Exercise 1: Use the correct form of verbs in brackets.
1. In all the world, there (be) __________ only 14 mountains that (reach)
__________above 8,000 meters.
2. He sometimes (come) __________ to see his parents.
3. When I (come) __________, she (leave) __________for Dalat ten
minutes ago.
4. My grandfather never (fly) __________ in an airplane, and he has no
intention of ever doing so.
5. We just (decide) __________ that we (undertake) ____________ the
job.
6. He told me that he (take) __________ a trip to California the following
week.
7. I knew that this road (be) __________ too narrow.
8. Right now I (attend) __________ class. Yesterday at this time I
(attend) __________class.
9. Tomorrow I'm going to leave for home. When I (arrive) __________at
the airport, Mary (wait) __________ for me.
10. Margaret was born in 1950. By last year, she (live) __________on
this earth for 55 years .
11. The traffic was very heavy. By the time I (get) __________to Mary's
party, everyone already (arrive) __________
12. I will graduate in June. I (see) __________ you in July. By the time I
(see) __________ you , I (graduate) __________.
13. I (visit) __________ my uncle's home regularly when I (be)
__________ a child.
14. That book (be) __________ on the table for weeks. You (not read)
__________ it yet ?
15. David (wash) __________ his hands. He just (repair) __________ the
TV set.
16. You (be) __________here before? Yes, I (spend) __________ my
holidays here last year.
17. We never (meet) __________ him. We don't know what he (look)
__________ like.
18. The car (be) __________ ready for him by the time he (come)
__________tomorrow.
19. On arriving at home I (find) __________that she just (leave)
__________a few minutes before.
20. When we (arrive) __________ in London tonight, it probably (rain)
__________.
21. It (rain) __________ hard. We can't do anything until it (stop)
__________
22. Last night we (watch) __________TV when the power (fail)
__________.
23. That evening we (stay) __________up to talk about the town where
he (live) __________for some years.
24. I (sit) __________down for a rest while the shoes (repair)
__________.
25. Half way to the office Paul (turn) __________round and (go)
__________back home because he (forget) __________to turn the gas
off.
26. London (change) __________a lot since we first (come) __________
to live here.
27. While we (talk) __________on the phone the children (start)
__________fighting and (break) __________a window
28. He used to talk to us for hours about all the interesting things he (do)
__________ in his life.
29. You know she (stand) __________looking at that picture for the last
twenty minutes.
30. I (spend) __________ a lot of time travelling since I (get)
__________this new job.
31. When we (be) __________ at school we all (study) __________Latin.
32. When I (meet) __________ him , he (work) __________as a waiter
for a year.
33. After he (finish) __________ breakfast he (sit) __________down to
write some letters.
34. She (have) __________a hard life, but she's always smiling.
35. I think Jim (be) __________ out of town.
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.
1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
A. has lived
B. is living
C. was living
D. has been living
2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. don’t see
B. haven’t seen
C. didn’t see
D. hadn’t seen
3. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving
B. left
C. has left
D. had left
4. Jack ______ the door.
A. has just painted
B. paint
C. will have painted
D. painting
5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.
A. is looking
B. was looking
C. has been looking
D. looked
6. I ______ Texas State University now.
A. am attending
B. attend
C. was attending
D. attended
7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.
A. ten years ago
B. since ten years
C. for ten years ago
D. for ten years
8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.
A. discovered
B. has discovered
C. had discovered
D. had been discovering
9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
A. run
B. runs
C. was running
D. had run
10. We _______ there when our father died.
A. still lived
B. lived still
C. was still lived
D. was still living
11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play
B. will be playing
C. play
D. would play
12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. will have been working
B. will work
C. have been working
D. will be working
13. I _______ in the room right now
A. am being
B. was being
C. have been being
D. am
14. I ______ to New York three times this year.
A. have been
B. was
C. were
D. had been
15. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.
A. leave
B. will leave
C. have left
D. shall leave
16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.
A. has happened
B. happened
C. had happened
D. would have been happened
17. John ______ a book when I saw him.
A. is reading
B. read
C. was reading
D. reading
18. He said he _______ return later.
A. will
B. would
C. can
D. would be
19. Jack ________ the door.
A. has just opened
B. open
C. have opened
D. opening
20. I have been waiting for you ______ .
A. since early morning
B. since 9 a.m
C. for two hours
D. All are correct
21. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.
A. leave
B. left
C. leaves
D. had left
22. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.
A. wrote
B. writes
C. has written
D. had written
23. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a
week
A. was reading
B. wrote
C. was written
D. had written
24. 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
25. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to
play.
A. try
B. tried
C. have tried
D. am trying
26. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left
C. he has left
D. he was left
27. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had
B. had had
C. have has
D. have had
28. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.
A. will have learned
B. will learn
C. has learned
D. would learn
29. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened
the book.
A. walking
B. walked
C. walks
D. walk
30. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going
B. went
C. has gone
D. did go
