Mr Thomas was exhausted.He ___________ (have) the worst morning of his life! Everything ___________ (go) wrong.He ___________ (drive) to work for half an hour when suddenly his car broke down.Not wanting to be late he decided to start walking and try to catch a bus.After he ___________ (walk) for over an hour,it began to rain.However,just at moment a taxi appeared and Mr Thomas jumped in.When he arrived at the office,he realised that he ___________ (leave) his wallet in his own car and he had no money to pay driver!He rushed into the office, followed by the angry taxi diver.However,an importance business meeting ___________ (just/start). Mr thomas was wet and dirty because it ___________ (rain) and his boss was very angry because he ___________ (wait) for him to arrive for over an hour.After explaning what ___________ (happen) to his boss,Mr Thomas borrowed a car and went home change. When he arrived home he realished to his horror that someone ___________ (break into) his house.What a morning!

Exercise 3.the simple past or past perfect

1.What you (do) there before you (return) home ?

2.When I (come) to his house yesterday,his mother (tell) me that he (go) to the cinema with his friend 2 hours before.

3.He (go) to England after he (study) English for 2 years.

4.Before they (go) very far ,they (find) that they (lose) their way.

5.When their father (get) home from work, they (tell) him that they already (cook) the dinner.

6.By the time he (return) home from England,they already (build) a new house for him.

7.When Peter (arrive) at the cinema, the film already (start).

8.The boy (say) that he (do) all the homework before he (go) to bed.

9.The children (begin) to do the exercise after they (review) all the rules.

10.He (make) the report on the history of England after he (read) a lots of books about ..

11.He thanked me for what I (do) for him.

12.We arrived here late .The train (leave).

13.The film (show) for 10 minutes when we came.

14.When I (discover) that my camera (steal), I called the police at once.

15.He kept looking at her,wondering where he (see) her before.

16.I (put) the 5$ note in one of my books,but next day it (take) me ages to find it because I (forget) which book I put it into.

17.I (not read) a book as intersting as the book I read yesterday.

Read the story. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

John's parents gave him a red drum for his eight birthday. When John (0)...opened....his present early that morning, he was very (1)..................to see a drum inside! He started to play it very loudly. He played it all morning and then after lunch he wanted to play it again. But his mum felt ill. She had a bad (2)......... because John and his drum were so noisy. His dad said, "John, if you want to play your drum, go outside please." John went into the garden and played his drum there. After fives minutes, he (3)................some lovely music. He went out into the street and saw a lot of people there. It was the circus! They drove into town in their lories and trucks. The (4)................of the first truck stopped when he saw John. John jumped on the back of the truck and (5)................ into town with them. He played his drum all the way there!

Chia các động từ trong ngoặc theo 1 trong 4 thì sau: Thì quá khứ đơn; quá khứ hoàn thành; hiện tại đơn và hiện tại tiếp diễn

1) He (give) me back the book, (thank) me for lending it to him and (say) that he enjoy it very much; but I (know) that he (not read) it because most of the pages (be) still uncut.

2) When he (see) his wife off at the station, he (return) home as he (no have) to be at the airport till 9.30.

3) He (not have) to pack, for his wife always (do) that for him and his case (be) ready in the hall.

4) He (not have) to check the doors and windows either, for his wife always (do) that before she (leave) the house.

5) All he (have) to do (be) to decide whether or not to take his overcoat with him. In the end, he (decide) not to.

6) At 8.30 he (pick) up his case, (go) out of the house and (slam) the door behind him.

7) Then, he (feel) in his pockets for the key, for his wife (remind) him to double-lock the front door.

8) When he (search) all his pockets and (find) no key he (remember) where it (be).

9) He (leave) it in his over coat pocket.

10) Then, he (remember) some thing else; his passport and tickets (be) in his overcoat pocket as well.

11) I (arrive) in England in the middle of July. I (be told) that England (be) shrouded in fog all year round, so I (be) quite surprised to find that it was merely raining.

12) I (ask) another passenger, an Englishman, about the fog and he (say) that there (not be) any since the previous February.

13) If I (want) fog, he said, I (come) at quite the wrong time.

14) However, he (tell) me that I could buy tinned fog at a shop in Shaftesbury Avenue.

15) He (admit) that he never (buy) fog there himself but I (assure) me that they (sell) good quality fog and that it (not be) expensive. I suppose he was joking.

(Biết rằng từ câu 2 đến câu 10 là một đoạn văn; câu 11 đến câu 15 cũng là một đoạn văn)

Read this legend, then answer the following questions.. Kitchen Gods Once upon a time, there was a childless couple. The wife was faithful and loved the husband passionately while the husband was treated his wife badly. One day he beat the poor wife with a stick and dismissed her from home. The women had come to another place. She then got married with a kind man, and they lived in harmony. One afternoon when her husband had gone for hunting, a beggar came and a some food. The woman was kind; filled the poor beggar's bag and recognized that the beggar was her former husband. The man also recognized his wife then. She felt sorry for the man when hearing that from the day he dismissed ber, he was deeply sad and regretful. So he decided to go away to find her until he spent all money and became a beggar. After being offered a big meal, the man was drunk so the woman had to drag him out and hid him in a stack of straw because it was time for her recent husband to come back from the forest. After a while, there was a knock at the door, the hunter appeared with a deer on his back. He then happily asked the woman to go to the market to prepare for the dinner. When the women came back, she found that the stack of straw, where her drunk former husband was sleeping, had been burned with a deer roasted. She cried painfully, and then jumped into the fire. The hunter didn't know what had happened and what to do but jumped into the fire to die beside his wife. At that moment, God was in the heaven, he was moved by the story so he turned three of them into three parts of the earthen tripod so that they could live side foreverand conferred them with the title of Kitchen God to oversee all the cooking of people. Every year, they all together came back to the heaven on the 23"of the 12 lunar month to report to God.

1. Why did the wife have to leave for another place?

2. What did the former husband do after dismissing his wife from home?

3. Why did the wife jump into the fire?

4. What did the hunter do then?

5.Why did God turn them into three parts of the earthen tripod?

Chia các động từ trong ngoặc theo 1 trong 4 thì sau: Thì quá khứ đơn; quá khứ hoàn thành; hiện tại đơn và hiện tại tiếp diễn

1) He (give) me back the book, (thank) me for lending it to him and (say) that he enjoy it very much; but I (know) that he (not read) it because most of the pages (be) still uncut.

2) When he (see) his wife off at the station, he (return) home as he (no have) to be at the airport till 9.30.

3) He (not have) to pack, for his wife always (do) that for him and his case (be) ready in the hall.

4) He (not have) to check the doors and windows either, for his wife always (do) that before she (leave) the house.

5) All he (have) to do (be) to decide whether or not to take his overcoat with him.In the end, he (decide) not to.

6) At 8.30 he (pick) up his case, (go) out of the house and (slam) the door behind him.

7) Then, he (feel) in his pockets for the key, for his wife (remind) him to double-lock the front door.

8) When he (search) all his pockets and (find) no key he (remember) where it (be).

9) He (leave) it in his over coat pocket.

10) Then, he (remember) some thing else; his passport and tickets (be) in his overcoat pocket as well.

11) I (arrive) in England in the middle of July. I (be told) that England (be) shrouded in fog all year round, so I (be) quite surprised to find that it was merely raining.

12) I (ask) another passenger, an Englishman, about the fog and he (say) that there (not be) any since the previous February.

13) If I (want) fog, he said, I (come) at quite the wrong time.

14) However, he (tell) me that I could buy tinned fog at a shop in Shaftesbury Avenue.

15) He (admit) that he never (buy) fog there himself but I (assure) me that they (sell) good quality fog and that it (not be) expensive.I suppose he was joking

(Biết rằng từ câu 2 đến câu 10 là một đoạn văn; câu 11 đến câu 15 cũng là một đoạn văn) 

1. Thieves (break) into the art gallery last night through a skylight and (turn off) the burglar alarms, then (cut) the painting from its frame and (escape). The thieves (see) by a man out (walk) his dog as they ran off. The man (call) the police and they (arrive) shortly after, but by then the thieves had already made their getaway
2. He ( allow) (open) a new restaurant on the main road by the city council
3. It's not good (write) to him. He never (answer) letters. The only thing (do) is (go) and (see) him
4. Nick dislike school. Being class truant, he ( not realize) the importance of education. Then, one day while he (play) truant, he (meet) a beggar. Curious, the baggar (ask) him why he was not in school. (Know) the reasons, the beggar (warn) Nick that if he (continue) as he was, he enventually (end up) his life. Plagued by tears. Nick decided (change) for the best. His sudden change (surprise) all his teachers. His improvenment became obvious to all.
5. Each July, Peter together with his family (go) to Spain for holidays
6. Neither she nor her children (be) at home last night
7. Aluminum is a valuable metal that can (use) again. Because this metal can (recycle) , aluminum cans should (not throw away)
8. These tiger used (keep) in iron cages
9. I (see) an accident last night. Somebody (call) the ambulance but nobody (injure) so the ambulance (need)
10. There's somebody(walk) behind us. I think we(follow)

When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be ___(1)___ When you put one finger in front of your ___(2)___, you mean, "Be quiet."Yet, people in different countries may use different sign languages. Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could ___(3)___ a little Italian. One day while he was walking in the street, he felt ___(4)___ and went into a restaurant. When the waiter came, the Englishman ___(5)___ his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way, he ___(6)___ to say, "Bring me something to eat." But the waiter brought him a lot of things to ___(7)___ first tea, then coffee, then milk, but no food. The Englishman was sorry that he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was ___(8)___ to leave the restaurant. When another man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And this sign was ___(9)___ enough for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. ___(10)___, the Englishman had his meal in the same way.