Exercise 1: Chia các động từ trong ngoặc ở thì Quá khứ đơn hoặc Quá khứ tiếp diễn.

In my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I (go) 1…………to the beach for the first time, something wonderful happened. I (swim) 2…………in the sea while my mother was sleeping in the sun. My brother was building a castle and my father (drink) 3 some water. Suddenly I (see) 4…………a boy on the beach. His eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair (be) 5…………beautiful black. He was very tall and thin and his face was brown. My heart (beat) 6…………fast. I (ask) 7…………him for his name with a shy voice. He (tell) 8…………me that his name was John. He (stay) 9…………with me the whole afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We ate pizza in a restaurant. The following days we (have) 10…………a lot of fun together. At the end of my holidays when I left Hawaii I said good-bye to John. We had tears in our eyes. He wrote to me a letter very soon and I answered him.

Exercise 2: Chọn đáp án đúng

1.     We …… on the lake when it started to rain so we went home.

A. finished            B. finishing          C. were finishing            D. are finishing

2.     My dad found some money while he …… his suitcase.

A. packing            B. package           C. are packing                D. was packing

3.     My brother ……… in Ireland when he met his girlfriend.

A. study               B. was studying   C. were study                 D. was study

4.     My grandma tried pizza for the first time while she ………. in Italy.

A. staying             B. is staying         C. is stayed                              D. was staying

5.     My mom ………. in the sea when she saw a dolphin.

A. was swimming          B. was swiming    C. were swimming         D. were swiming

6.     ……. it ……. when you woke up this morning?

A. Is….raining     B. was ….. raining         C. is….rain                             D.were…… raining

7.     What …….. when the teacher came?

A. were you doing         B. was you doing C. are you doing            D. are you doing

8.     What did you watch on TV while you …….. dinner yesterday?

A. were having     B. was having      C. were haveing             D. was haveing

9.     The man ………. his letter in the post office at that time.

A. is sending        B. was sending     C. sending            D. was senting

10.                It ………and cloudy when we left Ireland.

A. was rain                    B. was raining      C. is raining          D. rainingExercise 1: Chia các động từ trong ngoặc ở thì Quá khứ đơn hoặc Quá khứ tiếp diễn.

In my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I (go) 1…………to the beach for the first time, something wonderful happened. I (swim) 2…………in the sea while my mother was sleeping in the sun. My brother was building a castle and my father (drink) 3 some water. Suddenly I (see) 4…………a boy on the beach. His eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair (be) 5…………beautiful black. He was very tall and thin and his face was brown. My heart (beat) 6…………fast. I (ask) 7…………him for his name with a shy voice. He (tell) 8…………me that his name was John. He (stay) 9…………with me the whole afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We ate pizza in a restaurant. The following days we (have) 10…………a lot of fun together. At the end of my holidays when I left Hawaii I said good-bye to John. We had tears in our eyes. He wrote to me a letter very soon and I answered him.

Exercise 2: Chọn đáp án đúng

1.     We …… on the lake when it started to rain so we went home.

A. finished            B. finishing          C. were finishing            D. are finishing

2.     My dad found some money while he …… his suitcase.

A. packing            B. package           C. are packing                D. was packing

3.     My brother ……… in Ireland when he met his girlfriend.

A. study               B. was studying   C. were study                 D. was study

4.     My grandma tried pizza for the first time while she ………. in Italy.

A. staying             B. is staying         C. is stayed                              D. was staying

5.     My mom ………. in the sea when she saw a dolphin.

A. was swimming          B. was swiming    C. were swimming         D. were swiming

6.     ……. it ……. when you woke up this morning?

A. Is….raining     B. was ….. raining         C. is….rain                             D.were…… raining

7.     What …….. when the teacher came?

A. were you doing         B. was you doing C. are you doing            D. are you doing

8.     What did you watch on TV while you …….. dinner yesterday?

A. were having     B. was having      C. were haveing             D. was haveing

9.     The man ………. his letter in the post office at that time.

A. is sending        B. was sending     C. sending            D. was senting

10.                It ………and cloudy when we left Ireland.

A. was rain                    B. was raining      C. is raining          D. raining

1.     Yesterday evening Tom ________ (have) a bath when the phone ________ (ring). He got out of the bath and ________ (answer) the phone.

2.     I ________ (see) Tony in the park. He ________ (sit) on the grass and ________ (read) a book.

3.     While I ________ (walk) in the garden, I _____ (hurt) my back.

4.     Tommy ______ (burn) his hand when he ________ (cook) the dinner.

5.     George ______ (fall) off the ladder while he ________ (paint) the ceiling.

6.     Last night, I ________ (read) in the bed when suddenly I ________ (hear) a scream.

7.     ________(you, watch) television when I phoned you?

8.     Ann _____ (wait) for me when I _______ (arrive).

9.     I _______ (not/drive) very fast when the accident _______ (happen).

10.                        I ________ (break) a plate last night. I ______ (do) the washing-up when it _______ (slip) out of my hand

Exercise 2: Tìm lỗi sai và sửa

1. He was play badminton when I called him.

2. Was she study English at 8 p.m. yesterday?

3. What was he do while his mother was making lunch? 

4. Where did you went last Monday? 

5. He turn on the TV, but nothing happened. 

6. She got up early and have breakfast with her family yesterday morning. 

7. Hoa didn't broke the flower vase. I did. 

8. Last weekend, my friend and I go to the beach on the bus.

Exercise 3: Chọn đáp án đúng

Exercise 4: Hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại sau bằng cách điền vào chỗ trống dạng đúng của động từ

Sue: ________________________ when you saw them? (what | Tim and Matt | do) (1)

Julie: Tim was swimming in the pool, but I didn’t see Matt first.

Sue: __________________ in the pool, too? (you | swim) (2)

Julie: No, I wasn’t. I was just looking. But then I saw Matt, too.

Sue: ________________________ ? (what | he | do) (3)

Julie: He was diving in the pool.

Sue: Diving, you say ________________________ to dive? (he | not | just | try) He can’t dive. (4)

Julie: You’re right. He was just trying to do it. And all his friends were watching it.

Sue: ________________________ ? (they | laugh) (5)

Julie: Of course, they were. Matt was pretty funny. He splashed the water all over the place.

Sue: _____________________ faces when he came up to the surface of the pool? (Matt | make) (6)

Julie: Yes, he was. He was grinning and making faces at me.

Sue: At you? Vow! And what about Tim? __________________ Matt, too? (he | watch) (7)

Julie: Not really. He was looking at me instead.

Sue: Oh, no! You’re kidding. ___________________ your new swimsuit? (you | wear) (8)

Julie: Yes, I was. Why?

Sue: Now I know why Tim and Matt were watching you, Julie.

1.    A. beds                 B. doors               C. plays                D. students

2.    A. stopped           B. lived                 C. played              D. arrived

3.    A. devoted            B. suggested         C. provided                    D. wished

4.    A. relieves            B. invents             C. buys                 D. deals

5.    A. resources         B. stages               C. preserves         D.focuses

6.    A. decorated         B. forced              C. asked               D. liked

7.    A. programs         B. individuals       C. subjects            D. celebrations

8.    A. selected            B. failed                C. deleted             D. faded

9.    A. crossroads       B. species             C. works              D. mosquitoes

10.                       A. failed      B. reached            C. absorbed                   D. solved

1.     Hung (come) ____________  from Vinh but he (stay) ____________ with his relatives in Ho Chi Minh city at the moment.

2.     Yesterday, I (go)____to shool at 6 a.m. 

3.     Tonight, I ____ (stay) in- I’ve rented a video.

4.     I completely forgot about it. Give me a moment; I ____ (do) it now.

5.     Trang usually_________ (listen)  to the teacher in the class, but she_________ (not listen)  now.

6.     Who you (talk) ____________ to on the phone now, Minh?

7.     My vacation in Hue last summer _______ wonderful. (be)

8.     Lan and Mai _____ sharks, dolphins and turtles at Tri Nguyen aquarium. (see)

9.     Look at those clouds- it ____ (rain) any minute now.

10.                        I think my mother __________ this CD. (like)

11.                        In 2025 people __________ more hybrid cars. (buy)

12.                        How often ____________ she (go) ____________ fishing?

–       She (go) ____________ once a year.

13.                        Look! Ha _________ (run) 

14.                        What time (he/get up) yesterday?

15.                        She (read) the newspaper yesterday.

16.                        We __________ to Venice in June. (fly)

17.                        Paul’s sister __________ a baby. (have)

18.                        Just a moment. I __________  you with the bags. (help)

19.                        Lan (not have) ___________ many friends in her new school.

20.                        Look! Jane (play) ____________ the guitar. This afternoon, she will play table tennis.