1/ She ( buy ) bounght some food yesterday. 

2/ I ( not be ) was here last week. 

3/ Mrs Wilson had an accident While she ( drive) will drive car to work this morning. 

4/ We’ll go out when it (stop) wwill stop raining. 

5/ My uncle (live) lived in the USA since last year. 

6/ I saw her when I ( walk down) walked down the street. 

7/ Hurry up ! the train ( come ) is coming  

8/ Why didn’t you listen while I ( speak ) spoke to you?  

9/ Where did you ( spend ) your Summer holiday last year?  

10/ Let’s go out. It ( not rain ) isn't is now. 

11/ It ( not rain ) won't rain in the dry season. 

12/ Up to now, I ( do ) am doing every exercise in this book. 

13/ I have been here since I ( be) been ten years old. 

14/ My sister always ( wash) washes her hands before meals. 

15/ Please don’t say anything while I ( learn) will learn my lesson. 

16/ We were good friends. We (know) have knowed each other for a long time. 

17/ We arrived home and found that  a burglar ( break ) broke in. 

18/ We aren’t hungry. We ( have ) don't have Lunch. 

19/ I had finished my work before ( go ) have gone to bed. 

20/ While John was reading a book, Mary ( watch ) is watching TV. 

21/ He ( return ) to his hometown recently. 

22/ She ( just come ) just come back from Japan. 

23/ Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia ( be ) are tropical countries. 

 24) does Your sister ( like ) likes lemon juice? 

25/ We ( learn ) are learning English at the moment. 

1.Yesterday Tom and Janice (go).went..to the zoo around one .

They see -> saw many kinds of animals.

They stayed at the zoo for two hours.

While they (walk).were walking..home , it (begin)..began..to rain ,so they (stop) stopped at the small cafe' and (have) had a cup of tea

2.i felt really stupid because I.made...(make) a lot of mistakes

1 The house (build) __builts__ 2 years ago

2 Listen ! The bird (sing) __ is singing__

3 Trees (plant) __have been planted__ since it (stop) _stopped__ raining

4 Tom baker (not come) __won't come__ here tomorrow

5 What you (do) _did you do __ after you(go) __had gone_ home yesterday?

6 How long you _have you been waiting__ (wait) ___ for me? Just a few minutes

7 He (do) __had done_ his homework before he went to the cinema

8 Yesterday thieves (break) _broke__ in to the house and (steal) _stole__ a lot of fur coats while the guests (dance) __were dancing_

9 When I came in, they all (sit) _were sitting__ round the fire Mr.Pike (do) __was doing_ a crossword puzzle Mrs.Pike (knit) _was knitting__ and the oder (read) _were reading__

10 Mr.Jackson (paint) _has painted__ his house since last month

11 She (ask) _has asked__ me to tell about him sevaral times

Put the verb into the correct form , past continuous or past simple.

2. I don't want to go to the zoo today because it is raining. The same thing happened yesterday. I( want,not).....DIDN'T WANT...... to go to the zoo because it ( rain)....WAS RAINING.

3. I ( call)...CALLED... Roger at nine last night , but he ( be ,not) .....WASN'T.. at home. He( study) .....WAS STUDYING...... at the library.

4. I ( hear,not)....DIDN'T HEAR... the thunder during the storm last night because i ( sleep)....WAS SLEEPING.....

5. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun ( shine) ....WAS SHINING.....A cool breeze( blow)....WAS BLOWING.... The birds ( sing)....WERE SINGING....

6. My brother and sister ( argue)....WERE ARGUING.. about something when i ( walk) .....WALKED..... into the room.

7. I got a package in the mail. When i ( open) ....WAS OPENING....it, I ( find) ....FOUND...a surprise.

8. Tommy went to his friends' house , but the boys ( be,not)...WEREN'T...there. They ( play) ....WERE PLAYING..soccer in the vacant lot down the street.

9. Stanley( climb)...WAS CLIMBING....the stairs when he ( trip)......TRIPPED...and ( fall)......FELL..Luckily, he( hurt,not)...DIDN'T HURT...himself.

10. While Mrs. Emerson ( read)..WAS READING.... the little boy a story , he ( fall)....FELL....asleep , so she ( close).CLOSED.....the book and quietly ( tiptoe)..TIPTOED...out of the room

11. I really enjoyed my vacation last January. While it( snow)...WAS SNOWING....in Iowa, the sun ( shine).....WAS SHINING....in Florida. While you ( shovel)..WERE SHOVELING.... snow in Iowa , I ( lie) ...WAS LYING...on the beach in Florida.

12. While Ted( shovel)....WAS SHOVELING..snow from his driveway yesterday , his wife ( bring)...BROUGHT... him a cup of hot chocolate.

Tìm lỗi sao

1. It was raining so heavily while we arrived => were arriving at the beach.

2. I was coming home this morning when i was seeing=>saw Kate waiting at the bus stop.

3. When he was calling=>called me, I was doing the cooking for dinner.

4. He putted =>put the letter on the table and then he go =went out to take a taxi.

5.While we talked=>were talking, someone in the same room was recording our conversation

6. While Hung was waiting at the airport, his family and close friends were waiting for him

7. Actually, during I came =>was coming to see you this morning, I just wanted you to help me.

8. We played some games, teaching => taught the disadvantaged children and gave clothes to them.

Past tenses:

1. His uncle(teach) ......TAUGHT.......... English in our school 5 years ago.

2. The old man (fall) .....FELL........ as he (get) ......WAS GETTING........... into the bus.

3. They (not go) .....DIDN'T GO......... to the movies last Sunday.

4. When I saw him, he (sit) .......WAS SITTING........ asleep in a chair.

5. ........DID....... You (find) .....FIND........ my oen yesterday?

6. The light (go) ...WENT........ out when we (study) ....WERE STUDYING.......... our lesson

7. There (be) .........WAS...... a lot of noise at the fair yesterday.

8. They (give) .......GAVE....... me the letter a few minutes ago.

9. What she (do) ...WAS SHE DOING................. when you (arrive) ....ARRIVED.. there? She (write) ........WAS WRITING........ a letter.

10. She (have) .....WAS HAVING...... her bath while her sister (get) ..WAS GETTING......... the breakfast ready.

11. The storm (begin) ..BEGAN....... at half past ten while the class (study) .......WAS STUDYING...... history.

12. When the students (hear) ......HEARD........ the bell, they (get) .....WERE GETTING....... up and (leave) WERE LEAVING.

13. Mr. Harvey (ask) ......ASKED....... me about my plans the next time he (see) .......SAW........... me.

14. As I (cross) .....WAS CROSSING.......... the street, two cars (race) .......RACED... by me at full speed.

15. Just as I (leave) ......WAS LEAVING...... for home, a student (stop) .......STOPPED....... me in the hall.

16. Dorothy and I (just leave) ...WERE JUST LEAVING........... the house when the telephone (ring) ........RANG.......

17. The minute I (hear) ......HEARD......... the news , I (send) ..........WAS SENDING...... him a telegram.

18. I (go) ....WENT........ to ask you to help me, but you (sleep) .....WERE SLEEPING...... so peacefully when I (look) .....LOOKED..... into your room that I (decide) DECIDED to do it alone.

19. When I (arrive) ...ARRIVED......... at his house, he WAS still (sleep) ....SLEEPING........

20. The light (go) .........WENT..... out while we (have) .......WERE HAVING..... dinner.

21. Bill (have) .......WAS HAVING...... breakfast when I (stop) ......STOPPED....... at his house this morning.

22. As we (cross) ....WERE CROSSING........ the street, we (see) ..........SAW... an accident.

23. Tom(see) .......SAW...... a serious accident while he (stand) ........WAS STANDING....... at the bus stop.

24. While my father (read) .WAS READING...... a newspaper, I (learn) ......WAS LEARNING....... my lesson and my sister (do) ....WAS DOING....... her homework.

25. The children (play) ...WERE PLAYING........ football when their mother (come) ..CAME....... back home.

26. The bell (ring) ....RANG....... while Tom (take) .......WAS TAKING.......... a bath.

27. I (be) ..WAS............... very tired because I (work) .......WORKED....... all day yesterday.

28. He (sit) .....WAS SITTING........ in a cafe when I (see) ......SAW...... him.

I. Put the verbs in the blackets with pasr tense or Past Progressive Continous tense.

1. I (call) called Mr Wilson at 9 last night, but he (not be)wasn't at home. He (study)was studying at the library.

2. I (not hear)didn't hear the thunder during the storm last night because I (sleep)was sleeping.

3. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun (shine)was shining. The birds (sing)were singing.

4. My brother and sister (talk)was talking about somrthing when I (walk) walked into the room.

5. Tom went to his friend 's house, but the boys (not be) weren't here. They (play)were playing soccer in the vacant lot down in the street.

6. The little boy (fall) fell asleep while his mother (read) was reading him a story.

7. I really enjoyed my holiday last January. While it (snow)was snowing in Iowa, the sun (shine)was shining in Florida.

8. While Ted (sholve) was sholving snow from his driveway yesterday, his wife (bring)brought him a cup of hot chocolate.

9. John (have)had a car accident last week. He (drive) was driving down the street when suddenly a lorry (hit)hit his car from behind .

10. Ten years ago, the government (decide) decided to begin the food progamme. At that btime, many people in the rural areas (starve) were starving due to several years of drought.

11. They (wait)were waiting for me when I (arrive) arrived at the station.

12. Shr (swim) was swimming in the sea when I (see) sawher.

13. were They (play) playing tennis when it started raining (start)?

14. We (drive)was driving home from the theatre when the police (stopstopped us.

15. The wind (blow) was blowing very hard when I (go)went out this morning.

16. When she (leave) left him, he (become) became quite ill.

17. I (be)was looking for some photors when you rang but I (not find)didn't find them.

1. I ...was going.. down the street when it begin to rain (go )

2. At this time last year , I ..was attending..... an English course (attend)

3. Jim ...was standing... under the tree when he heard an explosion (stand)

4. The boy fell and hurt himself while he ...was walking.. around the city (walk)

5. The tourist lost his camera while he ...was riding... a bicycle (ride)

6. The lorry ..was going...very fast when it hit our car (go)

7.While I ..was studying.... in my room , my roommate ..was having... a party in the other room (study  / have)

8. Mary and I ....were just leaving... the house when the telephone rang (just leave)

10. We ..were sitting... in the cafe when they saw us (sit)

Bài2: chia động từ ở thì quákhứ  hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn

1. I .called....(call)  Mr.  Wilson at 9 last night, but he (not be ) .wasn't..... at home. He  (study)was studying ...... at the library

2.I ...didn't heard.... (not hear) the thunder during the storm last night because I ...slept.. (sleep)

3. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun ...was shined.. (shine) . The birds. ..were singing... (sing)

4. My brother and sister ...were talkinh....(talk) about somethig when I ....walked... (walk) into the room.

5. Tom went to his friends 'house, but the boys ....weren't... (not be) there . They( play ) ....played.. soccer in the vacant lot down the street.

6. The little boy .....fell...(fall) asleep while his mother ...was reading.... (read)  him a story.

7. I  really enjoyed my holiday last January. While it ...was snowing.... (snow) in Iowa,  the sun ....was shining. (shine) in Florida

8. While Ted .....was shoveling... (shovel) snow from his driveway yesterday , his wife ...brought... (bring) him a cup of hot chocolate.

9. John...had.....( have ) a car accident last week. He ...drove... (drive) down the street when suddenly a lorry ...was hitting... (hit) his car from behind.

10. Ten years ago,  the government ...decided. (decide) to begin a food programme . At that time, many people in the rural areas ...starved.... (starve) due to several years of drought.

11. They ..waited.....(wait) for me when I ....was arriving..... (arrive) at the station

12. She ....was swimming.. (swim) in the sea when I ....saw.... (see) her 

13. .....were... they ........playing.. (play) tennis when it ....started..... raining(start)?

14. We .....were driving...(drive) home from the theatre when the police ....stopped..... (stop) us.

15. The wind ....was blowing.... (blow) very hard when I ...went.... (go) out this morning

16. When she .....left... (leave )  him , he ...was becoming .. (become) quite ill.

17. I ...was....(be) looking for some photos when you rang but I ....wasn't finding... (not find) them.

1. I ...was going.. down the street when it begin to rain (go )

2. At this time last year , I ..was attending..... an English course (attend)

3. Jim ...was standing... under the tree when he heard an explosion (stand)

4. The boy fell and hurt himself while he ...was walking.. around the city (walk)

5. The tourist lost his camera while he ...was riding... a bicycle (ride)

6. The lorry ..was going...very fast when it hit our car (go)

7.While I ..was studying.... in my room , my roommate ..was having... a party in the other room (study  / have)

8. Mary and I ....were just leaving... the house when the telephone rang (just leave)

10. We ..were sitting... in the cafe when they saw us (sit)

Bài2: chia động từ ở thì quákhứ  hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn

1. I .called....(call)  Mr.  Wilson at 9 last night, but he (not be ) .wasn't..... at home. He  (study)was studying ...... at the library

2.I ...didn't heard.... (not hear) the thunder during the storm last night because I ...slept.. (sleep)

3. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun ...was shined.. (shine) . The birds. ..were singing... (sing)

4. My brother and sister ...were talkinh....(talk) about somethig when I ....walked... (walk) into the room.

5. Tom went to his friends 'house, but the boys ....weren't... (not be) there . They( play ) ....played.. soccer in the vacant lot down the street.

6. The little boy .....fell...(fall) asleep while his mother ...was reading.... (read)  him a story.

7. I  really enjoyed my holiday last January. While it ...was snowing.... (snow) in Iowa,  the sun ....was shining. (shine) in Florida

8. While Ted .....was shoveling... (shovel) snow from his driveway yesterday , his wife ...brought... (bring) him a cup of hot chocolate.

9. John...had.....( have ) a car accident last week. He ...drove... (drive) down the street when suddenly a lorry ...was hitting... (hit) his car from behind.

10. Ten years ago,  the government ...decided. (decide) to begin a food programme . At that time, many people in the rural areas ...starved.... (starve) due to several years of drought.

11. They ..waited.....(wait) for me when I ....was arriving..... (arrive) at the station

12. She ....was swimming.. (swim) in the sea when I ....saw.... (see) her 

13. .....were... they ........playing.. (play) tennis when it ....started..... raining(start)?

14. We .....were driving...(drive) home from the theatre when the police ....stopped..... (stop) us.

15. The wind ....was blowing.... (blow) very hard when I ...went.... (go) out this morning

16. When she .....left... (leave )  him , he ...was becoming .. (become) quite ill.

17. I ...was....(be) looking for some photos when you rang but I ....wasn't finding... (not find) them.

Hãy đặt động từ trong ngoặc ở dạng đúng: quá khứ hay quá khứ tiếp diễn

1. When I ( clean)....was cleaning . the house I ( find) ...found .. some old letters

2. The doorbell ( ring) ..rang ... while I ( have) ..was having ... a bath

3. They ( have ) ..had ... an accident when they ( drive )...were driving .... home from holidays

4. When I ( look) ..was looking ... out of the window, I ( realise ).realised ..... that it ( rain) ...was raining ...

5. I ( meet) ..met . my wife when we ( live ) .were living .... in the north

6. I suddenly ( get ) ...was getting .. a goood idea while I ( wash )...was washing ...

7. When I (look)..was looking ... up, water ( come)..came ..... through the ceiling

8. I ( drive)..was driving .. on the road when a child suddenly ( run)...ran .. out in front of my car

9. What the lecturer ( talk ) ...was talking .. loudly when the teacher ( enter) ..entered ...

1. When I (clean) was cleaning the house I (find) found some old letters.

2. The doorbell (ring) rang while I (have) was having a bath.

3. They (have) had an accident when they (drive) were driving home from holidays.

4.When I ( look) looked out of the window, I ( realise )realised that it ( rain) was raining

5. I ( meet) met my wife when we ( live ) were living in the north

6. I suddenly ( get ) got a goood idea while I ( wash ) was washing.

7. When I (look) was looking up, water (come) came through the ceiling.

8.I ( drive) was driving on the road when a child suddenly ( run) ran out in front of my car

9.What the lecturer ( talk ) was talking loudly when the teacher ( enter) entered.