Complete the funny story with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets

It(1be).............Sunday, the day of the big game. The players (2arrive).........early. They(3be) ..............exited. Everyyone(4 want)...........to play. There (5be)....... lots of people in the stadium. They(6wave)...... and (7cheer).......... when the players (8walk)...... on ton the ground. The referee(9call).......... the captains to the middle. The refeere(10ask)........ " Where is the ball?". Nobody(11answer).......... All the players (12look) ............ at the ground . There(13be)......... no ball. The referee(14cancle).......... the game

1.Complete the funny story with the part underlined

Ít (1.bé)..............Sunday, the day of the big game. the players (2.arrive)............early. They (3.bé)..............excited.Everyone (4.want)..............to play.

There (5.be)...............lots of people in the stadium. They (6.wave)..............and (7.cheer)...............when the players (8.walk)..............on the ground.

The referee (9.call)............... the captains the middle. There referee (10.ask)..............,''Where is the ball?''Nobody (11.answer)...............

All the players (12.look)...............at the ground. There (13.be)..............no ball.

There referee (14.cancel)..............the game.

Complete the story with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

It (be)....................................... a sunny day. Helen (walk)..................................... to the park. In the park she (phone)........................................... her friend Daisy. Helen (wait)...................................... for 15 minutes and Daisy (arrive)................................... The girls (walk)................................... to the river. There (be)...................................... two boys there. Suddenly the big boy (push)...................................... the small boy into the river. Helen (jump)....................................... into the river to rescue the boy. Daisy (phone).................................... the ambulance and the police. The doctors and police (arrive)..................................... They (interview)....................................... the girls.

Complete the sentences with the simple past of the verbs in brackets.

1. William (help)    his grandparents last weekend.
2. Jane (arrive)    an hour ago.
3. I (be)    on holiday last week.
4. she ( dance)   at the party last night.
5. The baby (cry)   a lot
6. Mary ( have)   lunch at 12 o'clock yesterday

Bài tập 1.

Task 1. Complete the story with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành đoạn văn sau, sử dụng động từ thì quá khứ)

It (24. be) a sunny day. Helen (25. walk) to the park. In the park she (26. phone) her friend Daisy. Helen (27. wait) for 15 minutes and Daisy (28. arrive) . The girls (29. walk) to the river. There (30. be) two boys there. Suddenly the big boy (31. push) the small boy into the river. Helen (32. jump) into the river to rescue the boy. Daisy (33. phone) the ambulance and the police. The doctors and police (34. arrive) . They (35. interview) the girls.

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: the past simple or the past perfect tense.

Before he (wake up)     , his mother (prepare)    breakfast.
We (go)      to London last month.
By the time the doctor (arrive)    , the patient (die)    .
Before that day we (never/ think)    of traveling to Japan.
I (know)     him a long time before I (meet)     his family.
It (be)     cloudy for days before it (begin)     to rain.
The car (break)     down last Sunday.
Martha (turn)     off the light and (go)     to bed.
He (buy)     a new car last month, but he doesn't really like it.
The robbers (attack)    him 20 minutes ago.

7. Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành đoạn văn với dạng đúng quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn cho các động từ trong ngoặc.)

It was past midnight when Helen (1) _____ (arrive) home. She (2) _____ (close) the door quietly because her parents (3) _____ (sleep) upstairs. As she (4) _____ (take off) her coat, she (5) _____ (see) a letter on the floor with her name on it. She (6) _____ (open) the letter and (7) _____ (read) it. Then she (8) _____ (put) it in her pocket, (9) _____ (pick up) her coat and (10) _____ (go) out again. It (11) _____ (be) a cold night but it (12) _____ (not rain). A few people (13) _____ (walk) towards the High Street, so Helen (14) _____ (cross) the road and _____ (follow) them. She (16) _____ (not know) where they (17) _____ (go) - but she (18) _____ (not want) to be alone.

Exercise 6. Complete the passage with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Yesterday (1. be) Sunday. I (2. get) up at 9 o'clock, (3. have) breakfast and (4. listen) to music. After that, I (5.g 0 ) _shopping with my family. We (6. have) lunch at a restaurant in the shopping mall. In the afternoon, I (7. meet) some friends in the park near my house. We (8. cycle) _cross the park together. In the evening I (9. play) chess with my brother. We (10. have) a lot of fun. I really love such weekends.

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

 We were tired because we ………………………………….. (drive) for two hours.

Anna ………………………………….. (not stop) studying all day. She didn’t even have one break.

………………………………………….. (the archaeologists / discover) the tomb before they found the treasure?

I ………………………………….. (analyse) the document for hours. That’s why I needed a rest.