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Program Intensif SBMPTN

1. Hari started learning to play chess when he was only five years old and won
his first national chess competition when he was ten.
This means that Hari ______ to play chess competition when he was ten.
(A) had learned
(B) was learning
(C) will have learning
(D) would learn
(E) has learned

2. Can we postpone the class meeting until Friday?


Im afraid not. I _____ basketball on Friday.
(A) would play
(B) will have been playing
(C) have been playing
(D) always play
(E) played

3. Is no one living with your grandmother in that house?


No, and she _____ anyone do anything for her for years.
(A) never had
(B) does not have
(C) has never had
(D) never has
(E) will never have

4. Vina had just finished her big dinner when Jody came in, bringing her favourite
durian. We may conclude that ______.
(A) Vina had durians for her dinner.
(B) Vina and Jordy had dinner together.
(C) Vina would most unlikely have the durians for dinner.
(D) Vina would have dinner after eating durians.
(E) Vina must not have finished her dinner.

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5. Do you often go to restaurants?
No, it _____ quite a long time since I went to a restaurant with my friends.
(A) has been
(B) would be
(C) is being
(D) was
(E) had been

6. Is the rescue team still looking for the survivors of the plane crash?
Yes, they _____ the area for hours, but they have not found any yet.
(A) searched
(B) were searching
(C) have been searching
(D) will be searching
(E) had searched

7. Did Ita decide to buy the car?


Yes, after she _____ her brother.
(A) has consultant
(B) was consulting
(C) had consulted
(D) consults
(E) is consulting

8. You were supposed to be here ten minutes ago. Where were you?
I _____ for a place to park.
(A) am looking
(B) looked
(C) have looked
(D) look
(E) was looking

9. Have you already decided where to go for your holiday?


Certainly, we ____ to Italy.
(A) go
(B) have gone
(C) will have gone
(D) are going
(E) will have been going

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10. A : I think were going to be here for a while.
B : But we _____ in line for almost an hour.
(A) are standing
(B) have stood
(C) stand
(D) were standing
(E) have been stand

11. Last year I didnt have to pay for my brothers tuition fee.
Thats great. I heard he ______ a scholarship from a foreign university.
(A) receives
(B) had received
(C) was receiving
(D) would receive
(E) has received

12. I was the first to submit my paper yesterday.


Youre wrong. I ______ mine before you did.
(A) submit
(B) have submitted
(C) was submitting
(D) would submit
(E) had submitted

13. Your train was delayed, wasnt it?


Yes, therefore, when I arrived the driver picking me up ______ for more than
an hour.
(A) waited
(B) would wait
(C) was waiting
(D) would have waited
(E) had been waiting

14. Im really worried about his health as hid next semester starts two weeks
from now.
Lets just hope by that time he _____.
(A) has recovered
(B) is going to recover
(C) will be recovering
(D) is recovering
(E) will have recovered

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15. All these years, Iras family ______ in poverty.
(A) lived
(B) has been living
(C) had lived
(D) was living
(E) lives

16. How long has he been the principal of our school?


Since I _____ this school.
(A) was entering
(B) have entered
(C) had entered
(D) entered
(E) had been entering

17. He has to take a TOEFL test before leaving for the U.S.
No, _____ have to; he already took it a few months ago.
(A) he doesnt (D) he mustnt
(B) he isnt (E) he cant
(C) he hasnt

18. I can lend you the book next week because by that time I ______ reading it.
(A) will be finishing
(B) have finished
(C) am finishing
(D) will have finished
(E) would finish

19. We havent heard from Didi for such a long time.


We havent either, since he ____ to Dili.
(A) moves
(B) moved
(C) was moving
(D) has moved
(E) had moved

20. I wonder why Agus is absent. He might be sick.


He isnt. I saw him when I _____ for the bus.
(A) wait
(B) was waiting
(C) had waited
(D) is waiting

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(E) have waited

21. My daughter _____ a lot of photograph of the Borobudur when she went
there on her last vacation.
(A) has taken
(B) has been taking
(C) would take
(D) took
(E) had taken

22. A taxi driver who witnessed the accident took my injured brother to the
hospital and then _____ my parents.
(A) call
(B) called
(C) calling
(D) to call
(E) was calling

23. The bus came after I _____ for about twenty minutes.
(A) have been waiting
(B) have waited
(C) am waiting
(D) had been waiting
(E) was waiting

24. The Anthropologist has been studying that tribe for the last five years. It
means: He_____ that tribe.
(A) has finished studying
(B) studied
(C) was studying
(D) had studied
(E) is still studying

25. You look so unhappy, Anton. Whats the matter?


My father ____ his job.
(A) has just lost
(B) has been losing
(C) losing
(D) is losing
(E) loses

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26. When did you take the academic writing course?
Last year, after I ____ Composition II.
(A) complete
(B) was completing
(C) to complete
(D) have completed
(E) had completed

27. Where is Tanti?


I dont know. In fact I ____ any of our friends since I arrived.
(A) did not see
(B) was not seeing
(C) have not seen
(D) do not see
(E) had not seen

28. So you have finished typing those letters! When did you do it?
When you ____ the meeting.
(A) were attending
(B) attend
(C) have attended
(D) attended
(E) had attended

29. What are you looking for?


My wallet. I dont know where I ____ it.
(A) have been putting
(B) am putting
(C) had put
(D) was putting
(E) have put

30. Dina bought a cassette player last week and she _____ to music ever since.
(A) has been listening
(B) was listening
(C) would have listened
(D) will be listening
(E) listened

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31. When did you realize that you had lost your purse?
When I ______ money to pay the bus fare.
(A) was needing
(B) needed
(C) am needing
(D) have needed
(E) had needed

32. I didnt hear the thunder during the storm last night because I _______
soundly.
(A) have been sleeping
(B) had slept
(C) am sleeping
(D) was sleeping
(E) have slept

33. Did you see the children when you came home this afternoon?
No, they _______ their teacher in Priok.
(A) visited
(B) had visited
(C) to visit
(D) were visiting
(E) would have visited

34. Since when hasnt she been feeling well?


Since she _______ from Singapore.
(A) returned
(B) has returned
(C) was returning
(D) had returned
(E) has been returning

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