1. I -------- my old friend before I ------ to see you yesterday.

A-had met/ went B-met/went C. had met/had gone D. met/had/gone

2. Before I my son all the work.

A. arrived /had done B. arrive /do C. had arrived/did D. arrived/ has done

3 . When John and I ……… to the theatre, the movie ………. Already…..

A. get/ starts B. got/ had started C. had got / had started D. got/ has started

4. He ______ ill for a long time before he ______.

A. is / dies B. has been / died C. had been / died D. was / had died

5. The train ______ when I ______ at the station.

A. had already left / arrived B. already had left / arrived

C. already left / had arrived D. left already / had arrived.

6. By the time he …………at the pub, they……………out of wine.

A. Arrived/had ran B. Had arrived/ ran C. Arrived/ had been ran D. Arrived/ have ran

7. After I …………….the wallet full of money, I immediately…………..to the police station and ………..it in.

A. Found/ went/ turned B. Had found/went/ turned

C. Found/ had gone/ had turned D. Had found/ had gone/ turned.

9. Last night, we __________ to a shop before we __________ to Tony's birthday party.

A. went/ had come B. had gone/ came C. were going/ came D. were going/ were coming

10. He went back to work in his country after he ______ his course on Advanced Engineering in London.

A. had finished B. finishes C. was finishing D. has finished

11. When I …………….into the classroom, the board ……………

A.Came/ had been cleaned B.Come/ had been cleaned C. Came/ had cleaned D.Had come/ cleaned

12. She __________a video after the children____________to bed.

A. watched/ had gone B. had watched/ went C. watched/ went D. had watched/ had gone

13. He went back to work in his country after he ______ his course on Advanced Engineering in London. \

A. had finished B. finishes C. was finishing D. has finished

14. We …………..the museum that our friend……………us about a month before.

A. had visited/had told B. had visited/told C. visited/had told D. visited/told

Chọn câu trả lời đúng:

1. Do you think food, air and clothes.....necessary for life?

A. were B. are C. have been D. will be

2. My uncle....a visit to Germany in 2005

A. paid B. pays C. has paid D. will pay

3. How.....to work as a rule?

A. do you getting B. do you get C. did you get D. will you get

4. The World War 2.....in 1939 and.......in 1945

A. begins/ends B. had begun/ended C/ has begun/had ended D. began/ended

5. Our principal....to Thailand several times

A. was B. had been C. is D. has been

6. Yesterday I.......at the bus-stop just in time to catch the first bus

A. came B. went C. go D. sail

Sửa lỗi sai:

1. We know that (there is) (no) point in (help) the pupis (at present)

2. (Would you) be (enough kind) to (open) the doors, please?

3. He (has) so (many) that he (doesn't) know (what) to do with it

VERB TENSES.

I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1. Since 1980, scientists the world over ___ a lot of things to fight against AIDS.

A. have done B. are doing C. did D. had done

A. have died B. had died C. would die D. were dying

A. has helped B. helps C. would help D. is helping

4. My girl friend arrived after I ______ for her about half an hour.

A. was waiting B. had been waiting D. have been waiting D. had waited

5. ______ to rain before you woke up this morning?

A. Did it begin B. Has it begun C. Had it begun D. Would it begin

6. I just want to know what you ____ at this time tomorrow afternoon.

A. are going to do B. will be doing C. are doing D. do

7. I am reading this novel. By the time you come back from work I ________-.

A. shall finish B. will finish C. shall have finished D. have finished

8. He ______the piano every day. A. practice B. practices C. is practicing D. has practiced

9. He _____________ now. A. is swimming B. swims C. swim D. has swum

10. John and I_______ pen pals for nearly 3 years. A. am B. are C. has been D. have been

11. I ____ to the market with my mother yesterday. A. go B. went C. have gone D. was going

12. The electricity went out while mother __________ a magazine.

A. read B. reads C. was reading D. reading

13. After he ____________his work, he sat down to write some letters.

A. finishes B. has finished C. had finished D. have finished

14. I_____________ your brother recently.

A. haven’t seen B. hasn’t seen C. am not seeing D. don’t see

15. She __________many people since she came here in June.

A. met B. has met C. was meeting D. have met

16. We ____Math at this time last week. A. were learning B. are learning C. was learning D. learnt

17. She was playing games while he _____a football match.

A. watched B. watches C. was watching D. watching

18. She _____to Ho Chi Minh city last year. A. goes B. has gone C. go D. went

19. He __________football now. A. are playing B. plays C. is playing D. played

20. Every morning, I often sit in my garden and____ to my nightingale sing.

A. listening B. listen C. listened D. listens

VERB TENSES.

I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1. Since 1980, scientists the world over ___ a lot of things to fight against AIDS.

A. have done B. are doing C. did D. had done

A. have died B. had died C. would die D. were dying

A. has helped B. helps C. would help D. is helping

4. My girl friend arrived after I ______ for her about half an hour.

A. was waiting B. had been waiting D. have been waiting D. had waited

5. ______ to rain before you woke up this morning?

A. Did it begin B. Has it begun C. Had it begun D. Would it begin

6. I just want to know what you ____ at this time tomorrow afternoon.

A. are going to do B. will be doing C. are doing D. do

7. I am reading this novel. By the time you come back from work I ________-.

A. shall finish B. will finish C. shall have finished D. have finished

8. He ______the piano every day. A. practice B. practices C. is practicing D. has practiced

9. He _____________ now. A. is swimming B. swims C. swim D. has swum

10. John and I_______ pen pals for nearly 3 years. A. am B. are C. has been D. have been

11. I ____ to the market with my mother yesterday. A. go B. went C. have gone D. was going

12. The electricity went out while mother __________ a magazine.

A. read B. reads C. was reading D. reading

13. After he ____________his work, he sat down to write some letters.

A. finishes B. has finished C. had finished D. have finished

14. I_____________ your brother recently.

A. haven’t seen B. hasn’t seen C. am not seeing D. don’t see

15. She __________many people since she came here in June.

A. met B. has met C. was meeting D. have met

16. We ____Math at this time last week. A. were learning B. are learning C. was learning D. learnt

17. She was playing games while he _____a football match.

A. watched B. watches C. was watching D. watching

18. She _____to Ho Chi Minh city last year. A. goes B. has gone C. go D. went

19. He __________football now. A. are playing B. plays C. is playing D. played

20. Every morning, I often sit in my garden and____ to my nightingale sing.

A. listening B. listen C. listened D. listens

Hãy chọn một từ đúng để điền vào những câu sau

1. It is necessary ...............the children to go to bed early

A. to B. for C. with D. about

2. The water was so cold that we couldn't swim.................it

A. on B. at C. from D. in

3. I think that it...................tonight

A. rains B will rain C. rained d. would rain

4. Whenever I came to see him, he..............out

A. will go B. goes C. went D. has gone

5. My father rarely............to work these days

A. has driven B. drove C. drives D. will drive

6. How often .................to the theatre when you were in London?

A. did you go B. do you go C. you went D. will you go

7. I wish you.........................more carefully in the future

A. write B. wrote C. will write D. would write

8. Do I need...............my raincoat with me?

A. bringing B. to bring C. bring D. will bring

9. Your brother doesn't go to work today,.......................?

A. is he B. isn't he C. doesn't he D. does he

10. Do you remember................ Jane in my office last year?

A meeting B. to meet C. met D. had met

EXERCISE 2: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1. “I’ll tell you about this tomorrow, Mary.” said Tom.

A. Tom said to Mary that he will tell her about that the next day.

B. Tom told Mary that I would tell you about that the next day.

C. Tom told Mary that he would tell her about that the next day.

D. Tom told Mary that she would tell him about that the next day.

2. “I have something to tell you” Mary said to John.

A. Mary told John I had something to tell him.

B. Mary told John she had something to tell him.

C. Mary told John she had had something to tell him.

D. Mary told John he had had something to tell her.

3. He said, “My wife has just bought a diamond ring.”

A. He said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring.

B. He said that my wife had just bought a diamond ring.

C. He said that his wife has just bought a diamond ring.

D. he said that his wife just bought a diamond ring.

4. “I will come with you as soon as I am ready”, she said to Philip.

A. She said to Philip he will come to see you as soon as he I am ready.

B. She told Philip she will come to see her as soon as she was ready.

C. She told Philip she would come to see you as soon as she was ready.

D. She told Philip she would come to see him as soon as she was ready.

5. “I wrote to him yesterday”

A. She said to me I wrote to him the day before.

B. She told me she wrote to him yesterday.

C. She told me she had written to him yesterday.

D. She told me she had written to him the day before.

6. “He is talking to your sister”, She said to me.

A. She told me he was talking to your sister. B. She told me she was talking to my sister.

C. She told me he was talking to my sister. D. She told me he was talking to her sister.

7. “It is the time to check what you have done”, the father said to the boys.

A. The father said to the boys it was time to check what they had done.

B. The father told the boys it was time to check what they had done.

C. The father told the boys it was time to check what they have done.

D. The father told the boys it is time to check what they had done.

8. “You will like my sister when you meet her”

A. He told me you will like her sister when you meet her.

B. He told me I will like his sister when I met her.

C. He told me I would like his sister when I met her.

D. He told me I would be liked his sister when I met her.

9. “I didn’t meet Susan last week”

A. He said he didn’t meet Susan the week before.

B. He said he hasn’t met Susan last week.

C. He said he hadn’t met Susan last week.

D. He said he hadn’t met Susan the week before.

10. “I didn’t break your watch”

A. The boy told the girl he hadn’t broken her watch.

B. The boy told the girl he didn’t break her watch.

C. The boy asked the girl he hadn’t broken her watch.

D. The boy told the girl he hadn’t broken your watch.

11. The mother told her son ______ so impolitely.

A. not behaving B. not to behave C. did not behave D. not behave

12. She said she _________ collect it for me after work.

A. would B. did C. will D. had

13. He asked me where I ______________.

A. have studied B. study C. am studying D. studied

14. The man wanted to avoid __________ on security cameras.

A. to see B. being seen C. seeing D. to be seen

15. Peter said that he had lived in London four years ________

A. then B. ago C. before D. later

16. John asked me _______________ in English.

A. what does this word mean B. what that word means

C. what did this word mean D. what that word meant

17. The host asked her _______________ tea or coffee.

A. whether she liked B. that she liked

C. if she likes D. whether she like

18. My friend asked me who _______________ the piano in the sitting room.

A. was playing B. plays C. is playing D. has played

19. The teacher told his students _______________ laughing.

A. would stop B. to stop C. stop D. stopped

20. Mary asked me ________________

A. whether I would watch the football match on TV the day before.

B. whether I watched the football match on TV the day before

C. If I had watch the football match on TV the day before.

D. whether I had watched the football match on TV the day before.

21. He asked _______________ him some money.

A. her to lend B. her lending C. she has lent D. she lends

22. Jennifer asked me where _______________ the week before.

A. had I gone B. did I go C. I had gone D. was I going

23. Tom asked me ________.

A. if was I having a good time last year

B. whether I had had a good time the year before

C. if would I have a good time the year before

D. whether I have had a good time the year before

24. Do you know where _______?

A. he lives B. did he live C. does he live D. he live

25. She asked me __________ the seat ___________ or not

A. If / had occupied B. Whether / was occupied

C. If / has been occupied D. Whether / occupied

26. The policeman asked us ______________

A. had any of us seen the accident happen

C. Whether any of us had seen the accident happen

B. If had any of us seen the accident happen

D. that if any of us had seen the accident happen

27. I asked him ___________, but he said nothing

A. what the matter was B. what was the matter

C. the matter was what D. what’s the matter was

28. James___________ him up when the bus reached the square

A. told me wake B. asked me to wake

C. said me to wake D. requested me waking

29. Excuse me. Could you tell me___________ ?

A. what time is it B. what is the time

C. what time it is D. it is what time

30. We wonder___________ from his office after that scandal

A. why did he not resign B. why he did not resign

C. why he not resign D. why didn’t he resign

31. Jeff wanted to know ___________

A. that why were his friends laughing B. why were his friends laughing

C. why his friends were laughing D. the reason why his friends laughing

32. Mr. Hawk told me that he would give me his answer the ___________ day

A. previous B. following C. before D. last

33. She ___________ him whether he liked the steak she cooked

A. asks B. wondered C. wanted to know D. asked

34. His neighbors sometimes wondered ___________ he did for a living

A. why B. when C. where D. what

35. Could you please tell me ___________?

A. It is how far to the nearest bus stop B. how far is it to the nearest bus stop

C. how far to the nearest bus stop is it D. how far it is to the nearest bus stop

36. Marigold wondered ___________ Kevin and Ruth would be at the party

A. that B. whether C. if D. B& C

37. He asked me___________

A. How long I have studied English B. How long had I studied English

C. How long I had study English D. How long I had studied English

38. The passenger asked ___________ we landed

A. what B. when C. if D. why

39. She asked Nam what ___________ in that room.

A. he is doing B. he was doing C. was he doing D. she was doing

40. “I didn’t take your calculator”, Bob said to Mary .

A. Bob told Mary he hadn’t taken her calculator

B. Bob told Mary I didn’t take your calculator

C. Bob told Mary he haven’t taken her calculator

D. Bob told Mary he had taken her calculator

1.He asked Mary if she...............by air before

A. Ever traveled B. Would ever travel C. Has ever traveled

2.” He Bod. Did you take the job?” Bob’s friend asked him.........

A. Did he take the job. B. Whether you took the job. C. If he had taken the job. D. Had he taken the job

3. John asked me........interested in any kind of sports

A. If I were. B. If were I C. If was I. D. If I was

4. John asked me........that film the night before

A. That I Saw. B. Had I seen. C. If I had seen. D. If had I seen

5. He says he........at school two years ago

A. Had worked B. Works. C. Has been working. D. Worked

6. Robert said that his father.......to Dallas the year before

A. Goes. B. Went. C.has gone. D. Had gone

II. Choose the correct answer

1. No sooner ………down than the phone rang.

A. I had sat B. do I sit C. had I sat D. was I sitting

2. Never………….a greater way in the history of mankind.

A. did there be B. was there C. there was D. there has been

3. At no time……….that he was the killer.

A. I didn’t suspect B. was I suspect C. I had suspected D. did I suspect

4. Little……….that I knew the secret.

A. did John know B. John did know C. was John know D. John knew

5. Not until ………her did I realise how beautiful she was.

A. I saw B. did I see C. was I saw D. saw I

6. Not only……….my keys, I have lost my wallet, too.

A. I have lost B. are I lost C. I did lose D. have I lost

7. Rarely………..about the environment enough to give up their car.

A. do people care B. people care C. are people care D. care people

8. Only when………may vehicles cross the train tracks.

A. is the green light on B. the green light is on C. did the green light be on D. on is the green light.

9. Seldom…………such a rude person!

A. have I met B. I have met C. did I met D. I’m meeting

10. Only after doing his chores………to go to meet his friends.

A. Jason was allowed B. did Jason allow C. was allowed Jason D. was Jason allowed

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

21. To stay healthy or become stronger, you should __________ regularly.

A. eat B. go C. exercise D. drink

22. When my father was young, he ______ get up early to do the gardening.

A. used to B. was used to C. got used to D. use to

23. Cameron, ______ directed “ The Titanic”, is one of the leading faces in Hollywood.

A. who B. whose C. whom D. that

24. He found a watch when he _____ in the street.

A. was walking B. had been walkingC. had worked D. walked

25. Do you recognize the girls __________ at the school gate?

A. whom are chatting B. which are chatting C. that chatted D. who are chatting

26. The paintings ________Mr Flowers has in his house are worth around 100,000 dollars

A. what B. which C. whom D. whose

27. Last month. Mr. Donald Trump, ______ is the president of the US, visited Vietnam and had a wonderful time in this country.

A. that B. who C. whose D. which

28. Have you ever read any books by the writer ____ the teacher mentioned in class yesterday?

A. which B. whose C. what D. whom

29. These students, ________ come to my night class, are very eager to learn.

A. whose B. who C. that D. which

30. The mother told her son ______ so impolitely.

A. not behaving B. not to behave C. did not behave D. not behave