Choose the best answer.

When his wife  ________(arrive) at this house, he still ________(sleep).

A. was arriving/still slept

B. was arriving/was sleeping

C. arrived/ was still sleeping

D. arrived/still slept

Choose the best answer.

At this time last year, my sister ______ a new car.

A. would buy

B. was buying

C. bought

D. had bought

Choose the best answer.

While my father ________(read) books, my brother ________(listen) to music.

A. was reading/ was listening

B. was reading/listened

C. read/listened

D. read/was listening

Choose the best answer.

What________ (you/do) at 8 p.m yesterday?

A. did you do

B. were you doing

C. do you do

D. have you done

Choose the best answer.

She _______ tennis at 4p.m yesterday.

A. plays

B. has been playing

C. played

D. was playing

Choose the best answer.

At this time last year, I _______(attend) an  English course.

A. attend

B. was attending

C. attended

D. will attend

Last year, they ……….22 million TV sets.

A. were selling            

B. had sold                  

C. has sold                  

D. sold

Ted and Amy……for 24 years.

A. have been married 

B. married 

C. were married          

D. has been married

There was a time when watching TV really……….family entertainment.

A. were 

B. was 

C. had been                 

D. is

When I was young, I ………to be a singer.

A.want 

B.was wanting 

C.wanted                   

D.had wanted

Since……, I have heard nothing from him.

A. he had left 

B. he left 

C. he has left               

D. he was left

Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences

They (eat) beef at least five times so far since they (live) here.

Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences

I (not/talk) to Peter since I (arrive) last Tuesday.

Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences

Since Mr.Hung (graduate) from the university in 1996, he(teach) in this school.

Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences

(you/visit) the CN tower since you (be) in Toronto?

Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences

He (write) a book since he (be) a child.

Choose the best answer.

When ________ the first gift?

A. you got

B. did you get

C. did you got

D. have you got

Choose the best answer.

We ________to get up early when we were young.

A. didn’t used

B. did used

C. don’t use

D. didn’t use

Choose the best answer.

When he was a student, he________ the bus to go to school.

A. used to take

B. uses to take

C. is used to taking

D. used to taking

Choose the best answer.

I _______ tired when I came home.

A. have been

B. was

C. am

D. were

Choose the best answer.

Mozart ________ more than 600 pieces of music.

A. is writing

B. has written

C. wrote

D. writes

Choose the best answer.

We _______ around the parking lot for 10 minutes to find a parking space lastnight.

A. drove

B. drive

C. were driving

D. driven

Choose the best answer.

My sister________ English at Languages Centre last summer.

A. studyed

B. study

C. studied

D. was studying

Choose the best answer.

What time _________ home for school yesterday?

A. did you leave

B. you left

C. did you left

D. left you

Choose the best answer.

I ________  my knife to someone, but I can’t remember who was now.

A. lended

B. have lent

C. lent

D. lend

Choose the best answer.

She _______ that hat all day yesterday.

A. has worn

B. wear

C. worn

D. wore

Choose the best answer.

My father _______ a new car two days ago.

A. has bought

B. buys

C. bought

D. buy

Choose the best answer.

We _______ in here last summer.

A. been

B. are

C. have been

D. were

Choose the best answer.

They _______ to the zoo yesterday.

A. go

B. went

C. have gone

D. gone

Choose the best answer.

She ______ born in 2000.

A. had been

B. is

C. was

D. has been

Choose the best answer.

________ TV last night?

A. Did you watch

B. Do you watch

C. Have you watched

D. Were you watching

Choose a suitable word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) to fill in each blank.

The cutting or replacement of trees downtown _____ arguments recently. 

A. has caused 

B.   have caused

C. are creating

D. created

Choose the best answer.

It is the second time he _______ his job.

A. has lost

B. lost

C. loses

D. has been losing

Choose the best answer.

________ money for your mother?

A. Do you just pay

B. Did you just pay

C. Have you just paid

D. Are you just paying

Choose the best answer.

My mother ________ to start working next week.

A. has decided just

B. has just decided

C. just decides

D. decided just

Choose the best answer.

The bill isn’t right. They _______ a mistake.

A. will make

B. are making

C. made

D. have made

Choose the best answer.

She_________ to London a couple of times.

A. has already traveled

B. has traveled already

C. already travels

D. is already travelling

Choose the best answer.

They _________ their house since they arrived last Monday.

A. didn’t clean

B. cleaned yet

C. haven’t cleaned

D. is not cleaning

Choose the best answer.

Tenda _________ here all his life.

A. has lived  

B. lives

C. is living

D. lived

Choose the best answer.

He _________ that there are only four weeks to the end of term.

A. is just realizing

B. has just realized

C. just realizes

D. realizes just