Bài tập bổ trợ và nâng cao Tiếng Anh THPT trường Marie Curie

Bài tập Bổ trợ & Nâng cao Tiếng Anh THPT *
Marie Curie Private High School
I/ Complete the paragraph in the PAST SIMPLE. Use a verb from the box:
arrive
continue
finish
listen
play
start
talk
work
My first day at school
I remember my first day at school in 1995! I
1)
at 8.30 and
2)
lesson at 9.00. We
3)

from 9.00 to 12.00. The teachers
4)
to us a lot! Then we
5)
football for an hour. In the afternoon we
6)
the lessons and
7)
to the teacher very carefully. Then at 3.30 the lessons
8)
. It
was a long and tiring day!

II/ Match the questions a) to h) with the answers 1) to 8):
a) What were you doing when you saw the
accident?
b) Did you go to Italy last summer?
c) What did you do last weekend?
d) What did you do when you saw the two
men?
e) Did you go to school yesterday?
f) Did you have a good time at the party?
g) When did you find the money?
h) Did Paula phone yesterday?
1) Yes, I really enjoyed my self.
2) I called the police.
3) Yes, she phoned while you were
playing golf.
4) Yes, I spent three weeks there.
5) I was standing at the bus-stop.
6) While I was cleaning the floor.
7) I met my friends, and spent time with
my family.
8) No, I was ill. I stayed at home.
Your answers:
1. ____
2. ____
3. ____
4. ____
5. ____
6. ____
7. ____
8. ____

III/ Write a question for each answer:
a) Were ?
- Last night? No, I wasn’t working last night.
b) Was ?
- Yes, that’s right. Jim was waiting at the bus stop.
c) Was…………………………………………………… ?- No, Mary wasn’t talking.
d) Was ?
- Yes, that’s right. Kate was wearing jeans.
e) Were ?
- Yes, Ali and Mehmet were playing football.
f) Was……………………………………………………… ? - Raining? Yes, it was.
g) Were ?
- No, I wasn’t reading. I was writing.
h) Was ?
- Yes, that’s right. Tina was reading her breakfast.
Bài tập Bổ trợ & Nâng cao Tiếng Anh THPT *
Marie Curie Private High School
IV/ In each sentence, there is one mistake. Correct them:
1) When I was arriving at Dan’s house, he was waiting outside.
2) While we were writing a maths test, the head teacher was
coming into the room.
3) While we swam, it started to rain.
4) While I was having a bath, the lights were going out.
5) Debra watched TV when the storm began.
6) While I was walking to the shop I was losing my bag!
7) What were you doing when I was seeing you yesterday?
8) I was walking up the stairs when I was hearing the phone.
1. ___________
2. ___________
3. ___________

4. ___________
5. ___________
6. ___________
7. ___________
8. ___________
V/ Give the correct form of the verbs:
 When he
1
(be) a boy at school, Edison
2
(ask) a lot of questions. The teacher
3
(think)
he
4
(be) stupid and she
5
(send) him home. Edison's mother
6
(teach) her son at home
and he
7
(begin) to carry out a lot of experiments. He
8
(earn) money for his experiments by
9
(garden) . Later he
10
(work) on a train and
11

(continue) to experiment there.
Unfortunately, in one of his experiments, he
12
(set) fire to the train!
 Teresa Cardin
1
(hear) a strange sound on the telephone one morning. She
2
(not think) the
call
3
(be) a joke.
"Do you want help?" she
4
(ask) . However, the caller
5
(not speak) . "I'm now saying the
names of the letters of the alphabet", Teresa said.
6
(Hit) the phone when I come to the first letter of your
street. Teresa
7
(begin) to recite the letters and
8
(hear) a noise. The caller
9
(hit) the
phone after a certain letter. Next Teresa
10
(recite) all the names of streets beginning with that letter. In

this way she
11
(find) out the name of the street. Soon policemen and a doctor
12
(arrive)
at the caller's house. The caller was an old lady. She was very ill.
VI/ Complete the following sentences with the past form of any given irregular verbs:
break
buy
choose
cut
dig
draw
fall
feel
find
forget
give
grow
hear
lose
meet
quit
read
shake
sleep
speak
steal
teach
1) A: Why isn’t Bill here for the meeting? He’s supposed to give the weekly report.

B: I _________ to him on the phone last night, and he said he would be here.
2) After I gave a large bone to each of my three dogs, they went to separate corners of the backyard and _________
holes to bury their bones.
3) After looking at all the chairs, I finally ______ the red one. It was a difficult decision.
4) The players are depressed because they _________ the game last weekend. Next time they’ll play better.
5) A: How can you take a three-month vacation? What about your job?
B: I won’t be going back to that job ever again. I _________ yesterday.
6) Laurie has circles under her eyes because she _________ only two hours last night. She was studying for her final
exams.
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7) Matt lost his watch. He looked everywhere for it. Finally, he _________ it in his pants that were in the washing
machine. He had washed his watch, but it was still ticking.
8) Joy was barefoot. She stepped on a piece of broken glass and ___________ her foot.
9) Danny and I are old friends, we ___________ each other in 1985.
10) My father ___________ how to make furniture.
11) I didn’t have a garden, so I ___________ tomatoes in a pot on the balcony outside my
apartment.
12) The student with the highest grade point average ___________ a speech at the graduation
ceremony. She ___________ about her hopes for the future of the world.
13) Paul was in a hurry to get to class this morning. He ___________ to comb his hair.
14) Last week I __________ an interesting book about the volcanoes in Iceland.
15) When Erica and I were introduced to each other, we ___________ hands.
16) Mike is in jail because he ___________ a car.
17) When I heard about Sue’s problem, I ___________ sorry for her.
18) The students all ___________ pictures of their teacher, but few of the drawings looked like her. She tried not to
laugh at the pictures.
19) A few minutes ago, I ___________ on the radio about a bad plane accident.
20) Joe had an accident. He __________ off the roof and ___________ his leg.
VII/ PAST CONTINUOUS vs. SIMPLE PAST:

1) A: There was a power outage in our part of town last night. (your lights, go out) _________
___________ too?
B: Yes, they did. It (be) ________ terrible! I (take) _____________ a shower when the
lights went out. My wife (find) _________ a flashlight and rescued me from the bathroom.
We couldn’t cook dinner, so we (eat) _________ sandwiches instead. I (try) __________ to
read some reports by candlelight, but I couldn’t see well enough, so I (go) ________ to bed
and (sleep) ___________. How about you?
2) It (begin) ________ to rain while Amanda and I (walk) ____________ to school this morning.
3) While I (wash) _____________ dishes last night, I (drop) __________ a plate and (break) ____________ it.
4) When the teacher (come) _________ into the room, two boys (play) ____________ football.
5) While I (listen) _____________ to music, I (hear) __________ the doorbell.
6) I (break) __________ my pen while I (do) _______________ my homework.
VIII/ Complete the following paragraph with suitable verbs. Use either the PAST SIMPLE or PAST
CONTINUOUS TENSE:
John Blake was born in London in 1969. He
1)
to work in France when he was nineteen. While he
2)
in a restaurant in Paris, he
3)
Luisa, an Italian student. He
4)
her to marry him, but
she wouldn’t. Heartbroken, he
5)
to England. Three years later, John
6)
along the street in
London when he
7)

Luisa. She
8)
London with a friend called Maria. When John and Maria
9)
, they fell in love at first sight, and
10)
married the following year.