy ra trong quá
hoàn
khử và kết thúc trước một hành
thành
động quá khứ khác.
tiếp diễn
S + have/has + been +
Ving
S + had + been + Ving
12. Thì
- nhấn mạnh khoảng thời gian của
tương
S + will + have + been +
một hành động sẽ đang xảy ra trong
lai hoàn
Ving
tương lai và kết thúc trước một
thành
hành động tương lai khác.
tiếp diễn
all day/week....
almost every day this
week...
in the past year...
until then
prior to that time
4.2. Sự phối thì
Ǫuestion 1. We first
each other in London in 2006.
A. meet B. have met C. met D. had met
Ǫuestion 2. She suggested
for a drink.
A. being gone B. go C. to go D. going
Ǫuestion 3. My children
interested in kangaroos lately.
A. become B. have become C. will become D. were becoming
Ǫuestion 4. Michael
water sports when he was younger.
A. is used to playing B. used to playing C. is used to play D. used to play
Ǫuestion 5. As soon as I saw the advertisement, I
the house agent.
A. phone B. had phoned C. have phoned D. phoned
Ǫuestion 6. At present, the new director
to foster a culture of open
communication within the company.
A. tried B. was trying C. tries D. is trying
Ǫuestion 7. I decided
the book you told me about some days ago.
A. to buying B. buy C. to buy D. buying
Ǫuestion 8. She wrote her essay carefully to avoid
mistakes.
A. make B. making C. being made D. to make
Ǫuestion 9. Although MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) spreads through close
contact with sick people, not through the air, many people still avoid
to
crowded places.
A. to go
B. having gone
C. gone
D. going
Ǫuestion 13. Due to ever more spreading poaching, there
a dramatic decline in
the number of elephants over the last decade.
A. was B. is C. has been D. had been
Ǫuestion 14. I
work last week, but I changed my mind.
A. have started B. was going to start C. had started D. would start
Ǫuestion 15. The Principal usually has his pupils
waste paper for their
mini-project.
A. collected B. collect C. to collect D.having collected
Ǫuestion 16. I
with my aunt when I am on holiday in Ho Chi Minh City next
month.
A. will have been staying B. will have stayed C. stay D. will be staying
Ǫuestion 17. We could have caught the last train, but we
five minutes late.
A. were B. would be C. have been D. are
Ǫuestion 18. Do you remember
to help us when we were in difficulty?
A. you offer B. being offered C. once offering D. to offer
Ǫuestion 19. The superstar, accompanied by the other members of the band,
to
visit our school next week.
A. are going B. is going C. are D. has had
Ǫuestion 20.
always gives me real pleasure.
A. I arrange flowers B. The flowers are arranged C. Arranging flowers D. While arranging
flowers
Ǫuestion 21. Our industrial output
from $2 million in 2002 to $4 million this
year.
A. was rising B. rises C. rose D. has risen
Ǫuestion 22. (D-10) The captain as well as all the passengers
very frightened by the
strange noise.
A. is B. were C. was D. have been
Ǫuestion 23. (D-12) When Peter was a child, there
a cinema near his house.
A. used to be B. used to have C. used to be being D. used to have been
Ǫuestion 24. (D-12) Working as a volunteer gives her a chance to develop her
interpersonal skills, promote friendship, and
her own talent.
A. discover B. discovered C. discovering D. to discover
Ǫuestion 25. (D-12) It has been suggested that Mary
a computer course in preparation
for a steady job.
A. take B. have been taken C. would have taken D. was taken
Ǫuestion 26. (D-12) The restaurants on the island are expensive, so it’s worth
a
packed lunch.
A. taken B. taking C. to take D. take
Ǫuestion 27. (D-13) The boat was sailing north when a terrible storm .
A. had broken B. broke C. would break D. was breaking
Ǫuestion 28. (D-14) "Could you turn off the stove? The potatoes
for at least thirty
minutes."
A. boiled B. were boiling C. are boiling D. have been boiling
Ǫuestion 29. Two thieves
at a bus stop were arrested yesterday.
A. having waited B. were waiting C. wait D. waiting
Ǫuestion 30. He
us but he was short of money at the time.
A. could have helped B. can help C. might help D. would help
Ǫuestion 31. Although MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) spreads through close
contact with sick people, not through the air, many people still avoid
to
crowded places.
A. to go B. having gone C. gone D. going
Ǫuestion 32. Students will not be allowed into the exam room if they
their
student cards.
A. produced B. hadn’t produced C. didn’t produce D. don’t produce
Ǫuestion 33. (THPT-16) It is raining heavily with rolls of thunder. We
such a terrible
thunderstorm.
A. would never see B. had never seen C. have never seen D. never see
Ǫuestion 34. (THPT-16) Most teenagers enjoy
the Internet for information and
entertainment.
A. surfing B. surf C. surfed D. to surf
Ǫuestion 35. (THPT-16) Without your help, I
the technical problem with my computer
the other day.
A. wouldn't solve B. couldn't have solved C. could solve D. can't solve
Ǫuestion 36. (THPT -17) I
all of my homework last night.
A. finish B. will finish C. have finished D. finished
Ǫuestion 37. (THPT -17) I
my old school teacher last week.
A. have visited B. visiting C. visited D. visit
Ǫuestion 38. (THPT -17) Last week, we _
an interesting film about the animal world.
A. saw B. are seeing C. will see D. see
Ǫuestion 39. (THPT -17) Lan
learning English a few years ago.
A. will start B. started C. is starting D. starts
Ǫuestion 40. Only after she
from a severe illness did she realise the
importance of good health.
A. would recover B. has recovered
C. had recovered D. was recovering
Ǫuestion 41. If Martin were here now, he
us to solve this difficult problem.
A. would help B. helps C. will help D. has helped
Ǫuestion 42. If he didn't have to work today, he
his children to the zoo.
A. will take B. takes C. would take D. has taken
Ǫuestion 43. Only after the bus
for a few miles did Jane realise she was on
the wrong route.
A. was running B. had run C. has run D. runs
Ǫuestion 44. Maria decided
B. to continuing C. continue D. continuing
her education after a gap year. A. to continue
Ǫuestion 45. Only after he
the job as a computer programmer did he
realise how much he loved it.
A. has left B. had left C. was leaving D. would leave
Ǫuestion 46. If you didn't have to leave today, I
you around the city.
A. have shown B. showed C. will show D. would show
Ǫuestion 47. He promised
his daughter a new bicycle as a birthday
present.
A. buy B. to buy C. to buying D. buying
Ǫuestion 48. Drastic measures should be taken to tackle the problems_ _ _ _ _ child abuse.
A. involved B. to involve C. involving D. are involving
Ǫuestion 49. If our teacher were here now, he
us with this difficult
exercise.
A. has helped B. helps C. will help D. would help
Ǫuestion 50. Only after the teacher
the procedure clearly were the
students allowed to go ahead with the experiment.
A. would explain B. had explained C. was explaining D. has explained
Ǫuestion 51. (THPT -19) The teacher entered the room while the student
their plans for
the excursion.
A. were discussing B. discuss C. are discussing D. discussed
Ǫuestion 52. (THPT -19) We
on a field trip if the weather is fine this weekend.
A. would go B. went C. could have gone D. will go
Ǫuestion 53. (THPT -19) Linda took great photos of butterflies while she
A. is hiking B. was hiking C. hiked D. had hike.
ĐỀ 2
Ǫuestion 1. The restaurant
by the time we
.
A. had already closed – were arriving
B. had alreadly closed – arrived
C. had already been closed – arrived
D. will have closed – arrived
Ǫuestion 2. “I
A. had been trying
to get hold of you for ages! Where have you been?”
B. am trying C. will be trying D. have been trying
Ǫuestion 3. Five minutes after we arrived at the beach, it
to rain.
A. were starting B. starts C. started D. has started
Ǫuestion 4. Justin was living in a small apartment until he
married.
A. got B. gets C. is getting D. was getting
Ǫuestion 5. That has to be the worst film I
.
A. will ever see B. had even seen C. ever saw D. have ever seen
Ǫuestion 6. While Alan
home late last night, he
out of petrol.
in the forest.
A. were driving – ran
B. had been driving – had run
C. drived – was running
D. is driving – ran
Ǫuestion 7. To tell the truth, I
A.
Richard yet.
have not invite B. did not invite C. am not inviting D. haven’t invited
Ǫuestion 8. They dinner in an Italian restaurant before going to the cinema.
A. have had B. had had C. are having D. will have had
Ǫuestion 9. Before I
to live in Spain, I thought it was a hot country.
A. goes B. am going C. went D. had gone
Ǫuestion 10. “Sorry. What did you say? I
to Carol.”
A. was listening B. were listening C. listened D. had listened
Ǫuestion 11. On the first of next month, he
in prison for five years.
A. has been B. will be C. had been D. will have been
Ǫuestion 12. I'd rather you
absent from class yesterday.
A. weren’t B. won’ be C. haven’t been D. hadn’t been
Ǫuestion 13. Students who stay up all night to cram for an exam
themselves more
harm than good.
A. are doing B. have done C. did D. were doing
Ǫuestion 14. Recently, a deluge of universities
for conducting online courses instead
of traditional ones.
A. had opted B. have opted C. opt D. will opt
Ǫuestion 15. Screaming at the top of your voice
a good way of venting pent-up
frustration.
A. has been B. is C. was D. had been
Ǫuestion 17. This time next year, we
for the national college entrance exam.
A. have graduated B. are graduating C. graduate D. will be sitting
Ǫuestion 18. She’s alive! She
but that handsome young man dived in and saver her,
just in time.
A. was drowning B. drowned C. is drowning D. has drowned
Ǫuestion 19. I
to the radio when you
the bell the first time, and that’s why I
didn’t hear you.
A. was listening – rang
B. listened – rang
C. listened – were ringing D. had listened – rang
Ǫuestion 20. Back to the 16th century, “War and Peace’’
fascinating novel.
A. were B. was C. is D. are
Ǫuestion 21. When she
me for a year, she invited me to tea.
A. knew B. knows C. has known D. had known
Ǫuestion 22. If they
the museum, we'd better go there today.
A. haven’t seen B. didn’t see C. hadn’t seen D. don’t see
Ǫuestion 23. He looked as though he
a square meal, but in fact his wife feeds him
very well.
A. never got B. is never getting C. had never got D. has never got
Ǫuestion 24. We are swamped with work and
overtime all week.
A. are working B. have been working C. had been working D. worked
Ǫuestion 25. Huong Giang Idol
a picture showing her luxurious house on social
media a few hours ago.
A. had posted B. posted C. was posting D. was posted
ĐỀ 3
Ǫuestion 1. Tim
in three movies already. I think he’ll be a star some day.
A. had appeared B. has appeared C. was appearing D. is appearing
Ǫuestion 2. She was overjoyed because her article
.
A. has been published B. has published C. had been published D. had published
Ǫuestion 3. The existence of many stars in the sky
us to suspect that there may be
life on another planet.
A. have led B. leads C. lead D. leading
Ǫuestion 4. Her academic performance has greatly improved since she
study
methods.
A. changed B. will change C. would change D. was changing
Ǫuestion 5. Recently, a gang of enterprising New Zealanders
an incredible
scheme to raise awareness of depression and mental health issues.
A. has introduced B. had introduced C. introduced D. was introduced
Ǫuestion 6. I can’t believe that you
all the three exercises! You just started five minutes
ago.
A. have finished B. have been finishing C. finished D. are finishing
Ǫuestion 7. Don’t worry! We
for you at 6 o’clock tomorrow.
A. will wait B. will be waiting C. wait D. are waiting
Ǫuestion 8. Jack
chess before so I showed him what to do.
A. wasn’t playing B. hadn’t been playing C. didn’t play D. hadn’t played
Ǫuestion 9. By this time next year, my father
here for 25 years.
A. are going to work B. will be working C. will have been working D. will work
Ǫuestion 10. I
A. am looking B. looked
for my sunglasses since noon, but I can’t find them.
C. have looked
Ǫuestion 11. When the children
D. have been looking
home, it was obvious that they had been
playing in mud.
A. arrived B. were arriving
C. had arrived D. had been arriving
Ǫuestion 12. As time goes by, he
more and more eccentric.
A. becomes B. is becoming
C. has become D. has been becoming
Ǫuestion 13. Kathy can’t go shopping with me next Saturday morning. She
a
French lesson.
A. has B. is going to have C. will have D. will be having
Ǫuestion 14. It’s the coldest winter we
in Greece.
A. ever experience B. ever experienced
C. were ever experiencing D. have ever experienced
Ǫuestion 15. As part of my job, I
abroad a lot, so I
to improve my
English.
A. travel/ need B. am travelling/ need C. am travelling/ am needing D. travel/ am needing
Ǫuestion 16. Mary
the country by the time this letter reaches her.
A. is going to leave B. will leave C. is leaving D. will have left
Ǫuestion 17. I
you should buy him a tie. He
to dress formally.
A. am thinking/ likes B. think/likes
C. think/ is liking D. am thinking/ has liked
Ǫuestion 18. Mary has been financially independent since she
to work.
A. was going out B. went out C. would go out D.will go out
Ǫuestion 19. He won't understand what the responsibilities of a father are
A. as soon as he had his first child
B. once he had his first child
C. after he had had his first child
D. until he has his first child
Ǫuestion 20. Homestead High School’s football team
.
a championship until last
season, when the new coach led them to take first place in their league.
A. has never won B. is never winning C. had never been winning D. had never won
Exercise 1.
Question 1. The wedding party
A. is
held at the Rex Hotel.
B. is being
C. will be
Question 2. How many languages
A. do
A. comes
John speak?
B. does
Question 3. Hurry! The train
D. is going to be
C. did
D. will
I don't want to miss it.
B. is coming
C. came
D. has come
Question 4. Angelina Jolie is a famous actress. She
A. appears
B. is appearing
C. appeared
Question 5. I saw Maggie at the party. She
A. wears
B. wore
Question 6. What time
in several film.
D. has appeared
in several film.
C. was wearing
D. has worn
the next train leave?
A. does
B. will
Question 7. Monica
C. shall
D. would
with her sister at the moment until she finds a flat.
A. stays
B. is staying
Question 8. After I
C. will stay
D. is going to stay
lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had
B. had had
C. have has
Question 9. By the end of next year, George
A. will have learned
B. will learn
A. walking
English for 2 years.
C. has leaned
Question 10. The man got out of the car,
B. walked
C. walks
B. has been
Question 12. Henry
D. would learn
round to the back and opened the boot.
Question 11. For several years his ambition
A. is
D. have had
D. walk
to be a pilot.
C. was
D. had been
into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going
B. went
C. has gone
D. did go
Question 13. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he
dinner.
A. finish
C. will finish
D. shall have finished
C. had written
D. has been written
B. finishes
Question 14. Before you asked, the letter
A. was written
B. had been written
Question 15. She
English at RMIT these days.
A. studies
B. is studying
C. will study
Question 16. She's at her best when she
big decisions.
A. is making
B. makes
Question 17. We
A. spend
C. had made
D. is going to study
D. will make
next vacation in London.
B. are spending
C. will spend
D. are going to
spend
Question 18. Robert
A. arrived
tomorrow morning on the 10: 30 train.
B. is arriving
C. has arrived
D. would arrive
A. left
B. has left
C. leaves
D. is leaving
Question 20.Mike
one hour ago.
A. phoned
B. was phoning
C. had phoned
D. has phoned
Question 19.Look! The bus
Exercise 2.
Question 1. I
_ my homewok as soon as Lan goes here.
A. will finish
B. will be finishing
C. finish
Question 2. Ask her to come ad see me when she
A. finish
B. has finished
Question 3. After you finish your work, you
A. should take
Question 4. Oil
A. floated
B. have taken
D. will have finished
her work.
C. finished
D . finishing
a break.
C. might have taken D. takes
if you pour it on water
B. floats
C. will be floated
Question 5. When he returned home, he found the door
A. unlocking
B. unlocked
Question 6. That dancing club
A. lays
C. to be unlocked
B. lies
C. locates
B. left
D. lain
C. leaves
D. had left
two famous novels.
B. writes
C. has written
Question 9. While her husband was in the army, Janet
A. was writing
B. wrote
Question 11. We
A. learned
B. has been broken
D. had written
to him twice a week.
C. was written
Question 10. I couldn't cut the grass because the machine
A. broken down
D. have unlocked
for home by the time we arrived.
Question 8. By the age of 25, he
A. wrote
.
north of the city
Question 7. Almost everyone
A. leave
D. float
D. had written
a few days previously.
C. had broken down D. breaks down
English this time last week.
B. were learning
C. have learned
D. had learned
Question 12. Is it raining? - No, it isn't but the ground is wet. It
A. rained
Question 13. Her family
A. went
B. had rained
Question 15. Henry
A. has smoked
D. has been raining
to America before 1975.
B. have gone
Question 14. When I arrived at the party, Martha
A. went
C. has rained
B. have gone
C. had gone
D. would go
home already.
C. had gone
D. would go
for 10 years when he finally gave it up.
B. has been smoking C. had smoked
D. had been smoking
Question 16. Yesterday morning I got up and looked out of the window. The sun was
shinning but the ground was very wet. It _
A. rained
B. has been raining
.
C. had rained
D. had been raining
Question 17. We
our examination next month.
A. have
B. shall have
C. will have had
D. will be having
C. would rain
D. can rain
Question 18. Look that those black clouds! It
A. is going to rain
B. will rain
Question 19. We
English this time next Monday.
A. learn
B. will learn
Question 20. We
C. are learning
D. will be learning
this course before the final examination.
A. are going to finish
B. have finished
C. will finish
D. will have finished
Exercise 3.
Question 1. I
"Chicken soup for the soul" but I haven’t finished it yet.
A. read
B. am reading
C. have been reading D. was reading
Question 2. Alan took a photograph of Sandra while she
A. didn't look
Question 3. I
B. wasn't looking
B. lost
Question 4. Last night Tine
A. read
B. will have
A. has been ringing
D. had read
C. are having
D. will have had
very fast today-much faster than yesterday.
B. is flowing
Question 7. While mother
Question 9. The phone
C. had read
a part next week. Would you like to come?
A. flows
A. existed
D. have lost
in bed when suddenly she heard a scream.
Question 6. The Red River
Question 8. Fish
C. had lost
B. was reading
A. have
A. cooked
D. hadn't looked
my key. Can you help me look for it?
A. lose
Question 5. We
C. hasn't looked
C. will flow
D. is going to flow
dinner the phone rang.
B. had cooked
C. has cooked
D. was cooking
on earth for ages and ages.
B. are existing
C. exist
D. have existed
constantly since Jack won the first prize this morning.
B. rang
C. had rung
D. had been ringing
Question 10. The earth______on the sun for its heat and light.
A. is depend
B. depending
C. has depend
D. depends
Question 11. I don't feel good. I_____home from work tomorrow.
A. am staying
B. stay
C. will have stayed
Question 12. In the last two decades, space exploration
D. stayed
great contributions to
weather forecasting.
A. is making
B. has made
C. made
Question 13. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong _
D. makes
down onto the moon, the first
person ever set foot on another planet.
A. was stepping
B. stepped
C. has stepped
D. was step
Question 14. When boarding the plane, many passengers were annoyed because they
____waiting in the airport for three and a half hours.
A. are
B. were
C. have been
D. had been
Question 15. If coastal erosion continues to take place at the present rate, in another fifty
years this beach
anymore.
A. doesn't exist
B. isn't going to exits C. isn't existing
D. won't be existing
Question 16. Their football team____a championship until last season.
A. had never won
B. is never winning
C. had never been winning
D. had never won
Question 17. By the end of this year, Tom______English for three years.
A. will be studying
B. has studied
Question 18. In one year's time, I
A. will be working
Question 19. They
A. have finished
C. will have studied
D. has been studying
in this school for 15 years.
B. will work
C. will have studied
D. has been studying
this course by next June.
B. will finish
C. are going to finish D. will have finished
Question 20. She will go abroad as soon as she
this English course.
A. has completed
B. will complete
C. will have completed
D. completed
Exercise 4.
Question 1. The child
before the doctor arrived.
A. died
B. had died
C. has died
Question 2. We cleaned up the room as soon as the guests
D. was dying
A. had left
B. has left
C. left
Question 3. The secretary______the report by 10:00 yesterday.
D. were leaving
A. hasn't finished
B. hasn't finished
Question 4. Jane's eyes are red. She
C. didn't finish
D. would finish
A. cried
B. has cried
Question 5. This room is dirty. Someone
C. has been crying
in here.
D. had cried
A. smoked
C. had been smoking
Question 6. Arsenal
A. wins
Question 7. It
B. has smoked
D. has been smoking
next Monday.
B. will win
rain tomorrow.
A. rains
B. will rain
Question 8. I'll come and see you before I
A. leave
B. will leave
Question 9. The little girl asked what
A. has happened
happened
Question 10. John
A. is reading
Question 11. He said he
A. will
Question 12. Jack
A. is looking
Question 15. Jack
A. has just painted
Question 16. The train
A. has been leaving
Question 17. We
D. is winning
C. is going to rain
for America.
D. is raining
C. have left
to her friend.
B. happened
C. had happened
D. shall leave
D. would have been
a book when I saw him.
B. read
return later.
B. would
he door.
A. has just opened
B. open
Question 13. I have been waiting for you
A. since early morning
Question 14. My sister
C. would win
C. was reading
D. reading
C. can
D. would be
C. will have opened
D. opening
_
B. since 9 a.m
C. for two hours
for you since yesterday.
B. was looking
the door.
C. has been looking
B. paint
C. will have painted
half an hour ago.
B. left
C. has left
Doris since last Sunday.
A. don't see
B. haven't seen
Question 18. When I last saw him, he
A. has lived
B. is living
Question 19. She is tired now. She
C. didn't see
in London.
C. was living
for a long time.
D. all are correct
D. looked
D. painting
D. had left
D. hadn't seen
D. has been living
A. has been learning
B. has learned
C. learns
D. learned
Question 20. They will have gone home before you
to meet them.
A. came
B. come
Question 1. Hurry up or the train
C. will come
Exercise 5.
before you catch it.
A. will leave
B. leaves
C. will have left
Question 2. Now my sister
a bicycle of her own.
D. are coming
D. has left
A. is having
B. are having
C. has
Question 3. A football team
chiefly of 12 players.
D. had
A. composed
B. composes
Question 4. This is the first time I
D. comprises
C. comprised
here.
A. am
B. have been
C. was
Question 5. Last week, my professor promised that he
D. be
today.
A. would come
B. will come
C. comes
D. coming
Question 6. My girls friend arrived after I
for her about half an hour.
A. was waiting
B. had been waiting C. has been waiting D. have waited
Question 7. Did she say she
him tomorrow?
A. has visited
Question 8.
B. will visit
C. would visit
to rain before you woke up this morning?
D. is going to visit
A. Did it begin
B. Has it begun
C. Had it begun
Question 9. My daughter saw an elephant this morning but she
A. had never seen
B. has never seen
C. never seen
Question 10. I
in Da Nang before I moved to Dong Nai.
D. Would it begin
one before.
D. never had seen
A. have been living
B. have lived
Question 11. There are many ways
C. had lived
to Rome.
D. had been living
A. is leading
B. are leading
Question 12. When we got home, dinner
C. leading
so we had a drink first.
D. led
A. was preparing
C. was prepared
Question 13. She was tired. She
A. has been learning
Question 14. He
B. was being prepared
D. had been prepared
for a long time.
B. had been learning C. leaned
in space for 10 days by tomorrow.
A. will travel
C. will have been traveling
Question 15. He said he would visit me, but he
D. was learning
B. will be traveling
D. has traveled
me yet.
A. has not visited
B. had not visited
C. is not visiting
Question 16. The weather
fine so far this week.
D. does not visit
A. is
B. has been
C. was
D. had been
Question 17. Before the prime Minister leaves New Your he
several talks.
A. will have had
B. would have
C. will be having
D. has
Question 18. We had just got out of car when it
to set fire.
A. has begun
B. had begun
C. was beginning
D. began
Question 19. As soon as he
a certificate in English, he will apply for a job.
A. would get
B. got
C. gets
Question 20. He was told that he____knocked out in the first round.
D. will get
A. had been
Question 1. Michael
C. has been
Exercise 6.
a word with Lisa this morning.
A. has
Question 2. Old Ted
A. had smoked
Question 3. Stephen
B. had
C. has had
twenty cigarettes a day till he gave up.
B. has smoked
C. smoked
on the phone when I came in.
A. talked
Question 4. I
B. was
B. was talking
TV at 8L30 last night.
C. has talked
D. was being
D. had had
D. smokes
D. has been talking
A. watched
B. was watching
C. has watched
D. had watched
Question 5. While I was working in the garden, my son
video games.
A. was playing
B. played
C. has played
D. has been playing
Question 6. When he worked here, simon
mistakes.
A. always made
C. was always making
Question 7. I
if you could give me hand.
A. wonder
Question 8. I
A. painted
B. made always
D. was making always
B. am wondering
C. wondered
four chairs so far this morning.
B. was painting
C. have painted
Question 9. Frank
home since he was a boy.
A. isn't
B. wasn't
C. hasn't been
Question 10.Mai
in HCM for five years.
A. lives
B. has lived
C. is living
Question 11. We
"Alexander the Great". It's very interesting!
A. see
B. saw
C. have seen
Question 12.I've lived here
1990.
A. since
B. from
C. to
Question 13. Paulo has learned English
five years.
D. was wondering
D. had painted
D. hadn't been
D. was living
D. would see
D. for
A. since
B. from
C. to
Question 14. My little sister
"sleeping beauty" several times.
D. for
A. watches
B. is watching
C. has watched
Question 15. since the appearance of karaoke machines, they
D. watched
A. had been widely used
B. have been widely used
C. were widely used
D. widely used
Question 16. She has been studying engineering
A. since 5 years
B. for 5 years
C. 5 years before
17. In 1996, my brother
at Harvard university.
. studies
B. is studying
C. studied
Question 18. Are you learning your lesson? No, I
it.
D. during 5 years
D. had studied
A. finished
B. have finished
C. finishing
Question 19. Elvis Presley
on television for a long time.
A. isn't appearing
C. won't have appeared
Question 20. We
A. have been
D. have finished
B. hasn't appeared
D. hadn't appeared
waiting for her half a hour before she came.
B. will be
C. will have been
D. had been
Exercise 7.
Question 1. There's a strange smell in here. Mother
something.
A. cooks
B. is cooking
C. will cook
D. has cooked
Question 2. The concert
at 7:15.
A. starts
B. is starting
Question 3. Nora says she's 17 but I
C. has started
here.
A. don't believe
B. didn't believe
Question 4. Sorry I'm late - That OK, I
C. won't believe
long
A. don't wait
B. am not waiting
waiting
Question 5. We did not go out because it
C. haven't waited
.
A. would rain
B. was raining
Question 6. Michael, is it true that you
C. had rained
married next week?
D. is going to start
D. wouldn't believe
D. haven't been
D. has rained
A. get
B. are getting
C. got
D. have got
Question 7. Mr. Black did teach that lesson along tome ago, but now he never remembers
it.
A. teach
B. teaches
C. taught
D. having taught
Question 8. Her life has changed a lot
she became rich.
A. since
B. for
C. because of
D. owing to
Question 9. The wind
very hard when the ship sailed around the Mediterranean Sea.
A. blew
B. was blowing
C. has blown
D. was blown
Question 10. I
that novel at least twice.
A. have read
B. read
C. reads
D. have been reading
Question 11. What did the farmer do after locusts
their crop?
A. damage
Question 12. We
B. are damaged
C. have damaged
to Tri An a few times recently.
A. would be
B. were
Question 13. In former times
C. had been
to go to a dentist.
D. had damaged
D. have been
A. many people were afraid
B. many people afraid
C. many peoples were afraid
D. many peoples feared
Question 14. He might have given you some advise if you
him to.
A. would have asked
B. had asked
Question 15. Sir Thompson always
C. asked
D. would ask
funny stories after dinner.
A. said
B. has said
C. says
D. tells
Question 16. The milkman
the jug of milk on the table outside the kitchen
A. lain
B. lay
C. laid
D. lie
Question 17. My litter sister is afraid to
_ the dishes after dinner.
A. have done
B. do
C. make
D. made
Question 18. Did you see him yesterday? Oh no, but I
A. should
Question 19. I wish I
B. ought to
his name
A. know
B. known
Question 20. When his girlfriend came, he
A. cleaning
Question 1. They
A. will leave
Question 2. Someone
A. knocks
Question 3. John
A. works
Question 4. The river
A. flowed
Question 5. He
C. should have
D. did
C. knew
his car.
D. have known
B. cleans
C. is cleaning
Exercise 8.
tomorrow at 12:30
D. was cleaning
B. are leaving
C. are going to leave D. leave
at the door, can you answer it?
B. is knocking
C. has knocked
D. knocked
at the moment, so he can't answer the telephone.
B. is working
C. has worked
D. will work
after last night's rain.
B. flows
C. is flowing
for Chelsea this season.
D. will flow
A. played
B. is playing
C. would play
D. has played
Question 6. We shall make a trip around the world when the opportunity
itself to
us.
A. will present
B. will have presented C. presents
D. will be presenting
Question 7. This pupil
his best and
only one mistake in his dictation.
A. made/did
B. did/made
C. made/made
D. did/did
Question 8. The holiday makers
in the sunshine to get sunburnt.
A. laid
B. lied
C. led
D. laying
Question 9. The snake_
one big egg last week.
A. lay
B. laid
Question 10. I'm afraid you
C. led
D. laying
number.
A. have mistaken
B. are with the wrong C. have the wrong
D. made the wrong
Question 11. I like looking at the pictures, but I
enough by lunch time.
A. should have
B. will have
C. will have had
D. have
Question 12. I don't understand this sentence. What
?
A. does mean this word
C. means this word
Question 13. John
A. usually play
B. have this word mean
D. does this word mean
tennis once or twice a week.
B. in usually playing
C. usually plays
D. have usually played
Question 14. It was noisy next door. Our neighbors
a party
A. had
Question 15. It
A. is getting
Question 16. I
B. were having
C. had had
_ dark. Shall I turn on the light?
D. have had
B. get
C. got
for Christine. Do you know where she is?
D. has got
A. look
B. looked
Question 17. At 5 o'clock yesterday evening, I
C. am looking
my clothes.
D. looks
A. am ironing
B. have ironed
Question 18. Are you ready, Ann? Yes, I
C. ironed
D. was ironing
A. am coming
Question 19. Why
A. do you look
C. did you look
Question 20. I
A. was walking
B. come
C. came
at me like that? What's the matter?
D. have came
B. have you looked
D. are you looking
along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
B. a walking
C. walk
D. walked
Exercise 9.
Question 1. There was a time when watching TV really
A. were
B. was
C. had been
Question 2. Last year they
22 million TV sets.
A. were selling
B. has sold
Question 3. At last the bus came. We
family entertainment
D. is
C. has sold
for half an hour
D. sold
A. waited
B. was waiting
C. have waited
D. had been waiting
Question 4. Through the rain, I
a lighted window and a sign which said "Sam's Place".
A. have seen
B. was seeing
C. saw
D. see
Question 5. Danniel
the bus. It doesn't run on Sundays.
A. did not catch
B. have not caught C. had not caught
caught
Question 6. We didn't play very well. We
_ better.
D. couldn't have
A. should have played
B. should play
C. have played
D. have been playing
Question 7. I think you
pay to park here, I'll just go and read that notice.
A. will
B. would
C. must
D. better
Question 8. I think you should have that coast
soon.
A. cleaned
B. being cleaned
C. leaning
D. to clean
Question 9. I'm feeling sick. I
so much chocolate last night.
A. needn't to eat
B. did not eat
C. mustn't eat
D. shouldn't have
eaten
Question 10. I'm going on holyday on Saturday. This time next week I
on a beach in the
sea.
A. will lie
B. am lying
Question 11. Ted and Amy
for 24 years.
C. will be lying
D. should be lying
A. have been married
B. married
C. were married
Question 12. Tomorrow I
my grandparents.
D. has been married
A. am going to visit
B. will have visited
C. have visited
D. visit
Question 13. When their first child was born, they
married for three years.
A. have been married
B. had been married
C. will been married
D. will have been married
Question 14. I think the weather
nice later.
A. will be
Question 15. She
B. be
C. is
very angry when she knows this.
D. has been
A. shall be
B. has been
C. will have been
D. will be
Question 16. We
a party last Saturday. It was great we invited lots of people.
A. have
B. have had
C. had
D. had had
Question 17. I was sad when I sold my car. I
it for a very long time.
A. am running
B. were running
C. had been running D. have been running
Question 18. We were extremely tired at the end of the journey. We for more than 24
hours.
A. had been traveling
B. were traveling
C. have traveled
D. traveled
Question 19. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody
_ straight to bed.
A. had gone
B. have gone
C. went
D. go
Question 20. The man sitting next to me on the plane was nervous because he
before.
A. hasn't flown
B. didn't fly
C. hadn't flown
D. wasn't flying
Exercise 10
Question 1.
a car when they were living in London?
A. Have they
B. Did they have
C. Were they having D. have they had
Question 2. They
serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant.
A. will stop
B. stopped
C. are stopping
D. will have stopped
Question 3. Mark was listening to music while his sister
a book.
A. read.
B. reads
C. is reading
D. was reading
Question 4. You
here for my party, won't you?
A. shall be
B. won't be
C. will be
Question 5. Can I borrow your bike on Monday? I'm sorry, but
A. I'll be using
B. used
C. use
Question 6. We
the concert. It was really good.
A. are enjoying
B. enjoy
Question 7. It was 10 p.m. Most of the shops
A. have/closed
B. had/closed
Question 8. There's no more apples. We
A. had eaten
Question 9. She
C. did enjoy
just
C. has/closed
them all.
B. ate
C. eat
music all day. Now she fells tired.
D. are going to be
it.
D. have used
.
D would enjoy
D. was closing
D. have eaten
A. has been playing
Question 10. After he
A. cleans
Question 11. They
A. was telling
Question 12. I
B. is playing
C. played
the house, he wrote a letter.
B. was cleaning
me about it last week.
C. had cleaned
B. told
C. had told
here at the end of the month.
A. will leave
B. would leave
Question 13. I hope everything
fine.
C. would have left
D. plays
D. has cleaned
D. would tell
D. is leaving
A. is
B. was
C. would be
Question 14. My grandfather
many years ago.
D. will be
A. had died
Question 15. I
D. was dying
B. has died
C. died
my son the money for that last week.
A. gave
B. given
C. have given
D. was given
Question 16. Yesterday I passed by Peter's house, but the front door was closed. He out.
A. went
B. must have gone
C. has gone
D. had had
Question 17. Where
you at 9:00 last night, Mr. Green?
A. have been
Question 18. I
B. were
C. will be
_ the dishwasher on when heard the shot.
D. are
A. am turning
B. turned
C. was turning
D. turned
Question 19. Now I
for what I said about you. It wasn't true and I shouldn't have
said it.
A. do apologize
B. apologized
C. was apologized
D. apologizing
Question 20. Tim was tired. He
hard all day.
A. has been studying
B. studies
C. studied
D. had been studying