4. Complete the email. Use the past simple affirmative form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành bức thư điện tử. Sử dụng thể khẳng định của thì quá khứ đơn cho các động từ trong ngoặc.)

Dear Abby

How are you? (1) _____ (see) Ryan yesterday and we (2) _____ (chat) for hours about Zak's party. We both (3) _____ (have) a great time. We really (4) _____ (enjoy) the music and the food (5) _____ (be) good too. Ryan (6) _____ (leave) just before midnight, but I (7) _____ (stay) until 2 a.m.! I (8) _____ (feel) so tired the next day! I hope Ryan's parents (9) _____ OK about the mess. They (10) _____ (go) out for the evening.

See you soon!

Ella

IB. Contrast: present simple and continuous (So sánh: Thì hiện tại đơn và hiện tại tiếp diễn)

1. Complete the sentences with the present simple affirmative form of the verbs below.

(Hoàn thành các câu với dạng khẳng định của thì hiện tại đơn của các động từ dưới đây.)

1. My aunt _____ in Scotland.

2. Carl _____ his grandparents every weekend.

3. Audrey _____ TV in her bedroom every evening.

4. My mum’s a scientist: she _____ climate change.

5. Brooklyn _____ the piano really well.

6. My cousin _____ to school in Switzerland.

7. Now that she’s at secondary school, she _____ her old teachers from primary school.

8. Grace _____ double maths every Tuesday.

2. Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative form of be going to and the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành các câu với dạng khẳng định hoặc phủ định của be going to và các động từ trong ngoặc.)

I'm going to see (see) a film at the cinema.

(Tôi sẽ đi xem một bộ phim ở rạp chiếu phim.)

They aren't going to go (go) to school tomorrow. X

(Họ sẽ không đi học vào ngày mai.)

1. You.................. (visit) your grandparents tomorrow. ✓

2. They..................... (travel) by train. X

3. Lily.................. (buy) a guidebook for Hà Nội. ✓

4. I................ (take) my phone or my tablet. ✓

5. We............... (stay) in a modern hotel. ✓

6. Pavel............... (study) Vietnamese next year. X

7. Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành đoạn văn với dạng đúng quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn cho các động từ trong ngoặc.)

It was past midnight when Helen (1) _____ (arrive) home. She (2) _____ (close) the door quietly because her parents (3) _____ (sleep) upstairs. As she (4) _____ (take off) her coat, she (5) _____ (see) a letter on the floor with her name on it. She (6) _____ (open) the letter and (7) _____ (read) it. Then she (8) _____ (put) it in her pocket, (9) _____ (pick up) her coat and (10) _____ (go) out again. It (11) _____ (be) a cold night but it (12) _____ (not rain). A few people (13) _____ (walk) towards the High Street, so Helen (14) _____ (cross) the road and _____ (follow) them. She (16) _____ (not know) where they (17) _____ (go) - but she (18) _____ (not want) to be alone.

2B. Past continuous (Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn)

1. Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành các câu sau. Dùng các dạng quá khứ tiếp diễn của các động từ trong ngoặc.)

1. At eight o'clock yesterday evening, Josh _____ (text) his girlfriend.

2. 'Why _____ they _____ (laugh) at me?'

3. You _____ (not pay) attention while I _____ (speak), were you?

4. Dave _____ (walk) down the street, _____ (eat) a sandwich.

5. Emma _____ (watch) TV and Lisa _____ (read) a magazine.

6. At midnight, Wendy _____ still _____ (do) her homework.

4. Complete the broadcasting facts. Use the past simple passive form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành các dữ kiện được phát sóng. Sử dụng dạng bị động của thì quá khứ đơn của các động từ trong ngoặc.)

1920 The first radio broadcast (1) _____ (transmit) by KDKA in the USA.

1925 The first soap opera, The Smith Family, (2) _____ (broadcast) on the radio.

1928 A television image (3) _____ (send) from England to the USA for the first time.

1928 The first television set (4) _____ (sell).

1936 The first BBC TV programmes (5) _____ (make) in the UK.

1940 Colour TV sets (6) _____ (demonstrate) by CBS in New York.

1947 Baseball games (7) _____ (tetevise) for the first time.

1954 More money (8) _____ (earn) by TV broadcasters than by radio broadcasters.

1964 Colour TV sets (9) _____ (buy) by families across the USA.

1983 The final episode of the comedy series M*A*S*H (10) _____ (watch) by more than 125 million viewers.

1990 The first episode of The Simpsons (11) _____ (show) on Fox.

5. Complete the questions with the past simple form of the verbs. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner.

(Hoàn thành các câu hỏi với dạng đơn quá khứ của động từ. Sau đó hỏi và trả lời các câu hỏi với một người bạn của bạn.)

1. (you /live) here when you were younger?

2. What (you / do) last weekend?

3. When (you /last / go) to the cinema?

4 . What film (you / see)?

5. Who (you /go) with?

6 .(you / do) any sports last weekend?

7. (you / play) any video games yesterday?

8. (you /have fun) on your last holiday?

I.                   Complete the text with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets. ( Cho dạng đúng của động từ ở thì quá khứ đơn)

I (1)_____________ (go) to Milan last February with my family. We (2)______________ (fly)  there. We (3)_________________ (stay) in a great hotel near Duomo.  During the day we (4)_________________ (walk) around the city. We (5)_________________ (see)  all the famous places like the Duomo and the La Scala theatre. We (6)_________________ (take) a lot of photos. We (7)____________ (have) fantastic pizza, salad and panna cotta. Our favourite restaurant (8)____________ (be) in Via Montenapoleone. We also (9)___________ (buy) some clothes, shoes and bags. We (10)___________ (have) a great time.