English Tenses - Advanced Test 2

10/2/2019 9:46:20 AM

Bài tập tổng hợp về các thì trong tiếng Anh ở độ khó B1-B2, dành cho thí sinh ôn thi vào 10 chuyên Anh.

Look, the conservation volunteers ____ cheerfully in the sunshine all morning, unlike yesterday, when they ____ to work in the rain.

worked / are refusing
are working / were refusing
will work / have refused
have been working / refused

A: Is that your pure wool pullover in the washing machine? It ____ you know!

B: No, I ____ it several times in the machine already. I use the wool cycle and it's fine.

was shrinking / wash
will shrink / washed
is going to shrink / have washed
is shrinking / have been washing

The weather conditions ____throughout the day and now the ground officials are confident that the championship game ____ ahead.

have been improving / will go
will be improving / will go
have improved / was going
are improving / has gone
improved / went

Some of us will be needed tomorrow to finish the fence because, at this rate , two sections ____ unfinished when we ____work tonight.

have remained / stopped
will have remained / were stopping
are going to remain / will stop
are remaining / are stopping
will remain / stop

Decoupage, an art form that ____ in France during the 17th century, ____ cutting out designs and patterned materials and fastening them permanently to surface.

has originated / will involve
originated / involves
was originating / is involving
will have originated / involved
is originating / was involving

They ____ so many hotels in the region in recent years that gradually they ____ the natural beauty of the area.

were building / destroy
will built / have been destroying
have built / are destroying
are building / have destroyed
have been building / destroyed

After she ____ to me for the fifth time, I ____ another word she said, and put an end to our friendship.

has lied / don't believe
has been lying / won't believe
is lying / hadn't believed
had lied / didn't believe

Since they ____ part in their first conversation volunteer week, they ____ on several projects with great pleasure.

are taking / worked
take / will have worked
are going to take / are working
took / have worked
have been taking / work

Asia ____ the world's largest land mass and ____ just over half of the world's people.

has had / held
is having / is holding
has / holds
was having / was holding
has been having / will hold

I ____ to the bank during my lunch-break today, but an old colleague ____ to visit us, so, naturally, I wanted to hear all the news.

was going / came
went / is coming
have gone / was coming
had gone / has come
am going / comes

Suddenly it ____ very foggy, so we ____ compass bearings to find the right route down the mountain.

will become / use
had become / used
became / are using
becomes / will use
has become / had used

We're looking after our neighbour's dog as well as our own and it ____ two kilos of meat a day, so I ____ dog meat in bulk these days.

is eating / bought
ate / have bought
was eating / have been buying
eats / am buying
will have eaten / had bought

By the end of this court session the jury ____ all the witnesses and they ____ the courtroom to decide on a verdict.

have been hearing / have left
have heard / are leaving
are hearing / leave
hear / left
will have heard / will leave

I feel certain that her new travel agency ____ because she ____ a thorough market survey.

is succeeding / will do
has succeeded / will have done
will succeed / has done
was succeeding / is doing
succeeded / has been doing

When Chilean separatist forces ____ an independent Chile in 1818, the vice-royalty of Peru ____ over Chile for almost three centuries.

declared / had been ruling
has declared / was ruling
was declaring / has been ruling
is declaring / ruled
had declared / will have ruled

I ____ some chicken curry earlier and ____ Richard and Kate to stay for dinner, but just then I remembered that they were both vegetarian.

was going to cook / have asked
had been cooking / will ask
cooked / will have asked
had cooked / was going to ask
have cooked / had asked

I expect you ____ from school by this time next year and ____ for a job.

have graduated / will have looked
are graduating / have been looking
will have graduated / will be looking
graduate / will have been looking
were graduating / are going to look

Our Spanish teacher ____ very slowly and clearly to us at the moment because we ____ very far in the language yet.

talks / aren't progressing
is talking / haven't progressed
was talking / didn't progress
has been talking / weren't progressing
will be talking / don't progress

Before the potato blight ____ Ireland in the 1840s, most Irish people ____ on a subsistence diet of potatoes.

was striking / relied
has struck / relies
had struck / has relied
strikes / will rely
struck / had relied

Between the years 1846 and 1851, one million Irish men and women ____ to death and 1.6 million ____ to the USA.

had been starving / have emigrated
have been starving / emigrate
were starving / were emigrated
starved / emigrated
had starved / will have emigrated

Bangladesh ____ independence from Pakistan in 1971 and ever since the assassination of the first prime minister in 1974, the military ____ the country's government.

has gained / were dominating
had gained / are dominating
gained / have dominated
was gaining / dominate
gains / have been dominating

Over the recent years alcoholism ____ a leading cause death of the young adult population in the USA. This statistics ____ deaths from drunken driving and fires started by carelessly dropped cigarettes.

became / was including
becomes / included
was becoming / will include
is becoming / is including
has become / includes

Some of the workers _____ the peaches while the others _____ them in wooden boxes.

are picking / will place
were picking / were placing
have been picking / placed
picked / have been placing

Although manufacturers ____electric cars as prototypes for a number of years now, it will be a long time before they ____ common.

produced / are becoming
have been producing / become
produce / will become
are producing / became
were producing / will have become

Between 1607 and 1733 Englishmen ____ thirteen colonies along the east cost of North America and by 1750 nearly two million men, women and children ____ in these colonies.

were establishing / will be living
have been establishing / lived
established / were living
had established / will have lived
have established / had lived

I ____ some wood for the fire while you ____ the salad.

will fetch / prepare
fetch / are preparing
am fetching / will prepare
have fetched / prepared
was fetching / have prepared

By the 16th century, Austria ____ so large that its emperor ____ all of modern Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Spain as well as parts of Italy and Yugoslavia.

has become / ruled
was becoming / has rule
was going to become / rule
had become / was ruling
becomes / has been ruling

The earthworm, which ____ neither lungs nor gills, ____ through its skin.

is having / has breath
has had / is breathing
was having / breathed
will have / was breathing
has / breathes

The athletes ____ for exactly three months by the time the races ____ due to start.

have been training / will be
will have been training / are
are going to train / will have been
are training / were
had trained / have been

Adolescence, the process of changing from a child into an adult usually ____ sometime between the ages of 11 and 14 and ____ for approximately six to ten years.

occurs / continues
occurred / has been continuing
will occur / continued
occurs / was continuing
occurred / will have continued

I ____ Malcolm in his car, but he ____ the traffic and didn’t see me.

was seeing / watches
see / has watched
have seen / is watching
saw / was watching
am seeing / watched

Tim ____ a master’s degree as soon as he ____ to Canada.

has begun / is returning
began / returned
is beginning / returned
was beginning / returns
begins / has returned

Ratchel ____ up smoking four years ago and she ____ a cigarette since.

was giving / doesn’t smoke
has given / wasn’t smoking
gave / hasn’t smoked
has given / didn’t smoke
is giving / isn’t smoking

Last year Sonny ____ four miles each morning before breakfast, but he ____ around the block each morning instead since his heart attack.

ran / has been walking
has run / has walked
runs / was walking
has been running / walks
was running / walked

I ____ a brace on my teeth as a child, but I didn’t like it.

was wearing
am wearing
have worn
wore
have been wearing

I ____ an extra part-time job last week as we ____ the money.

am starting / are needing
start / needed
have started / were needing
started / need

In 1951, the people of the Gold Coast ____ for their own government and shortly afterwards, they ____ their country as Ghana.

vote / are renaming
voted / renamed
have voted / were renaming
were voting / have renamed
are voting / rename

As my son ____ down by the river, I ____ his room thoroughly.

fishes / have cleaned
is fishing / cleaned
has fished / clean
fished / have been cleaning
was fishing / cleaned

We ____ in Cornwall for two weeks last summer. Since then, we ____ a holiday by the sea.

stayed / haven’t had
are staying / don’t have
were staying / didn’t have
stay / aren’t having
have stayed / weren’t having

One of the straps on the baby’s pram ____ quite thin, so we ____ to replace it.

wore / decide
wears / have decided
had worn / decided
is wearing / were deciding
has been wearing / decide

This time last year, his business ____ a reasonable profit, but now, because of that management, he ____ to keep it going.

has made / has struggled
made / was struggling
make / has been struggling
has been making / struggles
was making / is struggling

The last time we ____ dinner with them, they ____ for a new house.

have had / looked
were having / have been looking
have been having / look
had / were looking
have / are looking

The whole family was busy. While the children ____ decorations, their father ____ up the Christmas tree.

are making / is setting
made / has been setting
have been making / has set
were making / was setting
have made / set

A: What’s on TV tonight?

B: Match of the day, Manchester United ____ against South Melbourne.

had played
were playing
are playing
have played
played

Isn't it strange that you ____ for Mark’s surprise party all week, but you ____ him a birthday present yet?

are preparing / didn’t buy
have been preparing / haven’t bought
have prepared / aren’t buying
prepare / weren’t buying

While my parents ____ in the shopping centre, a thief ____ into their car for the radio.

shopped / has broken
were shopping / broke
have shopped / breaks
are shopping / was breaking
shop / is breaking

When we ____ her, she ____ in the wardrobe.

were finding / hides
find / has hidden
are finding / is hiding
found / was hiding
have found / hid

I never ____ my temper on purpose, of course, but sometimes I just ____, though I always regret it afterwards.

lose / explode
lost / am exploding
have been losing / exploding
were losing / have exploding
have lost / was exploding

Even though it ____ heavily at the time, they ____ home.

has snowed / were driving
snows / have been driving
was snowing / drove
has been snowing / drive
snowed / are driving

It’s been one week since the floods ____,but still aid workers ____ people.

are striking / rescued
strike / were rescuing
were striking / have been rescuing
struck / are rescuing
have struck / rescue