UH_Simple dan Continous Tenses
UH_Simple dan Continous Tenses
thinking of
CONTINOUS TENSES” E. intending
(PRESENT TENSE, PAST TENSE, 7. `Oh, dear! I forgot to bring my dictionary.'
FUTURE TENSE) `That's all right. I . . . you mine.'
A. will be lending
1. 'When did the accident happen?'
B. am lending
'When the goods . . . from the truck.'
C. will lend
A. unloaded
D. am going to lend
B. were unloading
E. lend
C. being unloaded
D. were being unloaded 8. "What is your plan for this weekend?"
E. they were unloading °I . . . my brother."
A. will visit
2. Ahmad : Mah, what were you doing when I
B. will have visited
phoned your mother last night?
C. will have been visiting
Halimah : I ... TV
D. have visited
A. watch
E. visited
B. am watching
C. have watched 9. Yusniar : “I plan to see ‘the ghost’ with
D. was watching Tina.”
E. will watch Supriadi : “When...it?”
A. you see
3. I was sleeping when my father...the
B. have you seen
announcement about me in the radio.
C. Are you going to see
A. hear
D. did you want to see
B. heard
E. Were you going to see
C. was hearing
D. hears 10. Father : Are you sure you will pass'?
E. Will hear Riana : Believe me, Dad. I'll do better in the
next examination.
4. Rina ... a bath when I phoned her.
From the dialogue we know that Riana ... to do
A. has been taking
better in the next examination.
B. is taking
A. promises
C. had taken
B. hopes
D. has taken
C. wishes
E. was taking
D. likes
5. `Could you tell brother to meet me at the E. decides
library tomorrow? `Sure, I____ him.'
11. 'Anwar was promoted president of your
A. would have told
company last week; wasn't he?
B. am telling
'I'm glad he was; he ... in this company for
C. be telling
years.'
D. will tell
A. worked
E. will be telling
B. had worked
6. Daru : What are you going to do after C. was working
leaving the college? D. has been working
Dimas : Well, I don't want to be jobless. So E. would work
I'm ... getting a job soon.
12. `What are you looking for?’, 'My wallet; I
A. would like
don't know where I ... it.'
B. planning
A. have put
C. going to
B. have been putting
C. had put C. How long have you studied English?
D. am putting D. How many years will you study English?
E. was putting E. When will you study English?
13. 'Where is my dictionary? It was on my 19. Ronald moved to this town last year.
desk.' `Perhaps somebody ... it.' We can say the he ... in this town for a year.
A. would take A. was living
B. takes B. lives
C. is taking C. has lived
D. has taken D. lived
E. had taken E. had lived
14. We haven't heard from Didi for such a 20. Miss Rina...US English since 1989.
long time. A. Have taught
`We haven't either, since he ... to Dili.' B. was teach
A. had moved C. is going to teach
B. moves D. has taught
C. was moving E. taught
D. moved
21. `Could you please book me on the next
E. has moved
flight to Mexico City? 'I'm sorry, sir. Our
15. Anita is looking forward to her birthday airline … to Mexico City."
because she ... a new watch. A. doesn't fly
A. has promised B. will not fly
B. promised C. did not fly
C. being promised D. has not been flying
D. has been promising E. wasn't able to fly
E. has been promised
22. `He has to take a TOEFL test before
16. My friend said, “I have never seen such a leaving for the U.S.'
good film". `No, . . . have to; he already took it a few
From the above statement we may conclude months ago.
that .... A. he can't
A. he has never seen bad films before B. he doesn't
B. it was the first time he went to see a, film C. he hasn't
C. this is the best film he has ever seen D. he isn't
D. he seldom went to good movies E. he mustn't
E. the film he saw was a bad one
23. I think you had better tell her the truth
17. Ronny : Are you going to watch the movie before somebody else ....
on TV tonight? A. does
Deny : No, I think I'll watch the recent news. B. can
The recent news is news that .... C. had
A. is very important D. tells
B. tells us about things that have just happened E. did
C. is printed in capital letters
24. "Do I hear something?"
D. provides a lot of advertisements
"Yes, somebody . . . at the door!"
E. makes the viewers laugh
A. was knocking
18. Rini : " ... “ B. knocks
Rina : "for almost five years". C. is knocking
A. When do you study English? D. knocked
B. When did you study English? E. has knocked
25. "May I borrow your magazine?" 31. “How long has he been the principal of
"I'm sorry, my sister . . . it. our school?”
A. still reads “Since I...this school.”
B. is still reading A. has entered
C. will still read B. was entering
D. has been reading C. had entered
E. still read D. have entered
E. entered
26. ‘Have the boys had their breakfast?’ 'Not
yet, they ....' 32. We went to the movie last night and I
A. would still take a bath thought...
B. have taken a bath A. the film is good
C. will take a bath B. the film so good
D. are still taking a bath C. It is a good film
E. were taking a bath D. the film was good
E. It will be a good film
27. ‘Which paintings will be exhibited
tomorrow?’ 33. Last week Rini ... a holiday, she didn’t go
"We don't know yet; they . . . by a team.' for a picnic, she went camping.
A. still selecting A. is has
B. are still being selected B. has
C. still be selected C. had
D. are still selecting D. have
E. still selected E. having
28. `Have you delivered the package to the 34. `So you have finished typing those letters!
customers? When did you do it?ff 'When you the
'Not yet, some . . . meeting.'
A. were wrapped A. had attended
B. are still being wrapped B. were attending
C. will have been wrapped C. have attended
D. have been wrapped D. attend
E. would be wrapped E. attended
29. Dika : Can I borrow your laptop? 35. I didn't hear the thunder during the storm
Ditya : Certainly, but what's wrong with last night because I…..soundly.
yours? A. have slept
Dika . It ... now. B. have been sleeping
A. is going to repair C. am sleeping
B. is being repaired D. has slept
C. is repairing E. was sleeping
D. repaired
36. `Did you see the children when you came
E. has repaired
home this afternoon?' 'No, they their teacher
30. `You look so unhappy, Anton. What's the in Priok'
matter? A. would have visited
'My father … his job.' B. visited
A. loses C. to visit
B. has just lost D. had visited
C. losing E. were visiting
D. has been losing
E. is losing
37. 'I wonder why Agus is absent. He might be 43. `Since when hasn't she been feeling well?
sick.' 'Since she___ from Singapore.'
`He isn't. I saw him when I... for the bus.' A. has been returning
A. have waited B. returned
B. wait C. was returning
C. had waited D. has returned
D. was waiting E. had returned
E. is waiting.
44. Tuti came home very late last night. Where
38. Nukmi : What was your sister doing when did Budiman take her to?'
you arrived home last night? A. To the movies he took her last night
Rendra : She ... in the kitchen. B. She took him to the movies last night
A. was cooking C. Last night she took him to the movies
B. cooks D. He took her last night to the movies
C. has cooked E. He took her to the movies last night
D. is cooking
45. 'When did you realize you had lost your
E. has been cooking
purse?'
39. The engine….smoothly when it suddenly 'When I___ money to pay the conductor.
stopped. A. am needing
A. is running B. was needing
B. runs C. had needed
C. has run D. needed
D. running E. have needed
E. was running
46. `How long has he been the principal of our
40. `When did the farmer find that ancient school?
tool? 'Since I . . . this school.'
'When he . . . his field.' A. had been entering
A. has been ploughing B. was entering
B. was ploughing C. had entered
C. had ploughed D. have entered
D. has ploughed E. entered
E. is ploughing
47. My daughter ... a lot of photographs of the
41. 'As a student, I always had instant noodles Borobudur when she went there on her last
for breakfast.' vacation.
This means that I___ for breakfast. A. had taken
A. used to have instant noodles B. has taken
B. am having instant noodles C. would take
C. am used to having instant noodles D. has been taking
D. like to have instant noodles E. took
E. have instant noodles
48. Police : Yes, madam, what can we do for
42. `When did you realize you had lost your you?
purse? (at the police station)
'When I money to pay the bus fare.' Woman : I want to report. I parked my car in
A. am needing the parking lot. When I got back, the car
B. was needing wasn't there....
C. had needed A. It should be stolen
D. needed B. It is stolen
E. have needed C. It stole
D. It will be stolen
E. It was stolen
49. A taxi driver who witnessed the accident
took my injured brother to the hospital and
then. . . my parents.
A. was calling
B. call
C. calling
D. called
E. to call
50. A : This is a very old building.
B : I wasn't even born yet when it ....
A. had built
B. is built
C. was built
D. is being built
E. has been built