Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past perfect or the past continuous.
1. He (not have)...............to check the doors and the windows either, for his wife always (do)............that before she (leave)..............the house.
2. All he (have)..............to do (be)..............to decide whether or not to take his overcoat with him. In the end he (decide)............not to.
3. At 8.30 he (pick)............uo his case, (go).............out of the house and (slam)...........the door behind him.
4. Then he (feel)...........in his pockets for the key, for his wife (remind)...........him to double-lock the front door.
5. Then he (search)............all his pockets and (find)..............no key, he (remember)...........where it (be)...........something else; his passport and his tickets (be).............in his overcoat pocket as well.
we were all waiting for him in the living room. he came in and sat down quietly in the chair ____________
Read the passage carefully and answers the questions below
Mr and Mrs.Bown lived in a small house near London with their child. Sometimes Mr.Bown came back home very late (at midnight),when is wife and the child were asleep. Then he open the front door of his house with his house with his key and came in very quietly
One night, he came home at midnight. He lost his key, so when he arrived home, he rang the doorbell. Nothing happened. He rang it again. Again nothing happened. Nobody moved inside the house. Mr.Bown knocked at the bedroom window, he spoke to his wife, he shouted, but she did not wake up. At last he stopped and thought for a few second. Then he began to speak like a small child."Munny!" he said,"I want to use the bathroom!" He spoke quietly but at once Mrs.Bown woke up. Then he spoke to her, and she opened the door for him.
Questions:
1. How many children does Mr.Bown have?
2. What time did Mr.Bown come home one night?
3. Why didn't he open the door to come in?
4. How many times did he try to ring th doorbell?
5. How did he wake his wife?
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
We moved into our new house on a warm September day. It was not really a new house; it was hundred and four years old, but it was new to us. The house had running water, gas and electricity, but for some reasons there were no electric lights in the kitchen. It was something quite unexpected: a house with electricity but without a kitchen light. It was quite puzzling because our kitchen was a large room, perhaps the largest in the house. I telephoned for an electrician. He came and fixed it for us. And he charged $86 for doing the job. 3
1. Why was it quite puzzling not to have electricity in the kitchen?
32. When did they move into their new house?
33. How old was the house?
34. What didn’t the house have?
35. How much did he charge for the electrician?
complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one:
1.'' Who helped your brother yesterday''said Nam.
->Nam wanted...
2.My father took me to the HCM city when I was 12 years old.
->I remember...
3.I could never succeed without your help.
->If....
4.Everyone believes that he stole the car.
->The police has...
5.I only recongnised him when he came into light.
->No until...
6.He is going to have a man paint his house.
->He is...
7.May I borrow your pen?
->would you mind...
8.He remember,and so did she.
->He didn't...
I. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present continuous tense
1. You ( love ) him ?
No, i (like) him very much i but i (not love) him
2. You(dream) at night?
Yes, i always (dream) and if i (eat) too much supper i (have) nighrmares
3. The milk (smell) sour. You ( keep) milk a long time?
II. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous tense
1. How you (damage) your car so badly?
I (run) into a lamp-post yetesday.
I suppose you (drive) too quickly or were not looking where you (go)
2. As he ( get) into the bus it (start) suddenly and he (fall) backwards on to the road .
3. When he (mend) the fuse he (get) a very bad shock.
Tìm lỗi sai và sửa lại:
1. The boy will leaves for Paris with me
2. She is the intelligent of 3 sisters
3. There are 1 mouse and two cockroaches behind the tree
4. My mom has work as a doctor for 8 years
5. Everyone did not wanted to help him last week
6. My school has 69 teacher and 469 students
7. He is very lazy, but he sails in the final exam
8. Everyweek, he always spends time to visit his grandparents
9. Do not talk! The father sleeps in the living room
10. Because he doesn't do his homework, so he is punished.
Past tenses:
1. His uncle(teach) ................ English in our school 5 years ago.
2. The old man (fall) ............. as he (get) ................. into the bus.
3. They (not go) .............. to the movies last Sunday.
4. When I saw him, he (sit) ............... asleep in a chair.
5. ............... You (find) ............. my oen yesterday?
6. The light (go) ........... out when we (study) .............. our lesson
7. There (be) ............... a lot of noise at the fair yesterday.
8. They (give) .............. me the letter a few minutes ago.
9. What she (do) .................... when you (arrive) ....... there? She (write) ................ a letter.
10. She (have) ........... her bath while her sister (get) ........... the breakfast ready.
11. The storm (begin) ......... at half past ten while the class (study) .............. history.
12. When the students (hear) .............. the bell, they (get) ............ up and (leave).
13. Mr. Harvey (ask) ............. me about my plans the next time he (see) .................. me.
14. As I (cross) ............... the street, two cars (race) .......... by me at full speed.
15. Just as I (leave) ............ for home, a student (stop) .............. me in the hall.
16. Dorothy and I (just leave) .............. the house when the telephone (ring) ...............
17. The minute I (hear) ............... the news , I (send) ................ him a telegram.
18. I (go) ............ to ask you to help me, but you (sleep) ........... so peacefully when I (look) .......... into your room that I (decide) to do it alone.
19. When I (arrive) ............ at his house, he still (sleep) ............
20. The light (go) .............. out while we (have) ............ dinner.
21. Bill (have) ............. breakfast when I (stop) ............. at his house this morning.
22. As we (cross) ............ the street, we (see) .............. an accident.
23. Tom(see) ............. a serious accident while he (stand) ............... at the bus stop.
24. While my father (read) ....... a newspaper, I (learn) ............. my lesson and my sister (do) ........... her homework.
25. The children (play) ........... football when their mother (come) ......... back home.
26. The bell (ring) ........... while Tom (take) ................. a bath.
27. I (be) ................. very tired because I (work) .............. all day yesterday.
28. He (sit) ............. in a cafe when I (see) ............ him.