3. We are going to paint the house.
→ The house………………………………………………………………………..
4. Nam and Ha have already done exercises.
→ Exercises …………………………………………………………………………
5. My mother is making cakes.
→ Cakes…………………………………………………………………………….
6. They will build a new shopping mall in this area.
→ A new shopping mall……………………………………………………………...
7. People can recycle tires to make pipes or floor coverings.
→ Tires ………………………………………………………………………………
Make questions for the underlined words or phrases
1. Mary was making a birthday cake for her grandmother
2. He found a silver coin when he was digging his garden
3. When you telephones, I was looking after my sister
4. They were talking with Josh's wife
5. The kids were listening to the radio when I saw them
6. Peter was mowing the lawn while his wife was watering the trees
7. Jane was singing a folk song at this time yesterday
8. Josh was walking slowly when he was hit by a motorbike
Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks past continuous.
1. I lost my keys when I __________________(walk) home.
2. It was raining while we ____________________(have) dinner.
3. I saw the department stores when I _______________(sit) on the bus.
4. Her phone rang while she ________________(talk) to her new boss.
5. My friends _______________(drive) to work when they heard the news on the radio.
6. He ___________________(ride) his bicycle when the cat ran across the road.
7. We couldn’t go to the beach yesterday because it _________________ (rain)
8. It was a lovely day. The sun was shining and the birds _______________(sing) in the trees.
9. The tourist lost his camera while he ________________(walk) around the city.
10.The lorry _____________ (go) very fast when it hit our car.
11.I _________________(walk) down the street when it began to rain.
12.At this time last year, I ___________________(attend) an English course. 13.Jim ___________________ (stand) under the tree when he heard an explosion.
14.While I ________________(study) in my room, my roommates ________ (have) a party in the other room.
15.Mary and I ___________________(dance) the house when the telephone rang.
Tìm lỗi sai trong các câu sau và sửa (Nêu lí do sai)
1. When the prince waited outside the cave, he saw two ogres walking toward him.
2. Lang Lieu was making Banh Chung and Banh Day while other princes prepared their special food.
3. Little Red Riding Hood was meeting a wolf when she was walking to her grandmother's house.
4. Over two thousand years ago, there are living a good king and his queen.
5. The woodcutter worked in the woods with his friends at half past eleven two days ago
I. Find one mistake in each sentences
31. You have to making sure the children don’t put anything into the sockets.
A B C D
32. We broke to tradition by buying Chung cakes at Tet instead of cooking ones.
A B C D
33. We have ever studied about a population of Thai.
A B C D
2.1. Bài tập thì Quá khứ tiếp diễn cơ bản
Bài 1: Chia động từ ở trong ngoặc ở thì quá khứ tiếp diễn để hoàn thành câu
1. I lost my keys when I ________ (walk) home.
2. It was raining while we ________ (have) dinner.
3. I saw the department stores when I ________ (sit) on the bus.
4. Her phone rang while she ________ (talk) to her new boss.
5. My friends ________ (drive) to work when they heard the news on the radio.
6. He ________ (ride) his bicycle when the cat ran across the road.
7. We couldn’t go to the beach yesterday because it ________. (rain)
8. It was a lovely day. The sun was shining and the birds ________ (sing) in the trees.
9. The tourist lost his camera while he _____ (walk) around the city.
10. The lorry _____ (go) very fast when it hit our car.
11. I _______ (walk) down the street when it began to rain.
12. At this time last year, I _______ (attend) an English course.
13. Jim ________ (stand) under the tree when he heard an explosion.
14. While I _____ (study) in my room, my roommates ________ (have) a party in the other room.
15. Mary and I _________ (dance) the house when the telephone rang.
Bài 2: Viết thành câu hoàn chỉnh ở thì quá khứ tiếp diễn dựa trên từ gợi ý
1. (they / take the exam?)
2. (when / he / work there?)
3. (you / make dinner?)
4. (they / drink coffee when you arrived?)
5. (when / we / sleep?)
6. (they / study last night)
7. (we / talk when the accident happened)
8. (he / not / exercise enough)
9. (I / talk too much?)
10. (it / not / snow)
11. (how / they / feel?)
12. (they / not / talk)
13. (where / I / stay?)
14. (why / he / study on a Saturday night?)
15. (I / go to school when you saw me)
16. (you / sleep at 6am) 17. (she / work when I called)
17. (we / not / leave when you called)
18. (I / not / stay in a hotel)
19. (we / make too much noise?)
EXERCISE 5: Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.
1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
A. has lived
B. is living
C. was living
D. has been living
2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. don’t see
B. haven’t seen
C. didn’t see
D. hadn’t seen
3. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving
B. left
C. has left
D. had left
4. Jack ______ the door.
A. has just painted
B. paint
C. will have painted
D. painting
5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.
A. is looking
B. was looking
C. has been looking
D. looked
6. I ______ Texas State University now.
A. am attending
B. attend
C. was attending
D. attended
7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.
A. ten years ago
B. since ten years
C. for ten years ago
D. for ten years
8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.
A. discovered
B. has discovered
C. had discovered
D. had been discovering
9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
A. run
B. runs
C. was running
D. had run
10. We _______ there when our father died.
A. still lived
B. lived still
C. was still lived
D. was still living
11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play
B. will be playing
C. play
D. would play
12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. will have been working
B. will work
C. have been working
D. will be working
13. I _______ in the room right now
A. am being
B. was being
C. have been being
D. am
14. I ______ to New York three times this year.
A. have been
B. was
C. were
D. had been
15. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.
A. leave
B. will leave
C. have left
D. shall leave
16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.
A. has happened
B. happened
C. had happened
D. would have been happened
17. John ______ a book when I saw him.
A. is reading
B. read
C. was reading
D. reading
18. He said he _______ return later.
A. will
B. would
C. can
D. would be
19. Jack ________ the door.
A. has just opened
B. open
C. have opened
D. opening
20. I have been waiting for you ______ .
A. since early morning
B. since 9 a.m
C. for two hours
D. All are correct
21. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.
A. leave
B. left
C. leaves
D. had left
22. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.
A. wrote
B. writes
C. has written
D. had written
23. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week
A. was reading
B. wrote
C. was written
D. had written
24. I couldn’t cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.
A. broke down
B. has been broken
C. had broken down
D. breaks down
25. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.
A. try
B. tried
C. have tried
D. am trying
26. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left
B. he left
C. he has left
D. he was left
27. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had
B. had had
C. have has
D. have had
28. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.
A. will have learned
B. will learn
C. has learned
D. would learn
29. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.
A. walking
B. walked
C. walks
D. walk
30. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going
B. went
C. has gone
D. did go
31. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.
A. finish
B. finishes
C. will finish
D. finishing
32. I will be glad if he _______ with us.
A. had gone
B. did go
C. went
D. goes
33 Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.
A. finish
B. has finished
C. finished
D. finishing
34. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see that the kettle ________ ?
A. boil
B. boils
C. is boiling
D. boiled
35. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. leave
B. are leaving
C. leaving
D. are left
36. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.
A. go
B. is going
C. goes
D. going
37. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.
A. working
B. works
C. is working
D. work
1. It’s five years since I last saw Peter.
→I haven’t ………………………………….
2. The last time we visited her was four months ago.
→She hasn’t ………………………………………………..
3. The last time I saw them was two weeks ago.
→I have ……………………………………………..
I. Choose the best answer. 1. Alice saw/ was seeing the accident when she was catching the bus. 2. What were you doing/ did you do when I called? 3. I didn’t visit/ weren’t visiting my friends last summer holiday. 4. It rained/ was raining heavily last July. 5. While people were talking to each other, he read/ was reading his book. 6. My sister was eating/ ate hamburgers every weekend last month. 7. While we were running/ run in the park, Mary fell over. 8. Did you find/ Were you finding your keys yesterday? 9. Who was she dancing/ did she dance with at the party last night? 10. They were watching/ watched football on TV all day. II. Put the verbs in past simple or past continuous. 1 Jenny was waiting (wait) ……………… for me when I arrived (arrive) ………………. 2 ‘What ………………… (you/do) at this time yesterday?’ I was asleep. 3 ‘………………… (you/go) out last night? ‘No,I was too tired’? 4 How fast ………………… (you/drive) when the accident ………………… (happen)? 5 Sam ………………… (take) a photograph of me while I … ……………… (not/look). 6 We were in a very difficult position. We ………………… (not/know) what to do. 7 I haven’t seen Alan for ages. When I last ………………… (see) him, he ………………… (try) to find a job. |
8 I ………………… (walk) along the street when suddenly I ………………… (hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody ………………… (follow) me. I was scared and I ………………… (start) to run. 9 When I was young, I ………………… (want) to be a pilot. 10 Last night I ………………… (drop) a plate when I ………………… (do) the washing up. Fortunately it ………………… (not/break). 11. I ………………… (not hear) the thunder during the storm last night because I ………………… (sleep) 12. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun ………………… (shine). The birds ………………… (sing) 13. My brother and sister ………………… (talk) about something when I ………………… (walk) into the room. 14. Tom went to his friends ‘house, but the boys………………… (not/ be) there. They (play) ………………… soccer in the vacant lot down the street. The little boy ………………… (fall) asleep while his mother ………………… (read) him a story III. Find the mistakes and correct them. 1. I was play football when she called me. 2. Was you study Math at 5 p.m. yesterday? 3. What was she do while her mother was making lunch? 4. Where did you went last Sunday? 5. They weren’t sleep during the meeting last Monday. 6. He got up early and have breakfast with his family yesterday morning. 7. She didn’t broke the flower vase. Tom did. 8. Last week my friend and I go to the beach on the bus. 9. While I am listening to music, I heard the doorbell. 10. Peter turn on the TV, but there was nothing interesting.
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Exercise 2: Circle the correct answer.
1. Alice (saw/ was) seeing the accident when she was catching the bus.
2. What were you (doing/ did) you do when I called?
3. I didn’t (visit/ weren’t visiting) my friends last summer holiday.
4. It (rained/ was raining) heavily last July.
5. While people were talking to each other, he (read/ was reading) his book.
6. My sister (was eating/ ate hamburgers) every weekend last month.
7. While we were (running/ ran) in the park, Mary fell over.
8. Did you (find/ Were you finding) your keys yesterday?
9. Who (was she dancing/ did she dance) with at the party last night?
10. They (were watching/ watched football) on TV at 7 p.m. yesterday.