A. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. 1.He was writing to his friend when he __________a noise. A. was hearing B. heard C. had heard D. hears 2. I __________many people since I came here in June. A. met B. has met C. was meeting D. have met 3. We __________ maths at this time last week. A. were learning B. are learning C. was learning D. learnt 4. She was playing games while he __________a football match. A. watched B. watches C. was watching D. watching 5. She __________to Ho Chi Minh city last year. A. goes B. has gone C. go D. went 6. Since we came here, we ______ a lot of acquaintances. A. have had B. had C. have D. are having 7. __________he playing football now? A. Will B. Does C. Was D. Is 8. Every morning, I often sit in my garden and____ to my nightingale sing. A. listening B. listen C. listened D. listens 9. She __________school when she was six. A. start B. started C. has started D. are starting 10. I. __________TV when the telephone rang. A. watched B. was watching C. are watching D. have watched 11. She__________ lunch by the time we arrived. A. had finished B. finished C. have finished D. finishing 12. This record-shop__________ be a book-shop a few years ago. A. used to B. use C. used D. used 13. I couldn’t come to the party because I __________go to work. A. have B. had to C. have got D. had 14. Yesterday, I _______ for work late because I _______ to set my alarm. A. had left / forgot B. was leaving / was forgetting C. left / had forgot D. had been leaving / would forget 15. By the time we ____ to the train station, Susan _____ for us for more than two hours. A. will get / has been waiting B. got / was waiting C. got / had been waiting D. get / will wait 16. While her brother was in the army, Sarah ___________ to him twice a week. A. was writing B. wrote C. has written D. had written 17. The Titanic _______ the Atlantic when it _______ an iceberg. A. was crossing / struck B. had crossed / was striking C. crossed / had struck D. is crossing / strikes 18. In the 19th century, it _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. A. took B. had taken C. had taken D. was taking 19. Last night at this time, they _______ the same thing. She ______ and he ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_________ the Newspaper. A. are not doing / is cooking / is reading B. were not doing / was cooking / was reading C. was not doing / has cooked / is reading D. had not done / was cooking /read 20. When I _____ home last night, I ____that Jane ______ a beautiful candlelight dinner. A. had arrived / discovered / prepared B. was arriving / had discovered / was preparing C. have arrived / was discovering / had prepared D. arrived / discovered / was preparing 21. After he ____________ his English course, he went to England to continue his study. A. finish B. finishes C. finished D. had finished 22. Angelina Jolie is a famous actress. She ________ in several films. A. appears B. is appearing C. appeared D. has appeared 23. Mai____ in HCM for five years. A. lives B. has lived C. is living D. was living 24. My little sister________ “sleeping beauty” several times. A. watches B. is watching C. has watched D. watched 25. I ______ to New York three times this year. A. have been B. was C. were D. had been 26. I ______ her since I _____ a student. A. know/ am B. knew/ was C. have known/ am D. have known/ was 27. The train _____ when we got to the station. A. just left B. just leaves C. had just left D. will leave 28. Her father ______ when she was a small girl. A. dies B. died C. has died D. had died 29. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived. A. leave B. left C. leaves D. had left 30. I ______ to the same barber since last year. A. am going B. have been going C. go D. had gone