1.  I _________ born on the first of May.           

          A. were                 B. was                  C. are                    D. is

     2.  The enemy ___________ by night.             

          A. attack               B. attacks             C. attacked           D. did attack

     3.  Mind about what I ___________ just now.  

          A. said                  B. say                   C. did say             D. didn’t say

     4.  Did you ever ___________ of such a thing?

          A. hear                 B. hears                C. heard                D. heart

     5.  He ___________ some eggs to make the cakes.

          A. buys                 B. buy                  C. buied                D. bought

     6.  There ___________ any eggs in the packet when I ___________ the kitchen.

          A. wasn’t/ come    B. weren’t/come   C. wasn’t/came     D. weren’t/ came

     7.  I ___________ an English course to improve all the skills

          A. not joined         B. joined               C. did joined         D. join

     8.  We ___________ to our friend last night.

          A. spoke               B. speak               C. speaked            D. spoken

     9.  We ___________ and ___________ lunch at the cafeteria with them.

          A. talked/ have      B. talked/ had       C. talk/ had           D. talked/ have

     10. ___________ you attend yoga class when I ___________ at home?

          A. Did/ stayed                                   B. Didn’t/ didn’t stayed

          C. Did/ didn’t stayed                          D. Did/ stayed

     11. I ___________ his car to work while he was sleeping.

          A. drive                B. drove               C. driving             D. driven

     12. The man ___________ the door and ___________ pieces of paper.

          A. open/ thrown    B. opened/ threw   C. opened/ thrown D. open/ throw

     13. He ___________ them into a room.

          A. led                    B. lead                  C. leaded              D. leads

     14. He ___________ off his hat and ___________ into the room.   

          A. take/ went        B. take/ go            C. taken/ go          D. took/ went

     15. The meeting ___________ 5 minutes ago.

          A. finished  B. finish      C. did not finish    D. did finish

Exercise 2: Give the correct tense of the verbs.

     1.  What you (do) ___________ last night?

     2.  I (love) ___________ him but not anymore now.

     3.  Yesterday, I (get) ___________ up at 6 and (have) _________ breakfast at 6.30.

     4.  They (not agree) ___________ to the deal of that project.

     5.  They (be) ___________ in London from Monday to Thursday of last week.

     6.  I (be) ___________ a student Doan Thi Diem school in 1998.

     7.  I (study) ___________ French when I was a child.

     8.  He (like) ___________ grain before.

     9.  All the students (read)  ___________ the text carefully last week.

     10. His grandfather (receive) ___________ a letter from his family this morning

Exercise 1: Put the verb in the past simple tense.

     1.  I (go) ___________ to the cinema three times last week.

     2.  I was angry because they (be) ___________ late.

     3.  ___________ you (attend) ___________ the extra class last night.

     4.  Last year I (live) ____________ in London.

     5.  My best friend (go) ___________ abroad five days ago.

     6.  The weather (be) ___________ good when we were on holiday.

     7.  I (meet) ___________ Tom and Ann at the airport a few weeks ago.

     8.  I (buy) ___________ that novel on Monday.

     9.  Liza (get) ___________ a good mark in the final exam.

     10. ___________ you (go) ___________ out yesterday evening?