Chuyên đề Tiếng Anh (Theo tham chiếu Châu Âu 6 bậc) - Đỗ Bình

CHUYÊN ĐỀ TIẾNG ANH (theo tham chiếu Châu Âu 6 bậc) TENSES

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Exercise 1: Choose the best answer among the A, B, C, or D provided to finish each of the incomplete sentences below. 1. They___________ for 3 hours when the storm suddenly broke.

A. had been running B. have been running C. are running D. will be running 2. I___________ come to the conclusion that nowadays nobody cares about anything.

A. will B. had C. do D. have 3. I assumed you ___________ paying for the repairs until the end of last year.

A. have been B. was been C. are being D. had been 4. ___________ get tired of answering the same questions every day?

A. Have you ever B. Had you ever C. Do you ever D. Are you ever 5. She___________ working on that manuscript for 2 years now.

A. will be B. has been C. had been D. is 6. I___________ there once a long time ago and___________ back since.

A. went/ have not been B. go/ am not C. have gone/ was D. was going/ had not been 7. The students___________ by Mrs. Linda. However, this week they___________ by Mr. Mike.

A. are usually taught/ are being taught B. usually teach/ are teaching C. have usually been taught/ have been teaching D. were usually teaching/ are teaching 8. In the past the trip___________ very rough and often dangerous, but things___________ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years.

A. was/ have changed B. is/ change C. had been/ will change D. has been/ changed 9. Now you___________ from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.

A. are flying B. would fly C. will fly D. can fly 10. When Carol___________ last night, I__________ my favorite show on television.

A. was calling/ watched B. called/ have watched C. called/ was watching D. had called/ watched 11. By this time next summer, you ___________ your studies.

A. completes B. will complete C. are completing D. will have completed 12. Right now, Jim___________ the newspaper and Kathy___________ dinner.

A. reads/ has cooked B. is reading/ is cooking C. has read/ was cooking D. read/ will be cooking 13. Last night at this time, they __________ the same thing. She_________ and he the newspaper.

A. are doing/ is cooking/ is reading B. were doing/ was cooking/ was reading C. was doing/ has cooked/ is reading D. had done/ was cooking/read 14. 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 15. Sam___________ to change a light bulb when he___________ and___________.

A. was trying/ slipped/ fell B. tried/ was slipping/ falling C. had been trying / slipped D. has tried/ slips/ falls 16. 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 17. 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 18. I_____ for this company for more than thirty years, and I intend to stay here until I ______ next year.

A. am working/ will retire B. am going to work/ am retiring C. work/ am going to retire D. have been working/ retire 19. My mother always the first___________ up and the last___________ to bed.

A. getting/ going B. to get/ going C. getting/ to go D. to get/ to go 20. I___________ you last night after dinner, but you___________ there. Where___________ you?

A. was calling/ are not/ are B. called/ were not/ were C. had called/ had not been/ were D. called/ have not been/ are Exercise 2: Choose the best answer among the A, B, C, or D provided to finish each of the incomplete sentences below. 1. The lights___________ out because we___________ the electricity bill. A. have gone/ did not pay B. …