Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE:

1 . They ..... (drink) tea after they ....(finish) dinner.

2. After he .... (work) at the hispital for two years he....(decide) to give up the job.

3. When i .... ( arrive) at the party John .... already .... (go) home.

4. We......(wait) until the match ..... (finish)

5. They .... ( leave) the room before the meeting ..... (finish ).

6. I ....(buy) a new camera before i .....(go) to London.

7. When we ..... ( get) to the station the train .......(already/leave)

8. After they .....(go) , he ......... (sit) down and .....

9. He  ........ ( have to) go to work by bus because his car ...... ( break)

10. He .... ( be ) ....... angry before he.........(hear) my offter. 

2. Before we (take) Tim to the theater yesterday, he never (see) a stage plas before. 3. He (learn) since seven o'clock. It's time he (stop) to have a rest. 4. Jane (not know) they (change) their plan. She (not tell) by anyone. 5. Bill (phone) his girl friend now. That's the third time he (phone) her this morning. 6. I (lend) you my cassette player whenever you want it. 7. When I (finish) this book, I (lend) you. 8. By the time you (come) back, I (finish) all the housework. 9. When I (buy) a new house, I (ask) for a telephone. The post office (tell) me to wait, but I (wait) for a year now and my phone (not come) yet. 10. We (still do) our homework now. After finishing it, we (clean) the house. 11. He (get) off the train and (go) straight home. But he soon (realize) he (leave) his umbrella on the train. 12. My brother (decide) that he (buy) a car next year. 13. Mrs. Huong (be) a teacher of English for 27 years. She first (start) teaching English at a small school. After she (teach) there for ten years, her family (move) to a big city. Since then she (be) a teacher at a big school there. 14. I'd rather you (not smoke) in here.

Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE:

1. She ... (just/go) out when i called her.

2. My brother ....( eat ) all the pie before we got back.

3. The fire ......(spread) to tue next building before the firemen ....... ( arrive) .

4. They drank smallcups of coffee , after they ......(finish) dinner . 

5. He told me he ......(catch) a younh lion.

6. His mother ....(worry) a lot about him before she ....(hear) that he was safe.

7. He........(already / leave) English before he .....(leave) for england , but before he arrived in england , he .....(forget) some.

8. Mary ..... (go) swimming after she ....(come) home . After she .... (swim) , she .... (call) her friend judy.

9. I ..... ( go) to the theartre with my friends yesterday . I..... (not/ go) to the theartre for a year. We .... (have) a very good time.

10. After they .....(finish) their breakfast , they ........ (leave) for  school.

11. Linda ...... (play) tennis after she ......(do) her homework.

12. My father .....(water) the flowers after he ......(clean) the car . After he ( water) the flowers , he ..... ( have ) dinner.

Supply the correct verb tense or form:

1. He (see).....her while he (walk)....... down the street yesterday

2.After he (do)..... his homework, he went to the cinema

3. Tom (play)........ football when he was a little boy

4. Let's go for a walk as soon as it stops (rain).......

5. Last night, when I (come)...... there, they ( already/ go)......to the party

6.Do you remeber (read) ..... about it? No, at that time I was too young (read)..... newspaper

7.My brother is a stamp collector. He started ( collect)...... stamps when he (be)..... 15 years old. He (collect)...... many kinds of stamps

8. The last time he (see) ....... in public, he (wear)....... a great suit

9. We (not/see) ..... her since she (leave) ....... school

10. Lan said that she (get)....... married soon.

11. My brother (go)..... to bed after he (turn)........ the lights off last night

12. She is not accustomed to ( take)...... care of by others.

13. We (live)..... in the house since we came here

14. She entered the university after she (graduate)...... from gigh school

15. They ( finish)........ the project by the end of the next year

16. When Mark arrived, the Johnsons (have)...... dinner, but they (stop).......(talk)... to him

17. They (live)...... next door to my house since I (be).... young

18. By the end of the next year, I (work)....... for him for 25 years

19. While she (talk)......on the phone, the children (start)..... (fight)...... and (break)........on a window

20. When I (be) .....a boy, I often (go) ..... fishing with my father

21. Columbus (discover)......... America 500 years ago

22.When I (leave)........ my office last night, it (still/rain)........very hard

23. What do you think the children (do) .... when we (get)......home tomorrow?

24. He (lose)...... his job last month and since then he (be)...... out of work

25. When we (come)...... there last night, they (be)......there for an hour

1 we still (do)........... our homework now . But we (go).........with you right after we (finish).......... it

2He (get)....off the train and (go)...... straight home .But he soon (realize).......he (leave )........... his umbrella on the train

3 my brother(decide).........that he (buy)....... a motorbike next year

4He ( be)..... good to me Since I ( be) ..........a little girl .I hope .......I(not forget)......his kindnees

5Mrs huong (be) ......a teacher of english for 27 yeears . she first (start)..... teaching english at a small school .After she ( teach )...... for ten years .

6They still ( live).........in a small house now. But they (move)..... to a big building as soon as .They (finish).....repairing it.

7What you (do).........at the moment ? I(write)....a report. When you(finish).... it.I (think)...........I (finish).....it in ten minutes.

8 Since when you (work ) ....... at this factory since I (be )........ very young

9 How long they ( be ) ......... here? I (not know)........exactly , may be they (be)....here since 7 o'clock

b1 : chọn đáp án thích hợp

1 , you will not be hungry ( after/before ) you eat

2 ( After/ As ) sun set , the shadows lengthened

3, Every night , ( after/before ) brushing my teeth , i go to bed

4 , ( After/Before ) the girl fell asleep , she had a strange dream

5, ( As/Before) i was building a fire , smoke kept getting in my eyes

6, I want to graduate from high school ( after/as soon as) possible

7, ( As/Before ) he started the car , the engine made a strange sound

8 , You have to pack your suitcase ( after/before) you go to the airport

9, Just ( as/before) i was picking up my glasses , they fell out of my hand

10, (As soon as/Before ) i get my driver's license , i'm going to drive to your house

1. While i (lie)........ in bed last night, i (hear)...... a strange noise in front of tge door

2. It (rain).... heavily when i (sleep) yesterday afternoon.

3 . While Mrs Smitg (plant).... flowers in the garden, Mrs Smith (change).... the oil in his car.

4. When we (arrive)... at the airport, they (wait).... for us there.

5. He (do) .... a lot of jobs before he (work)... in this company.

6. Yesterday while i (look)... at my vomputer screen, i (start).... fell a little dizzy, so i (take) .... a break.

7. Susan (send).... a letter to her university after she (receive).... scholarship check.

8. Tom (meet).... Mary in 1986 and they have been good friends since then.

9. After they ( visit)... Paris, they (go)... to Manchester.

10. George (work) ....at the university 45 years before he (retire)....

11. After tom (wash)... his clothes, he (begin)... to study

12. Before i could say anything, they (admit).... their mistakes.

Chia động từ trong ngoặc

1. I (be).... sorry that I (hurt) .....him.

2. After they (go)..... I (sit)...... down and (rest).....

3. When I (arrive)....., the dinner (already, begin)....

4. When he (wake up)....., his mother already (prepare)..... breakfast.

5. He (learn).... English before he (leave)..... for England.

6. In England, he soon (remember)...... all he (learn)....

7. They (tell)..... him they (not meet)..... him before.

8. He (ask)..... why we (come)..... so early.

9. She (say)..... that she (atready, see)...... Dr. Rice.

10. By the time Bill (get)..... there, the meeting (start)....

11. When we (arrive)..... at our place, a burglar (break)..... in our house.

12. Almost everybody (leave)..... for home by the time we (arrive).....

13. We (go).... to London because the Queen (invite)..... us for tea.

14. When she (start)..... to learn English, she already (learn)..... French.

15. By the time he (arrive)..... at the pub, they (run)..... out of beer.

16 . Before that day we never (think)..... of going to Japan.

17 . I (know)..... him for a long time before I (meet).... his family.

18 . The blue car (cross)..... the street after the lights (turn)..... red.

19 . When James (try)..... to ring us, we already (leave)..... the house.

20 . After Joanna (finish)..... her presentation, we (ask)..... our questions.

21 . On her first day at the driving school, we (be)..... very nervous because we (not drive)..... a car before.

I. Choose the incorrect words/phrases anh correct them:

1. When we (are) (on holiday), we used to (go to) the beach (every day).

2. We wish we (can) consult (an) expert on how (to solve) (this problem).

3. He (works) much (more hard) for his exams than he (does) for his (normal) school work.

4. I used to (listen to) music (during) I was riding (my) bicycle (to school).

5. None (of) them had (any) idea about how (make) a raft with only (a few) bamboo canes.

6. He said (that) they (will) have (to set off) soon (after) midnight.