True or False. (Sửa lại các lỗi sai nếu câu "False")

a) While I had a bath someone knocked on the door. .......................
b) Sally didn t go to a boxing match before. ............................
c) Harry tried to repair the car but he didn t really know what he was doing. .......................
d) What did you wear to the Ponsonby s party? ........................
e) Were you eating spaghetti every day when you lived in Italy? ........................
f) I didn t know you had bought a new car. ........................
g) They all wanted to believe her but suspected she was lying. ........................
h) As Peggy walked home she tried to remember what happened. ........................
i) What a terrible day! thought Lucy. Everything had gone wrong! ........................
j) Although it rained a lot I was enjoying my holiday last year. ........................

IV.Are the underlined Vs correct or not? Correct the wrong ones.

1.While I had a bath, someone knocked at the door.

2.Sally didn't go to a boxing match for a long time.

3.Dick tried to repair the car but he didn't know what he was doing.

4.What did you bring to Tom's party?

5.Were you eating spaghetti every day when you were in Italy?

6.I didn't know you had bought a new car.

7.They all wanted to believe her , but suspected she was lying.

8.As Mary walked home, she was a had accident.

9.When I got home, my parents had went to bed

10.Although it rained a lot, I was enjoying my hoiliday last summer.

IV. Choose the correct verb form in the brackets

1. When I (had / was having) a bath, someone (knocked / was knocking) the door

2. The rain (started / was starting) when I (went / was going) to the library

3. This time last Sunday I (walked / was walking) on this street

4. When I (saw / was seeing) Mr. Brown, he (drank / was drinking) coffee

5. Their parents (visited / were visiting ) the Statue of Libery while they (went / were going) shooping

6. I (met / was meeting ) an old friend while I (walked / was walking ) along the street

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence(s) in italics.

He needn’t have hurried as the meeting didn’t start until quite a while after the time for which it had been planned.

A. The meeting started rather later than scheduled, so it wasn't necessary for him to hurry

B.  There was no need for him to hurry because he had plenty of time before the scheduled time of the meeting.

C.  He didn’t need to hurry as he already knew that the meeting wouldn’t start as scheduled.

D. He wouldn't have arrived at the meeting on time if he hadn't hurried.

I. Match the two sentences and rewrite them, joining them with to, so as ( not) to, in order ( not) to or so that.

1. I must go on a diet. I want to get thinner.

2. James stood up. He wanted the children to see him.

3. Mike hid behind the tree. He didn't want to be seen.

4. They painted the house. They wanted to someone buy it.

5. Andrew put on a pullover. He didn't want to feel cold.

6. We went to market. We wanted to buy some fruit.

7. George gave a child a sweet. He wanted her to stop crying.

8. Mum searched the house. She had to find her missing bag.

9. We took off our boots. We didn't want to make the floor dirty.

10. Sam left the note on the table. He made sure Sally would see it.

Put the verb in brackets in the Past Simple or Past Perfect: 1. They (go) ……………..home after they (finish) ………………… their work. 2. After taking a bath, he (go) ………………………….. to bed. 3. When he came to the stadium, the match (already/ begin) …………………………………. 4. Before she (watch) ………………….. TV, she (do)……………………. homework. 6. After they (go) ………………………, I (sit) ……………….. down and (rest) …………… 7. Yesterday, John (go) ………………….. to the store before he (go) ………………… home. 8. She (win) ………………………. the gold medal in 1986. 9. Alan (have)……….hardly(prepare)………..for dinner when her husband (go) ……..home 10. After I (wash)………………………….my clothes, I (sleep) …………………………… 11. When the policeman (blow)…………………………. his whistle the driver (stop)…………………………. the car. 12.I (not talk)…………………………. to him because when I (arrive)…………………………. he already (leave)………………………….. 13. He (live)…………………………. in the country for ten years when he first (come)…………………………. to London 14.The house (burn)…………………………. to the ground by the time the firemen (arrive)………………………….. 15. The lights (go)…………………………. out the moment he (get)…………………………. into the cinema. 16. The teacher (ask)…………………………. the boy why he (not do)…………………………. his homework. 17. They (be married)…………………………. for five years when they finally (have)…………………………. a child. 18. He (not eat)…………………………. until his parents (come)…………………………. home. 19. I already (hear)…………………………. about the accident when he (tell)…………………………. me about it. 20. Our guests (be)…………………………. still here when he (come)…………………………. back from school

Put the verb in brackets in the Past Simple or Past Perfect: 1. They (go) ……………..home after they (finish) ………………… their work. 2. After taking a bath, he (go) ………………………….. to bed. 3. When he came to the stadium, the match (already/ begin) …………………………………. 4. Before she (watch) ………………….. TV, she (do)……………………. homework. 6. After they (go) ………………………, I (sit) ……………….. down and (rest) …………… 7. Yesterday, John (go) ………………….. to the store before he (go) ………………… home. 8. She (win) ………………………. the gold medal in 1986. 9. Alan (have)……….hardly(prepare)………..for dinner when her husband (go) ……..home 10. After I (wash)………………………….my clothes, I (sleep) …………………………… 11. When the policeman (blow)…………………………. his whistle the driver (stop)…………………………. the car. 12.I (not talk)…………………………. to him because when I (arrive)…………………………. he already (leave)………………………….. 13. He (live)…………………………. in the country for ten years when he first (come)…………………………. to London 14.The house (burn)…………………………. to the ground by the time the firemen (arrive)………………………….. 15. The lights (go)…………………………. out the moment he (get)…………………………. into the cinema. 16. The teacher (ask)…………………………. the boy why he (not do)…………………………. his homework. 17. They (be married)…………………………. for five years when they finally (have)…………………………. a child. 18. He (not eat)…………………………. until his parents (come)…………………………. home. 19. I already (hear)…………………………. about the accident when he (tell)…………………………. me about it. 20. Our guests (be)…………………………. still here when he (come)…………………………. back from school

Decide whether each underlined phrase is correct or not. if it's incorrect rewrite the phrase:
1.I had a great time in the Greek Islands. We would rent a small boat and go fishing every day. ...............
2. Julie, hi. I've been hoping I'd see you. I've got some good news. .....................
3. We had a terrible time looking after your dog. It was constantly chasing the cats next door ..............
4. We had a lovely time in Madrid. Every day we were exploring the city, and in the evening we were going to exciting bars ................
5. The steam engine is usually thought of as a relatively modern invention, but the Greeks had built a kind of steam engine in ancient times.................
6. I felt rather worried. it was growing darker and colder, and there was still no sign of the rescue helicopter .................
7. Don't worry. all we have to do is wait here until someone will find us
8. This meat is really tasting awful. are you uite sure it was fresh?..............