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1. What was you (do)…………doing……………..…at 8p.m. yesterday ?
2. Last Sunday, while I (read)…………was reading…..……………a book, the phone rang.
3. When she arrived, we (have)……were having………..………………dinner.
4. I (sit)……was sitting………..………… while Nick (watch)………was watching….……………… TV.
5. Was You (cook)………cooking………when she called ?

Past Simple / Past Continuous / Past Perfect Simple

A Choose the correct answer.

1. I heard a knock at the front door so I (went / was going) to answer it.

2. At this time yesterday, I (wrote / was writing) an essay.

3. The football season (began / was beginning) a month ago.

4. She (had graduated / graduated) from school in 2001.

5. We entered the house quietly because everyone (was sleeping / had slept).

6. By the time we (got / had got) to the cinema, the film had already started.

7. The children (were playing / played) in the garden while their parents were watching them.

8. They (had left / left) many hours before we arrived.

B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect Simple.

1. They got (get) to the airport as the plane was landing.

2. She wore the shoes she had bought (buy) the previous day.

3. I fell as I was running (run) for the bus.

4. What did she say (say) when he asked her to marry him?

5. When I was a student, I didn't have (not have) much money.

6. Why was she still working (work) at one o’clock in the morning?

7. I was happy to see her, because we hadn't seen(not see) each other for years.

8. By the time we got to the shop, a long queue had already formed(form) outside.

C Choose the sentence which is closer in meaning to the original.

1. I had already seen the film but I decided to watch it again last night.

   1. I watched the film last night for the first time.

   2. Last night wasn’t the first time that I had seen the film.

2. The boys were playing football while it was raining.

   1. The boys were playing football until it started to rain.

   2. The boys played football in the rain.

3. I was writing an e-mail when our computer broke down.

   1. Our computer broke down before I wrote an e-mail.

   2. I had started writing an e-mail and then our computer broke down.

4. My aunt bought me a lovely gift after she had spent the summer holiday with us.

   1. When the summer holiday was over, my aunt bought me a lovely gift.

   2. While my aunt was spending the summer holiday with us, she bought us a lovely gift.

D Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Until a few years ago, no one 1. had heard (hear) of Harry Potter, the young wizard and hero of the children’s book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The writer, J K Rowling, 2. had already written (already / write) several stories and books, but this was the first book that was published. She 3. got (get) the idea for the story of a wizard at magic school while she 4. was travelling (travel) on a train to London. By the time the train 5. reached (reach) King’s Cross station, she 6. had invented(invent) most of the characters. When the book was published in 1997, no one 7. imagined (imagine) it would be such a tremendous success, but it quickly 8. became (become) a bestseller. While millions of young readers in many countries9. were enjoying (enjoy) her first Harry Potter book, J K Rowling 10. was thinking (think) of ideas for the next book in this incredibly popular series.

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Complete these sentences with one of these two tenses, "Past simple or Past continuous"

I______was watching____(watch) TV when my wife called me.

When she _______looked____(look) up, i realized that she was crying.

I immediately____thought_____(think) that something terrible had happend.

Actually, a mouse _____was running____(run) in the kitchen.

I_____opened______(open) the door and it left.

It was late and my son _____was sleeping_____(sleep).

I___switched____(switch) off the light in his bedroom, but he ______was hearing____(hear) me and he woke up.

So, i _____decided___(decide) to read a story but while i _____was reading_____(read), i realized that he had fallen asleep again.

_{#Không chắc lắm :)}

1.Many/country/use/lots/different/languages

many countries use lots of different languages

2.Beverly Goodman /have/office/but/she/not work/there/very often

Beverly Goodman has an office but she doesn't work there very often

3.We/not meet/our friends/weekends

We don't meet our friends at the weekends

4.Kien/like /old Quarters/because /there be/ interest /art galleries

Kien likes old Quarters because there are many interesting art galleries

1. While I was playing football, I broke my arm.2. Jim and Anna were crossing a wood when it rained.

4. While the teacher was trying to explain something, some students weren’t listening to her.

5. The victim was sleeping all the morning yesterday. . Luckily, in the afternoon she woke up.

6. The little boy was helping his dad fix the car while the girl was helping her mum cook.

7. The child was crying when because his mother wasn’t at home from 8a.m to 11a.m. 

8. My parents were having a birthday party in a restaurant at 5 p.m last week so that evening I stayed at home and had dinner alone.

9. When she came back home, her children were sleeping well.

10. He graduated in 2009. At that time, the economy was facing a global crisis so he couldn’t find a job

complete the sentences using the words on bold. use rwo to five words

1. as well as having a flat, they also have a cottage

got

not only..........................has they got a flat..............................but also a cottage

2. despite meeting lots of people , she felt lonely

though

she felt lonely................................though she met.........................................lots of people

3. she inteds to go back to college in september

intention

it.........................................is her intetion to go ..........................................back to college in september

4. all this exercise has exhausted me

worn

i................................................was worn by........................................all this exercise

5. it would be better if you left your passport at reception

rather

we would rather you had left your passport at reception

6. we bought more food than we needed

have

we..................................shouldn't have bought...............................................much food

7. the walk was so long that we were exhausted by the end of it

such

it..............................................was such long walk.................................that we were exhausted by the end of it

8. the soldier was told to obey all orders

carry

the sodier......................................was told to carry out............................................all orders

9. he lost the game because he hadn't practised

have

he.........................would have won.....................................the game if he had practised

10. someone stole sarah's bag while she was out

had

sarah......................................had her bag stolen................................................while she was out

4. I was worn out by all this exercise.

1. When I (arrive) ..arrived ..at this house, he was still sleeping(sleep) .

2. The light (go) ..went ...out while we (have) were having dinner.

3. Bill (have) ..was having..breakfast when I (stop) ..stopped ..at this house this morning.

4. She (wash) was washing....up when Vinh (arrive) ..arrived..at this house.

5. As we (cross) .were crossing...the Street, we (see) ...saw ..an accident.

6. Tom (see) ..saw....a serious accident while he (stand)was standing at the bus stop.

7. The children (play) ..were playing...football when their mother (come) ...came ... back home.

8. The bell (ring)rang while Tom (take) was taking a bath.

9. He (sit)was sitting in a car when I (see)saw him.

10. We (clean) were cleaning the house when she (come) came yesterday.

User the following words to complete the sentences below

(Chef - plate - waitress - menu - knife - bill - oven - spoon - fork - glass)

1. You look at the.....menu..... when deciding what food to order.

2. The.....bill..... is a piece of paper that tells you the cost of your meal.

3. After you take the bread out of the....oven....... put butter on it while it's still hot

4. A......waitress... is a woman who takes your order and brings you your food

5. Your food is normally served on a......plate..... It is flat and round

6. You can use a.......knife...... to cut your food into smaller pieces

7. We often use a......fork...... at the same time as a knife. You can pick up food with it

8. You use a.....spoon.... to eat ice cream or soup

9. A......chef..... is a person who cook food in a restaurant.

10. You drink water from a...glass

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