III. Transformation

(Simple past vs Past perfect)

      1. Alex phoned the police. He saw the accident.

           → As soon as ..........................................................................................................................

      2. The police arrived so late, so the robbers escaped.

           → By the time ........................................................................................................................

      3. I turned off the lights. After that I left the room.

           → Before ..................................................................................................................................

      4. Everyone went home and afterwards this message arrived.

           → After ......................................................................................................................................

      5. Michael worked as a physicist after graduating from the university.

           → After ......................................................................................................................................

      6. He left school and then joined the army.

           → After ......................................................................................................................................

      7. Mary finished her homework and then went to bed.

           → Before ..................................................................................................................................

(Áp dụng những thì khác)

      8. The frying fan caught on fire. I was making dinner at that time.

           → While ....................................................................................................................................

      10. The flood raced down the valley and destroyed everything on its path

           → When ....................................................................................................................................

      9. I talked to Laura. This made me feel less nervous.

           → Since .....................................................................................................................................

      11. Ms. Johnson will return your call. She’ll have some free time.

           → As soon as ..........................................................................................................................

      12. Susan sometimes feels nervous. She chews her nails.

           → Whenever ...........................................................................................................................

III. Transformation

(Simple past vs Past perfect)

      1. Alex phoned the police. He saw the accident.

           → As soon as ..........................................................................................................................

      2. The police arrived so late, so the robbers escaped.

           → By the time ........................................................................................................................

      3. I turned off the lights. After that I left the room.

           → Before ..................................................................................................................................

      4. Everyone went home and afterwards this message arrived.

           → After ......................................................................................................................................

      5. Michael worked as a physicist after graduating from the university.

           → After ......................................................................................................................................

      6. He left school and then joined the army.

           → After ......................................................................................................................................

      7. Mary finished her homework and then went to bed.

           → Before ..................................................................................................................................

(Áp dụng những thì khác)

      8. The frying fan caught on fire. I was making dinner at that time.

           → While ....................................................................................................................................

      10. The flood raced down the valley and destroyed everything on its path

           → When ....................................................................................................................................

      9. I talked to Laura. This made me feel less nervous.

           → Since .....................................................................................................................................

      11. Ms. Johnson will return your call. She’ll have some free time.

           → As soon as ..........................................................................................................................

      12. Susan sometimes feels nervous. She chews her nails.

           → Whenever ...........................................................................................................................

III. Transformation

(Simple past vs Past perfect)

      1. Alex phoned the police. He saw the accident.

           → As soon as ..........................................................................................................................

      2. The police arrived so late, so the robbers escaped.

           → By the time ........................................................................................................................

      3. I turned off the lights. After that I left the room.

           → Before ..................................................................................................................................

      4. Everyone went home and afterwards this message arrived.

           → After ......................................................................................................................................

      5. Michael worked as a physicist after graduating from the university.

           → After ......................................................................................................................................

      6. He left school and then joined the army.

           → After ......................................................................................................................................

      7. Mary finished her homework and then went to bed.

           → Before ..................................................................................................................................

(Áp dụng những thì khác)

      8. The frying fan caught on fire. I was making dinner at that time.

           → While ....................................................................................................................................

      10. The flood raced down the valley and destroyed everything on its path

           → When ....................................................................................................................................

      9. I talked to Laura. This made me feel less nervous.

           → Since .....................................................................................................................................

      11. Ms. Johnson will return your call. She’ll have some free time.

           → As soon as ..........................................................................................................................

      12. Susan sometimes feels nervous. She chews her nails.

           → Whenever ...........................................................................................................................

III. Transformation

(Simple past vs Past perfect)

      1. Alex phoned the police. He saw the accident.

           → As soon as ..........................................................................................................................

      2. The police arrived so late, so the robbers escaped.

           → By the time ........................................................................................................................

      3. I turned off the lights. After that I left the room.

           → Before ..................................................................................................................................

      4. Everyone went home and afterwards this message arrived.

           → After ......................................................................................................................................

      5. Michael worked as a physicist after graduating from the university.

           → After ......................................................................................................................................

      6. He left school and then joined the army.

           → After ......................................................................................................................................

      7. Mary finished her homework and then went to bed.

           → Before ..................................................................................................................................

(Áp dụng những thì khác)

      8. The frying fan caught on fire. I was making dinner at that time.

           → While ....................................................................................................................................

      10. The flood raced down the valley and destroyed everything on its path

           → When ....................................................................................................................................

      9. I talked to Laura. This made me feel less nervous.

           → Since .....................................................................................................................................

      11. Ms. Johnson will return your call. She’ll have some free time.

           → As soon as ..........................................................................................................................

      12. Susan sometimes feels nervous. She chews her nails.

           → Whenever ...........................................................................................................................

III. PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINUOUS / PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

1. We often…    …..(drink) coffee in the morning. But yesterday morning we…...    …..(drink) tea.

2. On my way home I often…    …….(meet) many children who..…    …(go) to school.

3 .The sun..…    …..(rise) in the East and …….(set)  in the West.

4. When they……........….(finish) their work ? They….........….(finish) it two hours ago.

5. What she still……        ..(do) when her mother……   …(go) to bed last night?

-She still…....…..(write) an essay in her house.

6. What you……..(do) now?

-We …                 …(repair) our house. We…     …..(hope) everything ............…..(be) nice.

7. He often…….( buy) presents for his daughter on her birthday.

Yesterday ………(be) her 15th birthday. He…................……(buy) her a big doll.

8. He…......…..(begin) to learn foreign languages when he…….........(be) quite young.

9. People………(know)  that Columbus …...........…..(discover) America nearly 500 years ago.

10. They all…........….(believe) that he just .........…..(come) back from London last week.

III. Complete the sentence, using the present simple, present continuous, past simple or simple future of the verbs in the brackets. 1. How far (be)________ it from Nha Trang to Hanoi? 2. We (not play)___________ soccer after school yesterday. 3. Nam is in his room. He (learn)___________ to play the guitar. 4. Every day, Nam’s father (work)___________ in the fields from 6 am to 4 pm. 5. In the future, machines (do)___________ the work for us. 6. I (study)___________ at Ly Thuong Kiet school last year. 7. How (often )___________ you (play)___________ sports? – Twice a week. 8. My brother (not study)___________ at the moment. He is reading a comic book. 9. Minh often (read)___________ books in the library after school. 10. Next month is Phuong’s birthday. She (invite)___________ some of her friends to her

III. Change into passive voice in the past simple tense.

1. Last year Mrs. Nina taught me both English and Science.

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­.....................................................................................................................................................................

2. My mother took care of the pet when I was away.

.....................................................................................................................................................................

3. Did someone tell the students about the trip?

.....................................................................................................................................................................

4. An 80-year-old grandmother caught the thief.

.....................................................................................................................................................................

5. Clare didn’t write that note.

.....................................................................................................................................................................

6. Did they pay John for all those extra hours of work last month?

.....................................................................................................................................................................

7. Tom wrote his report on his way to work.

.....................................................................................................................................................................

8. Her husband stole the money.

.....................................................................................................................................................................

9. They stored the books in boxes and sent them to the orphanage.

.....................................................................................................................................................................

10. Someone gave my girlfriend a necklace for her birthday.

III. Put the verbs in brackets in past perfect or past simple.

    1. When she (finish) ______her work, she (go) __________ to the cinema.

    2. He (not eat) _________ until his parents (come)_________ home.   

    3. She (tell) _________me she never (meet) _____________ him.

    4. He (do) ____________ her homework before he (go) ____________ out.

    5. The lights (go) _________out the moment he (get) ___________into the cinema.

    6. Hardly the holiday (begin) _______ when they (leave) ________the town.

    7. They (be) ________out for an hour when it (start) __________ to rain.

    8. They (leave) _________the shop as soon as they (buy) _______everything they (need) _________

    9. The house (burn) ________to the ground buy the time the firemen (arrive) _____

    10. As he (do) _______a lot of work that day he (be) _________very tired.

Exercise III: Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous tense.

1/ He (sit) ______________ in a bar when I (see) ______________ him.

2/ When I (go) ______________ out, the sun (shine) ______________.

3/ The light (go) ______________ out while I (have) ______________ tea.

4/ When it (rain) _____________, she(carry) ______________ an umbrella.

5/ We (walk) ______________ to the station when it (begin) ______________ to rain.