1. When the villagers ( have)...... a party, a dragon suddenly (appear)..... and took a fiery breath.

2. "We (not drive) ...... horses to the beach at this time last week", said the knights.

3. Sinbad and his men ( leave)..... the cave while the giant (sleep)...... in his lair.

4. When their parents (die) ......., the older brother (take)...... almost everything, and only (give) ........ the younger brother a cottage and a fruit tree.

5. While Cinderella (do)....... the housework, her stepsisters (travel)...... to the ball.

Put the verbs into the correct form, the Past Continuous or Simple Past.

1. When I last (see) _____ them, they (try) _____ to find a new flat near the office.

2. I (walk) _____ along the street when I suddenly (feel) _____ something hit me in the back.

3. When we (drive) _____ down the hill, a strange object (appear) _____ in the sky.

4. How fast (she/drive) _____ when the accident (happen) _____?

5. My mother (wait) _____ for me when I (come) _____ home?

6. Mrs. Smith (invite) _____ Mrs. Quyen to have dinner while Mrs. Quyen (visit) _____ the USA.

7. I (not want) _____ to go with him because I (wait) _____ for a phone call.

8. The doorbell (ring) _____ while Tom (watch) _____ TV.

9. It suddenly (begin) _____ to rain while Linda (sit) _____ in the garden.

10. The lights (go) _____ out while we (have) _____ dinner.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous tense.

1. Last night I (read) _____ when suddenly I (hear) _____ a shout.

2. The postman (come) _____ while I (have) _____ lunch.

3. When we (go) _____ out, it (rain) _____.

4. (you/watch) _____ TV when I (phone) _____ you?

5. We (meet) _____ Ann at the party yesterday, she (wear) _____ a lovely white dress.

6. The boys (break) _____ the window while they (play) _____ football.

7. I was home late, but my friends (wait) _____ when I (arrive) _____.

8. He said the he (not drive) _____ fast when the accident (happen) _____.

9. Tom (fall) _____ off the ladder while he (paint) _____ the ceiling.

10. What (you/do) _____ at this time yesterday?

Điền thì thích hợp vào chỗ chấm, giải thích vì sao lại sử dụng thì đó:

1. When we (be)...young, we had to stand in row to greet guests

2. My sisters (not have)...to go to work today because it was raining heavily.

3. While the hare (sleep)..., the tortoise (run)...to the finish as fast as he could.

4. A fairy (appear)...while she (cry)...

5.When Jack (go)...to the market, he (meet)...a magician.

6. Alice (walk)...alone in the woods when she suddenly(hear)...footsteps behind her.

7. At3.30 the tortoise (run)...ahead of the hare.

8. You have to (take)...your hat off when going inside the main worship area of the temple.

9. When Tom heard the news, he ran to his car, jumped in it and (drive)...home.

10.When I (sleep)...at 2:pm in the afternoon, someone (knock)...the door.

11. He (meet)...his old friend, when he (go)... shopping yesterday.

Read the following passage, and decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F).

Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters mistreated her. She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and had fun. A good witch helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a beautiful gown. Cinderella went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited her to dance with him. He fell in love with her and wanted to find out who she was. Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. but she left a glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived happily ever after.

Question: Her stepmother and two stepsisters were very kind to her.

A. True

B. False