Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

16. I ______ Texas State University now.

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

17. He has been selling motorbikes _____.

      A. ten years ago           B. since ten years       C. for ten years ago         D. for ten years

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

   A. discovered                B. has discovered        C. had discovered          D. had been discovering

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

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

20. We _______ there when our father died.

     A. still lived                B. lived still              C. was still lived               D. was still living

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

      A. will play                B. will be playing     C. play                               D. would play

22. At this time next week they__________ to Singapore.

       A. will fly                 B. have flown      C. will be flying                     D. will be flown

23. Tony has been working for Outer Space Language School _________.

      A. since 5 years    B. for five years      C. for five years ago               D. five years ago

24. Little Jimmy went to bed __________ he had done all his homework.

    A. before                 B. by the time         C. until                                 D. after

25. I _________ to Jane when Peter came with the news.

    A. talked               B. was talking            C. have talked                     D. talking

26. By the time the ambulance arrived, they ____________ the victims to hospital.

    A. had taken          B. took                      C. were taking                 D. have taken

27. He ___________ here since he was born.

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

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

    A. finishes                B. would finish             C. finished                     D. finishing

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

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

30. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.

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

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

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

32. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. He _________ a bike to school every weekday, but yesterday he _________ a bus to school.

     A. rides / takes     B.has ridden / takes     C.rode/ took            D.rides / took

37. I _______ in the room right now

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

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

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

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

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

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

    A. has happened B. happened                 C. had happened        D. would have been happened