II.        Complete the sentences with the Past Simple affirmative or negative of the verbs in brackets. There are two verbs in questions 6–8.

0     I _______________ (not play) football last Saturday.

1     Paloma _______________ (not clean) her house yesterday.

2     Fabian _______________ (watch) a good film last night.

3     Amar _______________ (not buy) anything at the shops today.

4     Nick _______________ (not meet) his friends last night.

5     Colin and Jonny _______________ (miss) school today.

6     We __________ (not visit) my grandparents last week – they _______ (be) on holiday.

7     I __________ (not sleep) very much last night – I _______________ (not be) tired.

8     The sun___________ (not shine) yesterday so I _______________ (stay) at home.

1 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1 .When it _______________________ (stop) raining, we _______________________ (go out) and _______________________ (put) the kayak in the water.

2. While I _______________________ (wait) at the bus stop, I _______________________ (see) an accident.

3 .Suddenly, the man _______________________ (take) the purse from the woman’s handbag and _______________________ (run off).

4 .At 5 p.m. yesterday, I _______________________ (read) a book about Captain Cook and my sister _______________________ (watch) a film about the explorer Robert Falcon Scott.

5. I _______________________ (relax) in the sun when a cloud _______________________ (appear) in the sky.

6. When the sailor _______________________ (open) the box, he _______________________ (find) an old map inside.

7. While everyone _______________________ (argue), I _______________________ (realise) it was a good time to go.

8. As I _______________________ (leave) the party, I finally _______________________ (remember) the man’s name.

9. The man _______________________ (wear) a raincoat and _______________________ (carry) a big suitcase.

10. The girl _______________________ (run) through the forest when she _______________________ (slip) over.

3 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letter of each word has been given.

1 It was a bright day in July, but inside the Son Doong C_ _ _ it was very dark and cold.

2 It's a s_ _ _ _ climb to the top of Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands, but the view is worth it.

3 Angel Falls, on the Guaja River in Venezuela, is the highest w_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the world.

4 During the day, the temperature in the Sahara d_ _ _ _ _ can reach 50°C, but at night it sometimes falls to below 0°C.

5 The beautiful White C_ _ _ _s of Dover are very high and it’s dangerous to walk too close to the edge.

6 The edges of Lake Como in Italy are s_ _ _ _ _ _ , but it’s quite deep in the middle.

7 Over 1,500 people lost their lives in the early morning of 15 April 1912 when the Titanic sank in the i_ _ waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.

8 You can collect seashells from the s_ _ _ _ in the Maldives, but you can’t take coral pieces.

X.   Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple or the present perfect tenses.

1.   I’m really hungry. I ______________ (not have) lunch yet.

2.   We ______________ (not have) a maths class last week.

3.   Keith’s not home now. He ______________ (go) to the beach this weekend.

4.   My family ______________ (move) to Canada in 2010.

5.   _________ you ever __________ (visit) San Adarino?

6.   He ______________ (live) in London for two years when he was a student.

7.   __________ Jenny __________ (go) to the dentist yesterday?

8.   They ______________ (work) in this company since 2001.

9.   _________ you __________ (see) Joana recently?

1.     Complete  the sentences with the simple past form of the verbs in brackets.

1.     John and I……………badminton yesterday . ( play)

2.     He…………..to school this afternoon. ( walk)

3.     We…………..a great time last weekend. ( have)

4.     She…………a lot of photos last week. ( take)

5.     What time( Nam / have)………………….breakfast this morning ?

6.     They ……………to the cinema last night. ( not go)

7.     It………………. last week. ( not rain)

8.     The weather ……………..quite good last Christmas. ( be)

9.     She ……………our new teacher 2 days ago (  not see)

10.               I……………… this bike since I was a teenager .( have)

        11………….your aunt ……………..in this hospital in 2000?  ( work)

V.  Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in the box.

turn     travel      tell     enjoy     accept    know       ring      play     cry    teach      visit    study

1.   I really __________ the concert last night. It was great!

2.   We __________ tennis yesterday because it was raining.

3.   Last summer my friend and I __________ around the south of France.

4.   __________ you __________ at the end of the film? I thought it was really sad.

5.   He __________ hard for the exam, so he failed.

6.   Where __________ he __________ before he came here?

7.   My PC was making a strange noise so I __________ it off.

8.   Our teacher __________ us a very interesting legend two days ago.

9.   They __________ each other very well when they were kids.

10. She __________ the job because the salary was too low.

11. __________ your parents __________ the Acropolis when they were in Greece?

Complete the text. Use the past simple of the verbs in brackets. It 1 ________ (be) George’s birthday party on Friday. We 2 ___________ (have) a great time. George 3 _______________ (invite) all his friends and everyone 4 _______________ (enjoy) it. The lights sparkled, we 5 ________________ (listen) to music and 6 _______________ (dance) all evening. We 7 ___________ (play) games. I 8 ____________ (clap) when George 9 ______________ (open) his presents. We all 10 ___________ (tidy) up when the party 11 ____________ (end) and I 12 _____________________ (not want) to go home! 

Task 3: Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verb in brackets.

1.      I (break) _____________ my arm while I (climb) _____________ a tree.

2.      My friends (swim) _____________ in the sea when he (see) _____________ an octopus.

3.      The police (catch) _____________ the thief while he (jump) _____________ over the wall.

4.      When my dad (get) _____________ home, we (not do) _____________ our homework.

5.      We (sit) _____________ in a café when you (call) _____________.

6.      What (she/see) _____________ while she (swim) _____________?

7.      What (you/do) _____________ at 9:00 last night?

8.      I (talk) _____________ to my friend on the phone when the bus (arrive) _____________.

9.      While Kate (drink)_____________ milk, she (drop) _____________ the glass.

10.  While I (listen)_____________ to music, I (hear) _____________ the doorbell.

I.                   Past Simple (affirmatives and negatives)- Thì quá khứ đơn.

 Complete the sentences with the correct Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets. 

 1 Tom _________________ (go) to France last summer. (✗)

2 We _________________ (eat) dinner in a fashionable restaurant. ( ✓)

3 Mike _________________ (read) my mail. (✗)

4 I _________________ (watch) the football match on TV last night. (✗)

5 Jane _________________ (be) thirsty. (✓)

6 She _________________ (drink) some water. (✓)

I) Complete the sentences. Use the past perfect or past perfect continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1. The bus got stuck in traffic, so, by the time we got to the cinema, we ___________ (miss) the start of the film.

2. Clara ___________ (perform) in small-town theatres for years before she got her first role in a Hollywood film.

3. Audiences were amazed when they first saw the film Citizen Kane. They ___________ (not see) anything like it before. 

4. The flight was so long I ___________ (watch) five films from beginning to end by the time we landed. 

5. My little brother started crying in the cinema because he thought I ___________ (eat) all of his ice cream. 

6. It wasn’t until we left the cinema that I noticed my sister’s eyes were red. She ___________ (cry) all the way through the film.