a. Fill in the blanks with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

(Điền từ vào chỗ trống với dạng đúng với thì quá khứ đơn của từ trong ngoặc.)

1. The school raised (raise) nearly five thousand dollars after the charity day. 

2. My friends and I _______(not clean up) the local park last weekend. 

3. Last summer, my brother_______(volunteer) at the local food kitchen. He prepare food and do the dishes. 

4. We______(donate) sweaters, scarves, and socks to poor children last winter. 

5. _________they__________(organize) a fun run last month? 

I . điền dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc

1. what ( you/do ).....yesterday , we (volunteer).... at a soup chicken
2. We ( raise ) .....money to help local charity and (donate)....... some books last year.
3. How about ( organize )..... a craft fair?
4. How about we ( bake ) .....and ( sell)...... cookies?
5. Let's ( not walk )...... to the park because It's too far
6. Where ( you/ be)......yesterday ?
7. (be) at home and ( study) .........english

IX: Make up sentences using the words and phrases given

Example:what/you/know/about/community/service?

What do you know about community service?

1:community service/work/you/do/for/benefits/of/community/.

2:last/summer/I/provide/evening/classes/for/twenty/children/.

3:Go Green/non-profit/organization/that/protect/environment/.

4:you/volunteer/if/you/help/other/people/willingly/and/without/payment/.

5:my mother/often/donate/money/charitable/organisations/.

6:last year/we/start/community garden/project/.

7:so far/we/ask/people/donate/book and clothers/the poor children.

8:because/the lake/be/full/rubbish/they/decide/clean it up/last Sunday.

9:Green Summer/organize/first time/in 1997.

1.

Mary( go ) ______ shopping for me yesterday

2.the policemanv( not drive ) ____ away ten minutes ago.

3. The biscuit factory ( close ) ______ lats year?

4.the headmaster (come) ____ to the school in 1985.

5.you (not spend) ______ a lot of money last month.

6. I last (go)_____ to spain in 1990.

7.the boy ( finish ) ____ their homework yesterday?

8. Rolf ( buy ) _____ the leather jacket last week.

9.I ( have ) ____ a little trouble with my car last week.

10. I (be) ____ in ha noi last month.

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.

1. You ever ( do ) __________ volunteer work ?

2. Yes. I ( do ) _________ volunteer work last month .

3. I ( collect ) _________ hundreds of old books and clothes for street children so far.

4. My sister wants to raise funds for street children so the ( make ) ________ hundreds of postcards to sell them.

5. My hobby is carving eggshells and now I ( carve ) __________ nearly 100.

6. Going home from school yesterday, I ( help ) ________ an old man to go across the street.

7. Last Tuesday, I ( go ) ___________ home late because there was a traffic jams near my school.

8. At Tet, my mother and her close friends often go to the hospitals to donate cakes, sweets and toys for the sick children there. She ( do ) _________ it for many years.

9. Lan never ( eat ) __________ Banh tet . She will try some this year .

10. Linh is my close friend. We ( know ) ____________ each other for 5 years.

Supply the correct forms or tenes of the verbs in parenthese

1. My brother often (go).............. fishing at weekend

2. Last year, I (play)..................football yesterday

3. We (visit)...............Ha Long next summer holiday

4. Nga (not finish).......................... her homewwork yet

5. We (learn)................for 3 year

6. Do you like (take)........................part in ''Be a Buddy''?

7. I (do).....................volunteer work last month

8. You ever (do)......................volunteer work?

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.

1My hobby is carving eggshells and now I ( carve ) __________ nearly 100.

2Going home from school yesterday, I ( help ) ________ an old man to go across the street.

3 Last Tuesday, I ( go ) ___________ home late because there was a traffic jams near my school.

4 At Tet, my mother and her close friends often go to the hospitals to donate cakes, sweets and toys for the sick children there. She (do)_________ it for many years.

5 Lan never ( eat ) __________ Banh tet . She will try some this year .

6 Linh is my close friend. We ( know ) ____________ each other for 5 years.

7 You ever ( do ) __________ volunteer work ?

Yes. I ( do ) _________ volunteer work last month .

8 I ( collect ) _________ hundreds of old books and clothes for street children so far.

9 My sister wants to raise funds for street children so the ( make ) ________ hundreds of postcards to sell them.

Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense :
1. They (begin)............................to study at this school 7 years ago
2. She (lose)...........................her handbag on the train yesterday morning
3. We (visit)............................that city last year
4. Peter and Daisy (be).........................born in 1978
5. .....................you (spend).......................your holiday in DaLat last summer ?
6. She (clean)..............................the bicycle yesterday
7. They (start)..........................school in 1978
8. My friend and I (go)............................to the seaside last week
9. We (spend)..........................hours on the beach last Sunday
10. He (be)...................................in Ha Noi last year
11. His father (die)........................in 1930
12. Lincoln (work)..........................in this factory three years ago
13. I (do).............................my homework last night
14. Miss White (write)..................................to her father last Monday
15. My parents ( buy)................................the car last year
16. Hoa (read)......................................the book yesterday
17. He (listen).............................to the radio last night
18. We (watch).....................................a good programme on TV last night
19.Mary (go)....................................shopping for me yesterday
20. I (be)..................................in Ha Noi last month
21. My paremts (go).................................to HCM city last week
22.Yesterday we (have)...................................a meeting at our school 
23.Mary (meet).....................................her parents two week ago
24. She (be)..................................born in1992
25. What you (do)....................................last night 
26. Last summer I (study)....................................English in Can Tho city
27. She (not visit)...............................her son last week
28.In 1997 there (be)...................................a terrible storm
29. They (build)....................................the house twenty yaers ago . John (do not)....................come to my birthday party last Sunday 

III. The past simple tense.

Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question:

1. Mary (go) ______ shopping for me yesterday.

2. The policeman (drive) ________ a way ten minutes ago.

3. The biscuit factory (close) __________ last year.

4. The headmaster (come) ______ to the school in 1985.

5. You (spend)_________ a lot of money last month.

6. I last (go) _____ to Spain in 1990.

7. The boy (finish) _____ their homework yesterday.

8. Rolf (buy) ________ the leather jacket last week.

9. I (have) ________ a little trouble with my car last week.

10. She wash ____ her clothes last night.

Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense:

1. They (begin) ___________ to study at this school 7 years ago.

2.She (lose) ____ her handbag on the train yesterday morning.

3. We (visit) ______ that city last year.

4. Peter and Daisy (be) ____ born in 1978.

5. ___ you (spend) ______ your holiday in Dalat last summer.

6. She (clean) ___ the bicycle yesterday.

7. They (start) ___ school in 1978.

8. My friend and I (go) _______ to the seaside last week.

9. We (spend) ____ hours on the beach last Sunday.

10. He (be) __ in Ha Noi last year.