Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D

1. I ............ Louisiana state University.

A. am attending
B. attend
C. was attending
D. attended
2. He has been selling motorcycles.................
A. ten years ago B. since ten years C. for ten years ago D. for ten years
3. Columbus............America more then 400 years ago.
A. discovered B. has discovered C. had discovered D. he has gone
4. He fell down when he ............ towards the church.
A. run
B. runs
C. was running
D. had run
5. We .............. there when our father died.
A. still lived
B. lived still
C. was still living
D. were still living
6. They ............ pingpong when their father comes back home.
A. will play
B. will be playing
C. play
D. would play
7. By Christmas, I ............ for you for 6 months.
A. Shall have been working
B. shall work
C. have been working
D. shall be working
8. I ........... in the room now.
A. am being
B. was being
C. have been being
D. am
9. I ............ to New york three times this year.
A. have been
B. was
C. were
D. had been
10. I will come and see you before I ............ for America.
A. leave
B. will leave
C. have left
D. shall leave
11. The little girl asked wha ............ to her friend.
A. has happened
B. happened
C. had happened
D. would have been happened
12. John ............a book when I saw him.
A. is reading
B. read
C. was reading
D. reading
13. He said he ........... return later.
A. will
B. would
C. can
D. would be
14. Jack ............ the door.
A. has just opened
B. open
C. will have opened
D. opening
15. I have been waiting for you…............
A. since early morning
B. since 9 a.m
C. for two hours
D. all are correct
16. My sister ........... for you since yesterday.
A. is looking
B. was looking
C. has been looking
D. looked
17. Jack ........... the door.
A. has just painted
B. paint
C. will have painted
D. painting
18. The train............half an hour.
A. has been leaving
B. left
C. has lelt
D. had lelt
19. We............. Doris since last Sunday.
A. don’t see
B. haven’t seen
C. didn’t see
D. hadn’t seen
20. When I last saw him, he ........... in London.
A. has lived
B. is living
C. was living
D. has been living
21. After I ............... lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had
B. had had
C. have has
D. have had
22. By the end of next year, Geoge ............... English for 2 years.
A. will have learned
B. will learn
C. has learned
D. would learn
23. The man got out the car , ............... round to the back and opened the boot.
A. walking
B. walked
C. walks
D. walk
24. For several years his ambition ............... to be a pilot.
A. is
B. has been
C. was
D. had been
25. Henry ........... into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going
B. went
C. has gone
D. did go
26. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ............ dinner.
A. finish
B. finishes
C. will finish
D. shall have finished
27. Before you asked, the letter…............
A. was written
B. had been written
C. had written
D. has been written
28. Ask her to come and see me when she ........... her work.
A. finish
B. has finished
C. finished
D. finishing
29. Oil ............ if you pour it on water.
A. floated
B. floats
C. will be floated
D. float
30. The dancing club ............ north of the city.
A. lays B. lies
C. located
D. lain
31. Almost everyone ........... for home by the time we arrived.
A. leave
B. left
C. leaves
D. had left
32. By the age of 25, he ............ two famous novels.
A. wrote
B. writes
C. has written
D. had written
33. While her husband was in the army, Janet ............. to him twice a week.
A. was writing
B. wrote
C. was written
D. had written
34. I couldn’t cut the grass because the machine ............. a few days previously.
A. broke down
B. has been broken
C. had broken down
D. breaks down
35. According to this newspaper, John is said ............... a new record for the long jump.
A. to have established
B. establishing
C. to establish
D. established
36. I have never played badminton before.This is the first time I............. to play.
A. try
B. tried
C. have tried
D. am trying
37. Since ........... ,I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left
B. he left
C. he has left
D. he was left
38. I like looking at these pictures, but I ............ enough by lunch time.
A. should have
B. will have
C. will have had
D. have
39. I don’t understand this sentence.What ................................................ ?
A. does mean this word
B. have this word mean
C. means this word
D. does this word mean
40. John ............tennis once or twice a week.
A. usually play
B. is usually playing
C. usually plays
D. have usually played
41. It was noisy next door. Our neighbors.............a party.
A. had
B. were having
C. had had
D. have had
42. It.............dark.Shall I turn on the light?
A. is getting
B. get
C. got
D. has got
43. I ............ for Christine. Do you know where she is?
A. look
B. looked
C. am looking
D. looks
44. At 5 o’clock yesterday evening, I ............... my clothes.
A. am ironing
B. have ironed
C. ironed
D. was ironing
45. “Are you ready ,Ann?” “Yes,I ............................. ”
A. am coming
B. come
C. came
D. have came
46. Why ............. at me like that?What’s the matter?
A. do you look
B. have you looked
C. did you look
D. are you looking
47. I ............ along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
A. was walking
B. am walking
C. walk
D. walked
48. She ............. German for two years.
A. has learnt
B. is learning
C. learn
D. learns
49. I usually ............ away at weekends.
A. have gone
B. goes
C. am going
D. go
50. The earth ................ round the sun.
A. go
B. has gone
C. went
D. goes