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Bài tập Thì hiện tại đơn và quá khứ đơn

I. Phân biệt thì hiện tại đơn (Present Simple) và quá khứ đơn
(Past Simple)
Thì hiện tại đơn Thì quá khứ đơn
- Diễn tả hành động được lặp đi lặp - Diễn tả hành động đã kết thúc tại
lại, một thói quen ở thì hiện tại thời điểm cụ thể trong quá khứ
- Dấu hiệu: every day/ week/ month/ - Dấu hiệu: yesterday, then, when,
year, usually, often, always, rarely, last night/ week/ month/ year, a
never, sometimes, in the morning/ week/ month/ year ago, two days ago,
evening, afternoon, at night, … in 2019, ….
II. Bài tập luyện tập
Exercise 1: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past simple
1. We _________ (go) to the beach last weekend.
2. My cousins _________ (not/ visit) us every weekend.
3. ___________ (your mum/ make) a chocolate yesterday?
4. I _______ (send) Jessica an email yesterday afternoon
5. The children always ______ (do) their homework yesterday afternoon.
6. Last year, I ___________ (travel) to Japan.
7. ___________ you ___________ (have) dinner last night?
8. He ___________ (arrive) from the airport at 8:00, ___________ (check)
into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.
9. I ___________ (receive) three messages two minutes ago.
10. She ___________ (work) at the movie theater after school.
11. Yesterday she ___________ (go) to the cinema and ___________ (watch) a
horror movie.
12. Carlos always ___________ (eat) spaghetti but two days ago he
___________ (eat) soup.
13. We seldom ___________ (drink) alcohol during the forenoon.
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14. Somebody ___________ (take) the flowers from the graves in the morning
15. When ___________ your grandpa ___________ (come) home after war?
16. Some girls ___________ (not/ read) the book yesterday
17. When ___________ (be) they in London the last time? - I think in 2002 18.
Why ___________ you ___________ (help) your brother with the
homework? - Because he ___________ (be) rather lazy all the time
19. My dog sometimes ________ (catch) a mouse and ___________ (bring)
it to the front door.
Exercise 2: Choose the correct item
1. My grandmother _______ me a present yesterday.
A. Buys B. bought C. doesn’t buy
2. Peter _______ basketball yesterday.
A. doesn’t play B. didn’t play C. plays
3. Tony always _______ his cousins on Fridays
A. visited B. didn’t visit C. visits
4. I _____ my bike in the park every weekend.
A. Ride B. didn’t ride C. am riding
5. _____ they _____ to the beach last Saturday?
A. Did, goes B. Do, go C. Did, go
6. Who ______ penicillin?
A. Discovers B. discovering C. discovered
7 I usually __________
A. Eat B. eats C. eating
_ bowl of cereal for br akfast.
8. Mum ______ very happy today.
A. Was B. is C. are
Exercise 3: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past simple
1. “Romeo and Juliet” ______________ (write) by Shakespeare
2. These pictures ________________ (take) during our last Christmas
3. All the reports ________________ (type) by secretary
4. The garbage ________________ (collect) every day.
5. The email ________________ (send) to you two hours ago.
6. When ________________ your mother ________________ (get up) in the
morning?
7. I ________________ (not/ know) how to drive a car.
Exercise 4: Choose the correct answer
1. How often …………….. to the cinema?
A. did you go
B. did you went
C. do you go
2. He ……………….. his best friend last week.
A. meets
B. meet
C. met
3. Sally always …………. her parents.
A. helped
B. helps
C. help
4. They ………….. their room yesterday.
A. didn’t tidy
B. doesn’t tidy
C. don’t tidy
5. I ……… her a question, but she …………..
A. ask, doesn’t reply
B. asked, didn’t reply
C. asks, didn’t reply
6. What time ………… you usually ………………?
A. do, wake up
B. does, wake up
C. did, wake up
7. He ……………. good last week.
A. didn’t felt
B. didn’t feel
C doesn’t feel
Bài tập 1: Đặt động từ trong ngoặc chia theo thì hiện tại đơn hoặc quá khứ
đơn
1. She _________ (go) to the gym last weekend.
2. My friends _________ (not/ visit) us every weekend.
3. ___________ (your dad/ make) a cake yesterday?
4. Linh _______ (send) Hoa a book yesterday afternoon 5. Lan always ______
(do) her homework yesterday afternoon.
6. Last month, Tuan ___________ (travel) to Japan.
7. ___________ Lan ___________ (have) dinner last night?
8. Thu ___________ (arrive) from the airport at 9:00, ___________ (check)
into the motel at 10:00, and meet the others at 12:00.
9. Phong ___________ (receive) five letters two minutes ago.
10. Hong ___________ (work) at the supermarket after school.
11. Yesterday Xuan ___________ (go) to the cinema and ___________ (watch)
a romantic movie.
12. Duy always ___________ (eat) spaghetti but three days ago he
___________ (eat) soup.
13. I seldom ___________ (drink) Cocacola during the forenoon.
14. He ___________ (take) the flowers from the graves in the morning
15. When ___________ your grandma ___________ (come) home after war?
16. Cuc ___________ (not/ read) the story yesterday
17. When ___________ (be) Phan in London the last time? – I think in 2002
18. Why ___________ Lan ___________ (help) your brother with the
housework? – Because he ___________ (be) rather lazy all the time
19. My cat sometimes ___________ (catch) a mouse and ___________ (bring)
it to the front car

Bài tập 3: Đặt các động từ ở thì hiện tại đơn hoặc quá khứ đơn
1. A: ___________________ (she/ go) to the gym yesterday?
B: No, She __________. She ___________ (never/ swim) on Saturdays.
2. A: _______________ (you/ see) Khoa yesterday? B: Yes. Huan ________
(have) dinner together.
3. A: ____________ (Hao/ work) at a hospital?
B: No, she ____________. She __________ (work) at a bank
4. A: ____________ (Lan/ do) anything exciting last Saturday?
B: No, not really. He _____________ (watch) TV and _________________
(read) a newspaper. It was a boring sunday.
5. A: What __________ (you/work) on weekends?
B: We usually ___________(go) to the bar

Bài tập 5: Chọn đáp án đúng

1. My grandpa _______ me a book yesterday.
A. buys
B. bought
C. doesn’t buy
2. Hung _______ soccer yesterday.
A. doesn’t play
B. didn’t play
C. plays
3. Hoa always _______ her cousins on Fridays
A. visited
B didn’t visit
C. visits
4. Kien _____ his bike in the park every weekend.
A. ride
B. didn’t ride
C. am riding
5. _____ you _____ to the beach last Saturday?
A. Did, goes
B. Do, go
C. Did, go
6. Who ______ Colombia?
A. discovers
B. discovering
C. discovered
7. Hoa usually ______ a bowl of cereal for breakfast.
A. eat
B. eats
C. eating
8. An ______ very happy today.
A. was
B. is
C. are

Bài tập 7: Đặt các động từ trong ngoặc ở hiện tại đơn hoặc quá khứ đơn
Thu: Hi Na. ___________ (1. you/ be) at home last weekend?
Na: No, I ___________ (2. not/ be). My family and I ___________ (3. go) to
the mountain. We often ___________ (4. go) to the mountain on weekends.
Thu: You’re lucky. ___________ (5. you/ have) a nice time?
Na: Oh, yes! I ___________ (6. have) a nice time!
Thu: Where ___________ (7. you/ stay)?
Na: We ___________ (8. stay) at my uncle’s house
Thu: Oh. ___________ (9. they/ live) near the mountain?
Na: Yes, they do. Their house ___________(10. be) right by the mountain.
Thu: Wow! That’s cool. And what did you do there?
Na: We ___________ (11. clim) to the top of the mountain and ___________
(12. take) some photos.
Thu: That sounds like a lot of fun.
Bài tập 8: Đặt động từ trong ngoặc ở thì hiện tại đơn hoặc quá khứ đơn
1. Harry Potter ______________ (write) by JK. Rowling
2. These pictures ________________ (take) during our last summer
3. All the reports ________________ (type) by John
4. The eggs ________________ (collect) every day.
5. The newspaper ________________ (send) to Lan two hours ago.
6. When ________________ your dad ________________ (get up) in the
morning?
7. We ________________ (not/ know) how to drive a car