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BÀI TẬP VỀ THÌ QUÁ KHỨ ĐƠN

I. Thì quá khứ đơn là gì?

(Past simple tense) dùng để diễn tả một hành động, sự việc diễn ra và kết thúc
trong quá khứ.

II. Cách dùng thì quá khứ đơn Tiếng Anh

Cách dùng thì quá khứ


Ví dụ về thì quá khứ đơn
đơn
 The bomb exploded two months ago.
Diễn tả một hành động, sự (Quả bom đã nổ hai tháng trước.)
việc đã diễn ra tại một thời  My children came home late last night.
điểm cụ thể, hoặc một (Các con của tôi về nhà muộn đêm qua.)
khoảng thời gian trong
quá khứ và đã kết thúc → sự việc “quả bom nổ” và “các con về nhà
hoàn toàn ở quá khứ. muộn” đã diễn ra trong quá khứ và đã kết thúc
trước thời điểm nói.
 John visited his grandma every weekend
when he was not married. (John đã thăm
bà của cậu ấy hàng tuần lúc còn chưa
cưới.)
Diễn tả một hành động lặp  They always enjoyed going to the zoo.
đi lặp lại trong quá khứ. (Họ đã luôn luôn thích thú khi đi thăm
vườn bách thú.)

→ sự việc “thăm ba” và “thăm vườn bách thú” đã


từng xảy ra rất nhiều lần trong quá khứ.
 Laura came home, took a nap, then had
lunch. (Laura về nhà, ngủ một giấc, rồi ăn
trưa.)

→ ba hành động “về nhà”, “ngủ” và “ăn trưa”


Diễn đạt các hành động xảy ra nối tiếp nhau trong quá khứ.
xảy ra liên tiếp trong quá
khứ.  David fell down the stair yesterday and
hurt his leg. (David ngã xuống cầu thang
hôm qua và làm đau chân anh ấy.)

→ hành động “làm đau chân” xảy ra ngay liền


sau “ngã cầu thang” trong quá khứ.
Diễn tả một hành động
xen vào một hành động  When Jane was cooking breakfast, the
đang diễn ra trong quá lights suddenly went out. (Khi Jane đang
khứ. nấu bữa sáng thì đột nhiên đèn tắt.)
 Henry was riding his bike when it rained .
(Khi Henry đang lái xe đạp thì trời mưa.)

LƯU Ý: Hành động đang → việc “đèn tắt” và “trời mưa” xảy ra xen ngang
diễn ra chia thì quá khứ vào một sự việc đang trong quá trình tiếp diễn
tiếp diễn, hành động xen trong quá khứ.
vào chia thì quá khứ đơn.
 If you were me, you would do it. (Nếu bạn
là tôi, bạn sẽ làm thế.)
 If I had a lot of money, I would buy a new
Dùng trong câu điều kiện
car. (Nếu tôi có thật nhiều tiền, tôi sẽ mua
loại II (câu điều kiện
chiếc xe hơi mới.)
không có thật ở hiện tại)
→ việc “bạn là tôi” hay “có thật nhiều tiền” đều
không có thật trong hiện tại.
I wish I were in America now. (Tôi ước gì bây
Dùng trong câu ước không giờ tôi ở Mỹ)
có thật
→ việc “ở Mỹ” là không có thật trong hiện tại.
Dùng trong một số cấu
trúc:
It is high time we started to learn English
seriously. (Đã đến lúc chúng ta phải bắt đầu học
It’s + (high) time + S +
tiếng Anh nghiêm túc)
Ved It + is + khoảng thời
gian + since + thì quá khứ
Nếu người đưa thư thường đến khoảng giữa 9 giờ
và 10 giờ, thì từ 9 giờ đến 10 giờ chúng ta sẽ nói:

→ Has the postman come yet/this morning?

Câu hỏi có thể ở hiện tại (Sáng nay người đưa thư đã đến chưa?)
hoàn thành những câu trả
lời ở quá khứ Nhưng sau giai đoạn từ 9 giờ đến 10 giờ thì
chúng ta sẽ nói:

→ Did the postman come this morning?

(Sáng nay, người đưa thư đã đến rồi chứ?)


Thì quá khứ đơn hay được  He worked in that bank for four years.
dùng khi trong câu có for (Anh ta đã làm việc ở ngân hàng đó được
+ khoảng thời gian trong bốn năm) ⟶Bây giờ anh ta không còn làm
quá khứ”. Nếu hành động ở đó nữa.
xảy ra trong một khoảng
thời gian và đã chấm dứt  She lived in Rome for a long time. (Cô ta
trong quá khứ, ta phải đã sống ở Rome một thời gian dài) ⟶Bây
dùng thì quá khứ đơn. Còn giờ cô ta không còn sống ở đó nữa.
nếu hành động đó vừa bắt
đầu trong quá khứ, kéo dài  Have you had breakfast? – No, I haven’t
đến hiện tại và còn tiếp had it yet. (Anh đã ăn sáng chưa? Chưa,
tục ở tương lai, hay kết tôi chưa ăn)
quả của nó vẫn còn ảnh  Yes, I had breakfast with my father.
hưởng đến hiện tại, thì ta (Vâng, tôi đã ăn cùng với bố tôi)⟶diễn tả
dùng thì hiện tại hoàn việc đã xảy ra và kết thúc rồi
thành.

Dùng để miêu tả một sự The Chinese invented printing. (Người Trung


kiện lịch sử. Quốc đã phát minh ra máy in)

Khi hành động xảy ra một


 The train was ten minutes late. (Xe lửa đã
cách rõ ràng ở một thời
trễ mươi phút)
điểm nhất định ngay cả
 How did you get your present job? (Anh
khi thời điểm này không
đã có được việc làm hiện nay bằng cách
được đề cập đến.
nào?)
 I bought this car in Montreal. (Tôi đã mua
chiếc xe hơi này ở Montreal)

Thì quá khứ đơn được


dùng cho những hành
When did you meet him? (Anh đã gặp hắn lúc
động đã hoàn tất trong quá
nào?)
khứ ở một thời điểm nhất
định. Vì thế nó được dùng
cho một hành động quá
khứ khi nó chỉ rõ thời
điểm hoặc khi thời điểm
được hỏi đến.

III. Các cụm từ thường dùng với thì quá khứ đơn

Hay còn gọi là những trạng từ chỉ thời gian, dấu hiệu nhận biệt của thì QKD:

- Yesterday
- (two days, three weeks) ago

- last (year, month, week)

- in (2002, June)

- from (March) to (June)

- in the (2000, 1980s)

- in the last century

- in the past

Câu khẳng định Câu phủ định Câu nghi vấn


- S + did
- (Từ để hỏi) + did
not/didn't + V (+
not/didn't + V + (O)
O)
- S + V-ed/P2 (+ O)
- (Từ để hỏi) + did + V +
Ví dụ:
Ví dụ: not + (O)
- She didn't come
- She came back last Friday. Ví dụ:
back last Friday
- They were in London - When did she come back?
- They were not
from Monday to Thursday
in London
of last week. - Were they in London from
from Monday to
Monday to Thursday of last
Thursday of last
week?
week.

IV. Bài tập thì quá khứ đơn

Bài 1: Cho dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc

1. My sister (get) married last month.

2. Daisy (come) to her grandparents’ house 3 days ago.

3. My computer (be ) broken yesterday.

4. He (buy) me a big teddy bear on my birthday last week.

5. My friend (give) me a bar of chocolate when I (be) at school yesterday.

6. My children (not do) their homework last night.


7. You (live) here five years ago?
8. They (watch) TV late at night yesterday.

9. Your friend (be) at your house last weekend?

10. They (not be) excited about the film last night.

Bài 2: Chọn đáp án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D) để điền vào chỗ trống

1. They __________ the bus yesterday.

A. don’t catch

B. weren’t catch

C. didn’t catch

D. not catch

2. My sister __________ home late last night.

A. comes

B. come

C. came

D. was come

3. My father __________ tired when I __________ home.

A. was – got

B. is – get

C. was – getted

D. were – got

4. What __________ you __________ two days ago?

A. do – do

B. did – did

C. do – did

D. did – do
5. Where __________ your family __________ on the summer holiday last
year?

A. do – go

B. does – go

C. did – go

D. did – went

Bài 3: Viết lại câu sử dụng từ gợi ý đã cho

1. Yesterday/I/see/Jaden/on/way/come home.

2. What/you/do/last Monday/You/look/tired/when/come/our house.

3. Linda/not/eat/anything/because/full.

4. cats/go/out/him/go shopping//They/look/happy.

5. You and your classmates/not/study/lesson?

Bài 4: Chia các động từ sau ở thì quá khứ đơn

1. I _____ at my mom’s home yesterday. (stay)

2. Hannah ______ to the theatre last Sunday. (go)

3. I and my classmates ______ a great time in Da Nang last year. (have)

4. My holiday in California last summer ______ wonderful. (be)

5. Last January I _____ Sword Lake in Ha Noi. (visit)

6. My grandparents ____ very tired after the trip. (be)

7. I _______ a lot of gifts for my older brother. (buy)

8. James and Belle _______ sharks, dolphins and turtles at Vinpearl aquarium.
(see)

9. Gary _____ chicken and rice for lunch. (eat)

10. We ____ about their holiday in Ca Mau. (talk)

ĐÁP ÁN
V. Đáp án bài tập thì quá khứ đơn

Bài 1:

1. got

2. came

3. was

4. bought

5. gave – was

6. didn’t do

7. Did you live

8. watched

9. Was your friend at

10. weren’t

Bài 2:

1. They __________ the bus yesterday.

A. don’t catch

B. weren’t catch

C. didn’t catch

D. not catch

2. My sister __________ home late last night.

A. comes

B. come

C. came

D. was come

3. My father __________ tired when I __________ home.


A. was – got

B. is – get

C. was – getted

D. were – got

4. What __________ you __________ two days ago?

A. do – do

B. did – did

C. do – did

D. did – do

5. Where __________ your family __________ on the summer holiday last


year?

A. do – go

B. does – go

C. did – go

D. did – went

Bài 3:

1. Yesterday, I saw Jaden on the way I came home.

2. What did you do last Monday? You looked tired when you came to our
house.

3. Linda didn’t eat anything because she was full.

4. The cats went out with him to go shopping. They looked very happy.

5. Did you and your classmates not study the lesson?

Bài 4:

1. stayed

2. went
3. had

4. was

5. visited

6. were

7. bought

8. saw

9. ate

10. talked

V. Bài tập tự luyện về thì quá khứ đơn

Bài 1: Put "Was“ or "Were” in the gap.

1. The teacher …………………… nice.

2. The students ……………………. very clever.

3. But one student ……………….. in trouble.

4. We ……………….. sorry for him.

5. He ………………. nice though.

6. I ……………….. happy.

7. You ……………….. angry.

8. She ………………… in London last week

9. He ………………… on holiday.

10. It …………………. cold.

11. We …………………. at school.

12. You …………………… at the cinema.

13. They ………………… at home.

14. The cat ………….. on the roof.


15. The children ……………….. in the garden

Exercise 2: Write the correct past simple tense of Tobe.

1. Mom and Dad …………….(not be) at home yesterday. They …………..(be)


at the hospital.

2. The weather……………… (be) nice. It ……………..(not be) windy and


rainy.

3. ……… (be) he free all day yesterday?

4. When ……………….. (be) you born?

5. He………… (not be) at school. He was at home.

6. Were you busy yesterday? Yes, I……………

7. ………. It cold last night? No, it……………. It was hot.

8. Where…………… they on Sunday? They…………. at the store.

9. …………Nina and Sam strong this morning? No, they………………

10. ………….Sam ill last night? Yes, …………………

Bài 3: Change these sentences into negative and interrogative form.

1. She was tired last night. =>

…………………………………………………………………………………

2. I was in London last month.=>

…………………………………………………………………………………

3. They were at Nina’s house yesterday.=>

…………………………………………………………………………………

4. She was with him yesterday. =>

…………………………………………………………………………………

5. Tom was at school last Monday.=>

…………………………………………………………………………………
Bài 4: Chia động từ vào đúng dạng: Quá Khứ Đơn

1. We (study) a very hard lesson the day before yesterday. .

....................................................

2. I (read) that novel by Hemingway several times before.

.......................................................

3. We (study) almost every lesson in this book so far.

................................................................

4. My wife and I (travel) to Mexico by air last summer.

.............................................................

5. I (have) a little trouble with my car last week.

.........................................................................

6. What you (do) yesterday?

.............................................................................

7. How long you (learn) English?

............................................................................

8. Tom (never be) in Hanoi.

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9. The plane (stop) at a small town. It the (take) off immediately after
refueling. ...........

10. She (be) so happy when she (hear) the news that she
(cry). ..............................................

10. After class, one of the students always erases the chalk
board. ....................................

Bài 5. Hoàn thành đoạn báo sau:

Two people died (die) in a fire in Ellis Street, Oldport yesterday morning. They
(1)…….........(be) Herbert and Molly Paynter, a couple in their seventies. The
fire (2)… ………………….. (start) at 3.20 am. A neighbour, Mr Aziz,
(3)……………………… (see) the flames and (4) ……………………… (call)
the fire brigade. He also (5)…… …………......... (try) to get into the house and
rescue his neighbours, but the heat (6)…………………………….. (be ) too
great . The fire brigade (7) (arrive) in five minutes. Twenty fire-fighters
(8) ……………………….. (fight) the fire and finally (9)……… …………. ( b
r i n g ) i t under control. Two fire-fighters (10)……… (enter) the burning
building but (11)……… ………… (find) the couple dead.

Bài 6. Hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại sau:

Claire: Did you have (you / have) a nice weekend in Paris?

Mark: Yes, thanks. It was good. We looked around and then we saw a show.

(1) ..................................... (we / not / try) to do too much.

Claire: What sights (2) ........................................... (you / see)?

Mark: We had a look round the Louvre. (3)……………………………. (I / not


/ know) there was so much in there.

Claire: And what show (4)............................................... (you / go) to?

Mark: Oh, a musical. I forget the name. (5) ..................... (I / not / like) it.

Claire: Oh, dear. And (6) .............................................. (Sarah / enjoy) it?

Mark: No, not really. But we enjoyed the weekend. Sarah did some shopping,
too, but

(7) ........................... (I / not / want) to go shopping.

Bài 7. Hoàn thành các câu sau:

1. I _________________ (work) in a bank for ten years.

2. Where _________________ (you / live) when you were young?

3. She _________________ (not / study) French at university.

4. He _________________ (travel) through the Middle East last year.

5. _________________ (they / visit) the Louvre in Paris?

6. She _________________ (not / watch) TV yesterday.

7. We _________________ (buy) a new car last weekend.


8. Where _________________ (you / teach) before you came here?

9. He _________________ (not / think) that he was right.

10. I _________________ (cook) steak last night.

11. _________________ (Lucy / read) ‘War and Peace’ at school?

12. She _________________ (not / write) to her grandmother.

13. We _________________ (have) a computer when I was a child.

14. Where _________________ (you / go) on holiday?

15. I _________________ (love) ice cream when I was a child.

16. They _________________ (not / meet) yesterday.

17. _________________ (she / swim) in the sea in Greece?

18. We _________________ (not / play) tennis yesterday because it was


raining.

19. He _________________ (try) to lift the box but he couldn’t.

20. What _________________ (you / eat) for lunch?

Bài 8. Hoàn thành các câu sau:

1. I _________________ (not / drink) any beer last night.

2. She _________________ (get on) the bus in the centre of the city.

3. What time _________________ (he / get up) yesterday?

4. Where _________________ (you / get off) the train?

5. I _________________ (not / change) trains at Victoria.

6. We _________________ (wake up) very late.

7. What _________________ (he / give) his mother for Christmas?

8. I _________________ (receive) £300 when my uncle _________________


(die).

9. We _________________ (not / use) the computer last night.


10. _________________ (she / make) good coffee?

11. They _________________ (live) in Paris.

12. She _________________ (read) the newspaper yesterday.

13. I _________________ (not / watch) TV.

14. He _________________ (not / study) for the exam.

15. _________________ (he / call) you?

16. _________________ (I / forget) something?

17. What time _________________ (the film / start)?

Bài 9: Chia động từ cho các câu sau ở thì quá khứ đơn

1. Yesterday, I (go)______ to the restaurant with a client.

2. We (drive) ______ around the parking lot for 20 mins to find a parking
space.

3. When we (arrive) ______ at the restaurant, the place (be) ______ full.

4. The waitress (ask) ______ us if we (have) reservations.

5. I (say), "No, my secretary forgets to make them."

6. The waitress (tell)______ us to come back in two hours.

7. My client and I slowly (walk) ______ back to the car.

8. Then we (see) ______ a small grocery store.

9. We (stop) in the grocery store and (buy) ______ some sandwiches.

10. That (be) ______ better than waiting for two hours.

11. I (not go) ______ to school last Sunday.

12. She (get) ______ married last year?

13. What you (do) ______ last night?

- I (do) ______ my homework.

14. I (love) ______ him but no more.


15. Yesterday, I (get) ______ up at 6 and (have) ______ breakfast at 6.30.

Bài 10. Chuyển những câu sau sang câu phủ định và nghi vấn

1/Nam wrote an essay in Literature class this morning.


___________________________________________________________

2/I watched TV yesterday morning.


___________________________________________________________

3/Nam and you were in the English club last Tuesday


___________________________________________________________

4/They ate noodles two hours ago.


___________________________________________________________

5/We always had a nice time on Christmas holiday in the past.

___________________________________________________________

6/My father decorated the Christmas tree.

___________________________________________________________

7/She bought a new dress yesterday.

___________________________________________________________

8/They were late for school.

___________________________________________________________

9/ Mr.Tam took his children to the museum last Sunday.

___________________________________________________________

10/Hoa made a cushion for her armchair.

___________________________________________________________

11/They painted their house yellow.

___________________________________________________________

12/This dress was fit.

___________________________________________________________
13/I saw her two days ago.

___________________________________________________________

Bài 11. Chia động từ trong ngoặc thời quá khứ đơn:

1. The sea food (be)............ very delicious.

2. Hoa (get)............ a letter from her pen pal Tim yesterday.

3. I (go)............. to the movie last week.

4. They didn’t (buy)............. that house.

5. Liz (travel)............. to Ha Noi from Nha Trang two days ago.

6. She (make)............. a blue dress on her birthday.

7. Mr. Robinson (buy)............. Liz a cap

8. He (take)............. his children to the zoo last Sunday

Bài 12. Chia động từ to be thời quá khứ đơn hoặc hiện tại đơn trong các
câu sau đây:

1. The homework ............... very difficult yesterday

2. The children ............... in the park 5 minutes ago.

3. Nha Trang ............ a beautiful place.

4. I ............... late for scholl yesterday.

5. Where ............... she yesterday? She ............... at home

6. We ............ tired today. We ............... at the party last night.

7. She ............ unhappy because she doesn’t have any friends in the city

8. ............ you at home yesterday morning?

Bài 13. Viết câu dựa vào từ cho sẵn, sử dụng thời quá khứ đơn:

1. The children / be very happy in their trip to Nha Trang.

.....................................................................

2. She / buy a lot of souvenirs / last summer vacation .


.....................................................................

3. My mother / give me a yellow cap .

.....................................................................

4. I / speak to her about my vacation .

.....................................................................

5. Mr. Quang / teach mathematics for many years .

.....................................................................

6. I / see you at the party / last night .

.....................................................................

7. They / live here / two years ago .

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8. Nga / be late for school / yesterday morning .

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9. They/ arrive at the airrpot/ at eight o’clock this morning

.....................................................................

10. Minh/ put the cake on the table

.....................................................................

Bài 14. Đặt câu hỏi nghi vấn với từ cho sẵn và trả lời, sử dụng thời quá
khứ đơn:

1. Ba/ teach Liz Vietnamese// Yes

....................................................................................

2. he/ mail his friend a postcard// No

....................................................................................

3. they/ return home/ yesterday// No

....................................................................................
4. Mrs. Robinson/ buy a poster// Yes

....................................................................................

5. you/ send me those flowers// Yes

....................................................................................

6. she/ receive many gifts// No

....................................................................................

7. we/ meet her at the meeting/ last week// Yes

....................................................................................

8. they/ live in this town/ in 1990// No

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Bài 15. Chia động từ thời hiện tại đơn hoặc quá khứ đơn:

“Mr. Tam (be) .................. a teacher. Two years ago, he (teach) ..................
math in a small school in the country. But now he (teach) .................. at a high
school in the city.

Every day, Mr. Tam (get) .................. up at half past five. After his morning
exercises, he (take) ..................... a bath and (have) ..................... breakfast with
his wife. Then he (leave) ..................... home for school at a quarter to seven.

Yesterday (be) ..................... Sunday. Mr. Tam (not go) ..................... to school.
He and his wife (visit) ..................... his parents in the countryside. He
(buy) ..................... them lots of presents. Mr. Tam and his wife
(spend) ..................... their day off with their parents. They
(return) ..................... home at 9.30 in the evening.”

Bài 16. Viết lại câu hoàn chỉnh. Dùng thì quá khứ đơn

1. I / go swimming / yesterday.

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2. Mrs. Nhung / wash / the dishes.

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3. my mother / go shopping / with / friends / in / park.


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4. Lan / cook / chicken noodles / dinner.

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5. Nam / I / study / hard / last weekend.

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6. my father / play / golf / yesterday.

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7. last night / Phong /listen / music / for two hours.

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8. they / have / nice / weekend.

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9. she / go / supermarket yesterday.

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10. We / not go / school last week.

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Bài 17. Em hãy chọn một đáp án đúng trong ngoặc để hoàn thành mỗi câu
sau.

1. Did you (get up / got up) late this morning?

2. We (buyed / bought) some souvenirs from our holiday in Vietnam.

3. (Was / Were) your last birthday over six weeks ago?

4. Hoang (didn’t arrive / not arrived) in the evening.

5. (Was / Did) the Robinsons return to Hanoi by train?

6. Was Nguyet at the theater last night? – Yes , (she was / she did).

7. I don’t know where (was he / he was) last night.

Bài 18. Đổi sang thể phủ định và câu hỏi

1. They went to Nha Trang last month.


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2. He played table tennis with his father.

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3. Lan saw you in the park last week.

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4. We were in the countryside last summer.

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5. Mrs. Robinson bought a poster.

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6. Liz enjoyed her vacation in Da Lat last year.

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7. Her aunt gave her a new skirt.

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8. He was in our class two hours ago.

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