BÀI TẬP TỔNG HỢP THÌ

HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN VÀ HIỆN TẠI TIẾP DIỄN

3.1. Bài 1: Chia động từ trong ngoặc dạng đúng nhất

1. Listen! My mother_____(1)____ (sing) a song.

2. Every night, We ____(2)_____ (go) bed at 10p.m

3. Giang____(3)_____ (like) Music but I____(4)_____ (like) Math

4. Now, they____(5)_____ (stay) in Hue .

5. My father____(6)_____ (read) a newspaper in the morning

6. Look! Ha ____(7)_____ (run) .

7. Trang usually____(8)_____ (listen) to the teacher in the class, but

she_____(9)____ (not listen) now.

8. Where ____(10)_____ (be) your father?

 He ____(11)_____(be) living room. He____(12)_____ (watch) TV.

9. There____(13)_____ (be) many flowers in our garden.

3.2. Bài 2: Hoàn thành đoạn văn sau

Dear Editor,

I (write) ____(1)_____ this letter because it (seem)____(2)_____ to me that far

too many changes (take) ____(3)_____ place in my country these days, and, as a
result, we (lose)____(4)_____ our identity. I (live)___(5)______ in a small town
but even this town (change)____(6)_____ before my eyes. For example, town
authorities (build)____(7)_____ a burger place where my favorite restaurant used
to be.

Our culture (belong)____(8)_____ to everybody, and I (not

understand)____(9)_____ why the town leaders (not do)____(10)_____ to
preserve it. They simply (not care)___(11)______ . In fact, I (think)___(12)_____
of starting an action group. I (appear)___(13)______ 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 (get)____(14)_____ too late.

3.3. Bài 3: Chia động từ đúng cho câu

1. Lan (not have) ______(1)______ many friends in her new school.

2. Hung (come) _____(2)_______ from Vinh but he (stay) _____(3)_______
with his relatives in Ho Chi Minh city at the moment.
3. We (not drive) ______(4)______ to work every day. We (go)
______(5)______ by bus.
4. Who you (talk) ______(6)______ to on the phone now, Minh?
5. Where your new friend (live) _____(7)_______, Nga?

– She (live) ______(8)______ on Hang Bai street.

6. you (be) _____(9)_______ in class 7A?

– No, I (be) _____(10)_______ in class 7D.

7. Look! Jane (play) ______(11)______ the guitar. This afternoon, she will
play table tennis.
8. I (not talk) _____(12)_______ to her at present
9. How often _____(13)_______ she (go) _____(14)_______ fishing?

– She (go) ______(15)______ once a year.

QUÁ KHỨ ĐƠN VÀ QUÁ KHỨ TIẾP DIỄN

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous
form the verbs.
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.
6. I ___________ (not hear) the thunder during the storm last night because I
___________ (sleep)
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.
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.

Exercise 4: Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past
continuous
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

Exercise 5: Give the correct forms of the verbs given in the brackets
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.
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.