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Bài tập thì q khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn
I. Bài tập luyện tập
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.
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 3: 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?

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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 4: 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.
Bài tập 5: Chọn đúng thì của các câu sau:
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/ run 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 all day.
Bài tập 6: Tìm các lỗi sai trong các câu sau:
6. I was play football when she called me.
7. Was you study Math at 5 p.m. yesterday?
8. What was she do while her mother was making lunch?

9. Where did you went last Sunday?
10. They weren’t sleep during the meeting last Monday.
11. He got up early and have breakfast with his family yesterday morning.
12. She didn’t broke the flower vase. Tom did.
13. Last week my friend and I go to the beach on the bus.
14. While I am listening to music, I heard the doorbell.
15. Peter turn on the TV, but nothing happened.

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II. Đáp án bài tập luyện tập
Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous form
the verbs.
1.Peter ____was playing_______ (play) a video game when his brother, Jack,
____entered_______ (enter) the room.
2.I _______was studying____ (study) for my English test when my mother
_____came______ (come) home from work.
3.Emma ____was washing_______
___rang________ (ring).

(wash)

the

dishes

when

the

telephone

4.I ___was eating________ (eat) a sandwich while my parents __were drinking____
(drink) coffee.
5.I ___was watching________ (watch) a DVD when my cat _____jumped______
(jump) on me.
Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer
1. The Smiths weren’t painting their house last weekend
2. Tom was cleaning the living room when Jane arrived
3. Were the students writing an essay in class this morning?
4. Frank was fixing his car when his mobile rang
5. Mark didn’t wear a coat when it started to rain.
6. He was driving to work this morning when Anna called.
7. While my parents were working, I was studying at home
8. I was walking home when I tripped and fell
9. At 8 o’clock last night, we were having at a Chinese restaurant
Exercise 3: Read the letter and write the missing words. Write one word on each
line
1. in
2. when
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3. as
4. said
5. when
Exercise 4: Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous
1.A: How (1) _______did Anne break________ (Anne/ break) her leg?
B: She (2) ______was riding________ (ride) her horse when
_____fell__________ (fall) and (4) __landed________ (land) on her leg.

she

(3)

A: (5) ____Did she go____________ (she/go) to hospital?
2.A: When (1) ___did you see________ (you/see) Peter?
B: While I (2) ___was doing________ (do) my shopping at the supermarket
3.A: I (1) ____called______ (call) you last night but you (2) ___didn’t answer_______
(not/ answer). Where were you?
B: I (3) ____was jogging______________ (jog) in the park
Exercise 5: Give the correct forms of the verbs given in the brackets
1. Susan ____was studying_______ (study) in her room when she heard the noise.
2. What _____were they doing_______ (they, do) at eleven p.m. last night - it was so
noisy?
3. I was eight years old when my elder sister _____taught_____ (teach) me how to ride a
bike.
4. John _______did not go_______ (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 ____was
working____ (work) inside at that time.

Exercise 6: Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets
One afternoon, a big wolf (wait) ____was waiting________ in a dark forest for a little
girl to come along carrying a basket of food to her grandmother. Finally a little girl did
come along and she (carry) ____was carrying________ a basket of food. 'Are you
carrying that basket to your grandmother?' asked the wolf. The little girl said yes, she
(be)_____was_______. So the wolf (ask) _____asked_______her where her grandmother
lived
and
the
little
girl
(tell)____told________ him
and
he
(disappear)_____disappeared_______ into the wood.
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When the little girl (open) ______opened______ the door of her grandmother's house,
she (see)____saw________ that there was somebody in bed with a nightcap and
nightgown on. She (approach)_____had approached_______ no nearer than twenty-five
feet from the bed when she (see)____saw________ that it was not her grandmother but
the wolf , for even in a nightcap a wolf does not look like anybody's grandmother. So the
little girl (take) ______took______ an automatic pistol out of her basket and (shoot)
_____shot_______the wolf dead.

Exercise 7: Complete this email with either the past simple or the past
continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Where alternatives are possible, think

about any difference in meaning.
I (1. buy) ____was buying________ a new alarm clock the other day in Taylor’s the
jewellers, when I actually (2. see) _____saw_______ somebody shoplifting. I’d
finished paying for my clock and as I (3. turn) _____turned/ was turning_______
round, an elderly woman (4. slowly put) ______was slowly putting/ out______ a
silver plate into a bag that she (5. carry) _____was carrying_______. Then she (6.
walk) _____walked_______ over to another part of the shop and (7. pick up)
____picked up________ an expensive-looking watch a number of times. When she
(8. think) ____thought________ that nobody (9. look) _____was looking_______, she
(10. drop) _____dropped_______ it into the bag. Before I (11. have)
_____had_______ a chance to tell the staff in the shop, she (12. notice)
_______noticed_____ that I (13. watch) _____was watching_______ her and (14.
hurry)_____hurried_______ out. Unfortunately for her, two police officers (15. walk)
___were walking/ walked_________ past just at that moment and she (16. run)
______ran______ straight into them.

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