26. This is the house that Jack ______ three years ago.
A. was building B. builds C. had built D. built
27. He ___________ the effects of radiation when he suddenly died
A. was studying B. studied C. had been studying D. has studied
28. The train ______ when I ______ at the station.
A. already left / had arrived B. already had left / arrived
C. left already / had arrived D. had already left / arrived
29. Everyone was asleep when the enemy _____________
A. had attacked B. attacked C. was attacking D. attacking
30. Don't make noise. My mother ________________with her friends.
A. talked B. talks C. is talking D. was talking
31. She ______ the piano since she ______ ten years old.
A. played / was B. has played / has been C. has played / was D. had played / was
32. Up to now, I _________________ a lot of information about her.
A. learnt B. would learn C. learn D. have learnt
33. Mary ___________ in London for 15 years.
A. lives B. was living C. is living D. has lived
34. We were disappointed that most guests ___________ when we arrived at the party.
A. had left B. has left C. left D. leave
35. He never goes home before he ______ his work.
A. finished B. has finished C. had finished D. finishing
36. Before cars ______, people ______ horses and bicycles.
A. were discovered / had used B. has been discovered / have been using
C. is discovered / using D. discovering / used
37. I ______ my writing by 3 o'clock this afternoon.
A. will finish B. finish C. will have finished D. finished
38. How ______ since we ______ school?
A. will you / left B. are you / left C. have you been / had left D. have you been / left
39. When I last ___________ Jane, she ____________ to find a job.
A. have seen/ tried B. saw/ tried C. see/ is trying D. saw/ was trying
40. Next week when there ______ a full moon, the ocean tides will be higher.
A. is B. will be C. is being D. will have been
41. I sat near a window whenever I ______ a bus.
A. have taken B. had took C. took D. take
42. When I last saw him, he _________in London.
A. is living B. was living C. has lived D. has been living
43. We ________________Mary since last Saturday.
A. don't see B. hadn't seen C. didn't see D. haven't seen
44. The train __________________haft an hour ago.
A. has left B. had left C. left D. has been leaving
45. By Christmas, I ________________for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. shall have been working B. shall be working C. shall work D. have been working
46. I'll come and see you before I ____________for HCM City.
A. will leave B. shall leave C. have left D. leave
47. Jack ___________ the door.
A. has just opened B. opening C. open D. will have opened
48. By the age of 25, he ________________two famous novels.
A. had written B. has written C. writes D. wrote
49. After I ____________lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. have had B. had had C. had D. was having
50. The man got out of the car, ______round to the back and opened the door.
A. walk B. walking C. walks D. walked
51. Before you asked, the letter ________________.
A. has been written B. was written C. had been written D. had written
52. I ______________in Hanoi before I moved to HCM City.
A. had been living B. had lived C. have lived D. have been living