1. He __________ for London one year ago.

• a) left
• b) has left
• c) leaves
• d) had left

2. She __________ in Hue for twenty years.

• a) lives
• b) has lived
• c) lived
• d) will live

3. I ___________ to the market with my mother yesterday.

• a) go
• b) went
• c) have gone
• d) was going

4. What _________ you _________, Nam? – I’m thinking of my mother.

• a) do/think
• b) are/thinking
• c) have/thought
• d) were/thinking

5. How long _________ you ___________ her? – For five months.

• a) do/know
• b) are/knowing
• c) have/known
• d) had/known

6. I usually ______________ to school by bus.

• a) went
• b) am going
• c) go
• d) have gone

7. Yesterday morning I _____________ up at 6.30.

• a) got
• b) get
• c) was getting
• d) had got

8. Please don’t make so much noise. I _______________.

• a) studying
• b) study
• c) am studying
• d) studied

9. Water ________ at 100 degrees Celsius.

• a) boils
• b) boiled
• c) is boiling
• d) will boil

10. It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. So it __________ for two hours.

• a) rains
• b) is rainning
• c) has rained
• d) rained

11. __________ you _________ out last night?

• a) Did/go
• b) Do/go
• c) Have/gone
• d) Were/going

12. This house ___________ 35,000 pounds in 1980.

• a) costs
• b) cost
• c) had cost
• d) was cost

13. While Tom ______________ tennis, Ann _______________ a shower.

• a) played/took
• b) was playing/was taking
• c) playing/taking
• d) was play/was take

14. Mike is playing chess. How long __________ he _______________?

• a) did/play
• b) is/playing
• c) has/play
• d) has/been playing

15. When they __________ in the garden, the phone ___________.

• a) worked/was ringing
• b) were working/rang
• c) worked/rang
• d) work/rings

16. After they __________ their breakfast, they ________________ shopping yesterday.

• a) have/go
• b) had had/go
• c) had/had gone
• d) had had/went

17. They _________ tea when the doorbell _____________.

• a) have/is ringing
• b) were having/rang
• c) had had/ rang
• d) having/ringing

18. Father __________ his pipe while mother _______________ a magazine.

• a) smoked/read
• b) had smoked/read
• c) was smoking/was reading
• d) smoking/reading

19. When I ________ into the office, my boss _________ for me.

• a) came/was waiting
• b) was coming/waited
• c) had come/waited
• d) came/waiting

20. When I ____ Brian, he ____ a taxi.

• a) see/drives
• b) see/was driving
• c) saw/was driving
• d) saw/is driving

21. When he ____, we ____ dinner.

• a) arrived/having
• b) arrived/were having
• c) was arriving/had
• d) had arrived/had

22. While they ____ chess, we ____ the shopping.

• a) playing/doing
• b) were playing/doing
• c) played/did
• d) were playing/were doing

23. They ____ football when the lights in the stadium ____ out.

• a) were playing/went
• b) played/was going
• c) were playing/ was going
• d) playing/went

24. While George and John ____ their room, she ____ the ironing.

• a) cleaning/doing
• b) were cleaning/was doing
• c) were cleaning/doing
• d) cleaning/was doing

25. Today is Thursday and she ____ late twice this week. She ____ late yesterday and on Monday.

• a) is/was
• b) has been/is
• c) has been/was
• d) has been/had been

26. He ____ in the same house since 1975.

• a) has lived
• b) is living
• c) lived
• d) had lived

27. We ____ him since he ____ marrieD.

• a) didn’t see/got
• b) haven’t seen/got
• c) don’t/get
• d) hadn’t seen/got

28. It ____ for two hours and the ground is too wet to play tennis.

• a) is raining
• b) had rained
• c) has rained
• d) was raining

29. He ____ to HCMC last year and I ____ him since then.

• a) moved/didn’t see
• b) moves/haven’t seen
• c) moved/haven’t seen
• d) moved/hadn’t seen

30. We ____ what to do with the money yet.

• a) not decide
• b) didn’t decide
• c) haven’t decided
• d) hadn’t decided