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[wait] __________ for me. 10. Margaret was born in 1950. By last year, she [live] __________on this earth for 55 years. 11. The traffic was very heavy. By the time I [get] __________to Mary’s party, everyone already [arrive] __________ 12. I will graduate in June. I [see] __________ you in July. By the time I [see] __________ you , I [graduate] __________. 13. I [visit] __________ my uncle’s home regularly when I [be] __________ a child. 14. That book [be] __________ on the table for weeks. You [not read] __________ it yet? 15. David [wash] __________ his hands. He just [repair] __________ the TV set. 16. You [be] __________here before? Yes, I [spend] __________ my holidays here last year. 17. We never [meet] __________ him. We don’t know what he [look] __________ like. 18. The car [be] __________ ready for him by the time he [come] __________tomorrow. 19. On arriving at home I [find] __________that she just [leave] __________a few minutes before. 20. When we [arrive] __________ in London tonight, it probably [rain] __________. 21. It [rain] __________ hard. We can’t do anything until it [stop] __________ 22. Last night we [watch] __________TV when the power [fail] __________. 23. That evening we [stay] __________up to talk about the town where he [live] __________for some years. 24. I [sit] __________down for a rest while the shoes [repair] __________. 25. Half way to the office Paul [turn] __________round and [go] __________back home because he [forget] __________to turn the gas off. 26. London [change] __________a lot since we first [come] __________ to live here. 27. While we [talk] __________on the phone the children [start] __________fighting and [break] __________a window 28. He used to talk to us for hours about all the interesting things he [do] __________ in his life. 29. You know she [stand] __________looking at that picture for the last twenty minutes. 30. I [spend] __________ a lot of time travelling since I [get] __________this new job. 31. When we [be] __________ at school we all [study] __________Latin. 32. When I [meet] __________ him , he [work] __________as a waiter for a year.

so. 5. We just [decide] __________ that we [undertake] ____________ the job. 6. He told me that he [take] __________ a trip to California the following week. 7. I knew that this road [be] __________ too narrow. 8. Right now I [attend] __________ class. Yesterday at this time I [attend] __________class. 9. Tomorrow I’m going to leave for home. When I [arrive] __________at the airport, Mary

1. After he [finish] __________ breakfast he [sit] __________down to write some letters.
2. She [have] __________a hard life, but she’s always smiling.
3. I think Jim [be] __________ out of town.

EXERCISE 2: 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. was still living
11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.

1. wrote B. writes C. has written D. had written 23. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week. A. was reading B. wrote C. was written D. had written 24. I couldn’t cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously. A. broke down B. has been broken C. had broken down D. breaks down 25. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play. A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying 26. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him. A. he had left B. he left C. he has left D. he was left 27. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag. A. had B. had had C. have has D. have had 28. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years. A. will have learned B. will learn C. has learned D. would learn 29. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book. A. walking B. walked C. walks D. walk 30. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner. A. was going B. went C. has gone D. did go 31. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner. A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing 32. I will be glad if he _______ with us. A. had gone B. did go C. went D. goes 33 Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work. A. finish B. has finished C. finished D. finishing

1. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see that the kettle ________? A. boil B. boils C. is boiling D. boiled
2. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow. A. leave B. are leaving C. leaving D. are left
3. He always ________ for a walk in the evening. A. go B. is going C. goes D. going
4. Her brother ______ in Canada at present. A. working B. works C. is working D. work
5. I ______ to the same barber since last year. A. am going B. have been going C. go D. had gone
6. Her father ______ when she was a small girl. A. dies B. died C. has died D. had died
7. Last week, my professor promised that he ________ today. A. would come B. will come C. comes D. coming EXERCISE 3: Choose the underlined part in each sentence [A, B,C, or D ] that needs correcting.
8. After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house from work, she A B C was cooking dinner. D
9. Jimmy threw the ball high in the air, and Betty catching it when it came down. A B C D
10. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it. A B C D
11. Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job A B

A B C D

14. Roger felt the outside of his pocket to make sure his wallet is still there.

A B C D

15. When I’m shopping in the supermarket, I ran into an old friend who I

A B

hadn’t met for five years.

C D

16. The police arrested the man while he is having dinner in a restaurant.

A B C D

17. Peter and Wendy first met in 2006, and they are married for three years now.

A B C D

18. Some people are believing there is life on other planets.

A B C D

19. Recently, the island of Hawaii had been the subject of

A B

intensive research on the occurrence of earthquakes.

C D

20. Every morning, the sun shines in my bedroom window and waking

A B C

me up.

D

21. The man died as a result of falling asleep while he drives.

A B C D

22. I haven’t finished the report yet, but by the time you return I

A B C

will certainly complete it.

D

23. Caroline has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it.

A B C D

24. We’ll be cycled to Hoa’s village at this time next Sunday.

A B C D

25. What will you do when your friends won’t come?

A B C D

26. Someone was knocking at the door when I was doing the washing up.

A B C D

27. My friend didn’t drink any beer since we came to live here.

A B C D

28. We have written to each other when we were in primary school.

A B C D

29. After breakfast, I‘m gone to walk to school with my friends.

A B C D

30. Did he go to the pop concert next weekend for a change?

A B C D

EXERCISE 4: Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same

meaning as the given one.

1. Eight years ago we started writing to each other.

A. We have rarely written to each other for eight years.

B. Eight years is a long time for us to write to each other.

1. It’s a month that my father hasn’t smoked cigarettes. D. It’s a cigarette that my father smoked a month ago. 7. Having finished their work, the workers expected to be paid. A. The workers expected to be paid because they had finished their work. B. Having their work finishing, the workers expected to be paid. C. Having expected to be paid, the workers finished their work. D. Having been finished their work, the workers expected to be paid. 8. Mr. Brown bought this car five years ago. A. Mr. Brown started to buy this car for five years. B. It has been five years when Mr. Brown has bought this car. C. Mr. Brown has had this car for five years. D. It is five years ago since Mr. Brown has bought this car. 9. John used to write home once a week when he was abroad. A. John doesn’t write home once a week any longer. B. John enjoyed being written home every week when he was abroad. C. John never forgot to write a weekly letter home when he was abroad. D. When he was abroad he remembered to write home every week. 10. 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.