Bài tập thì quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn

Bài 1: Chia dạng đúng của động từ.

1. I (spend) __________ my all holiday in Japan with my grandparents last month.
2. They (tobe) __________ very lucky with the weather yesterday.
3. Most of the time I (sit) __________ in the library.
4. We (not/eat) __________ nothing all day.
5. Her family (visit) ___________ a farm in London three weeks ago.
6. She (meet) ___________ a lot of kind people while she (work) __________ in New
York.
7. His sister (play) __________ a lot of badminton when she was younger.
8. When she (open) _________ the door, it (rain) ____________.
9. Potter (sleep) __________ when his parents (come) __________.
10. I (fail) _________ in some subjects, but my best friend passed in all.
Bài 2: Chia đúng các động từ sau ở thì quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn.
On my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I (go) (1) …………to the beach for the
first time, something wonderful happened. I (swim) (2) …………in the sea while my
mother was sleeping in the sun. My brother was building a sand castle and my father
(drink) (3) …………. some water. Suddenly, I (see) (4) …………a boy on the beach. His
eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair (be) (5) …………beautiful black. He
was very tall and thin and his face was brown. My heart (beat) (6) …………fast. I (ask)
(7) …………him for his name with a shy voice. He (tell) (8) …………me that his name
was John. He (stay) (9) …………with me the whole afternoon. In the evening, we met
again. We ate pizza in a restaurant. The following days we (have) (10) …………a lot of
fun together. At the end of my holiday when I left Hawaii I said goodbye to John. We had
tears in our eyes. He wrote me a letter very soon and I answered him.
Bài 3: Chọn đúng thì của các câu sau (quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn).
1. Alice saw/ was seeing the accident when she was catching the bus.
2. What were you doing/ did you do when I called?
3. I didn’t visit/ weren’t visiting my 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. My sister was eating/ ate hamburgers 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 7 p.m. yesterday.
Bài 4: Chia động từ thích hợp.
1. We …………………..(eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at 7:30).
2. Yesterday I ………………. (go) to the Post Office, ………………. (buy) some fruit at
the supermarket and ………………. (read) a book in the park in the afternoon.
3. We ………………. (watch) TV when we ………………. (hear) a loud noise.
4. Julie ………………. (be) in the garden when Laurence ………………. (arrive).
5. A: What ………………. (do) at 3pm yesterday? B: I ………………. (clean) my
house.
6. Last year I ………………. (visit) Paris and Rome.
7. They ………………. (have) dinner when the police ………………. (come) to the
door.
8. He ………………. (work) in the garden when he ………………. (find) the money.
9. Laura ………………. (study) at 11pm last night.
10. He ………………. (sleep) when the doorbell ………………. (ring).
Bài 5: Chia động từ thích hợp.
1. I ………………. (walk) along the road when I ………………. (meet) an old friend.
2. It ………………. (be) a day in December. Snow ………………. (fall) , children
………………. (sing) carols and people ………………. (do) their Christmas
shopping.
3. My ex-boyfriend ………………. (be) so annoying! He ………………. (always miss)
the bus and arriving late.
4. When I ………………. (call) Julie, she ………………. (work).
5. Why ………………. (cry) when I ………………. (arrive)?
6. When he ………………. (get) home we started to eat dinner.
7. At 10 am yesterday, I ………………. (sit) on a bus.
8. I ………………. (enjoy) my book so much that I ………………. (not/notice) that the
train had stopped.
9. David ………… (not/sleep) when I ………………. (arrive) , he ……………….
(study).
10. Mr Black ………………. (not/work) in the garden at 10pm last night.
11. I lost my phone when I ________ (walk) home. 
12. It was raining while they ________ (have) dinner.
13. Mary saw the department stores when she ________ (sit) on the train.
14. She_____ (ride) her bicycle when the dog ran across the road. 
15. They couldn’t go to the beach yesterday because it ________. (rain) 
16. It was a lovely day. The sun was shining and the birds ________ (sing) in the trees. 
17. The tourist lost his phone while he  _____ (walk) around the city.
18. The lorry  _____  (go) very fast when it hit a bus.
19. John _______ (walk) down the street when it began to rain.
20. At this time last year, Mary _______ (attend) an Chinese course.
21. Tom ________ (stand) under the tree when he heard an explosion.
22. While Mary _____ (study) in her room, her roommates ________ (have) a party in
the other room.
23. Huong and I _________  (dance) the house when the telephone rang.