Bài tập tense

Bộ đề số 1 / 2008-2009 / 70 CÂU
Choose the word or phrase that best complete the sentence (A, B, C, or D):
1) He ____ for London one year ago.
A. left B. has left C. leaves D. had left
2) She ____ in Hue for twenty years.
A. lives B. has lived C. lived D. will live
3) I ____ to the market with my mother yesterday.
A. go B. went C. have gone D. was going
4) What ____ you ____, Nam? – I’m thinking of my mother.
A. do/think B. are/thinking C. have/thought D. were/thinking
5) How long ____ you ____ her? – For five months.
A. do/know B. are/knowing C. have/known D. had/known
6) I usually ____ to school by bus.
A. went B. am going C. go D. have gone
7) Yesterday morning I ____ up at 6.30.
A. got B. get C. was getting D. had got
8) Please don’t make so much noise. I ____.
A. studying B. study C. am studying D. studied
9) Water ____ at 100 degrees Celsius.
A. boils B. boiled C. is boiling D. will boil
10) It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. So it ____ for two hours.
A. rains B. is raining C. has rained D. rained
11) ____ you ____ out last night?
A. Did/go B. Do/go C. Have/gone D. Were/going
12) This house ____ 35,000 pounds in 1980.
A. costs B. cost C. had cost D. was cost
13) While Tom ____ tennis, Ann ____ a shower.
A. played/took B. playing/taking
C. was playing/was taking D. was play/was take
14) Mike is playing chess. How long ____ he ____?
A. did/play B. is/playing C. has/play D. has/been playing
15) When they ____ in the garden, the phone ____.
A. worked/was ringing B. were working/rang C. worked/rang D. work/rings
16) After they ____ their breakfast, they ____ shopping yesterday.
A. have/go B. had had/go C. had/had gone D. had had/went
17) They ____ tea when the doorbell ____.
A. have/is ringing B. were having/rang C. had had/ rang D. having/ringing
18) Father ____ his pipe while mother ____ a magazine.
A. smoked/read B. had smoked/read
C. was smoking/was reading D. smoking/reading
19) When I ____ into the office, my boss ____ for me.
A. came/was waiting B. was coming/waited C. had come/waited D. came/waiting
20) When I ____ Brian, he ____ a taxi.
A. see/drives B. see/was driving C. saw/was driving D. saw/is driving
21) When he ____, we ____ dinner.
A. arrived/having B. arrived/were having C. was arriving/had D. had arrived/had
22) While they ____ chess, we ____ the shopping.
A. playing/doing B. were playing/doing
C. played/did D. were playing/were doing
23) They ____ football when the lights in the stadium ____ out.
A. were playing/went B. played/was going
C. were playing/ was going D. playing/went
24) While George and John ____ their room, she ____ the ironing.
A. cleaning/doing B. were cleaning/was doing
C. were cleaning/doing D. cleaning/was doing

25) Today is Thursday and she ____ late twice this week. She ____ late yesterday and on Monday.
A. is/was B. has been/is C. has been/was D. has been/had