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Verb tenses Choose the best answer: 1. He _______in Singapore from 1980 to 1990. A. lived                          B. has lived                           C. was living                        D. would live 2. Marie and Pierre Curie ____radium.            A. discover                    B. have discovered               C. discovered                       D. were discovered 3.  The window ____open, so a bird flew in to the room. A. wasn’t                       B. was be                               C. was                                    D. has been 4. He ____up smoking since he got married.            A. gives                          B. has given                          C. gave                                  D. had given 5.        It ____a long time since you left for HCM. A. was                             B. has been                           C. is                                         D. will be 6. Somebody ____for the ambulance before the police ____  A. phoned, have come                B. has phone, came             C. phoned, had come                          D. had phone, came 7.  I hope they ____here soon.          A. would return           B. return                                C. will return                        D. returned 8.      Someone ____the housework by the time she arrived home.    A. did                             B. had done                          C. has done                           D. has been done 9.   He ____ you when he's in Hue next week. A. phoned                     B. has phoned                      C. will phone                        D. phones 10. My father ____me how to play chess when I was six. A. teaches                     B. has taught                        C. had taught                       D. taught 11. Nobody ____this machine for several years. A. hasn’t used              B. didn’t used                       C. has used                           D. used 12. Don’t sit in that chair. I ____it. A. painted                     B. had painted                     C. was painted                     D. have painted 13. Calm down! The doctor ____there in about fifteen minutes.             A. comes                         B. will come                         C. has come                          D. is coming 14. Be quiet! The baby _____.     A. is sleeping                B. is being slept                   C. sleeps                                D. was sleeping