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TENSES EXERCISES
1/ Spring ________ winter
A. follow	B. is following	C. will follow	D. has followed
2/ Someone _________ at the door. Can you answer it?
A. knocks	B. is knocking	C. is knocked	D. knocked
3/ I _______ TV at 8:30 last night
A. watched	B. was watching	C. has watched	D. had watched
4/ While I was working in the garden, my son __________ video games
A. was paying	B. played	C. has played	D. had been playing
5/ Mai ________ in HCM city for five years now
A. lives	B. has lived	C. is living	D. has been lived
6/ I _________ four chairs so far this morning
A. painted	B. was painting	C. have painted	D. had painted
7/ Old Ted __________ twenty cigarettes a day before he gave up
A. has smoked	B. had smoked	C. smoked	D. smokes
8/ Mike _________ one hour ago
A. phoned	B. is phoning	C. had phoned	D. has phoned
9/ She _________ English at RMIT these days
A. studies	B. is studying	C. will study	D. is going to study
10/My little sister __________ “ Tom & Jerry” several times
A. watches	B. is watching	C. has watched	D. watched
11/ Stephen ________ on the phone when I came in
A. talked	B. was talking	C. has talked	D. has been talking
12/ We did not go out because it _________
A. would rain	B. was raining	C. had rained	D. has rained
13/ I saw Maggie at the party. She ______________ a very beautiful dress
14/ We cleaned up the room as soon as the guests __________
A. has left	B. has left	C. left	D. were leaving
15/ The secretary _______- the report by 10AM yesterday
A. hadn’t finished	B. hasn’t finished	C. didn’t finish	D. would finish
16/ There is a strange smell in here. My mother ________ something
A. cooks	B. is cooking	C. will cook	D. has cooked
17/ What time_________ the next train leave?
A. does	B. will	C. has	D. would
18/ The room is dirty. Someone __________ in here
A. smoked	B. has smoked	C. had been smoking	D. have been smoking
19/ It was the longest film I _________. It _________ four hours and a half
A. would be seeing/ lasts	B. was seeing/ was lasting
B. have seen/ lasts	D. saw ever/ have lasted
20/ I ___________ “ Chicken Soup for the Soul” but I haven’t finished it yet
A. read	B. am reading	C. have been read	D. was reading
21/ Michael, is it true that you _________ married next week?
A. get	B. are getting	C. got	D. have got
22/ When he worked here, Simon ________ mistakes
A. always made	B. made always	C. has always made	D. was making always
23/ We _________ English this time next Monday
A. learn	B. will learn	C. are learning	D. will be learning
24/ The Moon ________ round the Earth
A. goes	B. is going	C. will go	D. went
25/ My father _________ for this company from 1995 to 2004
A. was working	B. has working	C. had working	D. was working
26/ Alan took a photograph of Sandra while she __________
A. didn’t look	B. wasn’t looking	C. hasn’t looked	D. hadn’t looked
27/ Last night Tina _________ in bed when suddenly she heard a scream
A. read	B. was reading	C. has read	D. had read
28/ Please don’t make so much noise. My son ________
A. sleeps	B. is sleeping	C. slept	D. will sleep
29/ Her family __________ to America before 1975
A. went	B. have gone	C. had gone	D. would go
30/ We are enjoying our trip. We _______ two countries so far
A. have visited	B. had visited	C. visited	D. are visiting
31/ Tina _________ letters all day. She is so tired now
A. writes	B. is writing	C. had written	D. has been writing
32/ Jane _________ off the bus and ________ into the bank when she ________that she _________ her purse on the bus
A. was getting/ walked/ was realizing/ left	B. got/ walked/ realized/ had left
C. had got/ was walking. Was realizing/ had left	D. got/ was walking/ realized/ left
33/ Look! Those boys _________ a nap instead of playing in the hot sun
A. are having	B. should have	C. should have had	D. should be having
34/ I _________ out into the yard to get my bike, but _________ someone __________ it
A. went/ found/ had stolen	B. had gone/ found/ was stealing
C. was going/ was fishing/ ad stolen	D. went/ had found/ stole
35/ I _________ octopus, but once on vacation I _________ some squid	
A. was never eating/ have eaten B. had never eaten/ was eating	
C. never eat/ had been eating D. have never eaten/ ate
36/ Ten years ago I _________ through Asia, but I __________ the country since then
A. traveled/ haven’t left B. has traveled/ didn’t leave
C. was traveling/ haven’t been leaving D. would travel/ am not leaving
37/ I _________ here for hours and I feel tired
A. have been standing	B. have been stood
C. stood	D. am standing
38/ I’m afraid the last train ________ an hour ago
A. left	B. have left	C. had left 	D. was leaving
39/ Tom and Mary __________ many years ago
A. meet	B. met	C. have met	D. have been meeting
40/ +“I wish I didn’t have to go away”
+ “ I’m sure you _________ your stay in New York next weekend
A. have enjoy	B. enjoy	C. will have enjoyed	D. will enjoy
41/ After her husband’s tragic death, she _______ up his position at the Sorbonne
A. got	B. received	C. took	D. accepted
42/ The train ________ by the time I ________ at the station yesterday
A. had already left/ had arrived	B. already left/ had arrived
C. had already left/ arrived	D. was already leaving/ arrived
43/ he died on march 20, 1772 and ________ in Westminster Abby
A. has buried	B. buried	C. was buried	D. had buried
44/ We didn’t go to the cinema last night because we ______that film before
A. already see	B. already saw	
C. had already seen	D. has already seen
45/ He _________ ill for a long time before he _______ last year
A. was/ died	B. had been/ died
C. had been/ had died	D. was/ had died
46/ By the time he arrived at the party, all his classmates ________
A. has left	B. left	C. had left	D. was leaving
47/ Oh no! I don’t believe it! My purse________!
A. is stolen	B. is being stolen	C. was stolen	D. has been stolen
48/ Don’t bother Tom. He________on the phone right now.
A. talks	B. is talking	C. has talked	D. talked
49/ 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
50/ He _________ ill for a long time before he _______ last year
A. was/ died	B. had been/ died	C. had been/ had died	D. was/ had died
51/ I _____________the lesson now.
A. am understanding	B. will understand	C. understand	D. has understood
52/ Columbus __________ America in 1492.
A. discovered	B. has discovered	C. was discovering	D. had discovered
53/ I think it __________ tomorrow.
A. has rained	B. will rain	C. is raining	D. will have rained
54/ Jane __________Vietnamese before she went to Vietnam.
A. has studied	B. was studied	C. studies	D. had studied
55/This time tomorrow we_____________ football.
A. will play	B. are going to play	C. will be playing	D. will be played
56/ I __________ to see him after I had heard the news.
A. had hurried	B. was hurrying	C. would hurry	D. hurried
57/ We __________ her for nearly two weeks.
A. haven’t seen	B. didn’t see	C. don’t see	D. hadn’t seen
58/ I shall stay here until you __________ your homework.
A. will finish	B. will have finished	C. have finished	D. are finishing
59/ The teacher explained that oil ___________ on water.
A. floats	B. floated	C. is floating	D. had floated
60/ She __________ absent from class in the last few days.
A. was	B. had been	C. is	D. has been
61/ My cousin __________ me every summer.
A. has visited	B. visits	C. is visiting	D. will visit
62/ This is the second time he __________ a glass.
A. breaks	B. broke	C. has broken	D. will break
63/ They __________ for three months by the time they take their examination.
A. will study	B. study	C. will have studied	D. studied
64/ Mr. Green __________ medicine here since 1970
A. has practiced	B. had been practicing	C. practiced	D. a & b are correct
65/ She said that she __________ for France next week.
A. will leave	B. had left	C. would leave	D. would have left
66/ This is one of the most interesting books I __________
A. have ever read	B. have never read	C. had read	D. will never read
67/ It __________ very hard when I got up this morning.
A. rained	B. was raining	C. had rained	d. would rain
68/ George has been in business since he __________college.
A. has finished	B. had finished	C. finished	D. finishes
69/ They __________ at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning.
A. will learn	B. are arriving	C. will be learning	D. will have learned
70/ I __________ home when he telephoned last night.
A. have just left	B. just be leaving	C. had just left	D. am leaving
71/ Students __________ the regulations of their schools.
A. should obey	B. will obey	C. would obey	D. will have obeyed
72/ The child __________ computer games when I came
A. had played	B. was playing	C. is playing	D. has played
73/ Where __________ since Christmas? 
A. were you	B. are you	C. are you being	D. have you been
74/ I __________ the bell three times before he answered the door.
A. had rung	B. have rung	C. was ringing	D. would ring
75/ I __________ her three years ago and __________her ever since.
A. have met/ loved	B. met/ had been loving	
C. met/ have loved	D. b & c are correct