BÀI TẬP QUÁ KHỨ ĐƠN VÀ QUÁ KHỨ TIẾP DIỄN

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences using Past Continuous

Yesterday at 7 p.m:

1. Jame (send) _____ a text message to his mom.

2. Rosy & Billy (have) ______ the evening tea.
3. My dad (drive) _________ back home from work.
4. Jake (dive) _________ into the swimming pool
5. My grandma (tidy) ______ up my wardrobe.
6. My sister (vacuum) __________ the living room.
7. Mary (fly) ________ to London to visit her grandparents.
8. My parents (prepare) _____ barbecue for us.
9. Jill (sunbathe) ___________ on Sam Son beach.
10. My brother (water) _________ flowers in the garden.

Exercise 2: Past simple or Past continuous

1. She (play) ______ the drum when her mom (come) _ __ home.
2. Tertius (copy) __ ___ his classmate’s homework when the teacher (see)___ him.
3. My younger sister (cry) __ ___ when she (come) _ __ home from school.
4. The students (fight) ___ _____ when the principal (arrive) _ __
5. My brother (read) __ ____ books when my dad (come) _ __ in.
6. The rain (start) __ ___ to fall while we (walk) _ ___ in the park.
7. My family (have) __ ___ dinner when someone (knock) __ _ on the door.
8. The lights (go) __ __ off when she (have) ___ ____ a shower.
9. Minh (sleep) ____ ______ while his teacher (talk) __ __ in the class.

Exercise 3: Write the correct words

Billy (drive) ___ ____ home from the station in his car yesterday evening when he (have) ____
an accident. He (drive) ___ ____ along a main road at 80 kms an hour when another car (come) _
__ out of a side road and (hit)__ __ his car. There (be) __ _ a lot of damage to both cars. One of
Billy’s legs was broken and the other man (have) __ _ a cut on his head.

Another car (follow) _______ Billy’s car. They (run) __ to the damaged cars and (pull)__ ____
Billy and the man out of them because they (think) _ ___ “The petrol in these cars will catch fire
and burn the two men”. Soon an ambulance (arrive) __ ___ and (take)__ ____ the two men to
hospital. The policeman (arrive) __ __ too and (begin) __ ____ to measure things. A truck
(come) __ __ and (pull) __ ___ the cars off the road.

Exercise 4:

Điền dạng đúng của các động từ đã cho trong ngoặc sử dụng thì quá khứ

1. I (have)____ ______ dinner when my mother (come)____ ________ home.

2. 30 years ago, he (go) _____ _______ to France.

3. While my father (watch)____ _______ TV, my mother (wash) ____________ the dishes.

4. I (do) __ ______ my homework, so my teacher is very pleased.

5. This time last year, I (travel) ____ _______ in some Asian countries.

6. She (drive) ___ ________ when a deer jumped in front of her car.

7. I (clean)____ _____ my car, it is very clean and shiny now, you see.

8. At 8 p.m yesterday, she (watch) _____ __________ television.

9. Last week, I (see) __ ____ a movie with my cousin.

Exercise 5:
Let me tell you about one of the craziest moments I’ve experienced in my life. A few weeks ago
I ….. (meet) my brother and his wife at the airport. They …… ……(go) to Paris for their
honeymoon and I …… ……(go) to Rome. We … ………(have) a chat while we …… ………
(wait) for our flights. Suddenly, a man … ……(shout) out loud and … ………(claim) that he …
……(carry) a bomb. Luckily, the security guard …… ………(notice) something strange with the
ticking sounds of the so-called ‘bomb’ and eventually … ……(find) out that it …..…(be) a
clock.

Exercise 6:

Let me talk about that one time I nearly got into an accident. I … ………(cycle) home when a
man … ……(step) out into the road in front of me. I …… ………(go) quite fast, but luckily I …
……(manage) to stop in time and …… ………(not hit) him. The man quickly … ………
(apologize) and ………(explain) that he … …(think) about something else and …… (not pay)
attention to me.