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I. SOME GRAMMATICAL POINTS

1. TENSES

1. A. PRESENT AND PAST TENSES

A. Choose the best answer among A, B,

C

or D to complete each sentence.

1. He was writing to his friend when he __________a noise.

A. was hearing

B. heard

C. had heard D. hears

2. I __________many people since I came here in June.

A. met

B. has met

C. was meeting D. have met

3. We __________ maths at this time last week.

A. were learning B. are learning

C. was learning

D. learnt

4. She was playing games while he __________a football match.

A. watched

B. watches C. was watching

D. watching

5. She __________to Ho Chi Minh city last year.

A. goes

B. has gone C. go

D. went

6. Since we came here, we ______ a lot of acquaintances.

A. have had B. had

C. have

D. are having

7. __________he playing football now?

A. Will

B. Does

C. Was

D. Is

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

sing.

A. listening

B. listen

C. listened D. listens

9. She __________school when she was six.

A. start

B. started

C. has started D. are starting

10. I.

__________

TV when the telephone rang.

A.

watched

B.

was watching

C.

are watching

D.

have watched

11. She

__________

lunch by the time we arrived.

A. had finished

B.

finished

C. have finished

D.

finishing

12. This record-shop

__________

be a book-shop a few years ago.

A. used to

B. use

C. used D. used

13. I couldn't come to the party because I

__________

go to work.

A. have

B. had to

C.

have got

D.

had

14. Yesterday, I _______ for work late because I _______ to set my alarm.

A. had left / forgot

B. was leaving / was forgetting

C. left / had forgot

D. had been leaving / would forget

15. By the time we ____ to the train station, Susan _____ for us for more than two

hours.

A. will get / has been waiting

B. got / was waiting

C. got / had been waiting

D. get / will wait

16. While her brother was in the army, Sarah ___________ to him twice a week.

A. was writing

B. wrote

C. has written D. had written

17. The Titanic _______ the Atlantic when it _______ an iceberg.

A. was crossing / struck

B. had crossed / was striking

C. crossed / had struck

D. is crossing / strikes

18. In the 19th century, it _______ two or three months to cross North America by

covered wagon.

A. took

B. had taken

C. had taken D. was taking

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