A. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
1.He was writing to his friend when he __________a noise.
A. was hearing
B. heard
C. had heard
D. hears
2. I __________many people since I came here in June.
A. met
B. has met
C. was meeting
D. have met
3. We __________ maths at this time last week.
A. were learning
B. are learning
C. was learning
D. learnt
4. She was playing games while he __________a football match.
A. watched
B. watches
C. was watching
D. watching
5. She __________to Ho Chi Minh city last year.
A. goes
B. has gone
C. go
D. went
6. Since we came here, we ______ a lot of acquaintances.
A. have had
B. had
C. have
D. are having
7. __________he playing football now?
A. Will
B. Does
C. Was
D. Is
8. Every morning, I often sit in my garden and____ to my nightingale sing.
A. listening
B. listen
C. listened
D. listens
9. She __________school when she was six.
A. start
B. started
C. has started
D. are starting
10. I. __________TV when the telephone rang.
A. watched
B. was watching
C. are watching
D. have watched
11. She__________ lunch by the time we arrived.
A. had finished
B. finished
C. have finished
D. finishing
12. This record-shop__________ be a book-shop a few years ago.
A. used to
B. use
C. used
D. used
13. I couldn’t come to the party because I __________go to work.
A. have
B. had to
C. have got
D. had
14. Yesterday, I _______ for work late because I _______ to set my alarm.
A. had left / forgot
B. was leaving / was forgetting
C. left / had forgot
D. had been leaving / would forget
15. By the time we ____ to the train station, Susan _____ for us for more than two hours.
A. will get / has been waiting
B. got / was waiting
C. got / had been waiting
D. get / will wait
16. While her brother was in the army, Sarah ___________ to him twice a week.
A. was writing
B. wrote
C. has written
D. had written
17. The Titanic _______ the Atlantic when it _______ an iceberg.
A. was crossing / struck
B. had crossed / was striking
C. crossed / had struck
D. is crossing / strikes
18. In the 19th century, it _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.
A. took
B. had taken
C. had taken
D. was taking
19. Last night at this time, they _______ the same thing. She ______ and he _________ the Newspaper.
A. are not doing / is cooking / is reading
B. were not doing / was cooking / was reading
C. was not doing / has cooked / is reading
D. had not done / was cooking /read
20. When I _____ home last night, I ____that Jane ______ a beautiful candlelight dinner.
A. had arrived / discovered / prepared
B. was arriving / had discovered / was preparing
C. have arrived / was discovering / had prepared
D. arrived / discovered / was preparing
21. After he ____________ his English course, he went to England to continue his study.
A. finish
B. finishes
C. finished
D. had finished
22. Angelina Jolie is a famous actress. She ________ in several films.
A. appears
B. is appearing
C. appeared
D. has appeared
23. Mai____ in HCM for five years.
A. lives
B. has lived
C. is living
D. was living
24. My little sister________ “sleeping beauty” several times.
A. watches
B. is watching
C. has watched
D. watched
25. I ______ to New York three times this year.
A. have been
B. was
C. were
D. had been
26. I ______ her since I _____ a student.
A. know/ am
B. knew/ was
C. have known/ am
D. have known/ was
27. The train _____ when we got to the station.
A. just left
B. just leaves
C. had just left
D. will leave
28. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.
A. dies
B. died
C. has died
D. had died
29. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.
A. leave
B. left
C. leaves
D. had left
30. I ______ to the same barber since last year.
A. am going
B. have been going
C. go
D. had gone