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1 CHUYÊN ĐỀ 1: BASIC TENSES Exercise 1 (NC): Choose the correct answer: 1. Kate’s language course ___ by the end of the year. A. will finish B. will have finished C. will be finishing D. finishes 2. What ___ you ____ this time next year? A. are... going to do B. will be ... doing C. will... have been done D. will... be doing 3. Almost everyone ___ for home by the time we arrived. A. leave B. left C. leaves D. had left 4. In a few hours, we ___ the test and we’ll go home and rest. A. have finished B. are finishing C. will have finished D. will be finishing 5. I’ve been waiting for my friends. I wonder if they ___ their way. A. will lose B. would lose C. had lost D. have lost 6. He ___ in this office for ten years by next Monday. A. will have been working B. would be workingC. will work D. will be working 7. No sooner ___ the office than the telephone rang. A. was he leaving B. he was leaving C. he had left D. had he left 8. All of the doctors in the building ___ to have a seperate reception area. A. needs B. are needing C. need D. will be need 9. No news ___ good news. A. be B. are C. bes D. is 10. Ten miles ___ a very long distance for us to walk. A. be B. is C. are D. are being 11. Each package that __ not properly wrapped __ to be returned to the sender. A. is – have B. are – has C. are – have D. is – has 12. The plan as well as the proposals ___ to be presented in the coming Monday meeting. A. is going to B. are going to C. will D. are 13. A vast majority of students in this school ___ English quite fluently. A. speak B. is speaking C. has spoken D. speak 14. A series of lecturers ___ being presented at the Central Hall this week. A. are B. will be C. has become D. is 15. Not only I but also she ___ here so far. A. isn’t coming B. hasn’t came C. haven’t come D. hasn’t come 16. The policeman ____, but later on he let them go. A. was arresting B. has arrested C. had arrested D. arrests 17. ___ the dog, he sat down to his own meal. A. Feeding B. Fed C. To feed D. Having fed
2 18. I’ve been waiting for my friends. I wonder if they ___ their way. A. will lose B. would lose C. had lost D. have lost 19. At this moment, I __ that we have a good chance of victory. A. was feeling B. am feeling C. feel D. have been feeling 20. The tourist ___ on the beach when the big waves swept ashore, carrying everything to the sea. A. were sunbathing B. are sunbathing C. had been sunbathedD. sunbathed 21. The population of the Earth ___ at a tremendous rate and __ out of control. A. are increasing – is B. increase – soon will be C. is increasing – is going to D. is increasing – soon will be 22. ___ the girls has turned in the papers to the instructor yet. A. Neither of B. Both of C. None of D. All of 23. ___ in the world export diamonds. A. Only little nations B. Only a little nations C. Only few nations D. Only a few nations 24. ___ people from other cities are coming here to find work. A. Large numbers B. A large number C. Large amounts of D. A large amount of 25. I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but ___ A. I’m not invited B. I have not been invited C. I was not invited D. I will not be invited 26. They ___ for more than 2 hours but they didn’t stop to rest. A. were playing B. have played C. had been playing D. have been playing 27. In the US, ___ the states but Hawaii is an island. A. neither of B. none of C. no of D. all of 28. Tom was leaning against the wall, out of breath. He ___ A. was running B. has been running C. has run D. would run 29. I couldn’t cut the grass because the lawn mower __ a few day previously. A. broke down B. has been broken C. had broken down D. breaks down 30. It is impossible to believe that somebody actually ___ that man. A. admire B. admires C. is admiring D. would admire Exercise 2 (NC): Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. 1. It was important that the mayor _____ before the curtain went up. A. arrive B. arrived C. must arrive D. had arrive 2. It is many years ______ her father abandoned the family. A. when B. since C. until D. after 3. You look tired. ______ hard all day? A. Do you work B. Have you been working