Exercise 10: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:

1. The children __________ in the park at the moment.

A. playing B. is play C. is playing D. plays

2. My mother __________ a meal now.

A. cooking B. is cooking C. cooks D. cook

3. Be careful! The bus _______.

A. comes B. come C. coming D. is coming

4. What__________ your mother __________ now?

A. do/ do B. does...do C. is...doing D. will ...do

5. Please be quiet! I _______.

A. is working B. am working C. are working D. is...used to want

6. Sometimes I_______ up before the sun rises

A. get B. got C. gets D. am getting

7. John _______ tennis once or twice a week.

A. usually B. is usually playing C. usually plays D. have usually played

8. It was noisy next door. Our neighbors _______ a party.

A. had B. were having C. had had D. have had

9. It _______ dark. Shall I turn on the light?

A. is getting B. get C. got D. has got

10. Tom: ‘I _______ for Christine. Do you know where she is?’ David: ‘She has gone out.’

A. look B. looked C. am looking D. looks

11. Nga: ‘What were you doing at 7 o’clock yesterday evening?’ Huong: ‘I _______ my clothes.’

A. am ironing B. have ironed C. ironed D. was ironing

12. Calvin: “Are you ready, Ann?” Ann: “Yes, I _______”

A. am coming B. come C. came D. have came

13. Why _______ at me like that? What’s the matter?

A. do you look B. have you looked C. did you look D. are you looking

14. I _______ along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.

A. was walking B. am walking C. walk D. walked

15. She _______ German for two years.

A. has learnt B. is learning C. learn D. learns

16. The earth _______ round the Sun.

A. go B. went C. goes D. has gone

17. I come from Canada. Where _______ you _______ from?

A. do – come B. did – come C. are – coming D. have come

18. When I last _______ Jane, she _______ to find a job.

A. see – trying B. saw – was trying C. have seen – tried D. saw – tried

19. _______ you go to the dentist?

A. How often are B. How often do C. How often does D. How are

20. Ann _______ tea very often.

A. doesn’t drink B. don’t drink C. didn’t drink D. hasn’t drunken

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