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Bài tập câu điều kiện

Exercise 1. Tìm lỗi sai và sửa.


1. If there was a ban on cigarette, less people would smoke cigarette. 
2. If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would likely to prefer making food at home. 
3. If schools administered with any teachers, disorder would arise. 
4. If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would be seized from rising. 
5. If computers replaced teachers in the classroom, learning would have been less effective. 
Exercise 2. Chọn đáp án đúng.
1. If they had gone for a walk, they ……………………. the lights off.
A. had turned B. would have turn C. would turn D. would have turned
2. Would you mind if I ……………………. the window?
A. closed B. closing C. had closed D. would close
3. If you had tried your best, you ……………………. disappointed about the result now.
A. won’t be B. wouldn’t be C. wouldn’t have D. wouldn’t have been
4. If I had enough money, ……………………..
A. I will buy that house.
B. I’d have bought that house.
C. I could buy that house.
D. I can buy that house.
5. I didn’t listen to him and I didn’t succeed.
A. If I listened to him, I would have succeeded.
B. If I had listened to him, I’d have succeeded.
C. If I had listened to him, I would succeed.
D. If I listened to him, I would succeed.
Exercise 3. Chọn đáp án đúng.
1. ……………………., he would not have had the accident yesterday.
A. If Peter driven more carefully
B. If had Peter driven more carefully
C. Had Peter driven more carefully
D. If Peter not had driven more carefully
2. ……………………. I rich, I would help you.
A. Were B. Was C. Am D. Been
3.……………………. you run into Peter, tell him to call me.
A. Are B. Should C. Been D. Will
4. Had I known her, I……………………. friend with her.
A. make B. would make C. will make D. would have made
5. Were I……………………. learn Russian, I would read a Russian book.
A. to B. for C. in D. with
Exercise 4. Chọn đáp án đúng.
1. I’ll help you if ……………………..
A. you told me the truth. B. you tell me the truth.
C. you will tell me the truth. D. you have told me the truth.
2. I have to work tomorrow morning, so I can’t meet you.
A. If I don’t have to work tomorrow morning, I can meet you.
B. If I didn’t have to work tomorrow morning, I could meet you.
C. I could meet you if I don’t have to work tomorrow morning.
D. I can meet you if I didn’t have to work tomorrow morning.
3. You drink too much coffee, that's why you can't sleep.
A. If you drank less coffee, you would be able to sleep.
B. You drink much coffee and you can sleep.
C. You wouldn’t sleep well if you hadn't drink any coffee.
D. You can sleep better without coffee.
4. If I had time, I ……………………. shopping with you.
A. went B. will go C. would go D. would have gone
5. If my father ……………………. me up, I'll take the bus home.
A. doesn’t pick B. don’t pick C. not pick D. picks
Exercise 5. Viết lại các câu sau sử dụng câu điều kiện.
1. I didn’t know that you were in the hospital yesterday, so I didn’t visit you.
→ If …………………………………………………………………….
2. Hurry up or you will be late for school.
→ If …………………………………………………………………….
3. My mother is very busy, so she can’t help me now.
→ If …………………………………………………………………….
4. Lan didn’t call me because she didn’t know my phone number.
→ If …………………………………………………………………….
5. You’re unhealthy because you don’t take exercise.
→ If …………………………………………………………………….
6. He didn't study his lessons very carefully, so he gets bad marks now.
→ If ………………………………………………………………………….
7. Leon often causes accidents because he drives carelessly.
→ If …………………………………………………………………….
8. I can’t apply for that job because I don’t know English.
→ If ……………
9. Lien is overweight because she eats too much chocolate.
→ If …………………………………………………………………….
10. His father often punishes him for his laziness.
→ If …………………………………………………………………….

BÀI TẬP CÂU BỊ ĐỘNG


Exercise 1 :
Choose the best word or phrase to complete in the following question
Question 1 : We can go out now. It anymore.
A. isn’t raining B. rains C. has rained D. has been raining
Question 2 : What in your spare time? Do you have any hobbies?
A. have you done B. are you doing C. do you do D. have you been doing
Question 3 : Mary usually me on Fridays, but she didn’t call last Friday.
A. have been calling B. calls C. is calling D. have called
Question 4 : I hungry. Let’s have something to eat.
A. am feeling B. have felt C. feel D. have been feeling
Question 5 : What is that noise? What ?
A. have been happening B. is happening
C. have happened D. had happened
Question 6 : It’s usually dry here at this time of the year. It much.
A. isn’t raining B. hasn’t rained
C. hasn’t been raining D. doesn’t rain
Question 7 : Look! That man over there the same sweater as you.
A. has worn B. is wearing C. wears D. have been wearing
Question 8 : I wonder why Jim so nice to me today. He isn’t usually like that.
A. is being B. have been C. is D. have being
Question 9 : Mary wasn’t happy with her new job at first, but she to like it now.
A. begins B. have begun C. is beginning D. have been beginning
Question 10 : This is a nice restaurant, isn’t it? Is this the first time you here?
A. are B. have been C. are being D. have being
Question 11 : I need a new job. I the same job for too long.
A. are doing B. have done C. have been doing D. do
Question 12 : “You look tired”. “Yes, I basketball”.
A. plays B. is playing C. have played D. have been playing
Question 13 : I would like to see Tina again. It’s been a long time .
A. that I didn’t see her B. for I didn’t see her
C. since I saw her D. until I saw her
Question 14 : Bod and Alice have been married .
A. that 20 years B. since 20 years C. when 20 years D. for 20 years
Question 15 : - I am looking for Paul. You him?
- Yes, he was here a minute ago.
A. Have - seen B. Did - see C. Do - see D. Is - seeing
Question 16 : Unless she extra, she will not complete the work.
A. is paying B. have been paying C. pays D. is paid
Question 17 : The house at the end of the street which empty for years has been sold.
A. is B. have been C. is being D. has been
Question 18 : All right, you’ll try to fix the television! But I you know what you’re doing.
A. hope B. have hoped C. is hoping D. have been hoping
Question 19 : Who at the door?
A. knock B. is knocking
C. have been knocking D. have knocked
Question 20 : How long it you to get to the library?
A. does - take B. have - taken C. is - taking D. have - been taking
Question 21 : Many girls want to go to the pub while only a minority to watch TV at home now.
A. is wanting B. want C. will want D. wants
Question 22 : They’ve faxed me I should stay till they a replacement. Well,
last time it took two weeks.
A. found B. will find C. find D. had found
Question 23 : Let’s have some tea. It chilly.
A. gets B. is getting C. have gotten D. have been getting
Question 24 : Don’t talk to him while he .
A. have been reading B. reads C. is reading D. have read
Question 25 : Ann wants to see you. You here for ages!
A. have been B. are C. had been D. are being
Question 26 : - Your house is very beautiful. How long you here?
- Nearly ten years.
A. did - live B. have - been living C. do - live D. is - living
Question 27 : I to the movies for ages. We used to go a lot.
A. haven’t gone B. didn’t go C. isn’t going D. hadn’t gone
Question 28 : Why are you putting on your coat? You out?
A. Do - go B. Have - gone C. Had - gone D. Are - going
Question 29 : Look! That plane toward the airport. It is going to land.
A. flies B. have flown C. is flying D. will fly
Question 30 : Ann is very tired. She tennis for three hours.
A. is playing B. will play C. plays D. has been playing
Question 31 : He works in a bank, but he it very much.
A. doesn’t enjoy B. haven’t enjoyed C. didn’t enjoy D. hadn’t enjoyed
Question 32 : I well lately. Maybe I should go to the doctor.
A. didn’t feel B. won’t feel
C. haven’t been feeling D. am not feeling
Question 33 : I my homework for two hours, but I yet.
A. have done - haven’t finished B. is doing - isn’t finishing
C. will do - will not finish D. have been doing - haven’t finished
Question 34 : Let’s take our travel chess set in case we bored on the train.
A. get B. are getting C. got D. have got
Question 35 : We get in touch with our customers by post.
A. recently B. hardly C. lately D. latterly
Question 36 : We have been married .
A. over twenty years B. over twenty years ago
C. for over twenty years D. since over twenty years
Question 37 : Melanie her hand. It’s bleeding heavily.
A. has cut B. is cutting C. cut D. cut
Question 38 : “When will Mary be able to leave hospital?” - “Don’t be so impatient. We cannot
release her before we the last test.”
A. have completed B. will have completed
C. will complete D. completed
Question 39 : The Amazon River into the Atlantic Ocean.
A. flows B. has flowed C. is flowing D. will flow
Question 40 : My parents live in London. They there all their lives.
A. are living B. had lived C. have lived D. will live
Question 41 : Where have you been? I for you for the last half hour.
A. am looking B. have been looking C. will be looking D. look
Question 42 : My brother is an actor. He in several movies.
A. appeared B. had appeared C. has appeared D. appears
Question 43 : Please don’t bother him now. He .
A. is working B. has been working C. had been working D. was working
Question 44 : I an interesting book at the moment. I will lend it to you when I it.
A. am reading - have finished B. read - am finishing
C. have read - am finishing D. read - will finish
Question 45 : Ha never fishing in the winter but she always it in the summer.
A. goes - does B. has gone - done C. go - do D. was gone - done
Question 46 : We can win only if we remain united, so we must support them the moment they on
strike.
A. will have gone B. will go C. go D. went
Question 47 : I am sorry. I that fellow’s name already.
A. forgot B. have forgotten
C. have been forgetting D. forget
Question 48 : It usually very much in that part of the United States.
A. is raining B. rained C. rains D. have rained
Question 49 : Look! A man after the train. He wants to catch it.
A. runs B. have been running C. will run D. is running
Exercise 2 :
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1 : Hoang his email four times a week in order not to miss anything important.
A. checks B. will check C. is checking D. check
Question 2 : Nowadays, people social networks with more and more caution.
A. uses B. are using C. used D. use
Question 3 : At the moment, my sister her homework, my brother games.
A. is making - is playing B. is doing - is playing
C. does - plays D. makes - is playing
Question 4 : It’s 7.00 p.m. now and we meal together. We usually dinner at that time.
A. have - eat B. have - are eating C. are having - eat D. are having - are eating
Question 5 : I a bike to school every day but today I to school by bus because it was
stolen yesterday.
A. rode - went B. ride - am going C. ride - go D. is riding - am going
Question 6 : That Hoa in class affects other students around.
A. always talk B. is always talking C. always talks D. always talking
Question 7 : Hoang and Phong football as they’re having class now.
A. don’t play B. are playing C. doesn’t play D. aren’t playing
Question 8 : Hoa usually charge of doing the washing-up in her family.
A. takes B. is taking C. take D. will take
Question 9 : Our friends for the fashion show now.
A. is preparing B. are preparing C. prepares D. prepare
Question 10 : All staff in this restaurant an urgent meeting right now.
A. are attending B. is attending C. attends D. attend
Question 11 : After the physics lesson, the children know that water at 100 Degrees C.
A. will boil B. is boiling C. boils D. boil
Question 12 : My mom to the supermarket every Sunday for shopping.
A. goes B. go C. is going D. are going
Question 13 : Look! Minh on stage. She looks so beautiful.
A. sings B. are singing C. is singing D. sang
Question 14 : Bich sometimes chicken noodle soup for breakfast.
A. are having B. is having C. D. has
Question 15 : Who the guitar in have room,
that Hoa?
A. playing B. is playing C. play D. plays
Question 16 : Jenny often jeans and T-shirt at school but she a gorgeous dress today.
A. wears - is wearing B. is wearing - wears
C. wear - is wearing D. wears - wears
Question 17 : First thing in the morning, I a cup of milk tea.
A. has B. am having C. have D. will have
Question 18 : Ms. Kim very well when she’s under pressure.
A. not work B. don’t work C. isn’t working D. doesn’t work
Question 19 : I’m sorry. Lan is busy now. She her document on the second floor.
A. are checking B. check C. checks D. is checking
Question 20 : Hurry up, Linh. Other friends for us.
A. are waiting B. waits C. wait D. is waiting
Question 21 : My clothes are not in the room. They them away.
A. take B. have taken C. took D. are taking
Question 22 : She for 10 hours! You must wake her up.
A. sleeps B. is sleeping C. has been sleeping D. slept
Question 23 : David the TV set at the moment. He at it for one hour or so.
A. is repairing/ has worked B. repairs/has been working
C. has repaired/has been working D. repairs/worked
Question 24 : David his hands. He just the TV set.
A. washes/has just repaired B. is washing/has just been repairing
C. is washing/ has just repaired D. has washed/ has just repaired
Question 25 : Why ? you his anecdotes?
A. are you laughing/has Jim told B. are you laughing/has Jim been telling
C. have you laughed/ has Jim told D. have you laughed/ has Jim been telling
Exercise 3 :
Choose the best word or phrase to complete in the following questions.
Question 1 : She passed her examination because she very hard.
A. studied B. was studying C. had been studying D. studies
Question 2 : You out last night or were you tired?
A. Did - went B. Had - gone C. Did - go D. Had - been going
Question 3 : This time yesterday I tennis with my classmates.
A. played B. was playing C. had played D. would play
Question 4 : Nicole television a lot when she sick last year.
A. watched - was B. had watched - had been
C. was watching - was D. had been watching - was
Question 5 : Mary home when she met Dave.
A. came B. had come C. had been coming D. was coming
Question 6 : The doorbell while I a shower.
A. was ringing - took B. rang - was taking
C. had rung - took D. had been ringing - took
Question 7 : When I was young, I to be a pilot.
A. wanted B. had wanted C. would want D. wants
Question 8 : The war out three years ago.
A. was breaking B. had broken C. broke D. have been breaking
Question 9 : When he was young, he in the army.
A. had been serving B. serves C. have served D. served
Question 10 : She often goes to school by bike but yesterday she by bus.
A. travelled B. have been travelling
C. had travelled D. travels
Question 11 : He a cup of coffee every morning many years ago.
A. have been drinking B. drank
C. had drunk D. was drinking
Question 12 : Yesterday she to pay me for my helping her but I didn’t accept.
A. will offer B. was offering C. had offered D. offered
Question 13 : There a lot of grass in the garden last summer.
A. had been B. were C. have been D. will be
Question 14 : It’s time we something to help him.
A. will do B. had done C. did D. was doing
Question 15 : Mr Brown in Paris when the Second World War broke out.
A. lived B. was living C. had lived D. will live
Question 16 : I and my mom comic at this time last night.
A. read B. had been reading C. have read D. were reading
Question 17 : At lO.pm last night, my younger brother games online.
A. had been playing B. was playing C. will be playing D. have been playing
Question 18 : People all trees along the streets at this time two years ago.
A. are planting B. will have been planting
C. were planting D. will be planting
Question 19 : She her homework at this time yesterday morning?
A. Was-doing B. Had - been doing C. Do-do D. Will - be doing
Question 20 : They dinner when we .
A. had - was coming B. had had - came
C. come - will be coming D. were having - came
Question 21 : At 8.am yesterday they dinner while we TV.
A. will be having - will be watching B. were having - were watching
C. are having - are watching D. will have had - will have watched
Question 22 : When I went out, the sun .
A. will be shining B. is shining C. was shining D. had been shining
Question 23 : We to the station when it to rain.
A. were walking - began B. had been walking - began
C. have been walking - begins D. will be walking - begin
Question 24 : The servant dropped two cups while she up last night.
A. is washing B. had been washing
C. have been washing D. was washing
Question 25 : Almost everybody by the time we arrived.
A. have been leaving B. had left C. was leaving D. have left
Question 26 : The secretary until she her work.
A. hadn’t left - finish B. don’t leave - had finished
C. didn’t leave - had finished D. wasn’t leaving - finished
Question 27 : The teacher asked the boy why he his homework.
A. have done B. did C. have been doing D. hadn’t done
Question 28 : She the letter when she she it to the wrong address.
A. posted - had realized - sent B. had posted - realized - had sent
C. was posting - realized - had sent D. have posted - had realized - had sent
Question 29 : Hardly a mile when it had a flat tyre.
A. had the car gone B. did the car go C. had the car go D. do the car go
Question 30 : The weather far worse than we .
A. is - have expected B. was - was expected
C. was - have been expecting D. was - had expected
Question 31 : They for five years when they finally had a child.
A. will have been married B. had been married
C. have married D. will be marrying
Question 32 : When she her work, she to the cinema.
A. finished - had gone B. was finishing - had been going
C. had finished - went D. had been finishing - was going
Question 33 : At the time of our first meeting there was a considerable difference between me and
him; he articles in magazines for over five years while I was practically unknown.
A. had been publishing B. was publishing
C. has been publishing D. published
Question 34 : The house to the ground by the time the firemen
A. burned - had arrived B. had burned - arrived
C. was burning – arrived D. burned - was arriving
Question 35 : I the accident when I was waiting for the taxi.
A. saw B. was seeing C. had been seeing D. have seen
Question 36 : I agree that while the soup was OK, the meat was too dry - we
it about 20 minutes too long.
A. had roasted B. roast C. had roast D. have been roasting
Question 37 : At this time last night while people were talking to each other, he his book.
A. was reading B. is reading C. have read D. reads
Question 38 : While we in the park, Mary fell over.
A. ran B. are running C. had been running D. were running
Question 39 : I was listening to music, I heard the doorbell.
A. When B. While C. If D. Because
Question 40 : How long English before she went to London?
A. did she learn B. had she been learning
C. have she learnt D. was she learning
Question 41 : They at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.
A. were waiting B. will be learning C. had been waiting D. are
learning Question 42 : We for her ring
for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom.
A. had been looking B. were looking C. will be learning D. have been learning
Question 43 : Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he in the rain too long.
A. was singing B. will be learning C. is singing D. had been singing
Question 44 : When police were investigating the road accident, they discovered that the driver two
road accidents before.
A. had been involved in B. had been being involved in
C. will be involving in D. will have involved in
Question 45 : They anyone while they were walking home because it was raining.
A. weren’t seeing B. hadn’t see C. didn’t see D. weren’t seen
Question 46 : Although at that time my knowledge of German was very poor, I most of what
they said.
A. understood B. have understood
C. managed to understand D. didn’t understand
Question 47 : We watched the film The Godfather last night. We had seen the film about 3 times
before but we watched it again because John it.
A. had been seeing B. had never seen C. have never seen D. have been eating
Question 48 : We for nearly 100 kilometres before we finally found a
service station we could stop at.
A. had driven B. have been driving C. had been driving D. have driven
Question 49 : I a student in Moloxop School in 1998.
A. was B. were C. to be D. to was
Question 50 : When I got home I realised that while I someone had stolen my wallet.
A. had walked B. have been walking C. have walked D. had been walking
Exercise 4 :
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1 : We to the hospital to visit Mike when he to say that he was fine.
A. were driving - was calling B. drove - called
C. were driving - called D. drove - was calling
Question 2 : What to you on Sunday night?
A. happen B. happened C. was happening D. would happen
Question 3 : Last night, we for you for ages but you never up.
A. waited - showed B. would wait - showed
C. were waiting - were showing D. waited - was showing
Question 4 : We our quality time when the unexpected guest .
A. had - came B. were having - came
C. had been having - came D. have had - would have come
Question 5 : Since they us they to visit us last Sunday, we forward to the day.
A. were telling - came - looked B. would tell - would visit - would look
C. told - would come - were looking D. tell - are coming - will look
Question 6 : I out last night but at the last minute I that I had a
quiz this morning
A. was going - realized B. went - realized
C. had gone - would realize D. would go — have realized
Question 7 : She hasn't paid as much attention to her children as she since she working.
A. does - starts B. did - started
C. was doing - was starting D. has done - would start
Question 8 : My brother at the road when he into a hole.
A. wasn't looking - was falling B. didn't look - has fallen
C. wasn't looking - fell D. won't look - fall
Question 9 : Magellan the first European who through the strait.
A. was - was sailing B. was being - was sailing
C. had been - sailed D. was - sailed
Question 10 : The first self-sufficient village in Britain the Norman's idea.
They were some strange invaders who to change the country in a better
way.
A. was - hoped B. is - have hoped
C. have been - were hoping D. was being - had hoped
Question 11 : Linda only the film after she the book.
A. understood - read B. understood - had read
C. had understood - read D. understood - was reading
Question 12 : you ever on TV before you in this reality show?
A. Had ... appeared - took part B. Have ... appeared - took part
C. Did ... appear - had taken part D. Would ... appear - took part
Question 13 : I wasn't sure how Belinda would react because I her long.
A. didn't know B. wasn't knowing
C. hadn't been knowing D. hadn't known
Question 14 : I wanted to say goodbye to Jerry, but he .
A. was already left B. already left
C. had already been leaving D. had already left
Question 15 : When we to the airport, I realized that I my passport at home.
A. got - had left B. got - was left C. got - left D. had got - had left
Question 16 : He the umbrella in his right hand trying to keep his balance.
A. hold B. held C. has been holding D. has held
Question 17 : When I met Walters about two years before his death he didn't seem satisfied. He no
major book since he settled in Uganda.
A. has published B. could have published
C. published D. had published
Question 18 : Throughout the campaign we our candidate's photographs on
the walls of public buildings, hoping to attract women's votes.
A. have been hanging B. hanged
C. hung D. have hung
Question 19 : Many of the people who attended Major Gordon's funeral him
for many years.
A. didn't see B. wouldn't see C. haven't seen D. hadn't seen
Question 20 : Seeing Peter's handwriting on the envelope, she the letter without reading it. She
has not mentioned it ever since.
A. was tearing B. tore C. had tom D. has tom
Question 21 : We were both very excited about the visit, as we each other for ages.
A. never saw B. didn't see C. hadn't seen D. haven't seen
Question 22 : What made you think he in the Royal Air Force?
A. must have to be B. had been C. was being D. had had to
be Question 23 : Without turning my head in the direction of the gate I a small
object just under the fence.
A. spotted B. had spotted C. have spotted D. was spotted
Question 24 : With just one exception, the report says, each of the trees that was cut down very
expensive treatment for periods of up to ten years.
A. had to be undergone B. was undergone
C. has undergone D. had undergone
Question 25 : They married for two years or so when Roy enployed a
very attractive Indian secretary in his Glasgow office.
A. only have been B. were only C. have only been D. had only been
Question 26 : I know too little Dutch to have understood what they were talking about. What I was
that their boss would be there the next morning.
A. understood B. didn't understand
C. have understood D. could have understood
Question 27 : The driver violently and managed to stop the car just
inches from the body lying on the road.
A. was braking B. has braked C. braked D. had braked
Question 28 : They stopped to take a rest because they long enough.
A. have worked B. had been working C. worked D. were working
Question 29 : The performance at 7 o'clock and for three hours. We all it.
A. had begun/lasted/enjoyed B. began/had lasted/enjoyed
C. began/lasted/enjoyed D. began/lasted/enjoy
Question 30 : By the time you cooking, they had done their homework.
A. finished B. had finished C. finish D. were finishing
Exercise 5:
Choose the bestword or phrase to complete in the following questions.
Question 1 : He to the theatre tonight. He has got a free ticket.
A. goes B. is going C. went D. will go
Question 2 : Not a cloud in the sky. It another warm day.
A. may be B. will be C. is D. is going to be
Question 3 : When I retire, I to Barbados to live.
A. am going to come back B. will come back
C. shall come back D. am coming back
Question 4 : What time tomorrow?
A. are you going to leave B. do you leave
C. will you leave D. would you leave
Question 5 : Who the next World Cup?
A. is going to win B. is wining C. will win D. win
Question 6 : The traffic is terrible. We our flight.
A. miss B. will miss C. are missing D. are going to miss
Question 7 : I my books for my readers in a book exhibition at this time tomorrow.
A. am going to sign B. will be signing C. will sign D. will have been signing
Question 8 : We her the truth when she home.
A. are going to tell - will come B. are telling - comes
C. will tell - will come D. will tell - comes
Question 9 : In two months’ time, Raymond from the college with a degree and will be expecting
a respected and well-paid job.
A. will be graduating B. has graduated
C. will have graduated D. has been graduating
Question 10 : They our winter house by the time we from
our summer house.
A. painted - had returned B. will have painted - return
C. will be painting - have returned D. have been painting - have returned
Question 11 : A: Can you join us for a picnic
tomorrow? B: Thanks, but I to the cinema with
Anna.
A. go B. will go C. am going D. have gone
Question 12 : Next Saturday at this time, we on the beach in Mexico.
A. will relax B. relax C. will be relaxing D. are going to relax
Question 13 : Let’s take her some pizza and Coke. I’m sure she will be tired when we get home,
because she the flat all afternoon.
A. will have been cleaning B. will be cleaning
C. is going to clean D. have been cleaning
Question 14 : In six months’ time, she from the university.
A. is going to graduate B. will be graduating
C. will graduate D. will have graduated
Question 15 : If you need to reach us, we at the Fairmont Hotel that time.
A. have been staying B. are staying C. will be staying D. had been staying
Question 16 : We you as soon as we arrive in Paris.
A. will call B. call C. have called D. would call
Question 17 : You yourselves in the Caribbean, while we’re stuck here in New York with this
cold weather.
A. are staying B. will be enjoying C. have been staying D. had been staying
Question 18 : Susan credit card payments until her debt is all paid off.
A. make B. have made C. are made D. will make
Question 19 : The sky is very black. It .
A. snows B. is snowing C. is going to snow D. will snow
Question 20 : But all these things if you marry me.
A. will happen only B. will only happen C. happen D. are going to happen
Question 21 : I haven't made up my mind yet. But I think I something nice in my mum's wardrobe.
A. am going to B. will find C. am finding D. was finding
Question 22 : My horoscope says that I an old friend this week.
A. meet B. will meet C. am meeting D. meets
Question 23 : At this time next Friday evening Mrs. Almanac refreshments for her son’s
engagement party and her future daughter-in-law.
A. will prepare - will be helping B. will be preparing - will be helping
C. will be preparing - will help D. will prepare - will have helped
Question 24 : By the end of next year, Geoge English for 2 years.
A. will have learned B. will learn C. has learned D. would learn
Question 25 : When will you send the message? - We it by Friday.
A. will deliver B. am going to deliver
C. will be delivering D. will have delivered
Question 26 : Can we start the party at 3 o'clock? - I don't think so. All our guests by then.
I'm afraid.
A. won't have arrived B. don't arrive C. haven't arrived D. didn't arrive
Question 27 : - What does a blonde say when she sees a banana skin lying just a few metres in front
of her? - Oh dear! I .
A. to slip B. will slip C. am sliping D. am going to slip
Question 28 : Here is the weather forecast. Tomorrow dry and sunny.
A. is going to be B. will be C. is D. would be
Question 29 : Can I have a look at your photos tomorrow? - No, I'm sorry. I them by tomorrow.
A. will not develop B. shall not develop
C. will not have developed D. am developing
Question 30 : I know by the time they come to my house this evening, I out for a walk.
A. will have gone B. will go C. will be going D. shall go
Question 31 : These machines very well by the time you come back next month.
A. will be working B. are going to work C. will have worked D. are working
Question 32 : I hope they building the road by the time we come back next summer.
A. are finishing B. will be working C. are going to work D. will have finished
Question 33 : By 2020, the number of schools in our country .
A. will double B. will have doubled C. are doubling D. shall double
Question 34 : They the classroom by the end of the hour.
A. are going to leave B. will be leaving C. will have left D. are leaving
Question 35 : They pingpong when their father comes back home.
A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play
Question 36 : I’m going on holiday on Saturday.This time next week I on a beach in the sea.
A. will lie B. am lying C. will be lying D. should be lying
Question 37 : At 8 o’clock this evening my friends and I a famous film at the cinema.
A. were watching B. will be watching C. have been watching D. watched
Question 38 : They their presentation at this time tomorrow morning.
A. are making B. are going to make C. will be making D. will make
Question 39 : When they tomorrow, we in the sea.
A. come - swim B. are coming - swim
C. are coming - are swimming D. come - will be swimming
Question 40 : She from the excursion by 6 o'clock.
A. will have returned B. is going to return
C. is returning D. will be returning
Question 41 : We working for ten days when they pay our wages tomorrow.
A. were going to be B. are going to C. will be D. will have been
Question 42 : By the end of next month, I the project to the committee.
A. will have presented B. will present
C. will be presenting D. will have been presenting
Question 43 : She the movie before you bring the DVD.
A. is seeing B. will be seeing C. is going to see D. will have seen
Question 44 : When you look through the small window, you that the safe
is in its usual place.
A. would discover B. discovered C. will be discovering D. will discover
Question 45 : Tell him I anything with him until I have spoken with my wife.
A. won’t discuss B. haven’t discussed C. don’t discuss D. didn’t discuss
Question 46 : When I finish this course, I to the next level.
A. have gone B. will go C. went D. would go
Question 47 : She is really worried that she to the exam because she doesn’t have her identity
card on her.
A. haven’t admitted B. is not admittting
C. hadn’t been admitted D. won’t be admitted
Question 48 : My mom for two days by the time I see her.
A. will have been travelling B. has been travelling
C. will has been travelling D. has been travelled
Question 49 : That cat you if you pull its tail.
A. scratches B. has scratched C. will scratch D. is going to scratch
Question 50 : I Alex your letter when I see her tomorrow.
A. will send B. am going to send C. are sending D. shall send
Question 51 : - What are your plans for the holiday?
-I my grandparents and then go trekking in Sapa.
A. am going to visit B. shall go C. will go to visit D. will go
Exercise 6 :
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1 : While they to Wyoming, their car ran out of gas.
A. drove B. had been driving C. have driven D. were driving
Question 2 : Alice looked much slimmer because she for a few months.
A. had been dieting B. has been dieting C. was dieting D. diets
Question 3 : When she’s done the ironing, she the length of the dress for me.
A. is altering B. altered C. will alter D. has altered
Question 4 : You are too slow. I’m sure that by the time you phone them, they that car to
someone else.
A. will sell B. will have sold C. are going to sell D. are selling
Question 5 : As soon as they my last book, I you a copy with my autograph.
A. will print - will send B. had printed - will send
C. printed - will be sending D. print - will send
Question 6 : Because the children forward to seeing Harry Potter for so long, I took them
even though it was really inconvenient for me.
A. had been looking B. were looking
C. have been looking D. looked
Question 7 : When we at the airport we that we our passports at the office.
A. arrived - had noticed - had left B. arrived - noticed - had left
C. have arrived - noticed – left D. had arrived - have noticed - have left
Question 8 : Generally he to work by car, but today he by bus because his car is in the garage.
A. went – went B. was going - is going
C. goes - is going D. has been going - goes
Question 9 : He for over three hours when he finished the report.
A. will have typed B. was typing C. has been typing D. had been typing
Question 10 : Three days ago her boyfriend her and she continually ever since.
A. left - is crying B. had left - cried
C. left - has been crying D. had left - was crying
Question 11 : This is the first customer we something today.
A. have sold B. sold C. had sold D. were selling
Question 12 : Andrew the plants in the garden right now but I sure
that it will rain this afternoon.
A. is watering - was B. is watering - am C. waters - am D. watered - was
Question 13 : She should have informed the police as soon as she that
her purse had been stolen.
A. discovers B. would discover C. had discovered D. has discovered
Question 14 : My father to rent a car when one of his friends phoned him
to offer his own car for the trip.
A. had decided B. was deciding C. has decided D. decided
Question 15 : When he he on a bed in a room with no windows.
A. had woken up - was lying B. woke up - was lying
C. wakes up - is lying D. woke up - lay
Question 16 : The teacher to the class before the students the problems.
A. will come back - have solved B. had come back - solved
C. came back - have solved D. is coming back - solve
Question 17 : Yesterday on TV they a heavy shower for today, but I even a single drop yet.
A. announced - am not seeing B. announced - didn’t see
C. have announced - haven’t seen D. announced - haven’t seen
Question 18 : You don’t have to worry about the children, they all about this by the end of
the semester.
A. will be forgetting B. will have forgotten
C. will forget D. are going to forget
Question 19 : I’ve just noticed that she a haircut. It wonderful.
A. will have - has looked B. had had - looked
C. has had - looks D. had - is looking
Question 20 : While she for her sister outside the supermarket, someone
her handbag.
A. had to wait - had stolen B. waited - had been stealing
C. had waited - was stealing D. was waiting - stole
Question 21 : The spokesperson her speech yet when an angry audience member shouting at
her.
A. won’t finish - begins B. didn’t finish - was beginning
C. hadn’t finished - began D. doesn’t finish - is beginning
Question 22 : This is the forty-second composition paper I so far, and there seventy-five more.
A. will have checked - are going to be B. had checked - were
C. have checked – are D. checked - will be
Question 23 : The carelessness of parents often children to be subject to many household accidents.
A. causes B. have caused C. had caused D. is caused
Question 24 : By the end of the term, I all eight volumes.
A. will be reading B. read C. have read D. will have read
Question 25 : She says she won’t phone us until she the information.
A. has B. is having C. will have D. had
Question 26 : When we out, the chest cavity smaller.
A. breathe - became B. breathe - becomes
C. will breathe - will become D. will breathe - becomes
Question 27 : Our local grocers said he the groceries as soon as he my order.
A. had sent - had received B. will have sent - has received
C. has sent – receives D. sent - had received
Question 28 : He the mayor of the town for seven years until his death last year.
A. would have been B. has been C. had been D. will have been
Question 29 : My father asked me if I an increase in salary the following month.
A. am getting B. was getting C. am going to get D. will get
Question 30 : As we tired of waiting, we to go without them.
A. are - are deciding B. were - have decided
C. are - decided D. were - decided
Question 31 : That cat you if you pull its tail.
A. scratches B. has scratched C. will scratch D. is going to scratch
Question 32 : I see you have a saw in your hands. you the dry tree branches?
A. Will - cut off B. Are - going to cut off
C. Do - cut off D. Will - be cutting off
Question 33 : I coal into the stove. That’s why my hands are all dirty.
A. had put B. was putting C. had been putting D. have been putting
Question 34 : The committee a report when it all the available information.
A. will submit - has collected B. submits - collected
C. will submit - will collect D. will submit - collected
Question 35 : The patient after he ill for a long time.
A. died - has been B. dies - had been C. died - had been D. will die - will be
Question 36 : By the time the security guards what , the gang already inside the
bank.
A. realized - was happening - had - been B. will have realized - will be happening - were
C. had realized - happened - are D. have realized - happened -
were Question 37 : Although he to listen to the teacher, he of the football
match all the time.
A. has pretended - thought B. pretended - was thinking
C. pretended - has thought D. pretends - was thinking
Question 38 : He so much money that he what to do with it.
A. earned - hadn’t known B. earns - didn’t know
C. earns - doesn’t know D. has earned - didn’t know
Question 39 : “You’ve just missed the last bus.” - “Never mind, I .”
A. will walk B. will be walking C. walk D. am walking
Question 40 : Ben and Claire to pay us a visit as soon as they in their new apartment.
A. promise - settled B. have been promising - were settling
C. promised - are settling D. have promised - have settled
Question 41 : Ford his friends, some of whom earn more money than he does.
A. won’t envy B. didn’t envy C. doesn’t envy D. hasn’t envied
Question 42 : They it unless they there is no other way.
A. aren’t doing - will be thinking B. don’t do - will think
C. haven’t dome - thought D. won’t do - think
Question 43 : In spite of the fact that he his cousin, he drinking
A. warned - doesn’t stop B. warned - didn’t stop
C. warned - hadn’t stopped D. has warned - didn’t stop
Question 44 : She French since she to Illinois.
A. had studied - came B. has studied - has come
C. has been studying - came D. studied - came
Question 45 : Henry was packing the suitcases while his wife the room.
A. was tidying B. tidies C. has been tidying D. had tidied
Question 46 : Christine as a nurse for seven years, then she became a teacher.
A. has worked B. has been working C. was working D. worked
Question 47 : Although she lives in Tokyo, she the Royal Palace.
A. didn’t visit B. has never visited C. is not visiting D. hadn’t visited
Question 48 : Before we knew what was happening, the roof .
A. has fallen in B. will fall in C. had fallen in D. had been falling in
Question 49 : They how deeply the rows between his parents the child.
A. didn’t realize - had affected B. didn’t realize - have affected
C. don’t realize - affected D. will never realize - had
affected Question 50 : These statistics that life expectancy quite
significantly longer in cold climates than that in warm ones.
A. show - was B. show - is C. showed - is D. showed - will be
Exercise 7 :
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1 : She the letter a few moments before my call came through.
A. has just opened B. had just opened C. just opened D. just opens
Question 2 : As soon as the boys the hall they to speak about books and writers.
A. entered/begun B. were entering/began
C. entered/began D. had entered/began
Question 3 : While we dinner at a restaurant someone came to the house and this note.
A. had had/ left B. were having/left C. had/left D. were having/had left
Question 4 : By the end of this year we a new house.
A. will buy B. will be buying C. will have bought D. had bought
Question 5 : “You always mistakes, you need the instructions more carefully.”
A. make/read B. are always making/read
C. make/to read D. are always making/to read
Question 6 : Those students who the exam are going to take another one held in August.
A. have failed B. failed C. had failed D. were failing
Question 7 : I your brother this afternoon at Green Street.
A. met B. had met C. was meeting D. have met
Question 8 : She said she met you once at the Hilton last year. since then?
A. Have you met her B. Did you meet her C. Were you met her D. Had you met her
Question 9 : Mr. Edwards history for 35 years, and is retiring soon.
A. teaches B. is teaching C. taught D. has been teaching
Question 10 : I’m tired. I the house since 9 this morning.
A. am cleaning B. was cleaning C. had been cleaning D. have been cleaning
Question 11 : 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
Question 12 : “How’s Peter doing?” “I don’t know. I from him for months.”
A. have to hear B. haven’t heard C. didn’t hear D. don’t hear
Question 13 : Their children lots of new friends since they to that town.
A. have made - moved B. were making - have moved
C. made - are moving D. made - have been moving
Question 14 : He a cigarette and to the window.
A. lighted/walked B. lit/was walking
C. was lighted/was walking D. lit/had walked
Question 15 : "You here before?" "Yes, I my holidays here last year.
A. Were/spent B. Have you been/spent
C. Were/had spent D. Have you been/have spent
Question 16 : "You have just missed the last train." "Never mind, I ."
A. will walk B. was walking C. am walking D. am going to walk
Question 17 : I my sister in April as planned.
A. have seen B. will see C. am going to see D. see
Question 18 : Then about a year ago, he and I from him since.
A. has disappeared/haven’t never heard B. has disappeared/never heard
C. disappeared/ have never heard D. was disappeared/had never heard
Question 19 : After the guests she went back into the living-room and off the light.
A. left/switched B. had left/switched
C. had left/had switched D. had left/was switching
Question 20 : When Alice gets here, you her to her room?
A. will you show B. did you show C. have you shown D. are you showing
Question 21 : As Hugh and I down the steps we nearly into my father.
A. came/ran B. were coming/ran C. had come/ran D. came/were running
Question 22 : If you want to see us, come to Tom's on Sunday. We for you there at midday.
A. will wait B. will be waiting C. will have waited D. will have been waiting
Question 23 : Come in, please. I for you long.
A. have waited B. had waited C. have been waiting D. waited
Question 24 : For a moment after their son the room, Mr and Mrs Smith merely and at
each other.
A. had left/had stood/looked B. had left/stood/looked
C. left/stood/looked D. had left/had stood/had looked
Question 25 : When we in London tonight, it .
A. arrived/was probably raining B. arrive/ will be probably raining
C. arrived/had been probably raining D. arrive/ will have probably rained
Question 26 : I'm afraid I must ask you both what yesterday at 10:20 p.m.
A. did you do B. had you done C. you were doing D. were you doing
Question 27 : There great changes in our village in the past few years.
A. have been B. had been C. was D. has been
Question 28 : The noise from the trains me terribly last night.
A. was annoyed B. annoyed C. has annoyed D. had annoyed
Question 29 : Listen to this! I think this news you.
A. surprises B. will surprise C. surprised D. would surprise
Question 30 : By the end of this month, I hope I 200 pages of my new novel.
A. had written B. will have written
C. will have been writing D. have written
B. PRACTICE MORE EXERCISES
Exercise 1: Give the correct forms of the verbs in the blankets.
Question 1: When I (see) you tomorrow, I (tell) you my news.
Question 2: By the end of the month the estate agent (sell) twenty houses.
Question 3: When I (wait) for the bus, I saw my close friend.
Question 4: She (study) English since she (be) four years old.
Question 5: We (study) while they are going out.
Question 6: As soon as we (get) there, we (phone) for a taxi.
Question 7: He (see) 10 mice when he (come) into the
room. Question 8: We went home when we (finish) our work.
Question 9: When I was going to the door, the phone (ring).
Question 10: I will go to the library before I (do) the shopping.
Question 11: At this time last night, I (learn) while my father (watch) TV
Question 12: He (watch) TV when I come to see him.
Question 13: He (live) in New York for 4 years before he (move) to New York.
Question 14: We (send) a report as soon as we (finish) our work.
Question 15: We (wait) here until the rain (stop).
Question 16: He will go home as soon as he (finish) his work.
Question 17: At 11:30 tomorrow, we (have) lunch in our friend’s
house. Question 18: His health has improved since he (return) from the
hills.
Question 19: The Chinese (make) spaghetti dishes for a long time before Marco Polo (bring)
it back to Italy.
Question 20: It is the first time he (drive) a car.
Question 21: I understand you (have) an unpleasant experience at the weekend.
What exactly (happen)?
Question 22: "Good night. It (be) nice to meet you," he (say) and (go) off to his car.
Question 23: I will graduate in June. I will see you in July. By the time I (see)
you, I (graduate).
Question 24: We (already finish) that work by the time you get back.
Question 25: When I arrived at the meeting, the first speaker just (finish)
speaking and the audience were clapping.
Question 26: The traffic was very heavy. By the time I (get) to Mary's
party, everyone (already arrive).
Question 27: "You (find) the key which you (lose) yesterday?" "Yes. I (find) it in
the pocket of my other coat."
Question 28: Tomorrow I'm going to leave for home. When I (arrive) at the
airport, Mary (wait) for me.
Question 29: Sarah has lost passport again. It is the second time this (happen).
Question 30: When the alarm rang, Jack (jump) out of bed quickly.
Question 31: It's no use getting impatient. The plane (not arrive) until the weather (clear) up.
Question 32: John and I (study) at the same school and we (be) great friends ever since.
Question 33: Don't wait up for me. I can't tell when I (be) back.
Question 34: Here you are! What you (do) here at this time of night?
Question 35: Good-bye, Ned. I never (forget) you. I (miss) you more than anyone
I ever (know) in my life.
Question 36: The secretary (type) all the documents long before the manager comes.
Question 37: You see, I (do) this kind of thing for the last 30 years.
Question 38: When we (get) to the restaurant, we (find) that nobody (remember) to
reserve a table.
Question 39: I could tell at a glance that the pile of letters on my desk (disturb) while I (be)
out.
Question 40: As soon as she arrived England, she (find) that the language (be)
quite different from the English that she (learn) at school.
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer to complete each following sentence.
Question 1: The manager the store before I arrived.
A. closed B. had closed C. has closed D. was closed
Question 2: When we see Mr. Minh tomorrow, I him of that.
A. will remind B. remind C. have reminded D. reminded
Question 3: When I got home I found that water down the kitchen walls.
A. ran B. was running C. has run D. had been running
Question 4: After he his English course, he went to England to continue his study.
A. has finish B. had finished C. was finished D. would finish
Question 5: While my father a film on TV, my mother was cooking dinner.
A. watched B. was watching C. had watched D. watches
Question 6: I don't think he in the thirty years I him.
A. had changed/have known B. has changed/have known
C. had changed/had known D. has changed/knew
Question 7: When I came to visit her last night, she a bath.
A. is having B. was having C. has had D. had had
Question 8: Tom before we arrive there.
A. has left B. had left C. will have left D. leaves
Question 9: He his Chinese course before he went to China to continue his business.
A. will finish B. has finished C. had finished D. will have finished
Question 10: Please send us a postcard as soon as you in London.
A. will arrive B. is going to arrive C. arrive D. arrived
Question 11: I you this book when I meet you tomorrow.
A. give B. will give C. is giving D. has given
Question 12: We for going home when it began to rain.
A. were preparing B. are preparing C. will be preparing D. have prepared
Question 13: John in the same house since he left school.
A. lived B. had lived C. was living D. has lived
Question 14: I had prepared dinner before I to work.
A. went B. was going C. had gone D. is going
Question 15: When she came into the hall, she her arms to the audience, smiled and bowed deeply.
A. opened B. had opened C. was opening D. is opening
Question 16: I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I to play it.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
Question 17: The car ready for him by the time he comes tomorrow.
A. will be B. will have been C. will being D. are going to be
Question 18: He greeted her. She really better than when he her last. Yes, she .
A. looked/saw/had changed B. looked/saw/changed
C. looked/had seen/had changed D. had looked/had seen/had changed
Question 19: When I last saw him, he in London.
A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living
Question 20: I sat down at the desk and why my father's letter yet. I to ask him
to send me some money at once.
A. wonder/hasn’t arrive/wrote B. wondered/hadn’t arrived/wrote
C. wondered/hasn’t arrived/wrote D. wondered/hadn’t arrived/had written
Question 21: By Christmas, I for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. will have been working B. will work
C. have been working D. will be working
Question 22: I will come and see you before I for the States.
A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave
Question 23: By the age of 25, he two famous novels.
A. wrote B. writes C. has written D. had written
Question 24: When her husband was in the army, Mary to him twice a week
A. was writing B. wrote C. was written D. had written
Question 25: I have never played football before. This is the first time I to play.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
Question 26: Since Tom , I have heard nothing from him.
A. had left B. left C. has left D. was left
Question 27: After I lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had B. had had C. will have had D. have had
Question 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
Question 29: These were the highest words of praise they from the old man.
A. ever heard B. have ever had C. had ever had D. will have ever heard
Question 30: He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he dinner.
A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing
Question 31: She the children to her, and the words she to the others.
A. drew/said/had said B. was drawing/said/said
C. had drawn/had said/said D. draws/is saying/has said
Question 32: He fell down when he towards the church.
A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run
Question 33: Within a week she knew the fearful mistake she .
A. made B. has made C. had made D. was making
Question 34: They table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play
Question 35: Before she went to bed, she her homework already.
A. finished B. is finishing C. had finished D. was finishing
Question 36: They are staying at the hotel in London. At this time tomorrow, they in Vietnam.
A. will have travelled B. will travel
C. will be travelling D. will be travelled
Question 37: There something vaguely familiar about her face but I couldn't remember
where I her before.
A. is/have met B. was/had met C. will see/meet D. was/met
Question 38: Another million people unemployed by the time next year.
A. will have become B. will become C. will be become D. will be becoming
Question 39: She told me that her family long in that town.
A. has lived B. had lived C. lived D. was living
Question 40: By the time he out of jail, he will have forgotten how to
function in the real world.
A. got B. will get C. gets D. is getting
Question 41: I have been saving money because I buy a computer
A. shall B. will C. am going to D. would
Question 42: By 8 o’clock yesterday, the spaceship 20 hours around the earth
A. will travel B. has been traveling
C. had been traveling D. will have been traveling
Question 43: Over 20 years but I never forgot the time we first met each other.
A. went B. have gone up C. has gone by D. has gone out
Question 44: The child kept the present that she .
A. has been given B. had been given C. had given D. has given
Question 45: That pipe for ages-we must get it mended.
A. has been leaking B. has been leaked C. had been leaked D. had been leaking
Question 46: I used my calculator; otherwise it longer
A. will take B. would take C. took D. would have taken
Question 47: How many musical notes of the 11,000 tones that the human ear can distinguish in
the musical scale?
A. is it B. it is C. are there D. there are
Question 48: You to our conversation. It was private.
A. haven’t been listening B. shouldn’t have been listening
C. couldn’t have been listening D. hadn’t been listening
Question 49: The President a speech, but in the end he his mind.
A. would deliver - had changed B. was going to deliver - changed
C. delivered - had changed D. was delivering - changed
Question 50: The Angkor complex the entire range of Khmer art from the 9th to the 14th century.
A. represented B. represents C. represent D. was represented
Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction
in each of the following questions.
Question 1: One of the sad moments of the cruise was saving goodbye to Mel, who had
A B
sailed with us since we had set sail but whose health problems forced him to leave us at Lagos.
C D
Question 2: He was in a great hurry and had no time to think it over. Otherwise, he
A B
had found another way out.
C D
Question 3: Why didn’t you come to see us when we are having lunch?
A B C D
Question 4: As soon as the next lesson has finished, we leave.
A B C D
Question 5: At 8 o’clock this evening my friends and I will have watched a famous
A B C
film at the cinema.
D
Question 6:John won’t be finishing the study by July because he has some health problems.
A B C D
Question 7: The lung cancer mortality rate rose six-fold in males when mass media
A B
started covering the health risks of smoking.
C D
Question 8: Jane spent a lot of money yesterday. She had bought a dress which cost $100.
A B C D
Question 9: No sooner did he return from a long journey than he was ordered to pack
A B C D
his bags.
Question 10: The crime rate in this city has increased from ten per cent last year to
A B
thirty percent by the end of 2009 due to the influx of the gang element.
C D
Question 11: At this time last year, I am attending an English course in America.
A B C D
Question 12: When we got home last night. We found that somebody broke into the flat.
A B C D
Question 13: While the plumber was repairing the dishwasher, I had watched the
A B C D
smartphone.
Question 14: When their dad got home, the boys has been watching TV for three hours.
A B C D
Question 15: If he continues drinking so fast, he would drink the whole bottle by midnight.
A B C D
Question 16: On the wav to Oxford I stopped to have a cup of coffee at a roadside
A B
restaurant and when I came out of the restaurant it stopped raining.
C D
Question 17: She washed the dishes when his parents came back home.
A B C D
Question 18: That evening we had stayed up to talk about the town, where he had lived
A B C D
for some years.
Question 19: It is the worst dish that I ever tried in my life.
A B C D
Question 20: At first I thought I did the right thing, but soon I realized that I’d made a
A B C
serious mistake
D
Question 21: I was not able to join them in the bicycle ride into the country. I lent John
A B C D
my bike the day before.
Question 22: The man who answered the phone said he has read all about the scandal
A B C
in the newspapers a year or two before.
D
Question 23: Michael, the student who makes a speech right now, is majoring in drama
A B
and hopes someday to become a great actress.
C D
Question 24: This was the talking between brothers who have just met up with each other.
A B C D
Question 25: He refuses to admit that he had made some corrections in the document.
A B C D
Question 26: He waited until the guest left the room and then sat down at the desk.
A B C D
Question 27: You can trust me. I remember sending the documents right after you sign it.
A B C
D
Question 28: When the candidate will speak at the public meeting tonight,
A B
his campaign manager will arrange the location for his next appearance.
C D
Question 29: I'm going out for a walk. I had been reading too long, in fact since
A B C
early morning.
D
Question 30: Stay in the house and wait till you get a phone call from him. He has told
A B C
you where to look for her.
D

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