The simple past and the past continuous

31. While i ( swim ) someone ( steal ) my clothes and i ( have to ) walk home in my swimsuit

32. The men ( say ) that they ( work ) on the road outside my house and that they ( want ) some water to make tea

33. He ( say ) that he (build ) himself a house and that he ( think ) it would be ready in two years

34. At 3 a. m Mrs pitt ( wake ) her husband and ( say ) that she ( think ) that someone ( try ) to get into the house

35. Why you ( lend ) him that book? I still ( read ) it

I'm sorry. I ( not know ) that you still ( read ) it

36. I ( come ) in very late last night and unfortunately the ddog ( wake ) up and ( start ) to bank. This ( wake ) my mother who ( come ) to the top of the stairs and ( say ) who isis there?

I ( say ). It is me, but she ( not hear ) me because the dog ( bank ) so loudly, so she ( go ) back to her room and ( telephone ) the police

The simple past and the past continuous

25. I just ( write ) a cheque when i (remember) that i (have) nothing in the bank

26. I (find) this ring as i (dig) in the garden. It looks very old. I Wonder who it (belong) to?

27. When i last (see) her she (hurry) along the road to the station. I (ask) her where she (go) and she (say), london but i don't think she ( speak) the truth because there(not be) any train for london at that time

28. The tailor said you suit will be ready on monday. But when i(call) on monday he still(work) on it.

29. Thr Teacher (come) into the classroom unusually early and one of the boys, who(smoke) a cigarette, (have) no time to put it out. So he (throw) it into the desk and ( hope) for the best

30. A little later teacher (notice) that smoke (rise) from this desk. You (smoke) when i (come) in hin he(ask)

31. While i ( swim) someone (steal) my clothes and i (have to) walk home in min my swimsuit

32. The men (say) that they (work) on the road outside my house and that they (want) some water to make tea

33. He (say) that he(build) himself a house and that he (think) it would be ready in two years

34. At 3a.m. Mrs pitt (wake) her husband and (say) that she (think) that someone (try) to get into the house

35. Why you (lend) him that book? I still (read) it

I'm sorry. I (not know) that you still (read) it

36. I (come) in very late last night and unfortunately the dog (wake) up and( start) to bank. This (wake) my mother who (come) to the top of the stairs and(say), who is there ?

I (say). It is me. But she (not hear) me because the dog (bank) so loudly , so she ( go) back to her room and ( telephone) the police.

1. I (know) ................... her for a very long time.

2. We(not play) .......................... football together since last summer.

3. Her husband (not come) .................. home yet. He never (come) ................. home before midnight and last night he (not get) ................. in till two o'clock.

4. Listen! I think someone (knock) ................... at the door.

5. While they(sleep) ............... soundly, a stranger (enter) ............... the room and (steal) ................... all their valuable things.

6. "Please, can I have my book hack"-"Oh, dear. I (not finish).................... it"

7. My youngest brother (get) .............. a new job a week ago.

8. Old George( not be) .................... here for ages.

9. Let's go to a cafe when the concert( be) .................. over.

I) Put the correct form of the verb

30.He (lose).....his books. He (look)....... for them all afternoon, but they (not turn up)........

31.She (work) ........so hard this week that she(not have)....... time to go to the cinema

32.Your hair is wat.(You swim).......for a long time?

33.You look very tired.(You wok) .........very hard?

34.The telephone (ring).......for 2 minutes, but I (not answer)........it yet

35.Saigon..........(grow) now into a big city

36.I.......(not see) Nam for a long time.I......(see) him last three years ago.

37.The bell.........(ring) so we must go

38.I.......(meet) Mary last night. She........(become) a very big girl

39. He is very thirsty; He.......(not drink) for twenty-four hours.

40.Nam.....(be) in this school for four years (and he is still here)

41. My mother........(be) in hospital for a long time and she cannot go home yet

42.She .....(read) a lot of books this year

43. Ever since he left university he .....( have) 5 different jobs in different cities

44.When he was ten he.....(run) away from home

45.How many cigarettes.....you........(smoke) today?

46.In those days, mum.........(look) after us very carefully

47.Shakespreare........(write) plays as well as poems.

48. Since my father retired, he......(write) three books

49.Iam not studying today. I.....(study) a lot yesterday. I.....(study) a lot this week.

50.Could you imagine I.......(make) ten phone calls abroad today?

51.How long........you.......(be) here for?

52.I........(like) English all my life.

53.I.......(want) to be a doctor until I was twenty

54.They...........(unemploy) since they left London

55.How long......you......(study) French?

56.I..........(not read) many novels since I went to university.

57.When I was a child, I....(like) street fook

58. I......(have) trouble concentrating for a week now.

59.He ............(learn) a lot in his job.

60.My friend Lan and I...........(know) each other for ages.

61.I........(stay) with my friends while I was in India

62.I....(go) to Toronto last year for business.I....(go) there several times since then.

63.I....(live) in British Columbia from 1998 to 2002

64.My friend,Joe......(live) in Vancouver since 2000

65.Before Joe.......(move) to Vancouver, he......(work) on cruise ships as a cook.

66.My collage roomate from Ghana.We...(room) together for three years, and then she .... (return) home.

67.My grandfather......(be) a great golfer for most of his life and really enjoys it.

68.Since my husband began working the night shift,he....(sleep) not very well

69.Minh works in a bookshop.He....(work) there for three years

70.Last year we....(go) to Nha Trang for a holiday.We...(stay) there for 3 weeks.

71.Tan and Quang.....(play) tennis yesterday afternoon

72.My hair is clean.I.....(wash) it

73.I......(wash) my hair after breakfast this morning

74.........you.......(see) Lan last year?

75.When I was child I......(not like) picture books

76........you ever........(be) to the United States?

77.What time....you......(go) to bed last night?

78.My aunt is a writer.She.....(write) many books

79.Kathy loves travelling.She .....(visit) many countries

80.We (study)....a very hard lesson the day before yesterday.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. 

As working women continue to receive better and better wages, housewives still work at home without receiving pay – checks. Should a woman who works at home, doing the housework and caring for children, be paid for her service? In a 1986 study at Cornell University, sociologists found that the value of the services of a housewife averaged $ 11,600 a year. This rate was based on a family composed of a husband, wife, and three young children. The $ 11,600 is what the husband would have to pay if he hired others to take over his wife’s household chores. The researchers concluded that it would be fair for husbands to pay wives according to federal guidelines for minimum wages.

         Another plan for rewarding women who work at home has been suggested by a former Secretary of Health and Human Services. He says that full-time housewives should be allowed to pay social security taxes, with their employers contributing part of the payment. He feels that the present system is unfair. He said, “ If you stay at home and raise a family, nobody will give you credit for it.”

What is NOT true about the passage?

A. Full-time housewives are allowed to pay social security taxes.

B. Women who go to work get more offers than housewives.

C. Unlike working women, housewives get no pay for housework.

D. Housewives’services should be rewarded.

1. If we(have) __________wings, we (not,have) _________ to take an airplane to fly home.

2. The statue (break) __________ while it (move) __________ to another room in the museum.

3. It was not until I (live) __________ with him that I (realize) _________ that he (cheat) __________ me and it was my terrible mistake to marry him.

4. I was considering (buy) ___________ a house nut now I (change) my mind.

5. The staff was made (lie) __________ down on the floor by the robbers.

6. The Swedish scientist, Alfred B.Nobel, left money to be awarded to people who have done something important (help) __________ humankind.

7. Sorry I didn't make the plan on Friday. I hope it didn't mess you around much. I know you (already, book) _______________ me a room hotel, but presumably you were able to cancel it. Unfortunately, my father (not, be) ___________ very well recently, and on Friday morning, while he (clean) ___________ the car, he fainted and (rush) ___________ into hospital. Luclily, the doctors say he's likely to be home in a few days.

8. Look! That man (run) ____________ our of the bank ! And he (carry) ___________ a large bag full of money.

9. He apologized for (not, write) ___________ to her for a month.

10. When we arrived at the meeting, the first speaker (just, finish) _____________ and the audience (clap) ___________

Chia các động từ trong ngoặc theo 1 trong 4 thì sau: Thì quá khứ đơn; quá khứ hoàn thành; hiện tại đơn và hiện tại tiếp diễn

1) He (give) me back the book, (thank) me for lending it to him and (say) that he enjoy it very much; but I (know) that he (not read) it because most of the pages (be) still uncut.

2) When he (see) his wife off at the station, he (return) home as he (no have) to be at the airport till 9.30.

3) He (not have) to pack, for his wife always (do) that for him and his case (be) ready in the hall.

4) He (not have) to check the doors and windows either, for his wife always (do) that before she (leave) the house.

5) All he (have) to do (be) to decide whether or not to take his overcoat with him.In the end, he (decide) not to.

6) At 8.30 he (pick) up his case, (go) out of the house and (slam) the door behind him.

7) Then, he (feel) in his pockets for the key, for his wife (remind) him to double-lock the front door.

8) When he (search) all his pockets and (find) no key he (remember) where it (be).

9) He (leave) it in his over coat pocket.

10) Then, he (remember) some thing else; his passport and tickets (be) in his overcoat pocket as well.

11) I (arrive) in England in the middle of July. I (be told) that England (be) shrouded in fog all year round, so I (be) quite surprised to find that it was merely raining.

12) I (ask) another passenger, an Englishman, about the fog and he (say) that there (not be) any since the previous February.

13) If I (want) fog, he said, I (come) at quite the wrong time.

14) However, he (tell) me that I could buy tinned fog at a shop in Shaftesbury Avenue.

15) He (admit) that he never (buy) fog there himself but I (assure) me that they (sell) good quality fog and that it (not be) expensive.I suppose he was joking

(Biết rằng từ câu 2 đến câu 10 là một đoạn văn; câu 11 đến câu 15 cũng là một đoạn văn) 

Chia các động từ trong ngoặc theo 1 trong 4 thì sau: Thì quá khứ đơn; quá khứ hoàn thành; hiện tại đơn và hiện tại tiếp diễn

1) He (give) me back the book, (thank) me for lending it to him and (say) that he enjoy it very much; but I (know) that he (not read) it because most of the pages (be) still uncut.

2) When he (see) his wife off at the station, he (return) home as he (no have) to be at the airport till 9.30.

3) He (not have) to pack, for his wife always (do) that for him and his case (be) ready in the hall.

4) He (not have) to check the doors and windows either, for his wife always (do) that before she (leave) the house.

5) All he (have) to do (be) to decide whether or not to take his overcoat with him. In the end, he (decide) not to.

6) At 8.30 he (pick) up his case, (go) out of the house and (slam) the door behind him.

7) Then, he (feel) in his pockets for the key, for his wife (remind) him to double-lock the front door.

8) When he (search) all his pockets and (find) no key he (remember) where it (be).

9) He (leave) it in his over coat pocket.

10) Then, he (remember) some thing else; his passport and tickets (be) in his overcoat pocket as well.

11) I (arrive) in England in the middle of July. I (be told) that England (be) shrouded in fog all year round, so I (be) quite surprised to find that it was merely raining.

12) I (ask) another passenger, an Englishman, about the fog and he (say) that there (not be) any since the previous February.

13) If I (want) fog, he said, I (come) at quite the wrong time.

14) However, he (tell) me that I could buy tinned fog at a shop in Shaftesbury Avenue.

15) He (admit) that he never (buy) fog there himself but I (assure) me that they (sell) good quality fog and that it (not be) expensive. I suppose he was joking.

(Biết rằng từ câu 2 đến câu 10 là một đoạn văn; câu 11 đến câu 15 cũng là một đoạn văn)

1. Before I got home, my parents (leave).

2.  When I met him he was 24, he (be) in the States for 10 years.

3. The airline (lose) my suitcase so I had to borrow clothes from a friend.

4. She (just, prepare) dinner when her husband called and said that he would be late.

5. We (never see) such beautiful white beaches before we went to Australia.

6. When he (go), I went back into the house.

7. They left after they (see) all the paintings.

8. She saw footprints and realized that someone (be) in the garden.

9. We were not able to get a hotel room because we (not book) in advance.

10. Tony knew Istanbul so well because he (visit) the city several times.

11. Susan (ever, study) Thai before she moved to Thailand?

12. She only understood the movie because she (read) the book.