1.My mother _______ the newspaper now. A. read B.reads C.reading D. is reading 2. Those children _______ for 2 hours every afternoon. A. sleep B. sleeps C. is sleeping D. are sleeping 3.We always _______ our English lessons carefully. A. do B. does C. is doing D. are doing 4. At present, he _______ for a foreign company. A. work B. works C. is working D. are working 5.The earth _______ around the sun once every 365 days. A. go B. goes C. is going D. are going 6.Where _______ now ? I _______ to the theatre. A. do you go/go B. are you going/ go C. are you going/ are going D. are you going/ am going 7. The students _______ all of the new words very well now. A. know B. knows C. is knowing D. are knowing 8. Just a minute! I _______ that word in the dictionary. A.look B. looks C. looking D. am looking 9. We _______ the use of verbs in English at the moment. A. study B. studies C. is studying D. are studying 10.The teacher _______ at the board when he _______ to explain something. A. point/ want B. points/wants C.points/ is wanting D. is pointing/ is wanting 11. It _______ when I got up this morning. A. rains B. rained C. is raining D. was raining 12. Albert Einstein _______ in 1955. A. dies B. is dying C. died D. was dying 13. They _______ in the library when the fire alarm went off. A. study B. are studying C. studied D. were studying 14. What _______ when you arrived there? A. does she do B. she did C.was she doing D. were she doing 15. He _______ economics at Harvard for almost 50 years. A. teach B. taught C.was teaching D. were teaching 16. Helen _______ in the lobby, wasn’t she? A. works B. worked C. was working D. wrere working 17.Mr. Thanh _______ to the office twice yesterday. A. goes B. went C. was working D. were working 18. The wind _______ very hard when I went out this morning. A. blows B. is blowing C. was blowinng D. were blowing 19. He fell while he _______ down the stairs. A. goes B. is going C. was going D. were going 20. What _______ when you saw him ? He _______ a kite. A.does Ba do/ is flying B. did Ba do/ was flying C. was Ba doing/ flew D. was Ba doing/ was flying