Complete these sentences by putting the verbs into the past simple or past continuous.

( Cho dạng đúng của động từ sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn)

1.   Last week we _____________(drive) through the Alps into Switzerland.

2.   At 8p.m yesterday, we _____________(watch) a film.

3.   _____________(you/ see) the football match yesterday?

4.   James broke his arm when he _____________(play) rugby.

5.   Kylie _____________(make) her first film when she was 21.

6.   Mrs Jones _____________(not know) how to open the attachment in her email.

7.   What _____________(your father/ do) when the alarm sounded?

8.   When we _____________(leave) school yesterday, it was pouring with rain.

9.   They _____________(walk) through the forest when the storm started.

10. I _____________(not queue) for the bus when the accident happened.

Complete the sentences, putting the verbs into the past continuous or past simple: 1. When the postman (come) _______, I (have) _______ breakfast 2. My sister (wash) _______ dishes while I (work) _______ in the garden 3. While I (talk) _______ to John, the telephone (ring) _______ 4. Mr. Taylor (watch) _______ television while his wife (read) _______ a newspaper 5. When I (leave) _______ the house this morning, It (rain) _______ very hard 6. John (talk) _______ to his friends when I (see) _______ him 7. I (see) _______ a bad accident while I (wait) _______ for you in this corner 8. As we (cross) _______ the street, the policeman (shout) _______ at us 9. That tourist (lose) _______ his camera while he (walk) _______ around the city 10. It (snow) _______ when I (get) _______ up this morning 11. Albert Einstein (die) _______ in 1955 12. Tom (go) _______ to the post office twice yesterday. 13. He (fall) _______ while he (go) _______ down the stairs 14. What _______ she (do) when you (arrive) _______ there? She (write) _______ a letter 15. She (have) _______ her bath while her sister (get) _______ the breakfast ready 16. I (go) _______ to ask you to help me, but you (sleep) _______ so peacefully when I (look) _______ into your room that I (decide) _______ to do it alone 17. I (look) _______ up at the sky, dark clouds (gather) _______ 18. Just as I (write) _______ the letter, the inkpot (fall) _______ over 19. Mr. Nam (cook) _______ dinner when we (arrive) _______ 20. What _______ (you/do) when I (telephone) _______ you last night?

C. Complete the sentences by putting the verb in brackets into the correct tense.Use the Past tense
1.Then the two cars _________ (crash),Phil _______(stand) a few metres away. Fortunately, he wasn't hurt.
2. When I _______ (leave) the house,they _______(play) computer games.When I________ (get) back, they ________(still play) computergames!Can you belive that they ________(not move) for four hours!
3. Jared__________(jog) for two hours when we _______(meet) in the park the other day.

I. Complete the sentences, putting the verbs into the past continuous or past simple:

11. Albert Einstein (die) ____died___ in 1955.

12. Tom (go) ____went___ to the post office twice yesterday.

13. He (fall) ___fell____ while he (go) _was going______ down the stairs

14. What ___did____ she (do) when you (arrive) ___arrived____ there? She (write) ___writed____ a letter

15. She (have) _______ her bath while her sister (get) _______ the breakfast ready

16. I (go) _______ to ask you to help me, but you (sleep) _______ so peacefully when I (look) _______ into your room that I (decide) _______ to do it alone

17. I (look) _______ up at the sky, dark clouds (gather) _______

18. Just as I (write) _______ the letter, the inkpot (fall) _______ over

19.  Mr. Nam (cook) _______ dinner when we (arrive) _______

20. What _______  (you/do) when I (telephone) _______ you last night?

II. Complete the sentences, putting the verbs into the correct tenses:

11. Why are you under the table? You (look) _______ for something?

12. _______ You (watch) TV last night? No, I (have) _______ supper and (go) _______ straight to bed

13. I (not like) _______ staying at hotels, but last summer, we (spend) _______ a few days at a very nice hotel by the sea.

14. Linda (be) _______ busy when we (go) _______ to see her yesterday. She (study) _______ for an exam. We (not want) _______ to disturb her, so we (not stay) _______ very long

15. When I first (tell) _______ Tom the news, he (not believe) _______ me. He (think) _______ that I (joke) _______

16. We usually (go) _______ to Spain on holiday, but this year we (go) _______ to France

17. We can go out now. It (not rain) _______ any more

18. The sun (warm) _______ the air and (give) _______ us light

19. What speed _______ the car (do) at the time of the accident?

20. They (study) _______ in the library when the fire alarm (go) _______ off

III. Cirle the best option to complete each sentence:

1. She usually _____ two hours a day

a. work                            b. is working                   c. works                 d. working

2. Don’t make noise. My mother _________ with her friends

a. is talking            b. was talking                  c. talks                             d. talked

3. Listen! They _________ about the exhibition . Let’s join them

a. talk                     b. talked                 c. are talking                    d. have talked

4. Where _____ your sister born?

a. were                             b. was                              c. did                     d. is

5. We _____ have white wine, but we _____ red wine

a. didn’t/had          b. don’t/had           c. did/didn’t           d. didn’t/have

6. When did you _________ see him?

a. recently              b. already               c. last                     d. lately

7. I _________ a bath when the phone rang

a. was having                   b. had                    c. am having                    d. have

8. I _____ her two week ago

a. seen                              b. was seeing                   c. saw                    d. have seen

9. I _____ to his house in 1991

a. moved                b. have been moving       c. have moved                 d. was moving

10. He came into the room while they _________ television

a. have watched     b. watched             c. were watching    d. have been watching

11. I fell asleep when I _____ television

a. am watching       b. am being watched        c. was watching     d. All are correct

12. They _____________ last week

a. didn’t come        b. came not            c. don’t come                   d. did come

13. Where are Geoff and Anne? _____________ in the garden

a. They’re sitting    b. They sitting                  c. There sitting       d. They’re siting

14. It’s very cold today and _____

a. It’s snowing                 b. it snows             c. its snowing                   d. it snowing

15. She goes to the library twice a week. She _____________ read books there

a. never                  b. usually               c. rarely                  d. once

16. At nine o’clock yesterday morning, we _____________ for the bus

a. are waiting                   b. waited                c. were waiting      d. was waiting

17. Tom _________ his hand when he was cooking the dinner

a. burnt                  b. was burning                 c. has burnt            d. had burnt

18. He _________ me every Sunday, and we often go fishing together

a. came to see                   b. comes to see      c. will be coming to seed. All answer are correct

19. The phone rang while she _________ dinner

a. cooks                 b. was cooking      c. is cooking                    d. has cooked

20. My sister _________ trouble with her motobike now, so she has to take the bus to work

a. have                             b. is having            c. was having                   d. had

21. When my mum got home, _________

a. the dinner be cooked                        b. I was cooking dinner

c. I am cooking dinner                         d. the dinner deing cooked

22. Emma and Katie usually _________ their grandmother at weekends

a. have visited                  b. visits                  c. visit                    d. are visiting

23. Peter was reading a book by Mark Twain _________ his friends came

a. while                  b. when                  c. during                d. if

24. Look! That boy _________ an elephant over there

a. fed                     b. was feeding                 c. feeds                  d. is feeding

25. He _________ in London at the moment

a. studies                b. has studied                   c. is studying                    d. will study

III.Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the simple past or past perfect

1.The film ………………. (already / end) by the time he ………………….(arrive)

2. I ………………..(go) downstairs because I ……………………(hear) a noise.

3. We (cannot/ send) ………………… you a postcard because we ………………… (forget) our address

 4. ………………… (you / finish) your homework before you went to the cinema.

5. I went to the box office at lunchtime, but they ………………….(already / sell) all the tickets

6. I felt very tired when I got home, so I ……………………..(go) straight to bed.

7. I felt better by the summer, but the doctor warned me not ot do too much . I ………………………(be) very ill.

8. Mai………………. (live) in Hai Phong for five years before she ……………….(move) to Ha Noi three years ago.

9. Phong ………………………(tell) me yesterday that he (learn) ………………….French for a year.

10. Ms. Hong (work) …………………… at our school for twenty years before she …………….(retire) last June.

I) Complete the sentences. Use the past perfect or past perfect continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1. The bus got stuck in traffic, so, by the time we got to the cinema, we ___________ (miss) the start of the film.

2. Clara ___________ (perform) in small-town theatres for years before she got her first role in a Hollywood film.

3. Audiences were amazed when they first saw the film Citizen Kane. They ___________ (not see) anything like it before. 

4. The flight was so long I ___________ (watch) five films from beginning to end by the time we landed. 

5. My little brother started crying in the cinema because he thought I ___________ (eat) all of his ice cream. 

6. It wasn’t until we left the cinema that I noticed my sister’s eyes were red. She ___________ (cry) all the way through the film. 

2B. Past continuous (Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn)

1. Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành các câu sau. Dùng các dạng quá khứ tiếp diễn của các động từ trong ngoặc.)

1. At eight o'clock yesterday evening, Josh _____ (text) his girlfriend.

2. 'Why _____ they _____ (laugh) at me?'

3. You _____ (not pay) attention while I _____ (speak), were you?

4. Dave _____ (walk) down the street, _____ (eat) a sandwich.

5. Emma _____ (watch) TV and Lisa _____ (read) a magazine.

6. At midnight, Wendy _____ still _____ (do) her homework.

1 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1 .When it _______________________ (stop) raining, we _______________________ (go out) and _______________________ (put) the kayak in the water.

2. While I _______________________ (wait) at the bus stop, I _______________________ (see) an accident.

3 .Suddenly, the man _______________________ (take) the purse from the woman’s handbag and _______________________ (run off).

4 .At 5 p.m. yesterday, I _______________________ (read) a book about Captain Cook and my sister _______________________ (watch) a film about the explorer Robert Falcon Scott.

5. I _______________________ (relax) in the sun when a cloud _______________________ (appear) in the sky.

6. When the sailor _______________________ (open) the box, he _______________________ (find) an old map inside.

7. While everyone _______________________ (argue), I _______________________ (realise) it was a good time to go.

8. As I _______________________ (leave) the party, I finally _______________________ (remember) the man’s name.

9. The man _______________________ (wear) a raincoat and _______________________ (carry) a big suitcase.

10. The girl _______________________ (run) through the forest when she _______________________ (slip) over.

3 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letter of each word has been given.

1 It was a bright day in July, but inside the Son Doong C_ _ _ it was very dark and cold.

2 It's a s_ _ _ _ climb to the top of Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands, but the view is worth it.

3 Angel Falls, on the Guaja River in Venezuela, is the highest w_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the world.

4 During the day, the temperature in the Sahara d_ _ _ _ _ can reach 50°C, but at night it sometimes falls to below 0°C.

5 The beautiful White C_ _ _ _s of Dover are very high and it’s dangerous to walk too close to the edge.

6 The edges of Lake Como in Italy are s_ _ _ _ _ _ , but it’s quite deep in the middle.

7 Over 1,500 people lost their lives in the early morning of 15 April 1912 when the Titanic sank in the i_ _ waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.

8 You can collect seashells from the s_ _ _ _ in the Maldives, but you can’t take coral pieces.

Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets

^{Rewrite the sentence into Passive voice}

1. I was taking the class at that time. 

2. He was eating dinner at 9 pm. 

3. My parents were watching that movie.

4. Jon was editing my video yesterday. 

5. Some boys were teasing your sister. 

6. They were discussing something in the class. 

7. Judy was copying the answers.

8. Everyone was hugging the kids at the party. 

9. They were not feeding the cats.