Ten years ago, my brother was in his last year at Art School. He was taking part in a young artist's competition with a big piece of sculpture. He called it 'war'. I..didn't know..(not know) anything about modern art art then and, to me, it..looked..(look) like a pike of old metal objects.

The day of the competition, my brother..decided.(decide) to put his piece of sculpture in a different place. He asked me and a friend to do it and..went.(go) to get something from the car. Unfortunately, while we..were carying.(carry) the thing to its new place, I.slipped..(slip) and..lost.(lose) my balance. When I.got..(get) up, all the metal pots and boxes..were lying.(lie) all over the floor

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We often use the present perfect to ask or talk about an experience and then the past simple to give specific information about it.

(Chúng ta thường dùng thì hiện tại hoàn thành để hỏi hoặc nói về một trải nghiệm và sau đó dùng thì quá khứ đơn để cung cấp thông tin cụ thể về trải nghiệm đó.)

‘¹Have you gone to London?’ ‘Yes, I ² went there two years ago.’

(Bạn đã đến London chưa? Rồi, tôi đã đến đó hai năm trước.')

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past perfect or the past continuous.

1. He (give)....gave.......me back the book, (thank)......thanked....me for lending it to him and (say)....said.....that he (enjoy)....had enjoyed .....it very much; but i (know)....knew.....that he (not read)...hadn't read......it because most of the pages (be)...were.......still uncut.

2. When he (see)......saw....his wife off at the station, he (return)...returned.......as he (not have)...didn't have......to be at the airport till 9.30.

3. He (not have)......didn't have......to pack, for his wife had already (do)......done......that for him and his case (be)......was........ready in the hall.

1.Fill in the gáp with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. in the gaps could you used to

I had a wonderful biology teacher, Mrs Hughes. She (make) made us excited about the subject because she was so interested herself. i remember one lesson in particular, we (study) studied different types of plants, and mrs Hughes ( describe) described the different parts of the flower. she (pick up) picked up a purple flower, i can't remember exactlly what it was, and then suddenly we (notice) noticed that she (cry) was crying ! She (apologise) apologised and(say) said that sometimes nature was so beautiful it just made her cry! We (not/know) didn't know what to do at first, but it certainly (make) made us think, something similar (happen) was happening while she (show) was showing us how to work the microscope. She (examine) examined a slide of some plant tissue and she (smile) smiled all over her face. she suddenly (get) got all excited and(say) said :"isn't it wonderful" some students (laugh) laughed at her when she (not/look) wasn't looking but i didn't. Somehow her enthusiasm (inspire) inspired me, and i (start) started to like biology.

Complete these sentences with one of these two tenses, "Past simple or Past continuous"

I______was watching____(watch) TV when my wife called me.

When she _______looked____(look) up, i realized that she was crying.

I immediately____thought_____(think) that something terrible had happend.

Actually, a mouse _____was running____(run) in the kitchen.

I_____opened______(open) the door and it left.

It was late and my son _____was sleeping_____(sleep).

I___switched____(switch) off the light in his bedroom, but he ______was hearing____(hear) me and he woke up.

So, i _____decided___(decide) to read a story but while i _____was reading_____(read), i realized that he had fallen asleep again.

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1. was watching

2.was looking

3.thought

4.ran

5. slept

6.swichted/heard/decided/was reading

I____was watching______(watch) TV when my wife called me.

When she ___looked________(look) up, i realized that she was crying.

I immediately____thought_____(think) that something terrible had happend.

Actually, a mouse ___ran______(run) in the kitchen.

I_____opened______(open) the door and it left.

It was late and my son ___slept_______(sleep).

I____switched___(switch) off the light in his bedroom, but he ____heard______(hear) me and he woke up.

So, i ____was deciding____(decide) to read a story but while i ____was reading______(read), i realized that he had fallen asleep again.

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Dear Peter,

I'm writing to tell you about what happened to me last week while I _____was visiting_____ (visit) my aunt who lives by the sea. One afternoon I ____took______ (take) her dog for a walk by the cliffs when I _____noticed_____ (notice) a girl who _____was clibing_____ (climb) a tree by the edge of the cliff. As she ______was hanging____ (hang) there, the branch suddenly _____broke_____ (break) and the girl _____fell_____ (fall) over the edge. I ____ran______ (run) to the edge, but although the girl ____shouted______ (shout) for help, I _____wasn't able to_____ (not/be/able to) see her. I _______thought___ (think) about what to do when a man _____came_____ (come) along the cliff path. I _____explained_____ (explain) what had happend and while he _____was going_____ (go) for help I ____talked______ (talk) to the girl. Well, everything ____ended______ (end) happily. The girl was rescued and her parents ___thanked_______ (thank) me by giving me a large bunch of flowers. The story ______was____ (be) in the newspaper too! That's all my news-write and tell me your soon.

With love,

Lucy

Write the sentences from the words and phrases given. Use the past simple or past continuous.
1. while my sister was doing the washing up, she broke a glass.
2. your teacher rang while you were having a bath.
3. when I saw her,she was buying food for the party.
4. while my mother was doing shopping, she met an old friend
5. Huy was parking his car when he had an accident
6. what were you reading when/ I/ came/ into the room?
7. while/ I/ was choping the onions/ I/ cut/ my finger.

Write the sentences from the words and phrases given. Use the past simple or past continuous.
1. While my sister was doing the washing up, she broke a glass.
2. Your teacher rang while you were having a bath.
3. When I saw her,she was buying food for the party.
4. While my mother was doing shopping, she met an old friend
5. Huy was parking his car when he had an accident
6. What did you read when I came into the room?
7. While I was choping the onions, I cut my finger.

10 When I arrived she (have)was having lunch.

12 What did you (think)think of his last book? ~ I (like) liked it very much.

14 He suddenly (realize)realized that he (travel)travelled in the wrong direction.

15 He (play) was playing the guitar outside her house when someone opened the window and (throw)threw out a bucket of water.

16 I had just (open)opened the letter when the wind (blow)blew it out of my hand.

18 When I (look) was looking for my passport I (find) found this old photograph.

19 You looked very busy when I (see)saw you last night. What were you (do)doing?

20 The boys (play)were playing cards when they (hear)heard their father's step. They immediately (hide)hided the cards and (take) out their lesson books.

21 He (clean) his gun when it accidentally (go) off and (kill) him.

10 When I arrived she (was having) lunch.

12 What did you (think) of his last book? ~ I (liked) it very much.

14 He suddenly (realized) that he (was traveling) in the wrong direction.

15 He (was playing) the guitar outside her house when someone opened the window and (throwed) out a bucket of water.

16 I were just (opening) the letter when the wind (blew) it out of my hand.

18 When I (were lookinnnng) for my passport I (found) this old photograph.

19 You looked very busy when I (saw) you last night. What were you (doing)?

20 The boys (were playing) cards when they (heard) their father's step. They immediately (hide) the cards and (take) out their lesson books.

21 He (was cleaning) his gun when it accidentally (wemt) off and (killed) him.

21. was cleaning/ went/ killed