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  1. Bài tập tổng hợp về các thì trong tiếng Anh hay có đáp án (Exercises on tenses) 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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 B. he 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 31. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ___ dinner. A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing 32. I will be glad if he ___ with us. A. had gone B. did go C. went D. goes 33 Ask her to come and see me when she ___ her work. A. finish B. has finished C. finished D. finishing 34. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see that the kettle ___ ? A. boil B. boils C. is boiling D. boiled 35. Tom and Mary ___ for Vietnam tomorrow. A. leave B. are leaving C. leaving D. are left 36. He always ___ for a walk in the evening. A. go B. is going C. goes D. going 37. Her brother ___ in Canada at present.
  4. A. working B. works C. is working D. work 38. I ___ to the same barber since last year. A. am going B. have been going C. go D. had gone 39. Her father ___ when she was a small girl. A. dies B. died C. has died D. had died 40. Last week, my professor promised that he ___ today. A. would come B. will come C. comes D. coming EXERCISE 3: Choose the underlined part in each sentence (A, B,C, or D ) that needs correcting. 1. After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house from work, she A B C was cooking dinner. D 2. Jimmy threw the ball high in the air, and Betty catching it when it came down. A B C D 3. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it. A B C D 4. Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job A B and is looking for a new one. C D 5. Having fed the dog, he was sat down to his own meal. A B C D 6. When I turned on my computer, I was shocked to find some junk mail, A B and I delete it all. C D 7. They are going to have to leave soon and so do we. A B C D 8. The boss laughed when the secretary has told him that she really A B needed a pay rise. C D 9. The telephone rang several times and then stop before I could answer it. A B C D 10. Debbie, whose father is an excellent tennis player, has been playing A B C tennis since ten years. D 11. I have seen lots of interesting places when I went on holiday last summer.
  5. A B C D 12. When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she stopped moving and listen intently. A B C D 13. I think it’s time you change your way of living. A B C D 14. Roger felt the outside of his pocket to make sure his wallet is still there. A B C D 15. When I’m shopping in the supermarket, I ran into an old friend who I A B hadn’t met for five years. C D 16. The police arrested the man while he is having dinner in a restaurant. A B C D 17. Peter and Wendy first met in 2006, and they are married for three years now. A B C D 18. Some people are believing there is life on other planets. A B C D 19. Recently, the island of Hawaii had been the subject of A B intensive research on the occurrence of earthquakes. C D 20. Every morning, the sun shines in my bedroom window and waking A B C me up. D 21. The man died as a result of falling asleep while he drives. A B C D 22. I haven’t finished the report yet, but by the time you return I A B C will certainly complete it. D 23. Caroline has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it. A B C D 24. We’ll be cycled to Hoa’s village at this time next Sunday. A B C D 25. What will you do when your friends won’t come ? A B C D 26. Someone was knocking at the door when I was doing the washing up. A B C D
  6. 27. My friend didn’t drink any beer since we came to live here. A B C D 28. We have written to each other when we were in primary school. A B C D 29. After breakfast, I‘m gone to walk to school with my friends. A B C D 30. Did he go to the pop concert next weekend for a change? A B C D EXERCISE 4: Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one. 1. Eight years ago we started writing to each other. A. We have rarely written to each other for eight years. B. Eight years is a long time for us to write to each other. C. We wrote to each other eight years ago. D. We have been writing to each other for eight years. 2. The boy was so lazy that he couldn’t stay up late to learn his lessons. A. The boy was lazy enough not to stay up late to learn his lessons. B. The boy was too lazy to stay up late to learn his lessons. C. The boy was lazy enough but he stayed up late to learn his lessons. D. The boy was lazy enough to stay up late to learn his lessons. 3. My father is tired of seeing any violent films. A. My father hasn’t seen a violent film. B. My father has enjoyed all the violent films he has ever seen. C. My father is worried about missing the next violent film. D. My father never wants to see another violent film. 4. As soon as he waved his hand, she turned away. A. He saw her turn away and he waved his hand. B. No sooner had he waved his hand than she turned away. C. She turned away because he waved his hand too early. D. Although she turned away, he waved his hand. 5. John wishes he had remembered to send Mary a Christmas card. A. John regrets not to send Mary a Christmas card. B. John regrets forgetting not to send Mary a Christmas card. C. John regrets not remembering sending Mary a Christmas card. D. John regrets forgetting to send Mary a Christmas card. 6. My father hasn’t smoked cigarettes for a month. A. It’s a month since my father last smoked cigarettes. B. It’s a month ago that my father smoked cigarettes. C. It’s a month that my father hasn’t smoked cigarettes. D. It’s a cigarette that my father smoked a month ago.
  7. 7. Having finished their work, the workers expected to be paid. A. The workers expected to be paid because they had finished their work. B. Having their work finishing, the workers expected to be paid. C. Having expected to be paid, the workers finished their work. D. Having been finished their work, the workers expected to be paid. 8. Mr. Brown bought this car five years ago. A. Mr. Brown started to buy this car for five years. B. It has been five years when Mr. Brown has bought this car. C. Mr. Brown has had this car for five years . D. It is five years ago since Mr. Brown has bought this car. 9. John used to write home once a week when he was abroad. A. John doesn’t write home once a week any longer. B. John enjoyed being written home every week when he was abroad. C. John never forgot to write a weekly letter home when he was abroad. D. When he was abroad he remembered to write home every week. 10. I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for years. A. It’s years since I enjoyed myself so much. B. It’s years since I have enjoyed myself so much. C. It was years since I had enjoyed myself so much. D. It has been years since I have enjoyed myself so much.
  8. ĐÁP ÁN Exercise 1: 1. are - reach 2. comes 3. came - had left 4. has never flown 5. have just decided -would undertake 6. would take 7. was 8. am attending - was attending 9. arrive -will be waiting 10. had lived 11. got- had already arrived 12. will see - see - will have graduated 13. visited -was 14. has been - haven’t you read 15. is washing - has just repaired 16. Have you been - spent 17. have never met - looks 18. will have been- comes 19. found – had just left 20. arrive – will probably be raining 21. is raining - stops 22. were watching - failed 23. stayed – had lived 24. sat – were being repaired 25. turned – went – had forgotten 26. has changed - came 27. were talking – started - broke 28. had done 29. has been standing 30. have spent - got 31. were - studied 32. met – had been working 33. had finished - sat 34. has 35. has been Exercise 2: 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. A 13. D 14. A 15. A 16. C 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. D 21. D 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. C 26. B 27. B 28. A 29. B 30. B 31. B 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. B 36. C 37. C 38. B 39. B 40. A Exercise 3: 1. D. was cooking -> cooked 2. C. catching -> caught 3. D. buys -> bought 4. C. is looking -> was looking 5. B. was sat -> sat
  9. 6. D. delete -> deleted 7. C. so do -> so are 8. A. has told -> told 9. C. stop -> stopped 10. D. since -> for 11. A. have seen -> saw 12. C. listen -> listened 13. B. change -> changed 14. D. is still -> was still 15. A. I’m shopping -> was shopping 16. C. is having -> was having 17. C. are -> have been 18. B. are believing -> believe 19. B. had been -> has been 20. C. waking -> wakes 21. D. drives -> was driving 22. D. will certainly complete -> will have certainly completed 23. D. buys -> bought 24. A. We’ll be cycled -> We’ll be cycling 25. D. won’t come -> don’t come 26. A. was knocking -> knocked 27. A. didn’t drink -> hasn’t drunk 28. C. when -> since 29. B. gone -> going 30. A. Did -> Will Exercise 4: 1. D 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. A