Exercise 2: Choose the best answer to complete each following sentence.

Question 1: The manager______the store before I arrived.

A. closed B. had closed C. has closed D. was closed
Question 2: When we see Mr. Minh tomorrow, I______him of that.
A. will remind B. remind C. have reminded D. reminded
Question 3: When I got home I found that water______down the kitchen walls.
A. ran B. was running C. has run D. had been running
Question 4: After he______his English course, he went to England to continue his study.
A. has finish B. had finished C. was finished D. would finish
Question 5: While my father______a film on TV, my mother was cooking dinner.
A. watched B. was watching C. had watched D. watches
Question 6: I don't think he______in the thirty years I______him.
A. had changed/have known B. has changed/have known
C. had changed/had known D. has changed/knew
Question 7: When I came to visit her last night, she______a bath.
A. is having B. was having C. has had D. had had
Question 8: Tom______before we arrive there.
A. has left B. had left C. will have left D. leaves
Question 9: He______his Chinese course before he went to China to continue his business.
A. will finish B. has finished C. had finished D. will have finished
Question 10: Please send us a postcard as soon as you______in London.
A. will arrive B. is going to arrive C. arrive D. arrived
Question 11: I______you this book when I meet you tomorrow.
A. give B. will give C. is giving D. has given
Question 12: We______for going home when it began to rain.
A. were preparing B. are preparing C. will be preparing D. have prepared
Question 13: John______in the same house since he left school.
A. lived B. had lived C. was living D. has lived
Question 14: I had prepared dinner before I______to work.
A. went B. was going C. had gone D. is going
Question 15: When she came into the hall, she______her arms to the audience, smiled and
bowed deeply.
A. opened B. had opened C. was opening D. is opening
Question 16: I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I______to play it.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
Question 17: The car______ready for him by the time he comes tomorrow.
A. will be B. will have been C. will being D. are going to be
Question 18: He greeted her. She really______better than when he______her last. Yes,
she______.
A. looked/saw/had changed B. looked/saw/changed
C. looked/had seen/had changed D. had looked/had seen/had changed
Question 19: When I last saw him, he______in London.
A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living
Question 20: I sat down at the desk and______why my father's letter______yet. I______to
ask him to send me some money at once.
A. wonder/hasn’t arrive/wrote B. wondered/hadn’t arrived/wrote
C. wondered/hasn’t arrived/wrote D. wondered/hadn’t arrived/had written
Question 21: 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
Question 22: I will come and see you before I______for the States.
A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave
Question 23: By the age of 25, he______two famous novels.
A. wrote B. writes C. has written D. had written
Question 24: When her husband was in the army, Mary______to him twice a week
A. was writing B. wrote C. was written D. had written
Question 25: I have never played football before. This is the first time I______to play.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
Question 26: Since Tom______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. had left B. left C. has left D. was left
Question 27: After I______lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had B. had had C. will have had D. have had
Question 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
Question 29: These were the highest words of praise they______from the old man.
A. ever heard B. have ever had C. had ever had D. will have ever heard
Question 30: He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he______dinner.
A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing
Question 31: She______the children to her, and______the words she______to the others.
A. drew/said/had said B. was drawing/said/said
C. had drawn/had said/said D. draws/is saying/has said
Question 32: He fell down when he______towards the church.
A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run
Question 33: Within a week she knew the fearful mistake she______.
A. made B. has made C. had made D. was making
Question 34: They______table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play
Question 35: Before she went to bed, she______her homework already.
A. finished B. is finishing C. had finished D. was finishing
Question 36: They are staying at the hotel in London. At this time tomorrow, they ______in
Vietnam.
A. will have travelled B. will travel
C. will be travelling D. will be travelled
Question 37: There______something vaguely familiar about her face but I couldn't
remember where I______her before.
A. is/have met B. was/had met C. will see/meet D. was/met
Question 38: Another million people______unemployed by the time next year.
A. will have become B. will become C. will be become D. will be becoming
Question 39: She told me that her family______long in that town.
A. has lived B. had lived C. lived D. was living
Question 40: By the time he______out of jail, he will have forgotten how to function
in the real world.
A. got B. will get C. gets D. is getting
Question 41:______I have been saving money because I____________ buy a computer
A. shall B. will C. am going to D. would
Question 42:______By 8 o’clock yesterday, the spaceship______20 hours around the earth
A. will travel B. has been traveling
C. had been traveling D. will have been traveling
Question 43: Over 20 years______but I never forgot the time we first met each other.
A. went B. have gone up C. has gone by D. has gone out
Question 44: The child kept the present that she______.
A. has been given B. had been given C. had given D. has given
Question 45: That pipe______for ages-we must get it mended.
A. has been leaking B. has been leaked C. had been leaked D. had been leaking
Question 46: I used my calculator; otherwise it______longer
A. will take B. would take C. took D. would have taken
Question 47: How many musical notes of the 11,000 tones that the human ear can
distinguish______in the musical scale?
A. is it B. it is C. are there D. there are
Question 48: You______to our conversation. It was private.
A. haven’t been listening B. shouldn’t have been listening
C. couldn’t have been listening D. hadn’t been listening
Question 49: The President______a speech, but in the end he______his mind.
A. would deliver - had changed B. was going to deliver - changed
C. delivered - had changed D. was delivering - changed
Question 50: The Angkor complex______the entire range of Khmer art from the 9th to the
14th century.
A. represented B. represents C. represent D. was represented

Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 1: One of the sad moments of the cruise was saving goodbye to Mel, who had
A B
sailed with us since we had set sail but whose health problems forced him to leave us at
C D
Lagos.
Question 2: He was in a great hurry and had no time to think it over. Otherwise, he
A B
had found another way out.
C D
Question 3: Why didn’t you come to see us when we are having lunch?
A B C D
Question 4: As soon as the next lesson has finished, we leave.
A B C D
Question 5: At 8 o’clock this evening my friends and I will have watched a famous
A B C
film at the cinema.
D
Question 6:John won’t be finishing the study by July because he has some health problems.
A B C D
Question 7: The lung cancer mortality rate rose six-fold in males when mass media
A B
started covering the health risks of smoking.
C D
Question 8: Jane spent a lot of money yesterday. She had bought a dress which cost $100.
A B C D
Question 9: No sooner did he return from a long journey than he was ordered to pack
A B C D
his bags.
Question 10: The crime rate in this city has increased from ten per cent last year to
A B
thirty percent by the end of 2009 due to the influx of the gang element.
C D
Question 11: At this time last year, I am attending an English course in America.
 A B C D
Question 12: When we got home last night. We found that somebody broke into the flat.
A B C D
Question 13: While the plumber was repairing the dishwasher, I had watched the
A B C D
smartphone.
Question 14: When their dad got home, the boys has been watching TV for three hours.
A B C D
Question 15: If he continues drinking so fast, he would drink the whole bottle by midnight.
A B C D
Question 16: On the wav to Oxford I stopped to have a cup of coffee at a roadside
A B
restaurant and when I came out of the restaurant it stopped raining.
C D
Question 17: She washed the dishes when his parents came back home.
A B C D
Question 18: That evening we had stayed up to talk about the town, where he had lived
A B C D
for some years.
Question 19: It is the worst dish that I ever tried in my life.
A B C D
Question 20: At first I thought I did the right thing, but soon I realized that I’d made a
A B C
serious mistake
D
Question 21: I was not able to join them in the bicycle ride into the country. I lent John
A B C D
my bike the day before.
Question 22: The man who answered the phone said he has read all about the scandal
A B C
in the newspapers a year or two before.
D
Question 23: Michael, the student who makes a speech right now, is majoring in drama
A B
and hopes someday to become a great actress.
C D
Question 24: This was the talking between brothers who have just met up with each other.
A B C D
Question 25: He refuses to admit that he had made some corrections in the document.
 A B C D
Question 26: He waited until the guest left the room and then sat down at the desk.
A B C D
Question 27: You can trust me. I remember sending the documents right after you sign it.
A B C D
Question 28: When the candidate will speak at the public meeting tonight,
A B
his campaign manager will arrange the location for his next appearance.
C D
Question 29: I'm going out for a walk. I had been reading too long, in fact since
A B C
early morning.
D
Question 30: Stay in the house and wait till you get a phone call from him. He has told
A B C
you where to look for her.
D