Bài 1. Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì quá khứ đơn
1. Yesterday, I (go)______ to the restaurant with a client.
2. We (drive) ______ around the parking lot for 20 mins to find a parking space.
3. When we (arrive) ______ at the restaurant, the place (be) ______ full.
4. The waitress (ask) ______ us if we (have) reservations.
5. I (say), “No, my secretary forgets to make them.”
6. The waitress (tell)______ us to come back in two hours.
7. My client and I slowly (walk) ______ back to the car.
8. Then we (see) ______ a small grocery store.
9. We (stop) in the grocery store and (buy) ______ some sandwiches.
10. That (be) ______ better than waiting for two hours.
11. I (not go) ______ to school last Sunday.
12. She (get) ______ married last year?
13. What you (do) ______ last night?
- I (do) ______ my homework.
14. I (love) ______ him but no more.
15. Yesterday, I (get) ______ up at 6 and (have) ______ breakfast at 6.30.
Bài 2. Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS
1. Alice hurt herself while she ……………………………………………. (skate).
2. I met my neighbor while I ………………………………………. (walk) home from work.
3. Sally saw a friend while she …………………………….. (ride) her bicycle along Park St.
4. Peter fell asleep while he …………………………………… (study).
5. Bob stepped on Jane‟s feet while they ………………………………….. (dance) together.
6. I cut myself while I ……………………………………. (shave).
7. Mr. and Mrs. Brown burned themselves while they …………… (bake) cookies.
8. Tommy had a nightmare while he …………………………….. (sleep) at a friend‟s house.
Bài 3. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS
1. He ………………………………….. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in.
2. They ………………………………… (study) two hours last night.
3. Jane …………………………………. (sleep) when the telephone rang.
4. As I …………………………………. (walk) to the lab, I met my friend.
5. We ………………………………….. (watch) TV last night.
6. The customer ………………………… (pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card.
7. The barber …………………………………. (cut) my hair yesterday.
8. She ………………………………. (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
9. It …………………………………. (rain) hard when I got up.
10. It …………………………………. (rain) hard last night.
Bài 4. Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or PAST
CONTINUOUS
1. Sally……………………… (eat) dinner last night when someone ……………(knock) on the door.
2. I began to study at seven last night. Fred ………(come) at seven-thirty. I…………………… (study)
when Fred ……………(come).
3. While I ………………………(study) last night, Fred……………………… (drop by) to visit me.
4. My roommate‟s parents……………(call) him last night while we…………………… (watch) TV.
5. My mother called me around five. My husband came home a little after five. When he……………
(come) home, I ……………………… (talk) to my mother on the phone.
6. Yesterday Tom and Janice………… (go) to the zoo around one. They………… (see) many kinds of
animals. They stayed at the zoo for two hours. While they………(walk) home, it
………………(begin) to rain, so they ………………(stop) at a small cafe and (have) a cup of coffee.
7. Yesterday afternoon I …………(go) to visit the Parker family. When I ………(get) there around
two o‟clock, Mrs. Parker ………(be) in the yard. She ……………………(plant) flowers in her
garden. Mr. Parker ……(be) in the garage. He ……………………(work) on their car. He
