tense choose the best answer 1 She isn't working now, she__________ in the river. A. swim B. swims C . swimming D. is swimming 2 Our plane __________ at 2,000 metres. A. flies B. fliing C . is fliing D. is flying 3 What is Tom doing now? He __________ his shoes. A. cleans B. is cleanning C . cleaning D. is cleaning 4 Listen! She __________ A. is crying B. crys C . cries D. crying 5 Where is Peter? He __________ under the car. A. lying B. lies C . is lying D. is liing 6 Look! They __________ again. A. dancing B. is dancing C . are dancing D. dance 7 Is it raining now? Yes, It __________ very hard. A. is rainning B. rains C . is rains D. is raining 8 __________ you__________ anything this evening? No, I am not. A. Do…do B. What…do C . Will…do D. Are…do 9 My sister usually __________ to the radio while she __________ A. listen,is cooking B. listens,cooking C . listens, is cooking D. listens, cooks 10 Winter is coming. It __________ colder and colder. A. gets B. is gets C . is getting D. get 11 Water __________ at 100 degree Celsius. A. boiled B. boils C . is boiling D. boil 12 Hurry up! The train __________ A. is coming B. comes C . coming D. come 13 What __________ you__________? I works as a secretary. A. are do B. do…do C . are…doing D. did…do 14 What__________ you__________? I am writing a letter. A. are do B. do…do C . are…doing D. did…do 15 How many brothers and sisters __________ you __________? A. do…do B. do …. have C . are….have D. have … X 16 The Olympic Games __________ place every 4 years. A. takes B. take C . are taking D. are take 17 What __________ you __________ in the evening? A. are do B. do…do C are…doing D. did…do . 18 What __________ you __________ this evening? A. are do B. do…do C . are…doing D. did…do 19 He usually __________ work at 6 a.m and __________ work at 6 p.m. A. start, finish B. starts, finishs C . starts, finishes D. startes, finishs 20 The population of the world __________ very fast. A. rises B. rise C . is rise D. is rising 21 The Bakers __________ dinner at the moment. A. have B. is having C . are having D. has 22 What time __________ he __________ lunch? A. do have B. does…have C . does… has D. has….got 23 We don't have lessons this afternoon. We __________ to the library to read reference books. A. are going B. go C . went D. do going 24 Lan can __________ very beautifully. A. sings B. sing C . singing D. is singing 25 The teacher __________ and we __________ A. speaks, write B. is speaking, writing C . speaks, are writing D. is speaking, are writing tense choose the best answer 26 Look! The man __________ to open the door of your car. A. trys B. is try C . trying D. is trying 27 My father sometimes __________ his keys. A. loses B. looses C . loss D. lost 28 Listen! Someone __________ in the next room. A. is singing B. are singing C . sings D. sing 29 Why __________ you__________ at me like that? Is there something on my face? A. do…look B. are….look C . are…looking D. do…looking 30 My mother __________ in New York with my older brother. A. is living B. lives C . lives D. lived 31 I __________ when I was 4 years old. A. can write B. could writing C . could write D. could to write 32 The canteen always at 7:00 AM A. Will open B. Will have opened C . opens D. be opened 33 Where Did he ? A. drive B. drove C . driven D. driving 34 We in this village ten years ago A. have lived B. were living C . use to live D. lived 35 I many people since I came here in June. A. have met B. loves C . have been met D. meet 36 I down the street when it began to rain. A. Was walking B. walk C . am walking D. have walked 37 When I rushed in, he a magazine. A. read B. reads C . was reading D. had read 38 I him since 1980. A. saw B. might see C . haven't seen D. would see 39 He in the café when she came. A. sat B. has sat C . has been sitting D. was sitting 40 The gardener is in the garden. A. work B. works C . worked D. working 41 I school in 1995. A. have finished B. finish C . finished D. can finish 42 He catches an early train. He everyday. A. used to B. uses to C . is accustomed to D. always does 43 The electricity failed while she our dinner. A. is cooking B. was cooking C . has cooked D. has been cooked 44 I Tom for along time. A. know B. knew C . have known D. has known 45 Harvesting has begun earlier than usual. It yet. A. hasn't finished B. didn't finished C . hadn't finished D. isn't finishing 46 Big Ben is one of the first sight you will see when you Lon don. A. will visit B. visit C . have visited D. will visiting 47 The old lady fell as she in to the bus A. got B. was getting C . had got D. has got 48 When Peter? A. do you last see B. were you last see C . did you last see D. were yu last seeing 49 Every afternoon I for a walk in the garden. A. will go B. am going C . go D. have gone 50 Someone it twenty years ago. A. stolen B. has stolen C . stole D. was stolen tense choose the best answer 51 How long ago ……………… . his diet? A. will he begin B. has he begun C . was he beginning D. did he begin 52 It's impossible for him to answer. He ……………….answer. A. might not B. could not C . cann't D. may not 53 What……………….to the beggar? A. did happen B. was happened C . happening D. happened 54 Something funny ……………….in the class yesterday. A. happened B. was happened C . happens D. is happened 55 He ……………….in Vietnam since January 5th. A. has been B. had been C . have been D. was 56 The performance ……………….next Wednesday. A. was B. will be C . shall be D. has been 57 I'll return Bob's pen the next time I ……………….him. A. see B. will see C . will have seen D. have seen 58 When I ……………….TV last night, a mouse ran across the floor. A. watch B. watched C . was watching D. am watching 59 He has just bought ten pigeons. When did he ……………….them? A. buoght B. buy C . buys D. buying 60 The sun ……………early in the morning. A. rise up B. roses C . rises D. rises up 61 He sometimes……………….in bed until lunch time. A. stay B. is staying C . stays D. staying 62 Her plane……………….at the airport right now. A. arrived B. was arriving C . has arrived D. is arriving 63 I ……………….the money from him yet. A. haven't received B. will receive C . don't receive D. am receiving 64 Up to now, I ……………….a lot of information from her A. would learn B. have learnt C . have learn D. will learn 65 he has just gone to Alice Springs. He has never ……………….there before. A. went B. being C . been D. was 66 The thief simply walked in. someone ……………….to lock the door. A. have forgotten B. has forgotten C . had forgotten D. forgets 67 When I arrived at the station, the train ………………. A. have just gone B. has just gone C . had just gone D. went 68 ……………….the manager yet? Now is your chance to do so. A. Haven't you met B. Don't you meet C . Hadn't you met D. Weren't you meeting 69 My teacher arrived after I ……………….for him for ten minutes. A. was waiting B. have waited C . had waited D. waiting 70 Since 1970 Tim ……………….in London, and he is still there now. A. was working B. worked C . have worked D. has been working 71 We stopped for a rest after we ……………….for two hours. A. walked B. had walked C . would walk D. have walked 72 We received her letter after she ……………….to a new house. A. has moved B. had moved C . was moving D. would move 73 She is studying English. She started to learn it 3 years ago. She ……………….English for 3 years. A. studied B. had studied C . has been studying D. was studying 74 After he ……………….work, he went straight home. A. had finished B. has been finishing C . has finished D. would finish 75 The injured ……………….before help came. A. had died B. have died C . has died D. would die . rainning B. rains C . is rains D. is raining 8 __________ you__________ anything this evening? No, I am not. A. Do…do B. What…do C . Will…do D. Are…do 9 My. are do B. do…do C are…doing D. did…do . 18 What __________ you __________ this evening? A. are do B. do…do C . are…doing D. did…do 19 He usually __________