Bài tập 4: 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 tập 5: Hoàn thành câu sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn
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.

Bài tập 6: Chọn câu trả lời đúng

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

Bài tập 7: Đọc lá thư bên dưới và điền từ còn thiếu vào chỗ trống. Mỗi ô trống
chỉ điền một từ
Dear Georgia,

I’m writing to you from my hotel room (1) ______ New York. You can’t imagine
what happened to me yesterday! I was walking in Mitte at around noon (2) _______ it
started raining. (3) ______ I was running back to the hotel, I saw a famous actor who
was eating in a restaurant. I went in and (4) ______ hello and he gave me two tickets
to see his new film. Isn’t that great?

That’s all for now. See you (5) ______ I get back!

Love,

Rachel

Bài tập 8: Điền từ gợi ý vào chỗ trống, sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ
tiếp diễn
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