1.  They (go)            home after they (finish)          their study.

2.  Yesterday whenI(arrive)           to the party, they(already go)         home.

3.     After  theguests (leave)             , she (go)               back into the living-room and(switch)              off thelight.

4.  On arrival at homeI (find)         that she(justleave)            just a few minutes before.

5.  Before he (go)           to bed,he (do)            his homework.

6.  When they (get)            to the place, the man(die)        

7.  He(do)             nothing before he (see)          me.

8.  He(thank)             me for what I (do)           for him.

9.  I (be)             sorry that I (hurt)             him.

10.  After they(go)            ,I (sit)              down and(rest)           

Exercise 1: Past Simple or Past Continuous? Chia động từ ở thì quá

khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn cho phù hợp

1. I (sit)____________________ in a cafe when you (call)____________________ .

2. When you (arrive)____________________ at the party, who (be)____________________ there?

3. Susie (watch)____________________ a film when she (hear)____________________ the noise.

4. Yesterday I (go)____________________ to the library, next I (have)____________________ a swim, later I (meet) Julie for coffee.

5. We (play)____________________ tennis when John (hurt)____________________ his ankle.

6. What (they/do)____________________ at 10pm last night - it was really noisy?

7. He (take)____________________ a shower when the telephone (ring)____________________.

8. He (be)____________________ in the shower when the telephone (ring)____________________.

9. When I (walk)____________________ into the room, everyone (work)____________________.

10. It (be)____________________ a day last September. The sun (shine)_____________ and the birds (sing)_________________ . I (walk)____________________ along the street when I (meet)____________________ an old friend.

11. He (live)____________________ in Russia when the Revolution (start)____________________.

12. When her train (get)____________________ to the station, we (wait) on the platform.

13. He (be)____________________ so annoying! He (always leave)____________________ his things everywhere.

14. On holiday we (visit)____________________ Rome, (see)____________________ the Vatican, and (spend)____________________ a few days at the beach.

15. Why (stand)____________________ on a chair when I (come)____________________ into the room?16. They (live)____________________ in Germany when they (be)__________ young.

17. At 7pm yesterday, we (listen)____________________ to music.

18. When I (leave)____________________ the house, it (snow)____________________.

19. He (work)____________________ in a bank when he (meet)____________________ his wife.

20. What (you/do)____________________ when I (call)____________________ you last night?

Exercise 1: Chia các động từ trong ngoặc ở thì Quá khứ đơn hoặc Quá khứ tiếp diễn.

In my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I (go) 1…………to the beach for the first time, something wonderful happened. I (swim) 2…………in the sea while my mother was sleeping in the sun. My brother was building a castle and my father (drink) 3 some water. Suddenly I (see) 4…………a boy on the beach. His eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair (be) 5…………beautiful black. He was very tall and thin and his face was brown. My heart (beat) 6…………fast. I (ask) 7…………him for his name with a shy voice. He (tell) 8…………me that his name was John. He (stay) 9…………with me the whole afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We ate pizza in a restaurant. The following days we (have) 10…………a lot of fun together. At the end of my holidays when I left Hawaii I said good-bye to John. We had tears in our eyes. He wrote to me a letter very soon and I answered him.

Exercise 2: Chọn đáp án đúng

1.     We …… on the lake when it started to rain so we went home.

A. finished            B. finishing          C. were finishing            D. are finishing

2.     My dad found some money while he …… his suitcase.

A. packing            B. package           C. are packing                D. was packing

3.     My brother ……… in Ireland when he met his girlfriend.

A. study               B. was studying   C. were study                 D. was study

4.     My grandma tried pizza for the first time while she ………. in Italy.

A. staying             B. is staying         C. is stayed                              D. was staying

5.     My mom ………. in the sea when she saw a dolphin.

A. was swimming          B. was swiming    C. were swimming         D. were swiming

6.     ……. it ……. when you woke up this morning?

A. Is….raining     B. was ….. raining         C. is….rain                             D.were…… raining

7.     What …….. when the teacher came?

A. were you doing         B. was you doing C. are you doing            D. are you doing

8.     What did you watch on TV while you …….. dinner yesterday?

A. were having     B. was having      C. were haveing             D. was haveing

9.     The man ………. his letter in the post office at that time.

A. is sending        B. was sending     C. sending            D. was senting

10.                It ………and cloudy when we left Ireland.

A. was rain                    B. was raining      C. is raining          D. rainingExercise 1: Chia các động từ trong ngoặc ở thì Quá khứ đơn hoặc Quá khứ tiếp diễn.

In my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I (go) 1…………to the beach for the first time, something wonderful happened. I (swim) 2…………in the sea while my mother was sleeping in the sun. My brother was building a castle and my father (drink) 3 some water. Suddenly I (see) 4…………a boy on the beach. His eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair (be) 5…………beautiful black. He was very tall and thin and his face was brown. My heart (beat) 6…………fast. I (ask) 7…………him for his name with a shy voice. He (tell) 8…………me that his name was John. He (stay) 9…………with me the whole afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We ate pizza in a restaurant. The following days we (have) 10…………a lot of fun together. At the end of my holidays when I left Hawaii I said good-bye to John. We had tears in our eyes. He wrote to me a letter very soon and I answered him.

Exercise 2: Chọn đáp án đúng

1.     We …… on the lake when it started to rain so we went home.

A. finished            B. finishing          C. were finishing            D. are finishing

2.     My dad found some money while he …… his suitcase.

A. packing            B. package           C. are packing                D. was packing

3.     My brother ……… in Ireland when he met his girlfriend.

A. study               B. was studying   C. were study                 D. was study

4.     My grandma tried pizza for the first time while she ………. in Italy.

A. staying             B. is staying         C. is stayed                              D. was staying

5.     My mom ………. in the sea when she saw a dolphin.

A. was swimming          B. was swiming    C. were swimming         D. were swiming

6.     ……. it ……. when you woke up this morning?

A. Is….raining     B. was ….. raining         C. is….rain                             D.were…… raining

7.     What …….. when the teacher came?

A. were you doing         B. was you doing C. are you doing            D. are you doing

8.     What did you watch on TV while you …….. dinner yesterday?

A. were having     B. was having      C. were haveing             D. was haveing

9.     The man ………. his letter in the post office at that time.

A. is sending        B. was sending     C. sending            D. was senting

10.                It ………and cloudy when we left Ireland.

A. was rain                    B. was raining      C. is raining          D. raining

   1.        Chia động từ trong ngoặc với thì Quá khứ hoàn thành và Quá khứ đơn

          1.1.        Almost everybody (leave)………………by the time we (arrive)……………………

          1.2.        He (wonder)………………whether he (leave)……………… his wallet at home.

          1.3.        The secretary (not leave)……………………….until she (finish)…………………her work.

          1.4.        The couple scarcely (enter)………………… the house when they (begin)…………………to argue.

          1.5.        The teacher (ask)……………… the boy why he (not do)………………his homework.

Exercise 2: Past Simple or Past Continuous? Chia động từ ở

thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn cho phù hợp

1. We (eat)____________________ dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating

at 7:30).

2. Yesterday I (go)____________________ to the Post Office,

(buy)____________________ some fruit at the supermarket and

(read)____________________ a book in the park in the afternoon.

3. We (watch)____________________ TV when we (hear)____________________ a

loud noise.

4. Julie (be)____________________ in the garden when Laurence

(arrive)____________________.

5. A: What (do)____________________ at 3pm yesterday?

B: I (clean)____________________ my house.

6. Last year I (visit)____________________ Paris and Rome.

7. They (have)____________________ dinner when the police

(come)____________________ to the door.

8. He (work)____________________ in the garden when he

(find)____________________ the money.

9. Laura (study)____________________ at 11pm last night.

10. He (sleep)____________________ when the doorbell

(ring)____________________.

11. I (walk)____________________ along the road when I

12. (meet)____________________ an old friend.13. It (be)____________________ a day in December. Snow

(fall)____________________ , children (sing)____________________ carols and

people (do)____________________ their Christmas shopping.

14. My ex-boyfriend (be)____________________ so annoying! He (always

miss)____________________ the bus and arriving late.

15. When I (call)____________________ Julie, she (work)____________________.

16. Why (cry)____________________ when I (arrive)____________________?

17. When he (get)____________________ home we started to eat dinner.

18. At 10 am yesterday, I (sit)____________________ on a bus.

19. I (enjoy)____________________ my book so much that I

(not/notice)____________________ that the train had stopped.

20. David (not/sleep)____________________ when I (arrive)____________________ ,

he (study)____________________ .

21. Mr Black (not/work)____________________ in the garden at 10pm last night.

Exercise 3. Put the verb in brackets in the simple past tense.  

( chia động từ trong ngoặc ở dạng quá khứ đơn)

1. I (be) ________ at home alone last night.

2. Nam (go) ________ to London two months ago.

3. They (sell) ________ their house several days ago.

4. Albert Einstein (die) ________ in 1955.

5. When (you, see) ________ her last time?

6. We (not, meet) ________ them at the workshop yesterday.

7. (you, play) ________ table tennis with Tim last Sunday?

8. Van (study) ________ arts when she was at school.

9. Where (you, be) ________ yesterday afternoon?

10. Mary (not, know) ________ anything about him in the past.

Exercise 4. Reorder the words and phrases to make sentences. ( Xắp xếp từ thành câu)

1. the/ close/ book/.

__________________________________________________

2. run/ don’t/ fast/ so/.

__________________________________________________

3. me/ to/ listen/.

__________________________________________________

4. the/ open/ door/ don’t/.

__________________________________________________

5. wear/ clothes/ don’t/ wet/.

__________________________________________________

6. careful/ be/.

__________________________________________________

giúp mình ạ!

REVISIONI. Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì hiện tại đơn/ hiện tại tiếp diễn/ quá khứ đơn/ quá khứ tiếp diễn : 1.We often…….....(drink) coffee in the morning. But yesterday morning we…........(drink) tea.2.On my way home I often…..…….(meet) many children who……....(go) to school.3.The sun…...…..(rise) in the East and …….......(set) in the West.4.When they…….....….(finish) their work? They……......(finish) it two hours ago.5.What she still…...…..(do) when her mother………....(go) to bed last night?-She still….....….. (write) an essay on the hames.6.What you……......(do)now?-We ……....(repair) our house. We…….....(hope) everything …......(be) nice.7.He often....…….( buy) presents for his daughter on her birthday. Yesterday ….....……(be) her 15th birthday. He……..…(buy) her a big doll.8. He…….....(begin) to learn foreign languages when he…....….(be) quite young.9.People……...…(know) that Columbus ……......(discover) America nearly 500 years ago.10.They all….....….(believe) that he just …........(come) back from London last week.II. Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì hiện tại đơn/ hiện tại tiếp diễn/ quá khứ đơn/ quá khứ tiếp diễn/ hiện tại hoàn thành/ tương lai đơn :1.Be quiet ! The baby ( sleep)……………2. The sun ( set) …………………………in the West.3.Mr Green always ( go)…………………. to work by bus.4. It ( not rain ) ……………….in the dry season.5. They ( have ) ……………….lunch in the cafeteria now.6. She ...................(go) camping tomorrow.

Bài 6 Cho dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc ở thì quá khứ đơn:

1. Yesterday, I (go) ………. to the restaurant with a client.

2. We (drive) ……….around the parking lot for 20 minutes to find a parking space.

3. When he (arrive) ……….at the restaurant, the place (be) ……….full.

4. The waitress (ask) ……….us if we (have) ……….reservations.

5. I (say) ……….that he would come.

6. The waiter (tell) ……….us to come back in to hours.

7. My client and I slowly (walk) ……….back to the car.

8. We (stop) ………. at the grocery store and (buy) ……….some cakes.

9. My sister (get) ……….married last month.

10. Daisy (come) ……….to her grandparents’ house 3 days ago.

11. My computer (be) ……….broken yesterday.

12. He (buy) ……….me a big teddy bear on my birthday last week.

13. My friend (give) ……….me a bar of chocolate when I (be) ……….at school yesterday.

14. My children (not do) ……….their homework last night.

15. You (live) ……….here five years ago?

16. They (watch) ……….TV late at night yesterday.

17. (Be) ……….your friend at your house last weekend?

18. They (not be) ……….excited about the film last night.

19. Where (spend/you) ……….your last holiday?

20. I (visit) ……….lots of interesting places. I (be) ……….with two friends of mine.

Bài 8: Cho dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc ở thì quá khứ đơn:

1. Yesterday, I (go) ………. to the restaurant with a client.

2. We (drive) ……….around the parking lot for 20 minutes to find a parking space.

3. When he (arrive) ……….at the restaurant, the place (be) ……….full.

4. The waitress (ask) ……….us if we (have) ……….reservations.

5. I (say) ……….that he would come.

6. The waiter (tell) ……….us to come back in to hours.

7. My client and I slowly (walk) ……….back to the car.

8. We (stop) ………. at the grocery store and (buy) ……….some cakes.

9. My sister (get) ……….married last month.

10. Daisy (come) ……….to her grandparents’ house 3 days ago.

11. My computer (be) ……….broken yesterday.

12. He (buy) ……….me a big teddy bear on my birthday last week.

13. My friend (give) ……….me a bar of chocolate when I (be) ……….at school yesterday.

14. My children (not do) ……….their homework last night.

15. You (live) ……….here five years ago?

16. They (watch) ……….TV late at night yesterday.

17. (Be) ……….your friend at your house last weekend?

18. They (not be) ……….excited about the film last night.

19. Where (spend/you) ……….your last holiday?

20. I (visit) ……….lots of interesting places. I (be) ……….with two friends of mine.