Complete the sentences with the correct past simple, past continuous or past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1. We ____________ (move) house a lot while I____________ (grow up).

2. After Joe ____________ (learn) to drive, he___________ (buy) a car.

3. George ____________ (leave) school, ____________ (go) to university and____________ (study) engineering.

4. My parents ____________ (get) engaged in 1990.

5. They ____________ (fall) in love two years before, while they ____________ (work) in London.

B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Past Perfect Simple or the Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.

 We were tired because we ………………………………….. (drive) for two hours.

Anna ………………………………….. (not stop) studying all day. She didn’t even have one break.

………………………………………….. (the archaeologists / discover) the tomb before they found the treasure?

I ………………………………….. (analyse) the document for hours. That’s why I needed a rest.

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets, using the PAST SIMPLE or PAST PERFECT. 1. Mary __________________ (go) swimming after she __________________ (come) home. After she __________________ (swim), she __________________ (call) her friend Judy. 2. I __________________ (go) to the theatre with my friends yesterday. I __________________ (not / go) to the theatre for a year. We __________________ (have) a very good time. 3. After they __________________ (finish) their breakfast, they __________________ (leave) for school. 4. Linda __________________ (play) tennis after she __________________ (do) her homework. 5. My father __________________ (water) the flowers after he __________________ (clean) the car. After he __________________ (water) the flowers, he __________________ (have) dinner.
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I.                   Past Simple (affirmatives and negatives)- Thì quá khứ đơn.

 Complete the sentences with the correct Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets. 

 1 Tom _________________ (go) to France last summer. (✗)

2 We _________________ (eat) dinner in a fashionable restaurant. ( ✓)

3 Mike _________________ (read) my mail. (✗)

4 I _________________ (watch) the football match on TV last night. (✗)

5 Jane _________________ (be) thirsty. (✓)

6 She _________________ (drink) some water. (✓)

Complete the article above with the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

                                                Barbie boy

Jian Yang is in his thirties and collects dolls. So far, he ¹___________ (spend) twenty years and over £250,000 on his collection, which includes 6,000 Barbie dolls. The young

man from Singapore ²___________(start) collecting Barbie dolls when he ³___________ (be) just thirteen. The first doll he ⁴___________ (buy) was the 'Great Shape' model in a gym outfit and leg warmers. Jian buys dolls when he travels for work and ⁵___________ (purchase) 65 dolls on his last trip to New York. A while ago, a girlfriend ⁶___________ (walk out) on him because of his hobby. Apparently, she ⁷___________ (feel) threatened by his collection. Jian ⁸___________(find) that worrying, but now he accepts it.

Complete the text with past simple or past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. A terrible trip! On the day of the school trip 1 (1)........(wake up) as usual at 8 o'clock to go to school (2)..........(leave) the house when I realised I(3).........(not have) my sandwiches, so I (4).............(run) back inside. I(5).........(set off) again and I..........(6)........(walk) along the road when suddenly it (7)..........(start) to rain. At that moment, my friend Alice (8).........(come) past in her mother's car and they (9)...........(stop) to pick me up. The excursion (10)........(be) to the wildlife park about 15 minutes from our town. When we (11)........(arrive) at school the bus was waiting outside, so we (12) .................(get on) and sat downAlice and I (13).........(talk), so we (14).......(not notice) the other students on the bus. Half an hour later we (15)......(look) out of the window.We (16)........(be) at the museum, not in the park! We looked at the other people around us and we (17).........(see) they were from another class. It (18)........(be) the wrong bus! giúp mình vs ạ 
 

Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1 My uncle and aunt _________ (already/get engaged) before they _________(emigrate) to Australia.

2 I _________(not/can) buy anything because I _________(forget) my wallet.

3 Robert _________(be) upset because he _________ (split up) with his girlfriend.

4 Kelly _________(start) her first business before she_________(leave) university.

5 As soon as Sara _________(inherit) the money from her grandmother, she _________(buy) a car.

6 By the time Joe _________(retire), he_________(become) a grandfather.

7 After Fred _________ (settle down) in London, he _________(decide) to have a change of career.

8 We _________ (spend) the weekend moving house, so we _________ (go) to bed very early on Sunday.