LESSON 2 (TENSES – CONT)
1. 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
2. After the car crash last night, all the injured ________________ to the hospital in an
ambulance
A. was rushing B. were rushed C. was rushed D. were rushing
3. Only one of our gifted students________________ to participate in the final competition.
A. has been chosen B. have been chosen C. were choosing D. chosen
4. The boat was sailing north when a terrible storm __________.
A. had broken B. broke C. would break D. was breaking
5. In our hospital, patients every morning.
A. are examined B. can examine C. have examined D. were examining
6. "Could you turn off the stove? The potatoes ___________ for at least thirty minutes."
A. are boiling B. were boiling C. have been boiling D. boiled
7. Carbon dioxide ___________as one of the main contributors to the greenhouse effect.
A. has been identified B. has identified C. had identified D. had been identified
8. The headmaster has decided that three lecture halls ___________ in our school next semester.
their student cards.
A. will build B. will be built C. are being built D. will be building
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.
10. 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
11. 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
12. I ________ my old school teacher last week.
A. visited B. visit C. am visiting D. have visited
13. I __________ all of my homework last night.
A. finish B. will finish C. have finished D. finished
14. Lan __________ learning English a few years ago.
A. starts B. will start C. started D. is starting
15. By the time I went to bed last night, I ________my homework.
A. have already finished B. already finished
C. had already finished D. were already finishing
16. There ________ many significant advances in Vietnamese education recently.
A. are B. will be C. had been D. have been
17. Chritopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.
A. discovered B. has discovered C. had discovered D. had been discovering
18. My uncle wishes he _____________ time when he was young.
A. wouldn’t waste B. hadn’t wasted C. hasn’t wasted D. didn’t waste
19. “There is somebody walking behind us. I think we are _________”.
A. followed B. being followed C. following D. being followed
20. Jack _______ chess before, so I showed him what to do,
A. didn’t play B. wasn’t playing C. hadn’t been played D. hadn’t played
