Luyện tập về thì 1
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. He has been selling motorbikes _______.
| A. ten years ago | B. since ten years | C. for ten years ago | D. for ten years |
2. Christopher Columbus ______ American more than 500 years ago.
| A. discovered | B. has discovered | C. had discovered | D. had been discovering |
3. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
| A. he had left | B. he left | C. he has left | D. he was left |
4. The man got out of the car, ______ round to the back and opened the book.
| A. walking | B. walked | C. walks | D. walk |
5. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.
| A. dies | B. died | C. has died | D. had died |
6. Her husband ______ unemployed since they ______ to the countryside.
| A. was / moved | B. was / have moved | C. has been / moved | D. has been / have moved |
7. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
| A. run | B. runs | C. was running | D. had run |
8. While they were laying the table, he ______ to the radio.
| A. was listening | B. listened | C. has listened | D. is listening |
9. Henry ______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
| A. was going | B. went | C. has gone | D. did go |
10. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.
| A. wrote | B. writes | C. has written | D. had written |
11. He always ______ for a walk in the evening.
| A. go | B. is going | C. goes | D. going |
12. I’ll come and see you before I ______ for the States.
| A. leave | B. will leave | C. have left | D. shall leave |
13. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.
| A. finish | B. finishes | C. will finish | D. finishing |
14. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.
| A. working | B. works | C. is working | D. work |
15. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.
| A. leave | B. are leaving | C. leaving | D. are left |
16. We ______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
| A. don’t see | B. haven’t seen | C. didn’t see | D. hadn’t seen |
17. It is blowing so hard. We ______ such a terrible storm before.
| A. have never known | B. have never been knowing | C. never know | D. had never known |
18. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I ______ to play.
| A. try | B. tried | C. have tried | D. am trying |
19. Ask her to come and see me when she ______ her work.
| A. finish | B. has finished | C. finished | D. finishing |
20. Our industrial output ______ from $2 million in 2002 to $4 million this year.
| A. rises | B. has risen | C. was rising | D. rose |
21. Ted and Amy ______ for 24 years.
| A. have been married | B. married | C. were married | D. has been married |
22. Almost everyone ______ for home by the time we arrived.
| A. leave | B. left | C. leaves | D. had left |
23. I couldn’t cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.
| A. broke down | B. has been broken | C. had broken down | D. breaks down |
24. My grandmother ______ 1 years ago.
| A. had died | B. died | C. has died | D. was dying |
25. John ______ a book when I saw him.
| A. is reading | B. read | C. was reading | D. reading |
26. Pasteur ______ in the 19th century.
| A. was living | B. lived | C. had lived | D. has lived |
27. I ______ at school now.
| A. am being | B. was being | C. was | D. am |
28. I ______ to Ho Chi Minh City several times this year.
| A. have been | B. was | C. were | D. had been |
29. He ______ here three hours ago.
| A. is leaving | B. left | C. has left | D. have left |
30. We ______ Peter since last Monday.
| A. don’t see | B. haven’t seen | C. didn’t see | D. hadn’t seen |
31. Tim ______ a book when I came to his house.
| A. is reading | B. read | C. was reading | D. reading |
32. My brother ______ badminton.
| A. usually play | B. is usually playing | C. usually plays | D. have usually played |
33. I ______ my clothes at 7 o’clock yesterday evening.
| A. am ironing | B. have ironed | C. ironed | D. was ironing |
34. I’m sorry I made you so angry. I ______ it again.
| A. won’t do | B. ‘m not going to do | C. ‘m not doing | D. won’t be doing |
35. It’s really hot. ______ the window, please?
| A. Are you going to open | B. Will you open | C. You going to open | D. Do you open |
36. Look at those black clouds. It ______.
| A. rains | B. is raining | C. is going to rain | D. rain |
37. Tomorrow I ______ my parents.
| A. am going to visit | B. will have visited | C. have visited | D. visit |
38. She ______ books now.
| A. is reading | B. read | C. reads | D. was reading |
39. ______ doing that, please? I’m trying to concentrate.
| A. Are you going to stop | B. Will you stop | C. Do you stop | D. Are you stop |
40. ______ tonight? There’s a new restaurant that looks promising.
| A. Shall we eat out | B. Do we eat out | C. Are we eat out | D. Are we going to eat out |
41. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
| A. will play | B. will be playing | C. play | D. would play |
42. According to schedule, food ______ distributed to nine poorest communes in the next project.
| A. is going to be | B. will be | C. are going to be | D. Both A & B are incorrect |
43. I’m sure the baby ______ blue eyes, like her mother.
| A. is going to have | B. will have | C. is having | D. have |
44. I ______ in the room right now.
| A. am being | B. was being | C. have been being | D. am |
45. I ______ to New York three times this year.
| A. have been | B. was | C. were | D. had been |
46. I’ll come and see you before I ______ for the States.
| A. leave | B. will leave | C. have left | D. shall leave |
47. My mother ______ English for ten years.
| A. has learnt | B. is learning | C. learn | D. learns |
48. ______ you go to the zoo?
| A. How often are | B. How often do | C. How often does | D. How are |
49. The sun ______ in the East.
| A. is rising | B. rose | C. has risen | D. rises |
50. When I was young, I ______ to be a teacher.
| A. want | B. was wanting | C. wanted | D. had wanted |