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?

Đặt động từ ở dạng đúng: Quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn: 1.When Mrs.Golan (open)....................the door, her children (do)................their homework and her husband (read)......................the newspaper.

2.What (you/do)................................yesterday at half past eight in the morning?

-I (study)................................at school 3.When(he/arrive)....................................to the meeting last time?

4.(They/paint)...................................the walls when your mother (come).............in? 5.While Dan(fix)......................the chairs his sister ,Ronda (work).....................in the garden 6.They(watch)...................television when their mother (come).................back 7.While mother (hang ).............the clothes,her two daughters(wash)...................the dishes 8.Tom(water).........................the garden when it(start).................to rain 9.She (talk)..............on the phone , when I (arrive)..................................... 10.I (read)....................a book when you (call)...............me

Bài tập 2: Hãy chia động từ ở thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn
Câu 8: Alex (wake) __________ up late yesterday and (miss) __________ the bus.
Câu 9: They (watch) __________ TV when the earthquake (begin) __________.
Câu 10: I was very tired yesterday because I (work) __________ hard all day.
Câu 11: Christ often (go) __________ fishing last summer.
Câu 12: As Ann (clean) __________ her room, she (find) __________ her lost
earring.
Câu 13: When I (drop)__________ my cup, the coffee (spill) __________ on my
shirt.
Câu 14: At this time last year we (work) __________ in Saudi Arabia. We (live)
__________ there for five years before moving to England.
Câu 15: When I (study) __________ at university, I (read) a lot of books.
Câu 16: Miss Brown (teach) __________ us last week because our teacher was ill.
Câu 17: He (teach) __________ at Harvard University in 1985.
Câu 18: My sister (always/ ask) __________ silly questions when she was a child.
Câu 19: My sister and I (watch) __________ the cartoons on TV every Saturday last
year.
Câu 20: I (run) __________ to class when I (fall) __________ down the stairs.
Câu 21: My car _____________(break) down when I _____________(drive) home
from work.
Câu 22: Alan _____________(look) out of the window when he
_____________(see) a UFO.
Câu 23: When he _____________(see) me, he _____________(fall) off the wall.
Câu 24: We _____________(try)to log on when the Wifi _____________(stop)
working.
Câu 25: _________ Jim _________(smoke) when he _________(turn) on the gas?
Câu 26: She _____________(be) so tired that she _____________(sleep) for twelve
hours.
Câu 27: The tortoise _____________(run) while the hare _____________(have) a
nap.
Câu 28: I _____________(phone) you four times last night but you
_____________(sleep).
Câu 29: The police __________(ask) them lots of questions before they ___________(release) them.

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.

Chia động từ ở thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn

1. They........... (wait) for me when I ........at the station (arrive).

2. She ......... (swim) in the sea when I ........... (see) her.

3. .............. they .............. (play) tennis when it .......... (start) raining?

4. We .......... (drive) home from the theatre when the police ..................... (stop) us.

5. The wind ............ (blow) very hard when I .......... (go) out this morning.

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

Bài 1: Cho dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc ở thì quá khứ tiếp diễn.

1. At this time last year, they ­­­­­­­­­­­­(build) this house.

2. I (drive) my car very fast when you called me.

3. I (chat) with my friends while my teacher (teach) the lesson yesterday.

4. My father (watch) TV when I got home.

5. At this time yesterday, I (prepare) for my son’s birthday party.

6. What you (do) at 8 pm yesterday?

7. Where you (go) when I saw you last weekend?

8. They (not go) to school when I met them yesterday.

9. My mother (not do) the housework when my father came home.

10. My sister (read) books while my brother (play) football yesterday afternoon.