PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

I. Chia động từ ở dạng quá khứ tiếp diễn:

1. I lost my keys when I _______________ (come) to the office. 
2. _______ it ____________ (rain) while we _________________ (have) dinner?
3. I saw the department stores when I _________________ (sit) on the bus.
4. Her phone rang while she ________________ (talk) to her new boss. 
5. My friends _________________ (not drive) to work at 9 p.m last night.
6. He ________________ (ride) his bicycle when the cat ran across the road. 
7. We couldn’t go to the beach yesterday because it ________________. (rain) 
8. The sun was shining and the birds ________________ (sing) in the trees. 
9. The tourist lost his camera while he __________________ (walk) around the
city.
10. The lorry _________________  (go) very fast when it hit our car.
11. I _____________________ (walk) down the street when it began to rain.
12. At this time last year, I ___________________ (not attend) any English courses.
13. Jim __________________ (stand) under the tree when he heard an explosion.
14. While I __________________ (study) in my room, my roommates
___________________ (have) a party in the other room.
15. Mary and I ___________________  (dance) in the house when the telephone
rang.

II. Chọn đúng thì của các câu sau:

1. I saw / was seeing the accident when I was waiting for the taxi.
2. What were you doing / did you do when I phoned?
3. They didn’t visit / weren’t visiting their 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. Chris was eating / ate pizza 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 2 a.m yesterday morning.

III. Chia động từ ở dạng quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn:

1. My friend Harry _________ (fall) off the ladder while he _______________

(paint) the ceiling of his room.
2. We __________ (buy) the house in 2003. At that time it _______ (cost) £
150,000.
3. Dad _____________ (not be) interested in buying a new car.
4. My sister ______________ (wait) for me at the airport terminal when I
____________ (arrive).
5. A few nights ago, I ______________ (read) a book when suddenly I
___________ (hear) a noise outside. A few teenagers _______________ (play)
loud music.
6. The fire ________________ (burn) when the first firefighters ___________ (go)
to the scene.
7. My brother _____________ (look) for a job when he _________ (come) across
an interesting advertisement in the newspaper.
8. I _______ (hear) someone call my name. I ________ (turn) around and _______
(see) my dad standing at the back of the queue. I _____ (be) so surprised.
9. My sister ______________ (wear) a bright summer dress when I _______ (see)
her at the performance.
10. I _________ (start) preparing dinner at 4.pm and I _____ (be) still at it when my
wife ________ (come) home.
11. Our housekeeper _________ (break) the vase. As she _______________ (pick)
up the pieces, she ________ (cut) her middle finger.
12. We suddenly _________ (realise) that we ________ (drive) in the wrong
direction.
13. She _______ a great skier when she was young. (be)
14. I ________ (meet) an old friend in town while I _______________ (do) the
shopping.
15. While the children _______________ (play) with others, my husband and I
__________ (decide) to have a cup of coffee.
16. Yesterday evening Tom ______________ (have) a bath when the phone
________ (ring). He got out of the bath and _________ (answer) the phone.
17. I ________ (see) Tony in the park. He ______________ (sit) on the grass and
______________ (read) a book.
18. While I ______________ (walk) in the garden, I ______ (hurt) my back.
19. Tommy ______ (burn) his hand when he ________________ (cook) the dinner.
20. George ______ (fall) off the ladder while he ________ (paint) the ceiling.
21. Last night, I _______________ (read) in the bed when suddenly I ________
(hear) a scream.
22. ____________________ (you, watch) television when I phoned you?
23. Ann ________________ (wait) for me when I _________ (arrive).
24. I _________________ (not/drive) very fast when the accident _________
(happen).
25. I ________ (break) a plate last night. I _______________ (do) the washing-up
when it _______ (slip) out of my hand.