Thì Hiện tại đơn và Hiện tại tiếp diễn

Bài 1: Cho dạng đúng của động từ

1. Listen! My mother (sing)________________________a song.
2. Every night, We (go)________________________to bed at 10p.m
3. Giang (like)_______________Music but I (like)____________________Math
4. Now, they (stay)___________________________in Hue .
5. My father (read)__________________________a newspaper in the morning
6. Look! Ha (run)______________________.
7. Trang usually (listen)____ to the teacher in the class, but she (not
listen)_____now.
8. Where _____________________ your father(be)?
-He (be)________ living room. He (watch) ______TV.
9.____________they (go) to school by bus today?
10.There(be)___________many flowers in our garden.
11. Every morning, my father (have) ______________a cup of coffee but today he
(drink)____________milk.
12. At the moment, I(read)_______________a book and my brother
(watch)_______ TV.
13. Hoa (live)________________in Hanoi, and Ha (live)________________in
HCM City.
14. Hung and his friend (play)_______________badminton.
15. They usually (get up)___________________at 6.oo in the morning.
16. Ha never (go)______________fishing in the winter but she always
(do)_____________ it in the summer.
17. My teacher (tell)__________________Hoa about Math.
18. There (be)____________________ animals in the circus.
19. _______________he (watch)______________TV at 7.00 every morning?
20. What _____________she (do) _________________at 7.00 am?
21. How old _________she (be)?
22. How ___________she (be)?
23. My children (Go)________________to school by bike.
24. We (go)_______________to supermarket to buy some food.
25. Mr. Hien (go)________________on business to Hanoi every month.
26. Ha (like)______________coffee very much, but I (not like)______________it.
27. She (like)________________Tea, but she (not
like)____________________coffee.
28. I (love)_______________ cats, but I (not love)__________________dogs.
29. Everyday ,I (go)______________to school on foot, but today I
(go)________________to school by bike.
30. Who you _________________(wait) for Nam?
- No, I _______________________(wait) for Mr. Hai.
31. My sister (get)______________ dressed and (brush)_______________her teeth
herself at 6.30 everyday.
32. Mrs. Smith (not live)____________in downtown. She (rent)___________in an
apartment in the suburb.
33. How _________your children (go)_________________to school everyday?
34. It's 9 o'clock in the morning. Lien (be)________in her room. She (listen)
_______________to music.
35. We_______________________(play) soccer in the yard now.
36. My father (go)___________ to work by bike. Sometimes
he(walk)______________.
37. My house (be)_________in the city and it (be)_________small.
38. Every morning , we (have)__________breakfast at 7.00 am.
39. This (be)________a book and there (be)_________pens.
40. Mr. Quang (live)____________in the countryside. He (have)__________a big
garden.
41. John (not have)______________Literature lesson on Friday.
42. What time _________you (start)___________your class?
43. ___________you (be) in class 12A3?
44. Mrs. Ha (learn)__________________in Hanoi, but she (not
live)__________________ there.
45. My brother (not live)____________________in London; he
(live)_______________ in Manchester.
46. Now Mr. Long (design) ____________________his dream house.
47. He (like)_____________APPLES, but he (not
like)_____________________bananas.
48. __________________she (like)______________apples?
49. Usually, I (have)_________________lunch at 12.00.
-__________________you (have) ___________________lunch at 11.00?
50. He can (swim)_______________but I can't(swim)_____________________.
51. At the moment, my sister (read)___________________ a comic book.
52. I (like)__________________ice-cream.
53. Where ___________________Mr. Ha (live)_______________?
54. Monkeys can (climb)_________________ the tree.
55. Hang (go)__________________to the bookshop now because she (want)
___________to buy some books.
56. We (go) ______________to market and (buy)_________________some fruits.
57. Now, Lan (study)________________English and Lien
(listen)______________to music.
58. Every night , she (have)____________________dinner at 7.00 p.m.
59. Every year, I usually (go)______________________Vietnam.
60. In the summer, I sometimes (go)____________________swimming.
Bài 2: Hoàn thành đoạn văn
Dear Editor!
I ____________(61. write) this letter because it ___________ (62. seem) to me that
far too many changes ___________ (63. take) place in my country these days, and,
as a result, we __________ (64. lose) our identity. I _________ (65. live) in a small
town but even this town ___________ (66. change) before my eyes. For example,
town authorities ______________ (67. build) a burger place where my favorite
restaurant used to be.
Our culture __________ (68. belong) to everybody, and I __________ (69. not
understand) why the town leaders ________ (70. not do) to preserve it. They
simply __________ (71. not care). In fact, I ________ (72. think) of starting an
action group. I _________ (73. appear) on a TV show on Friday evening to make
people aware of how important this issue is. It’s time for us to start doing
something before it _____________________ (74. get) too late.
Bài 3: Điền động từ đúng cho câu
75. Lan (not have) ............................. many friends in her new school.
76. Hung (come) ........… .................. from Vinh but he (stay) .............................
with his relatives in Ho Chi Minh city at the moment.
77. We (not drive) ............................. to work every day. We
(go) ............................. by bus.
78. Who you (talk) ............................. to on the phone now, Minh?
79. Where your new friend (live) ............................., Nga?
- She (live) ............................. on Hang Bai street.
80. you (be) ............................. in class 7A?
- No, I (be) ............................. in class 7D.
81. Look! Jane (play) ............................. the guitar. This afternoon, she will play
table tennis.
82. I (not talk) ............................. to her at present
83. How often ............................. she (go) ............................. fishing?
- She (go) ............................. once a year.
84. (Be) ............................. your friends ............................. students?
Bài 4: Chia động từ trong ngoặc
85. It often __________________ in Ireland. That’s why they call it the “Green
Island”. But it __________________ there at the moment. (rain, not rain)
86. Such behaviour normally __________________ me furious. (make)
87. Stop right now! You __________________ the flowers every time the ball
__________________ in the flower bed. (break, land)
88. Where is Tom? - I don’t know. I __________________ he
__________________ tennis with his younger brother, Mark. (think, play)
89. Our children __________________ going skiing with us. (enjoy)
90. My brother isn’t here. He __________________ Spain at the moment. (tour)
Bài 5: Sắp xếp và hoàn thành câu
91. He/ often/ have/ breakfast/ late.
92. You/ do/ the housework/ at the moment?
93. I/ not/ go/ to school/ on weekends.
94. John's girlfriend/ wear/ a red T-shirt/ now.
95. They/ like/ beer or wine?
96. What/ he/ usually/ do/ at night?
97. The teacher/ never/ lose/ his temper.
98. Why/ you/ listen/ to music/ loudly now?
99. They/ ask/ a/ woman/ about/ the/ way/ the/ railway/ station.
100. My/ father/ water/ some plants/ the/ garden.
101. Tam/ have/ lunch/ her/ friends/ a/ restaurant.
102. My/ daughter/ draw/ a/ beautiful/ picture.
103. My/ mother/ clean/ kitchen.
Bài 6: Hoàn thành đoạn văn sau
It (104. be) is Sunday evening and my friends and I (105. be)....... at Jane's birthday
party. Jane (106. wear)....... a beautiful long dress and (107. stand)....... next to her
boyfriend. Some guests (108. drink)....... wine or beer in the corner of the room.
Some of her relatives (109. dance)....... in the middle of the room. Most people
(110. sit)....... on chairs, (111. enjoy)....... foods and (112. chat)....... with one
another. We often (113. go)....... to our friends' birthday parties. We always (114.
dress)....... well and (115. travel)....... by taxi. Parties never (116. make)....... us
bored because we like them.

Thì Quá khứ đơn và Quá khứ tiếp diễn

Bài tập 1: Chọn đúng thì của các câu sau (quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn)
1. Alice saw/ was seeing the accident when she was catching the bus.
2. What were you doing/ did you do when I called?
3. I didn’t visit/ weren’t visiting my friends last summer holiday.
4. It rained/ was raining heavily last July.
5. While people were talking to each other, he read/ was reading his book.
6. My sister was eating/ ate hamburgers every weekend last month.
7. While we were running/ ran in the park, Mary fell over.
8. Did you find/ Were you finding your keys yesterday?
9. Who was she dancing/ did she dance with at the party last night?
10. They were watching/ watched football on TV at 7 p.m. yesterday.
Bài tập 2: Sửa lỗi sai trong các câu sau (quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn)
1. I was play football when she called me.
2. Was you study Math at 5 p.m. yesterday?
3. What was she do while her mother was making lunch?
4. Where did you went last Sunday?
5. They weren’t sleep during the meeting last Monday.
6. He got up early and have breakfast with his family yesterday morning.
7. She didn’t broke the flower vase. Tom did.
8. Last week my friend and I go to the beach on the bus.
9. While I am listening to music, I heard the doorbell.
10. Peter turn on the TV, but there was nothing interesting.
Bài tập 3: Hoàn thành các câu sau sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp
diễn
1. Where/ you/ go?
2. Who/ you/ go with?
3. How/ you/ get/ there?
4. What/ you/ do/ during the day?
5. you/ have/ a/ good/ time?
6. What/ your parents/ do/ while/ you/ go/ on holiday?
Bài tập 4: Chia đúng các động từ sau ở thì quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn
On my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I (go) (1) …………to the beach for
the first time, something wonderful happened. I (swim) (2) …………in the sea
while my mother was sleeping in the sun. My brother was building a sand castle
and my father (drink) (3) …………. some water. Suddenly, I (see) (4) …………a
boy on the beach. His eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair (be) (5)
…………beautiful black. He was very tall and thin and his face was brown. My
heart (beat) (6) …………fast. I (ask) (7) …………him for his name with a shy
voice. He (tell) (8) …………me that his name was John. He (stay) (9) …………
with me the whole afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We ate pizza in a
restaurant. The following days we (have) (10) …………a lot of fun together. At the
end of my holiday when I left Hawaii I said goodbye to John. We had tears in our
eyes. He wrote me a letter very soon and I answered him.
Bài tập 5: Hoàn thành câu sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn
1. Peter ___________ (play) a video game when his brother, Jack, ___________
(enter) the room.
2. I ___________ (study) for my English test when my mother ___________
(come) home from work.
3. Emma ___________ (wash) the dishes when the telephone ___________ (ring).
4. I ___________ (ate) a sandwich while my parents ___________ (drink) coffee.
5. I ___________ (watch) a DVD when my cat ___________ (jump) on me.
Bài tập 6: Chọn câu trả lời đúng
1. The Smiths aren’t painting/ weren’t painting their house last weekend
2. Tom cleaned/ was cleaning the living room when Jane arrived
3. Did/ Were the students writing an essay in class this morning?
4. Frank was fixing/ fixed his car when his mobile rang
5. Mark didn’t wear/ wasn’t wearing a coat when it started to rain.
6. He is/ was driving to work this morning when Anna called.
7. While my parents were working/ was working, I was studying at home
8. I walked/ was walking home when I tripped/ was tripping and fell
9. At 8 o’clock last night, we were having/ had dinner at a Chinese restaurant
Bài tập 7: Đọc lá thư bên dưới và điền từ còn thiếu vào chỗ trống. Mỗi ô trống
chỉ điền một từ
Dear Georgia,
I’m writing to you from my hotel room (1) ______ New York. You can’t imagine
what happened to me yesterday! I was walking in Mitte at around noon (2)
_______ it started raining. (3) ______ I was running back to the hotel, I saw a
famous actor who was eating in a restaurant. I went in and (4) ______ hello and he
gave me two tickets to see his new film. Isn’t that great?
That’s all for now. See you (5) ______ I get back!
Love,
Rachel
Bài tập 8: Điền từ gợi ý vào chỗ trống, sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ
tiếp diễn
1. A: How (1) _______________ (Anne/ break) her leg?
B: She (2) ______________ (ride) her horse when she (3) _______________ (fall)
and (4) __________ (land) on her leg.
A: (5) ________________ (she/go) to hospital?
2. A: When (1) ___________ (you/see) Peter?
B: While I (2) ___________ (do) my shopping at the supermarket
3. A: I (1) __________ (call) you last night but you (2) _____________ (not/
answer). Where were you?
B: I (3) __________________ (jog) in the park
Bài tập 9: Điền vào chỗ trống hình thức đúng của động từ
1. Susan ___________ (study) in her room when she heard the noise.
2. What ____________ (they, do) at eleven p.m. last night – it was so noisy?
3. I was eight years old when my elder sister __________ (teach) me how to ride a
bike.
4. John ______________ (not go) to school last week because he was ill.
5. I didn’t know anything about the plane crash in my neighborhood because I
________ (work) inside at that time.
Bài tập 10: Chia hình thức đúng của động từ
One afternoon, a big wolf (wait) ____________ in a dark forest for a little girl to
come along carrying a basket of food to her grandmother. Finally a little girl did
come along and she (carry) ____________ a basket of food. ‘Are you carrying that
basket to your grandmother?’ asked the wolf. The little girl said yes, she
(be)____________. So the wolf (ask) ____________her where her grandmother
lived and the little girl (tell)____________ him and he (disappear)____________
into the wood. When the little girl (open) ____________ the door of her
grandmother’s house, she (see)____________ that there was somebody in bed with
a nightcap and nightgown on. She (approach)____________ no nearer than twenty-
five feet from the bed when she (see)____________ that it was not her
grandmother but the wolf , for even in a nightcap a wolf does not look like
anybody’s grandmother. So the little girl (take) ____________ an automatic pistol
out of her basket and (shoot) ____________the wolf dead.
Bài tập 11: Hoàn thành email bên dưới sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ
hoàn thành. Hãy suy nghĩ từ thay thế cho các động từ trong ngoặc nếu có thể
I (1. buy) ____________ a new alarm clock the other day in Taylor’s the jewellers,
when I actually (2. see) ____________ somebody shoplifting. I’d finished paying
for my clock and as I (3. turn) ____________ round, an elderly woman (4. slowly
put) ____________ a silver plate into a bag that she (5. carry) ____________. Then
she (6. walk) ____________ over to another part of the shop and (7. pick up)
____________ an expensive-looking watch a number of times. When she (8. think)
____________ that nobody (9. look) ____________, she (10. drop) ____________
it into the bag. Before I (11. have) ____________ a chance to tell the staff in the
shop, she (12. notice) ____________ that I (13. watch) ____________ her and (14.
hurry)____________ out. Unfortunately for her, two police officers (15. walk)
____________ past just at that moment and she (16. run) ____________ straight
into them.
Bài tập 12: Sử dụng những cặp động từ trong bảng điền vào chỗ trống. Sử
dụng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn

come – show get – go hope – give live – spend

look – see play – break start – check in

1. Just as I …………. into the bath all the lights ………… off.
2. I……………………..to go away this weekend, but my
boss…………………..me some work that I have to finish by Monday.
3. When I………………………..in Paris, I……………………three hours a day
travelling to and from work.
4. A friendly American couple…………………..chatting to him as
he…………………at the hotel reception.
5. I bumped into Lena last week. She……………………….a lot better than when I
last…………………..her.
6. My boss…………………………..into the office just as
I…………………………everyone my holiday photos.
7. I…………….badminton four times a week before I……………………..my
ankle.
Bài tập 13: Chọn when/while để điền vào chỗ trống
1. I had a bad dream _____________ I was sleeping on the sofa
2. I was talking to my husband in the park _____________ two cars crashed behind
us.
3. You called me last night _____________ I was studying for an important exam.
4. The students were doing an exercise _____________ the bell rang.
5. Anna was doing her homework _____________ the lights went out.
Bài 14. Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn
1. My friend Harry _________ off the ladder while he _______________ the
ceiling of his room. (FALL, PAINT)
2. We ______________ the house in 2003. At that time it _______________ £
150,000. (BUY, COST)
3. Dad _____________ interested in buying a new car. (NOT BE)
4. My sister ______________ for me at the airport terminal when I
____________. (WAIT, ARRIVE)
5. A few nights ago, I ____________ a book when suddenly I _____________
a noise outside. A few teenagers _____________ loud music. (READ,
HEAR, PLAY)
6. The fire ________________ when the first firefighters ______________ at
the scene. (STILL BURN, ARRIVE)
7. My brother ______________ for a job when he ______________ across an
interesting ad in the newspaper. (LOOK, COME)
8. I _______________ someone call my name. I ______________ around and
______________ my dad standing at the back of the queue. I
_______________ so surprised. (HEAR, TURN, SAW, BE)
9. My sister _______________ a bright summer dress when I ______________
her at the performance. (WEAR, SEE)
10.I _________ preparing dinner at 4.pm and I ______________ still at it when
my wife ______________ home. (START, BE, COME)
11.Our housekeeper ______________ the vase. As she ______________ up the
pieces, she _________ her middle finger. (BREAK, PICK, CUT)
12.We suddenly ______________ that we ______________ in the wrong
direction. (REALISE, DRIVE)
13.She ______________ a great skier when she was young. (BE)
14.I ______________ an old friend in town while I _____________ the
shopping. (MEET, DO)
15.While the children _____________ with others my husband and I
_____________ to have a cup of coffee. (PLAY, DECIDE)