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. startB. startedC. has started D. are starting

10. I. __________TV when the telephone rang.

A. watched B. was watchingC. 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 toB. useC. 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 writingB. wroteC. 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. finishedD. 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. livesB. has livedC. is living D. was living

24. My little sister________ "sleeping beauty" several times.

A. watchesB. is watching C. has watched D. watched

25. I ______ to New York three times this year.

A. have beenB. was C. were D. had been

26. I ______ her since I _____ a student.

A. know/ amB. knew/ wasC. have known/ amD. have known/ was

27. The train _____ when we got to the station.

A. just left B. just leavesC. had just leftD. will leave

28. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.

A. diesB. diedC. has diedD. had died

29. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.

A. leaveB. leftC. leavesD. had left

30. I ______ to the same barber since last year.

A. am goingB. have been goingC. goD. had gone

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