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Choose the best answer to the 38 questions!

1. UI/912
Erika.......on her report for three days in a row without much sleep. That's why she looks so tired.
A. works
B. is working
C. has been working
D. was working
E. had been working

2. UI/207
 "The earthquake at about 3 o'clock yesterday caused many people to panic."
"Including me, as I ......on the third boor of my office at that time."
A. worked
B. have worked
C. have been working
D. was working
E. had worked

3. UI/207
"Did you received our inquiry? When will we receive your confirmation?'
"My apology. It seems that......... Could you possibly resend it?"
A. we mislay your letter
B. your letter is mislaid
C. we had mislaid your letter
D. your letter has been mislaid
E. your letter was mislaid

4. UI/207
"Excuse me. Could you tell me which bus I should take to get to Plaza Indonesia?"
"Sorry, I don't know. You.......ask the driver."
A. could have
B. had better
C. ought to have
D. must have
E. would rather

5. UMPTN/2001/R-A/240
ASEAN trade minister..........the possibility of developing economic cooperating before they attended the summit meeting last month.
A. discuss
B. discussed
C. had discussed
D. were discussing
E. would discuss

6. UMPTN/2001/R-B/140
I........ all over the place for my dictionary when I suddenly remembered that my sister had borrowed it.
A. have looked
B. was looking
C. looked
D. am looking
E. have been looking

7. UMPTN/2001/R-C/342
"Can I see you tomorrow at the seminar?"
'All right come at 10 o'clock and I ....... teaching by then.'
A. will have finished
B. have finished
C. am finishing
D. will be finishing
E. will have been finishing

8. UMPTN 2002/R-II/310
"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 very well by the time he was 10 years old.
A. had learned
B. was learning
C. will have learning
D. would learn
E. has learned

9. UMPTN/2002/R-III/711
"Can we postpone the class meeting to Friday?"
"I am afraid not. I ...... basketball on Friday."
A. would play
B. will have been playing
C. have been playing
D. always play
E. played

10.  SPMB/2003/R-III/312
'Is not 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

11. UM-UGM/2003/121
"Vina had just finished her big dinner when Jordy came in, bringing her favorite 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 durian for dinner.
D. Vina would have dinner after eating durian.
E. Vina must not have finished her dinner.

12. UGM/2003/121
Windy has stayed with us since her father......
A. sends abroad by his company
B. sent abroad by his company
C. was sent abroad by his company
D. is sent abroad by his company
E. to be sent abroad by his company

13. SPMB/2004/R-I/140
'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

14. SMPB/2004/R-I/140
"Is the rescue team still looking for 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

15. SPMB/2004/R-II/241
"Did Ita decide to buy the car?"
"Yes, after she ..... her brother."
A. has consulted
B. was consulting
C. had consulted
D. consults
E. is consulting

16. SPMB/2004/R-II/640
 '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

17. SPMB/2004/R-III/741
'Have you already decided where to go for your holidays?'
'Certainly, we ...... to Italy.'
A. go
B. have gone
C. will have gone
D. are going
E. will have been going

18. UGM/2004/322
"My uncle's office stays open until 12.00 on weekend". The sentence means .......
A. My uncle works at 12.00 at the weekend.
B. My uncle's office open at 12.00 on the weekend
C. My uncle does not have to work on the weekend
D. My uncle does not have to work on the weekend
E. My uncle office closes at 12.00 on the weekend

19. UGM/2003/121
S : I think we are going to be here for a while.
M : But we ...... in line for almost an hour
A. are standing
B. have stood
C. stand
D. were standing
E. have been standing

20. SPMB/2005/R-I/470
"Did the travelers, at last, manage to continue their cross-country trip?"
"Oh yes, after the old radiator ....... "
A. is replaced
B. has been replaced
C. is being replaced
D. to be replaced
E.  had been replaced

21. SPMB/2005/R-III/370
'Last year I didn't have to pay for my brother's tuition fee.'
'That's great. I heard he ....... a scholarship from a foreign university.'
A. receives
B. had received
C. was receiving
D. would receive
E. has received

22. SPMB/2006/R-I/111
"I was the first submit my paper yesterday"
"You are wrong, I ...... mine before you did"
A. submit
B. have submit
C. was submitting
D. would submit
E. had submitted

23. SPMB/2006/R-II/310
'Your train was delayed, wasn't 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

24. UMPTN/1991/R-C/34
'I am really worried about his health as his next semester starts two weeks from now.'
'Let's just that by that time he ........ '
A. has recovered
B. is going to recover
C. will be recovering
D. is recovering
E. will have recovered

25. UMPTN/1992/R-A/32
Every night the watchman turns on all the lights and around the building every half an hour.
A. walks
B. is walking
C. to be walking
D. walking
E. to walk

26. UMPTN/1991/R-A/63
All these years Ira's family ...... in poverty.
A. lived
B. has been living
C. had lived
D. was living
E. lives

27.  UMPTN/1992/R-B/34
'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 entered

28. UMPTN/1992/R-C/33
'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 doesn't
B. he isn't
C. he hasn't
D. he must
E. he can't

29. UMPTN/1993/R-A/33
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

30. UMPTN/1993/R-A/33
'We haven't heard from Didi for such a long time.'
'We haven't. Either, since, he ........ to Dili?'
A. moves
B. moved
C. was moving
D. has moved
E. had moved

31. UMPTN/1993/R-A/33
'I wonder why Agust is absent. He might be sick.'
'He isn't. I saw him ....... when I for the bus'.
A. wait
B. was waiting
C. had waited
D. is waiting
E. have waited

32. UMPTN/1993/R-A/33
My daughter ..... a lot of photographs 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

33. UMPTN/1993/R-A/33
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

34. UMPTN/1993/R-B/53
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

35. UMPTN/1993/R-B/53
'The anthropologist has been studying that tribe for the last five years'  means:
He ....... the tribe.
A.has finishing studying
B. studied
C. was studying
D. had studied
E. is still studying

36. UMPTN/1993/R-B/53
My daughter ........... a lot of photographs of the Borobudur when she went there on her her last vacation.
A. has taken
B. has been taking
C. would take
D. took
E. had taken

37. UMPTN/1999/R-A/43
'You look so unhappy, Anton. What's the matter?'
'My father ...... his job'
A. has just lost
B. has been losing
C. losing
D. is losing
E. loses

38.  UMPTN/1999/R-A/43
'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

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