Ngữ pháp tiếng Anh - Past Simple Past Continous

Name: ________________________

Date: ___________________

ENGLISH GRADE 9
GRAMMAR 1: Past Simple (1)

Write the correct past form of the verbs:
1.

work

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11. phone

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2.

dance

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12. start

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3.

play

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13. begin

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4.

have

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14. see

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5.

go

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15. get

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6.

sleep

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16. look

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7.

arrive

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17. slip

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8.

walk

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18. fall

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9.

sit

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19. feel

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10.

run

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20. find

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Pronunciation –ed ending:

/id/

/t/

/d/


Name: ________________________

Date: ___________________

ENGLISH GRADE 9
GRAMMAR 1: Past Simple and Past Continuous

Write PS (Past Simple) or PC (Past Continuous)
1. Hành động diễn ra ở một thời điểm cụ
thể trong quá khứ

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6. Một loạt hành động xảy ra liên tiếp
trong quá khứ.

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2. Hành động đã hoàn toàn chấm dứt trong
quá khứ.

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7. Hành động xảy ra thường xuyên trong
quá khứ.

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3. Hành động lặp đi lặp lại trong quá khứ.

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8. Hai hay nhiều hành động diễn ra
đồng thời trong quá khứ.

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4. Thói quen trong quá khứ.

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9. Hành động lặp đi lặp lại trong quá
khứ gây khó chịu cho người nói.

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5. Hành động đang diễn ra trong 1 thời
điểm trong quá khứ thì hành động khác
xen vào.

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10. Dấu hiệu nhận biết: while…

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Use the given words to make sentences:
1. When / Don/ arrive/ we/ have/ coffee.
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2. He/ sit/ down on a chair/ while/ I paint/ it.
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3. The students/ play/ a game/ when/ professor/ arrive.
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4. Last night/ we/ come/ down the hill/ town/ we/ see/ strange object/ sky.

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5. I/call/ Roger/ 9 pm/ last night/ but/ he/ not be/ home. He/ study/ library.
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Name: ________________________

Date: ___________________

ENGLISH GRADE 9


GRAMMAR 1: Past Simple and Past Continuous
FURTHER PRACTICE
I.

Complete the sentences: Use did, didn’t, was, wasn’t, were, weren’t.

1. ……… he having a shower when the phone rang? No, I ………
2. ……… she visit the Eiffel Tower while she ……living in Paris? Yes, she ……
3. ………. you tidying up when your friend got home? Yes, I ……..
4. ……… they cooking when you phoned? Yes, they ………..
5. ………...we driving when it began to rain? No, we ……….

II. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple and the past continuous tense.
a) They ………………. (walk) along the street when they ………………. (see) the accident.
b) When Peter ……… (get) up yesterday it ……………. (not rain).
c) While Elisa ……. (cross) the street, she ………… (fall) down.
d) It …………. (get) dark when I ……….. (arrive) home.
e) The bus driver …………. (drive) when he ……… (receive) a message from his wife.
f) She …………. (wear) glasses when I ………. (meet) her at the park.

g) My mum …………… (listen) to the radio while my father ….. (play) cards with a friend.
h) The footballer ………. (score) a goal while his friends ……….. (cheer) him up.
i) They ……….. (rehearse) the play when the teacher ……….. (come) to the theatre.

Name: ________________________

Date: ___________________


ENGLISH GRADE 9
GRAMMAR TEST 1
Past Simple and Past Continuous
I.

Fill in was/were or did/didn’t.

1. Where ___________ you during the earthquake?
2. __________ you hear the noise of the tornado?
No, I _____________. I ____________ miles away at the time.
3. When you lived in Spain, ________ you use to eat paella? Yes, I _________.
4. He _________ in trouble, because he _________ do his English homework.
5. _________ you see the man running after the robber? Of course, I did.

II.

Write the correct Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs.

1. The Boy Scouts ________________ (camp) near a peaceful river, when all of a sudden, the river
_______________ (flood) its banks and almost destroyed their campsite.
2. What ________ you _________ (do) when the volcano _________________ (erupt)? I

_______________ (sleep).
3. The lava _________________(move) very slowly down the mountainside, when we
______________ (understand) that it was coming very close to us!
4. I saw that the dog ________________ (run after) a rabbit, when a car ___________(stop)
suddenly to avoid hitting them.
5. While I _______________ (eat) my delicious pizza, my brother ____________ (listen) to his i-Pod.