1. played

2. built

3. did

4. brought

5. felt

6. found

7. gave

Change the verbs into simple past form.

1. was/were
2. played 
3. built
4. did
5. brought
6.felt
7. found
8. read
9. listened
10. learned/learnt
11. drank
12. forgot
13. had

1.was/were

2.played

3.built

4. brought

6.felt

7.found

8.read

9.listened

10.learnt/learned

11.drank

12.forgot

13.had

visited

worked

found

thought

watched

read

heard

stood

exchanged

played

1visited

2worked

3found

4thought

5watched

6read

7heard

8standed

9exchanged

10played

visited

worked

found

thought

watched

read

hearrd

stood

exchanged

played

visited

worked

found

thought

watched

read

heard

stand

exchanged

played

1.visited 

2.worked

3.found

4.thought 

5.watched

6.read

7.heard

8.stood

9.exchanged

10.played 

1. was

2. got

3. had

4. listened

5. went

6. had

7. met

8. cycled

9. played

10. had 

Change the verbs into simple past form.

1. played

2. builded

3. did

4. brought

5. felt

6. found

7. given

8. readed

9. listened

10. learnt

11. drank

12. worked

13. forgot

14. has

Exercise 01: Put the verbs into correct form. (past simple or past perfect)
1. She (come) came. back home after she (finish) had finished their work.
2. Before my son (go) went to bed, he (read) had read a novel.
3. When I came to the stadium, the match (start) had started
5. Last night, Peter (go)had gone to the supermarket before he (go) went home
6. Tom gave (give) me the book yesterday but I knew he didn't read (not read) it
7. When I arrived home I realized that I hadn't phoned(not phone) my grandparents
8. The postman came(come) after I had left (leave) the office
9. When the old lady returned(return) to her flat, she saw (see) that burglars
had broken(break) into.
10. My grandmother had made(make) some cheese sandwiches when I got (get) home at 5.30.
11. By the time Linda parked (park) her car, her boyfriend had drunk(drink) two cups of coffee
12. My dog was (be) hungry because he had had (have) nothing to eat since breakfast
13. I recognzed (recognize) him because I had seen (see) his photo in the newspaper before

Exercise 01: Put the verbs into correct form. (past simple or past perfect)
1. came – had finished
2. went - had read
3. had started
5. had gone - went 
6. gave - hadn't read
7. didn't call
8. came - left
9. returned - saw - broke
10. made - went
11. parked - had drunk
12. was - had had
13. recognised - had seen

1. They don't look at the picture.
2. Do they look at the picture?
3. They are looking at the picture.
4. They aren't looking at the picture.
5. Are they looking at the picture?
6. They looked at the picture.
7. They didn't look at the picture.
8. Did they look at the picture?

1.   She .........................burst ................ (BURST) into tears when she ...........................saw............  (SEE) his father.

2.   I ....................was cutting...................... (CUT) up vegetables in the kitchen when I .................heard.......... (HEAR) the terrible news on the radio.

3.   What a terrible accident!. Steve ....................was driving..................... (DRIVE) his car when a bird ........................flew............. (FLY) into his windscreen.

4.   First she ........................read.............. (READ) the advertisement and then she ....................called............... (CALL) the company.

5.   The sun ......................was shining................... (SHINE) brightly when the old man .......................set...... (SET) off from his cottage.

6.   At eight o’clock yesterday evening the plane ....................was flying..................... (FLY) from Tahiti to Los Angeles.

7.   I ...................waited................. (WAIT) for him for quite a long time but he ...............didn't ............... (NOT COME).

8.   Last weekend while Julie .............was tidying........................... (TIDY) her bedroom, she .................found.................. (FIND) some of the toys she .............had........................... (HAVE) when she ...................was................. (BE) a child.

9.   While my mother ..................was cooking................... (COOK) dinner, we .....................were playing................. (PLAY) in the garden.

10.We all .................were-sleeping....................... (SLEEP) when some terrible noise .............woke....................... (WAKE) us up.

11.Poor Cinderella .............had.......................... (HAVE) to work hard while her step-sisters ......................was having.................. (HAVE) fun at the ball.

12.The children .................took..................... (TAKE) the cake when nobody .............was looking.................... (LOOK) and .............ate....................... (EAT) it silently.

13.As she ............was crossing....................... (CROSS) the street, she .......................slipped......... (SLIP) and ................fell..................... (FALL).

14.Yesterday when I .....................was walking.................. (WALK) in the park, I .....................lost..............  (LOSE) my watch.

15.The fishing boat ..............was approaching............................. (APPROACH) the seashore when the tornado .....................began.............. (BEGIN).

16.I .................could........................... (CAN) not hear the bell because the radio ....................was playing.................. (PLAY) really loudly.

17.The aeroplane ....................caught................ (CATCH) fire just when it ....................took............... (TAKE) off.

18.The lights .............went.......................... (GO) out when we .....................were discussing................. (DISCUSS) the plans for the following morning.

19.Professor Ward .............was giving............................ (GIVE) the lecture when the students’ riots .................began................... (BEGIN).

20.One of my worst memories from last winter holidays was when I ..........ran..................... (RUN) out of petrol while I ............was driving..................... (DRIVE) through a snowy forest in the evening.

21.Last night Sally ................was watching................... (WATCH) TV in her bedroom when suddenly she ............heard....................... (HEAR) a scream outside.

câu 1 mình thấy để burst hay was bursting đều ok nhưng mà nên để was bursting bn nhé