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Bài tập thì quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn
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I. Phân biệt thì quá khứ đơn (Past Simple) và quá khứ tiếp diễn (Past Continuous):
Thì quá khứ đơn Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn
- Diễn tả hành động đã xảy ra tại một thời - Diễn tả hành động đang diễn ra trong quá
điểm cố định trong quá khứ khứ
- Diễn tả hành động đã xảy ra ngay sau - Diễn tả hai hành động hoặc nhiều hơn
hành động khác trong quá khứ đang diễn ra tại thời điểm nới trong quá
khứ
Dấu hiệu: ago, yesterday, last month/ year/ Dấu hiệu: while, when, all day/ night/
week, in 2019, then,… morning, ….
7. It (be) ___________ beautiful yesterday when we ___________ (go) for a walk in the
park. The sun ___________ (shine). The birds ___________ (sing).
8. My brother and sister ___________ (talk) anout something when I ___________
(walk) into the room.
9. Tom ___________(go) to his friend’s house, but the boys ___________ (not be) there.
They ___________ (play) soccer in the vacant lot down the street.
10. The little boy ___________ (fall) asleep while his mother ___________ (read) him a
story.
11. I really ___________ (enjoy) my holiday last January. While it ___________ (snow)
in Iowa, the sun ___________ (shine) in Floria.
12. It ___________ (snow) when I ___________ (leave) home this morning.
13. It was a sunny afternoon and people ___________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then
suddenly it ___________ (start) to rain.
14. My brother ___________ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but when he
___________ (see) me, he ___________ (finish) the call. Perhaps he thought that I
___________ (listen) to his conversation.
15. We ___________ (climb) the wall when the gardener ___________ (see) us.
16. Susan ___________ (play) the piano while Mary ___________ (sing)
17. ___________ (you/ listen) to the teacher when she ___________ (explain) this
exercise?
18. Linda ___________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock ___________
(ring).
Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer
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.
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.
6. Yesterday at 9.30 p.m my parents ______________ (sit) in the garden
______________ (drink) some Coke.
7. The chambermaid ______________ (make) my bed in the hotel and ______________
(clean) the bathroom.
8. Someone ______________ (knock) on the door while ______________ (read) the
newspaper.
9. My brother ______________ (buy) a lot of books when he ______________ (live) in
Cambridge.
10. William ______________ (not meet) Sally at the airport last Sunday.
11. Jerry ______________ (have) dinner when the lights ______________ (go) out.
12. The girl ______________ (feel) ill so she ______________ (not go) to work.
13. I ______________ (make) a pudding when the light ______________ (go) out.
14. We suddenly ______________ (realize) that we ______________ (travel) in the
wrong direction.
15. While I ______________ (swim) someone ______________ (steal) my clothes and I
______________ (have to) walk to the hotel in my swimsuit.
16. The floor ______________ (be) covered with balls of wool. Obviously Grandmother
______________ (knit) something.
17. I ______________ (find) this coin as I ______________ (dig) in the garden. It looks
very old.
18. When I first ______________ (meet) him, he ______________ (work) in a cafe.
19. When I ______________ (read) a book, I ______________ (hear) a knock, I
______________ (go) to the door and ______________ (open) it, but I ______________
(not recognize) my friend at first because I ______________ (not wear) my glasses.
20. When I ______________ (come) in they ______________ (sit) round the fire.
Exercise 6: Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets
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.
Exercise 7: Complete this email with either the past simple or the past
continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Where alternatives are possible, think
about any difference in meaning.
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.
Exerccise 8: Complete the sentences using these pairs of verbs. Use the past
simple in one gap and the past continuous in the other.
come - show get - go hope - give live - spend
look - see play - break start - check in
1. Just as I was getting into the bath all the lights went off.
7. When I (entered / was entering) the cafeteria Mary (had / was having) lunch with
Peter.
Đáp án bài tập luyện tập
Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous form
the verbs.
1.Peter ____was playing_______ (play) a video game when his brother, Jack,
____entered_______ (enter) the room.
2.I _______was studying____ (study) for my English test when my mother
_____came______ (come) home from work.
3.Emma ____was washing_______ (wash) the dishes when the telephone
___rang________ (ring).
4.I ___was eating________ (eat) a sandwich while my parents __were drinking____
(drink) coffee.
5.I ___was watching________ (watch) a DVD when my cat _____jumped______
(jump) on me.
6. I _____didn’t hear______ (not hear) the thunder during the storm last night because I
_____was sleeping______ (sleep)
7. It (be) ____was_______ beautiful yesterday when we ____went_______ (go) for a
walk in the park. The sun _______was shining____ (shine). The birds _____was
singing______ (sing).
8. My brother and sister ___were talking________ (talk) anout something when I
______walked_____ (walk) into the room.
9. Tom _____went______(go) to his friend’s house, but the boys _____weren’t______
(not be) there. They _____were playing______ (play) soccer in the vacant lot down the
street.
10. The little boy _____fell______ (fall) asleep while his mother ____was
reading_______ (read) him a story.
11. I really ____enjoyed _______ (enjoy) my holiday last January. While it ____was
snowing_______ (snow) in Iowa, the sun _____was shining______ (shine) in Floria.
12. It ______was snowing_____ (snow) when I ______left_____ (leave) home this
morning.
13. It was a sunny afternoon and people ____were sitting_______ (sit) on the grass in
the park. Then suddenly it _____started______ (start) to rain.
14. My brother ____was talking_______ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but when
he ______was seeing_____ (see) me, he ______finished_____ (finish) the call.
Perhaps he thought that I ______listened_____ (listen) to his conversation.
15. We ___were climbing________ (climb) the wall when the gardener
____saw_______ (see) us.
16. Susan ____was playing_______ (play) the piano while Mary ______was
singing_____ (sing)
17. ____Did you listen_______ (you/ listen) to the teacher when she _____was
explaining______ (explain) this exercise?
18. Linda _____was having______ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock
___rang________ (ring).
Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer
1. The Smiths weren’t painting their house last weekend
2. Tom was cleaning the living room when Jane arrived
3. Were the students writing an essay in class this morning?
4. Frank was fixing his car when his mobile rang
5. Mark didn’t wear a coat when it started to rain.
6. He was driving to work this morning when Anna called.
7. While my parents were working, I was studying at home
8. I was walking home when I tripped and fell
9. At 8 o’clock last night, we were having at a Chinese restaurant
Exercise 3: Read the letter and write the missing words. Write one word on each
line
1. in
2. when
3. as
4. said
5. when
Exercise 4: Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous
1.A: How (1) _______did Anne break________ (Anne/ break) her leg?
B: She (2) ______was riding________ (ride) her horse when she (3)
_____fell__________ (fall) and (4) __landed________ (land) on her leg.
A: (5) ____Did she go____________ (she/go) to hospital?
2.A: When (1) ___did you see________ (you/see) Peter?
B: While I (2) ___was doing________ (do) my shopping at the supermarket
3.A: I (1) ____called______ (call) you last night but you (2) ___didn’t answer_______
(not/ answer). Where were you?
B: I (3) ____was jogging______________ (jog) in the park
Exercise 5: Give the correct forms of the verbs given in the brackets
1. Susan ____was studying_______ (study) in her room when she heard the noise.
2. What _____were they doing_______ (they, do) at eleven p.m. last night - it was so
noisy?
3. I was eight years old when my elder sister _____taught_____ (teach) me how to ride
a bike.
4. John _______did not go_______ (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 ____was
working____ (work) inside at that time.
6. Yesterday at 9.30 p.m my parents ____were sitting__________ (sit) in the garden
______drinking________ (drink) some Coke.
7. The chambermaid ______made________ (make) my bed in the hotel and
______cleaned________ (clean) the bathroom.
8. Someone _______knocked_______ (knock) on the door while ______was
reading________ (read) the newspaper.
9. My brother ____bought__________ (buy) a lot of books when he _______lived/ was
living_______ (live) in Cambridge.
10. William ______didn’t meet________ (not meet) Sally at the airport last Sunday.
11. Jerry _______was having_______ (have) dinner when the lights
______went________ (go) out.
12. The girl _____felt_________ (feel) ill so she _____didn’t go_________ (not go) to
work.
13. I _____was making_________ (make) a pudding when the light
____went__________ (go) out.
14. We suddenly ________realized______ (realize) that we _______were
travelling_______ (travel) in the wrong direction.
15. While I ______was swimming________ (swim) someone _______stole_______
(steal) my clothes and I _____had to_________ (have to) walk to the hotel in my
swimsuit.
16. The floor _______was_______ (be) covered with balls of wool. Obviously
Grandmother ______was knitting________ (knit) something.
17. I ______found________ (find) this coin as I ______was digging________ (dig) in
the garden. It looks very old.
18. When I first ______met________ (meet) him, he ____was working__________
(work) in a cafe.
19. When I ______was reading________ (read) a book, I _______heard_______ (hear)
a knock, I _________went_____ (go) to the door and ______opened________
(open) it, but I _____didn’t recognize_________ (not recognize) my friend at first
because I _________didn’t wear_____ (not wear) my glasses.
20. When I _______came_______ (come) in they _____were sitting_________ (sit)
round the fire.
Exercise 6: Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets
One afternoon, a big wolf (wait) ____was waiting________ 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) ____was carrying________ a basket of food. 'Are you
carrying that basket to your grandmother?' asked the wolf. The little girl said yes, she
(be)_____was_______. So the wolf (ask) _____asked_______her where her grandmother
lived and the little girl (tell)____told________ him and he
(disappear)_____disappeared_______ into the wood.