B. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D

1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living

2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

A. don’t see B. haven’t seen C. didn’t see D. hadn’t seen

3. The train ______ half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving B. left

C. has left D. had left

4. Jack ______ the door.

A. has just painted B. paint

C. will have painted D. painting

5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.

A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked

6. I ______ Texas State University now.

A. am attending B. attend C. was attendingD. attended

7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.

A. ten years ago B. since ten years

C. for ten years ago D. for ten years

8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered B. has discovered

C. had discovered D. had been discovering

9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.

A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run

10. We _______ there when our father died.

A. still lived B. lived still

C. was still lived D. were still living

11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.

A. will play B. will be playing

C. play D. would play

12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.

A. shall have been working B. shall work

C. have been working D. shall be working

13. I _______ in the room right now.

A. am being B. was being C. have been being D. am

14. I ______ to New York three times this year.

A. have been B. was C. were D. had been

15. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.

A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave

16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.

A. has happened B. happened

C. had happened D. would have been happened

17. John ______ a book when I saw him.

A. is reading B. read C. was reading D. reading

18. He said he _______ return later.

A. will B. would C. can D. would be

19. Jack ________ the door.

A. has just opened B. open

C. will have opened D. opening

20. I have been waiting for you ______.

A. since early morning B. since 9a.m

C. for two hours D. All are correct

21. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.

A. leave B. left C. leaves D. had left

22. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.

A. wrote B. writes C. has written D. had written

23. While her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week.

A. was reading B. wrote C. was written D. had written

24. I couldn’t cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.

A. broke down B. has been broken

C. had broken down D. breaks down

24. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.

A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying

25. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.

A. he had left B. he left C. he has left D. he was left

26. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.

A. had B. had had C. have has D. have had

27. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.

A. will have learned B. will learn

C. has learned D. would learn

28. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.

A. walking B. walked C. walks D. walk

29. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.

A. was going B. went C. has gone D. did go

30. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.

A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing

31. I shall be glad when he _______.

A. had gone B. did go C. went D. has gone

32 Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.

A. finish B. has finished C. finished D. finishing

33. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see the kettle ________?

A. boil B. boils C. is boiling D. boiled

34. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.

A. leave B. are leaving C. leaving D. are left

35. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.

A. go B. is going C. goes D. going

36. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.

A. working B. works C. is working D. work

37. I ______ to the same barber since last year.

A. am going B. have been goingC. go D. had gone

38. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.

A. dies B. died C. has died D. had died

39. Last week, my professor promised that he ________ today.

A. would come B. will come C. comes D. coming

40. Pasteur ______ in the 19^th century.

A. was living B. lived C. had lived D. has lived