test 1: tenses IE 3

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Dưới đây có 30 câu hỏi trắc nghiệm luyện tập về các thì đã học

By Hoa Đỗ

​Luyện tập tổng hợp về các thì

Multiple Choice

Last Saturday my father ........... that his dinner suit was too small, so now he .......... a strict diet.

• has discovered/followed

  
  

• discovers/was following
  

• discovered/is following 

• was discovering/has followed 

• has been discovering/follows

• take driving test : /teɪk ə ˈdraɪvɪŋ test/ : thi bằng lái xe

• so far : /səʊ fɑːr/ : từ trước cho đến nay

• give up : /ɡɪv ʌp/ : từ bỏ --> phrasal verb

Multiple Choice

 Helen .......... her driving test five times so far without success, but she .......... yet. 

• takes/isn't giving up 

  
  

• has taken/hasn't given up

• was taking/didn't give up 

• is taking/doesn't give up 

• took/wasn't giving up

• Most of the time /məʊst əv ðə taɪm/

  ( cụm trạng từ ): phần lớn thời gian

• football match /ˈfʊtbɔːl mætʃ/ : trận bóng

• local cafe /ˈləʊkəl ˈkæfeɪ/: quán cafe địa phương

• stadium /ˈsteɪdiəm/: (n) sân vận động

Multiple Choice

Most of the time, John and his friends .......... football matches at their local cafe, but this Saturday they .......... to the stadium, and so they're all very excited.

• watch/are going 
  

• have been watching/

  go 

• are watching/have gone 

• were watching/went

• have watched/were going

• vegetarian /ˌvedʒɪˈteəriən/: (n) người ăn chay

• during all this time /ˈdjʊərɪŋ ɔːl ðɪs taɪm/ trong suốt khoảng thời gian này

Multiple Choice

Kate ......... a vegetarian for eleven years now, and she ............ meat at all during all this time.

• is/isn't eating 

  
  

• has been/wasn't eating 

• is/doesn't eat 

• has been/hasn't eaten 

• was/didn't eat

Multiple Choice

Last year Richard ............. his bicycle to work every day, but he .......... the bus since the accident.

• rides/takes 

  
  

• has ridden/is taking 

• rode/has been taking 

• was riding/took 

• is riding/has taken

• glassess /ˈɡlɑːsɪz/: (n) kính mắt

• contact lenses /ˈkɒntækt ˈlenzɪz/: kính áp tròng

Multiple Choice

I .......... glasses when I was younger, but now I .......... contact lenses.

•  

  was wearing/

  have had 

  
  

• have worn/am having

• have been wearing/had 

• wear/was having

• wore/have

• brochure /ˈbrəʊʃə(r)/: (n) tờ quảng cáo, tờ giới thiệu

• request /rɪˈkwest/ : (v) yêu cầu, đề nghị

  request sb to V

• receive /rɪˈsiːv/: (v) nhận được

Multiple Choice

About a month ago, I .......... a brochure about your hotel, but I ......... it yet.

• request/

  didn't receive 

  
  

• have requested/am not receiving

• was requesting/wasn't receiving 

• requested/haven't received

• have been requesting/don't receive

• condition /kənˈdɪʃənz/: (n) điều kiện

• office /ˈɒfɪs/: (n) văn phòng

• get more and more + adj : ngày càng trở nên....

• unbearable /ʌnˈbeərəbl/: (adj) không thể chịu đựng nổi

• quite /kwaɪt/ ( trạng từ chỉ mức độ ): khá

  ( đừng nhầm lẫn với quiet: yên lặng nha )

• quit /ˈkwɪt/ : nghỉ việc

• consider + V-ing /kənˈsɪdə(r)/ cân nhắc làm gì

• look for tìm kiếm

/lʊk fɔː(r)/

Multiple Choice

The conditions in our office ......... more and more unbearable, and so quite often recently I .......... quitting it and looking for a new job.

• have got/was considering

  
  

• was getting/am considering

• are getting/

  have considered

• have been getting/

  consider 

• get/

  considered

• A long way from: /ə lɒŋ weɪ frəm/: cách xa

• waste /weɪst/: lãng phí

  waste time + V-ing: lãng phí thời gian làm gì đó

Multiple Choice

 Because I .......... a long way from my work, I ........ lots of time going to and from work.

• live/waste 

  
  

• lived/have wasted 

• have been living/wasted 

• am living/have been wasting 

• was living/am wasting

• newspaper chains /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpər tʃeɪn/ hệ thống tạp chí thuộc cùng một tập đoàn

• account for /əˈkaʊnt fɔːr/: chiếm (tỉ lệ)

• circulation /ˌsɜː.kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/: lượng phát hành

• reflect /rɪˈflekt/: phản ánh

Multiple Choice

In the USA the twenty largest newspaper chains .......... for almost half of the circulation, reflecting a trend that .......... in the 1970s.

• account/

  started 

  
  

• were accounting/start 

• has accounted/

  was starting 

• accounted/is starting 

• accounts/

  has started

• reflect /rɪˈflekt/: (v) phản xạ, phản chiếu

• sunlight /ˈsʌnlaɪt/: (n) ánh sáng mặt trời

• shine /ʃaɪn/: (v) chiếu sáng

Multiple Choice

Clean snow .......... as much as 87 percent of the sunlight that .......... on it.

• is reflecting/

  shone 

  
  

• has reflected/

  was shining 

• reflected/is shining

• was reflecting/

  has shone 

• reflects/

  shines

• tower /ˈtaʊə/: (n) tòa tháp

• bomb /bɒm/ : (n) bom

• explode /ɪkˈspləʊd/: (v) phát nổ

• dustbin /ˈdʌstbɪn/: (n) thùng rác

Multiple Choice

More than two hundred people .......... the tower when the bomb .......... in one of the dustbins.

• have visited/was exploding 

  
  

• were visiting/

  exploded 

• visited/has exploded 

• are visiting/is exploding

• visit/has exploded

• half of + N: một nửa gì đó

• ingredient /ɪnˈɡriːdiənt/: (n) nguyên liệu

• at all ( trạng từ ): một chút nào, chút xíu nào

Multiple Choice

Because you .......... half of the ingredients as I ..........dinner, you probably aren't hungry at all now.

• were eating/have prepared 

• have eaten/

  prepared 

• have been eating/prepare

• ate/was preparing 

• eat/have been preparing

• lost /lɒst/: mất, thua, lạc

  Ví dụ:

  • I lost my keys

  • They lost the game

  • I’m lost

Multiple Choice

She.......... strictly since Christmas and so far she .......... eight kilos.

• was dieting/was losing 

  
  

• dieted/

  loses

• diets/is losing

• is dieting/lost

• has been dieting/has lost

• chain /tʃeɪn/: (n) dây xích, chuỗi, dây chuyền
  make chains – làm dây xích (hoặc chế tạo dây chuyền kim loại)

• demostrate /ˈdemənstreɪt/ (v) Trình diễn, biểu diễn, minh họa (một kỹ năng, cách làm gì đó)

• traditional craft /trəˈdɪʃənl/ /krɑːft/: nghề thủ công truyền thống

• as well /æz wel/ : cũng, ngoài ra nữa

Multiple Choice

Cindy's family .......... chains in this area for over three centuries and now her father .......... this traditional craft at the county museum twice a day as well. 

• are making/is

  demonstrated

  
  

• have made/has demonstrated

• made/was demonstrating

• were making/

  demonstrated 

• have been making/

  demonstrates

• hurry: nhanh, vội vàng

  Hurry up!

• unlock ( the door ): mở khóa

Multiple Choice

He ........... to unlock the door to his flat because the telephone ........... . 

• was hurrying/

  rang 

  
  

• hurries/has been ringing 

• hurried/was ringing 

• is hurrying/

  rings

• has hurried/has rung

• economy /ɪˈkɒnəmi/ (n) nền kinh tế

• civilization /ˌsɪvəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (n) nền văn minh

• dawn /dɔːn/ (n) bình minh, buổi đầu, sự khởi đầu

  -> dawn of civilization: sự khởi đầu của nền văn minh

• study /ˈstʌdi/ (v) học tập, nghiên cứu

• economics /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks/: môn kinh tế học

Multiple Choice

There .......... economies since the dawn of civilization, but as a field of study, economics .......... only recently.

• were/was developing 

  
  

• have been/has developed 

• are/has been developing 

• were/is developing 

• have been/

  develops

• found /faʊnd/ (v) thành lập

• farm /fɑːm/ (n) trang trại

• machinery /məˈʃiːnəri/ (n) máy móc, thiết bị (nói chung, không đếm được)

• business /ˈbɪznəs/ (n) doanh nghiệp, công việc kinh doanh

  -> farm machinery business: doanh nghiệp máy móc nông nghiệp

• tractor /ˈtræktə(r)/ (n) máy kéo

Multiple Choice

John Deere .......... his farm machinery business, which .......... tractors today, in the 19th century

•  

  founds/still produced 

  
  

• has founded/is still producing 

• was founding/

  was still producing 

• founded/

  still produces

• is founding/

  has still produced

• consequently: /ˈkɒnsɪkwəntli/: kết quả là

• more and more: ngày càng

Multiple Choice

I .......... my French lately; consequently, I .......... more and more of it.

• am not practising/

  forget 

  
  

• haven't been practising/

  am forgetting 

• don't practise/

  have forgotten 

• wasn't practising/

  forgot 

• didn't practise/

  was forgetting

• lady: /ˈleɪ.di/ quý bà

• deteriorate /dɪˈtɪə.ri.ə.reɪt/ suy yếu, trở nên tệ hơn

• day by day /ˌdeɪ baɪ ˈdeɪ/ từng ngày, ngày qua ngày

• give up + V-ing/N /ɡɪv ʌp/ từ bỏ (thói quen, hoạt động, việc gì đó)

• until /ənˈtɪl/ → cho đến khi

Multiple Choice

The old lady's health .......... day by day until she .......... smoking

• was deteriorating/gave up 

  
  

• is deteriorating/

  gives up 

• deteriorated/ has given up 

• deteriorates/is giving up 

• has deteriorated/was giving up

• manage /ˌmæn.ɪ.dʒ/ (v) quản lý

• director /daɪˈrek.tər/ (n): người chỉ đạo ( đạo diễn, giám đốc )

  -> managing director: giám đốc quản lý

• promote someone to [vị trí]

  / prəˈmoʊt ˈsʌmwʌn tuː/ thăng chức cho ai lên vị trí nào

• boss somebody around /bɒs ˈsʌmbədi

  əˈraʊnd/ra lệnh, sai bảo người khác (mang nghĩa tiêu cực một chút)

Multiple Choice

The managing director .......... Sid to sales manager and ever since, he .......... everybody around.

• promoted/

  has been bossing 

  
  

• promotes/

  bosses 

• has promoted/is bossing

• is promoting/was bossing 

• was promoting/has bossed

• coupled with /ˈkʌp(ə)ld wɪð/: cùng với, kết hợp với

  -> A, coupled with B, + V ( chia động từ theo A)

• awful /ˈɔːfl/: tồi tệ, khủng khiếp

• make + O + adj: khiến ai/cái gì trở nên như thế nào

  VD: The noise made me angry.

• miserable /ˈmɪzrəbl/: khổ sở, buồn bã

• schedule /ˈʃedjuːl/: (n/v) lên lịch trình, lịch trình

  -> scheduled (adj): được lên lịch trình, dự kiến

  -> scheduled time: thời gian dự kiến

Multiple Choice

Problems with the hotel, coupled with this awful weather, .......... our holiday miserable, so we .......... before the scheduled time.

•  have made/have left 

  
  

• were making/leave 

• make/left 

• are making/are leaving

• made/were leaving

• The fact that: + clause: /ðə fækt ðæt/ thực tế rằng, sự thật là

• ozone-friendly /ˈəʊzəʊn ˈfrendli/ (adj): thân thiện với tầng ozone

• media /ˈmiːdiə/ (n): truyền thông

• positively /ˈpɒzətɪvli/ (adv): tích cực

• increase /ɪnˈkriːs/ tăng (v), sự tăng (n)

• public /ˈpʌblɪk/ (adj) công cộng, thuộc về mọi người, không riêng tư

• awareness /əˈweənəs/ (n): nhận thức

Multiple Choice

The fact that more people .......... ozonefriendly products nowadays .......... that the media can positively increase public awareness.

• have used/was showing 

  
  

• used/has shown 

• use/has been showing 

• were using/

  showed 

• are using/

  shows

• suffer from /ˈsʌfə frɒm/ ( phrasal verb) chịu đựng, mắc phải (bệnh hoặc vấn đề)

• severe /sɪˈvɪə(r)/ (adj) nghiêm trọng, nặng

• back ache /ˈbækeɪk/: đau lưng

• lately /ˈleɪtli/ (adv): gần đây

• pick up /pɪk ʌp/ (phrasal verb): nhấc lên, mang vác

Multiple Choice

My sister .......... from severe back aches lately and I think it's because, last month, she .......... to work in a shop where she has to pick up heavy things. 

• is suffering/

  has started 

  
  

• suffers/was starting 

• has been suffering/

  started 

• suffered/is starting 

• was suffering/

  starts

• disco /ˈdɪskəʊ/ (n) sàn nhảy, vũ trường

• in order to + V /ɪn ˈɔːdə tə/ – để mà

• previous /ˈpriːviəs/ – trước đó

• though /ðəʊ/ – mặc dù

Multiple Choice

Though she ......... dancing, Sonia .......... to the disco with her friends the previous night just in order to be with them in a different atmosphere.

• hasn't liked/has gone 

  
  

• doesn't like/went 

• didn't like/is going 

• doesn't like/goes

• didn't like/has been going

• three timeS: 3 lần

• ask for (sb) /ɑːsk fə/: hỏi tìm, yêu cầu gặp ai

• nobody /ˈnəʊbɒdi/: không ai cả

Multiple Choice

Somebody .......... three times this morning asking for Pete, but nobody called Pete .......... here

• has phoned/has ever lived 

  
  

• is phoning/

  was ever living

• phones/

  ever lived 

• phoned/is ever living 

• has been phoning/

  ever lived

• stubborn /ˈstʌbən/ (adj) bướng bỉnh, cứng đầu

• refuse /rɪˈfjuːz/ (v) từ chối

  refuse + to V: từ chối làm việc gì đó

• go bowling /ɡəʊ ˈbəʊlɪŋ/: đi chơi bowling

Multiple Choice

Joey .......... just ......... stubborn when he refused to go to the cinema today and he only did so because we .......... to go bowling yesterday.

• is ... being/

  haven't wanted

  
  

• has ... been/didn't want 

• is/don't want

• was/haven't been wanting 

• was ... being/didn't want

• optician /ɒpˈtɪʃən/ – bác sĩ đo mắt, chuyên viên nhãn khoa

• eyesight /ˈaɪsaɪt/ (n) thị lực, sức nhìn

• computing job /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ dʒɒb/: công việc liên quan đến máy tính

Multiple Choice

My mother .......... her optician tomorrow because her eyesight .......... worse since she got this computing job.

• has visited/is becoming 

  
  

• visited/was becoming

• visits/

  becomes

• is visiting/has become 

• was visiting/

  became

• President /ˈprezɪdənt/ (n) tổng thống, chủ tịch

• hall /hɔːl/ (n) hội trường, sảnh

• enter /ˈentə(r)/: đi vào, tham gia

• rise to one’s feet: đứng lên ( để chào đón ai đó )

Multiple Choice

As the President ........... the hall all the guests .......... to their feet to welcome him.

• was entering/

  have risen 

  
  

• entered/

  rose

• is entering/

  rise 

• enters/have been rising 

• has entered/

  were rising

• interested (in) /ˈɪntrəstɪd/ (adj) quan tâm đến

• medical college /ˈmedɪkl ˈkɒlɪdʒ/: trường y

• field /fiːld/ – lĩnh vực

• be able to + V: có thể, có khả năng làm gì

Multiple Choice

She .......... interested in health ever since she was a young girl and now that the medical college .......... her as a student, it seems that she will be able to work in the medical field.

• was/

  accepted 

  
  

• has been/has accepted 

• is/is accepting 

• is being/accepts 

• was/was accepting