Past perfect and simple:
I had completely forgotten it was my birthday.
Past simple:
This time I picked up the phone quickly and shouted, «Hello?!».
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Tránh việc sử dụng liên tục 1 th quá khứ đơn như ví dụ sau:
I woke up and got out of bed. Then I went to the kitchen and made some coffee.
Exercise 1
Hi my friends,
Thanks (1)______ a great time at your house last weekend. I‟m happy (2)______ I had dinner with (3)_______ family. The party was great and the (4)________ was delicious. Do you want to (5)_____ to my home this weekend? I will cook dinner with some special food of my hometown.
See you soon,
An
Exercise 2
(1)______ Tom and Mary,
I write (2)_______ thank you for the weekend. It was wonderful to visit your country. I like (3)_______ around and shopping in your city. I bought a lot of presents for my family. Would you like to visit (4) ______ hometown this summer? I (5) ______ take you around my city and introduce many things to you.
Bye,
Your friend Exercise 3
Hi my friends,
Thanks (1)______ a great time at your house last weekend. I‟m happy (2)______ I had dinner with (3)_______ family. The party was great and the (4)________ was delicious. Do you want to (5)_____ to my home this weekend? I will cook dinner with some special food of my hometown.
See you soon, An
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Exercise 4
(1)______ Tom and Mary,
I write (2)_______ thank you for the weekend. It was wonderful to visit your country. I like (3)_______ around and shopping in your city. I bought a lot of presents for my family. Would you like to visit (4) ______ hometown this summer? I (5) ______ take you around my city and introduce many things to you.
Bye,
Your friend
you have to write a story for your English teacher , your story must begin with this sentence: I was standing beside someone famous!
complete each second setences using the world given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap
1. I was si ill that i did not go to school too
I was................................. to school
2. i'm much better ai this job than GORDOn is than
Gordon is.................................... am at this job
3. there were such a lot of that I did not get a break all day many
There were ........................................ customers that I did not get a break all day
4. I've never done a job more difficult than this difficult
this is...................... I've ever done
5. the hospital was so big that I couldn't find my cousin's bed
It was.............. I couldn't find my cousin's bed
6. Tim caught a cold on holiday, but I was lucky and I didn't Than
I................................. Tim and didn't catch a cold on holiday
7. You became ill because the fish wasn't cooked properly . have
you.................................................... ill if the fish had been cooked properly
8. You didn't get better because you didn't take your pills . if
You would have got better............................... your pills
Past Simple / Past Continuous / Past Perfect Simple
A Choose the correct answer.
I heard a knock at the front door so I (went / was going) to answer it.
At this time yesterday, I (wrote / was writing) an essay.
The football season (began / was beginning) a month ago.
She (had graduated / graduated) from school in 2001.
We entered the house quietly because everyone (was sleeping / had slept).
By the time we (got / had got) to the cinema, the film had already started.
The children (were playing / played) in the garden while their parents were watching them.
They (had left / left) many hours before we arrived.
B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect Simple.
They .................................... (get) to the airport as the plane was landing.
She wore the shoes she ..................................... (buy) the previous day.
I fell as I .................................... (run) for the bus.
What .................................... she .................................... (say) when he asked her to marry him?
When I was a student, I .................................... (not have) much money.
Why .................................... she still .................................... (work) at one o’clock in the morning?
I was happy to see her, because we .................................... (not see) each other for years.
By the time we got to the shop, a long queue .................................... already .................................... (form) outside.
C Choose the sentence which is closer in meaning to the original.
I had already seen the film but I decided to watch it again last night.
I watched the film last night for the first time.
Last night wasn’t the first time that I had seen the film.
The boys were playing football while it was raining.
The boys were playing football until it started to rain.
The boys played football in the rain.
I was writing an e-mail when our computer broke down.
Our computer broke down before I wrote an e-mail.
I had started writing an e-mail and then our computer broke down.
My aunt bought me a lovely gift after she had spent the summer holiday with us.
When the summer holiday was over, my aunt bought me a lovely gift.
While my aunt was spending the summer holiday with us, she bought us a lovely gift.
D Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Until a few years ago, no one 1.. .................................... (hear) of Harry Potter, the young wizard and hero of the children’s book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The writer, J K Rowling, 2. .................................... (already / write) several stories and books, but this was the first book that was published. She
3. .................................... (get) the idea for the story of a wizard at magic school while she
4. .................................... (travel) on a train to London. By the time the train 5. .................................... (reach) King’s Cross station, she 6..................................... (invent) most of the characters. When the book was published in 1997, no one 7. .................................... (imagine) it would be such a tremendous success, but it quickly
8. .................................... (become) a bestseller. While millions of young readers in many countries
9. .................................... (enjoy) her first Harry Potter book, J K Rowling 10. .................................... (think) of ideas for the next book in this incredibly popular series.
Complete these sentences with one of these two tenses, "Past simple or Past continuous"
I__________(watch) TV when my wife called me.
When she ___________(look) up, i realized that she was crying.
I immediately_________(think) that something terrible had happend.
Actually, a mouse _________(run) in the kitchen.
I___________(open) the door and it left.
It was late and my son __________(sleep).
I_______(switch) off the light in his bedroom, but he __________(hear) me and he woke up.
So, i ________(decide) to read a story but while i __________(read), i realized that he had fallen asleep again.
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
1. The fable is very exciting.
What
2. The book was so good that I couldn’t stop reading it.
Itwas
3. The children were doing their homework when I got home.
While
4. She finds it difficult to remember all the story.
It’s
5. Sleeping Beauty is not as interesting as Beauty and the Beast. Beauty and the Beast is
6. In spite of having no interest in folklore, Sylvia still enjoyed the story.
Although
7. My mother last told a fairy tale two years ago.
It’s
8. I think it would be a good idea if you joined the beginner’s class.
I suggest
9. Charles Perrault wrote Cinderella in French in 1697.
Cinderella
10. I had a shower and the telephone rang.
When I
III. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the words given.
1. It was not a good idea for you to refuse the offer of that job. (down)
You should
2. My teacher suggested that I spent the summer in England. (advised)
My teacher
3. The film is not as interesting as the novel was. (much)
The novel
4. Could you speak English when you were younger? (able)
When you were younger,
5. Could I borrow some change for the telephone? (lend)
Could
6. It’s ages since my sister and I had an argument. (for)
My sister and I
7. While we were going home, we had an accident. (way)
We
8. I’ve been learning English for three years. (started)
I _______________________________________________________
Local Youth Put On The Show!
This production was 1......(origin)create ask a project for schools in the region and is funded 2......(join) by the local authority and some local businesses. It is 3.....(music) very ambitious, with over 100 young people playing at various rimes. 4....... (fortunate)on the opening Night nothing went wrong and it was a 5........(true) successful event. It was clear that everyone had been 6......(care) rehearsing and the quality of all the performances was 7.......(remark) high. 8.....(surprise) some of these young people had never performed in public before- they look confident. The audience was 9......(suit)impressed and 10......(hope) this will be just the first of many events like this
Read the situations and write a sentence with should (not), should / shouldn't have
1) Tom has just been offered a job. You think it would be good idea for him to accept it.
2) It's very cold. Mr. Taylor, who has been ill recently, is walking along the road without a coat
3) We went for a walk. While we were talking, we got hungry but we hadn't brought anything with us to eat
4) You think it would be a good idea for all motorists to wear seat belts.
5) I went to Paris. Marcel lives in Paris but I didn't go to see him while I was there. When I saw him later, he said...
6) The notice says that the shop is open every day from 8:30. It is now 9 o'clock but the shop isn't open.
7) The driver in front stopped suddenly without warning and I drove into the back of his car. It wasn't my fault
8) You don't think it would be a good idea for Jill and Sam to get married.
9) Your friend has a bad cold. Tell him that you think it would be a good idea for him to stay at home this evening
10) The accident happened because I was driving on the wrong side of the road.
Help me
1. Give the correct form of the verbs
- I can't wait for you (come ) to the party . Look forward ( dance ) with you .
- Oh , no ! The black clouds (come ) over the shy . It ( rain ) . We must ( be ) . If not , we ( get ) wet
- I ( lend ) you the story last night already . You ( received ) it ?
- Last year , Nam usually ( not take ) exercises , but now he ( do ) that everyday
2. Give the correct form of the given word
1. Last year , I had a sommer holiday in a ( mountain ) area .
2. ( Care ) driving often causes many accidents .
2 . My close friend sends me an ( invite ) everytime she has a party at home .
4. My uncle ( production ) some rice and a little fruit every year .
5. Thank you very much . You're very ( help )
Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it
1. my mom was so angrybecause I arrived at home late at Christmas Eve last year
2. Here are the photographs with your children that you asked for.