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Tenses

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. John ....................tennis once or twice a week.

a)

a. usually play

b)

b. is usually playing

c)

c. have usually played.

d)

d. usually plays

2.

2. The earth ..................round the sun.

a)

a. go

b)

b. has gone

c)

c. went

d)

d. goes

3.

3. She ………….German for two years.

a)

a. has learned

b)

b. is learning

c)

c. learn

d)

d. learns.

4.

4. At 5 o’clock yesterday evening, I ……………my clothes.

a)

a. am ironing

b)

b. have ironed

c)

c. ironed

d)

d. was ironing.

5.

5. Listen ! I .............. somebody knocking at the front door.

a)

a. am hearing

b)

b. heard

c)

c. have heard

d)

d. hear

6.

6. My grandfather………….many tears ago.

a)

a. had died

b)

b. has died

c)

c. died

d)

d. was dying

7.

7. After he ………….the house, he wrote a letter.

a)

a. cleans

b)

b. was cleaning

c)

c. had cleaned

d)

d. has cleaned

8.

8. In 1996, my brother ……….. at Havard University.

a)

a. studies

b)

b. is studying

c)

c. studied

d)

d. had studied

9.

9. He was listening to music while his sister …………….a book.

a)

a. read

b)

b. reads

c)

c. is reading

d)

d. was reading

10.

10. We _____ Dorothy since last Saturday.

                         

a)

A. don’t see

b)

B. haven’t seen 

c)

C. didn’t see  

d)

D. hadn’t seen

11.

My family _____ (travel) abroad before. We _____ (go) to Paris in 2012.

a)

traveled - went

b)

has traveled - have gone

c)

has traveled - went

d)

traveled - have gone

12.

A famous singer _____ (live) here before we bought the house.

a)

lives

b)

has lived

c)

had lived

d)

was living

13.

What _____ you _____ at 2 a.m. yesterday?

a)

was - doing

b)

did - do

c)

were - doing

d)

are - doing

14.

My brother _____ (play) video games with his friends when the electricity _____ (go) out.

a)

played - went

b)

played - was going

c)

was playing - went

d)

play - goes

15.

My father _____ (water) the plants while my mother _____ (cook) dinner.

a)

was watering - was cooking

b)

watered - cooked

c)

was watering - cooked

d)

watered - was cooking

16.

He ___________ at a party when he ___________ his girlfriend.

a)

danced / met

b)

danced / was meeting

c)

was dancing / met

d)

was danced / was meeting

17.

I ________ a picnic when I _________ my sister.

a)

was having / saw

b)

had / saw

c)

was having / was seeing

d)

had / seen

18.

When they ________ the shark, they ______ in the sea.

a)

saw / swam

b)

saw / was swimming

c)

were seeing / swam

d)

saw / were swimming

19.

When the accident happened, she _____________ her mobile phone.

a)

was talk with

b)

talk with

c)

was talking with

d)

talk

20.
Julie ...................................her bedroom when she ...................a huge spider on the wall. 
a)
was tidying / was finding
b)
was tidying / found
c)
tidied / found 
21.

.Last night I ________________ in bed when I suddenly ________________ a scream. (read, hear)

a)

read - heard

b)

was reading - was hearing

c)

was reading - heard

d)

read - was hearing

22.

She ________________ a bright yellow dress when I ________________ her last (wear, see)

a)

wore - saw

b)

was wearing - was seeing

c)

weared - was seeing

d)

was wearing - saw

23.

George ________________ off the ladder while he ________________ the ceiling. (fall, paint)

a)

fell - painted

b)

fell - was painting

c)

was falling - was painting

d)

was falling - painted

24.

Thì _________ Diễn tả nhiều hành động xảy ra đồng thời trong quá khứ

a)

past simple

b)

past continuous

c)

present perfect

25.

Câu nào đúng trong các câu sau

a)

I played football when she called me.

b)

I was play football when she called me.

c)

I was playing football when she called me.

d)

I played football when she was calling me.

26.

Choose the answer that needs correcting.

She was walking to the library to borrow some books when she was seeing a robbery.

a)

was walking

b)

the

c)

some

d)

was seeing

27.

Daisy (agree) __________ with other members in the last meeting.

a)

A. was agreeing

b)

B. was agreed

c)

C. agreed

d)

D. were agreeing

28.

Thì nào diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trước một hành động khác trong quá khứ, hành động xảy ra trước chia ở thì nào?

a)

Past continuous

b)

Past perfect

c)

Present perfect

d)

Past simple

29.

Before I ___________ him, I ________________ a lot about his story. ( meet/ know)

a)

met- had known

b)

had met- knew

c)

was meeting- had known

d)

met- knew

30.

He _____________the dishes before he __________ breakfast.( wash/ have)

a)

washes- has

b)

had washed- had

c)

washed- had had

d)

washed- had

31.

How many English books (read/she) _____ before she (go) ___ to London?

a)

had she read / went

b)

had she been reading / went

c)

had she read / /had gone

d)

have you read / went

32.

Frank caught the flu because he (sing) _____ in the rain.

a)

had been singing

b)

had sung

c)

had sang

d)

had singing

33.

(where/she/live) _______ before she moved to Chicago?

a)

Where did she live

b)

Where had she lived

c)

Where had she live

d)

Where have you lived

34.

Viết lại câu sau sao cho nghĩa không đổi:

David had gone home before we arrived.

a)

David had gone home before we arrived.

b)

After David had gone home, we arrived.

c)

After David went home, we had arrived.

d)

David went home before we arrived.

35.

My father _____ out when my sister arrived in the zoo.

a)

goes

b)

have gone

c)

has gone

d)

had gone

36.

truớc _______________ là QKHT

sau _______________ là QKHT

a)

before - after

b)

after - before

c)

yesterday - since

d)

last - when

37.

Tim ______________ (do) his homework before he went to bed.

a)

have done

b)

has done

c)

had done

d)

do

38.

Jenny went shopping after she _____________ (have) her money back.

a)

have had

b)

had had

c)

has have

d)

had have

39.

After they _______________ video games, they finished their works

a)

played

b)

have played

c)

having played

d)

had played

40.

Before she left her job, She _____________ (be) tired and sick.

a)

had been

b)

has been

c)

have been

d)

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