Exercise 2: Past Simple or Past Continuous? Chia động từ ở
thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn cho phù 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)____________________.
11. I (walk)____________________ along the road when I
12. (meet)____________________ an old friend.13. It (be)____________________ a day in December. Snow
(fall)____________________ , children (sing)____________________ carols and
people (do)____________________ their Christmas shopping.
14. My ex-boyfriend (be)____________________ so annoying! He (always
miss)____________________ the bus and arriving late.
15. When I (call)____________________ Julie, she (work)____________________.
16. Why (cry)____________________ when I (arrive)____________________?
17. When he (get)____________________ home we started to eat dinner.
18. At 10 am yesterday, I (sit)____________________ on a bus.
19. I (enjoy)____________________ my book so much that I
(not/notice)____________________ that the train had stopped.
20. David (not/sleep)____________________ when I (arrive)____________________ ,
he (study)____________________ .
21. Mr Black (not/work)____________________ in the garden at 10pm last night.
Dùng quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn
1. They (watch) were watching TV at 4.00 p.m yesterday.
2. We (see) saw them while they( build) were building the house.
3. We (buy) bought the picture book yesterday morning.
4. We (read) were reading a book when we(hear) heard a loud noise.
5. Were You (sleep) sleeping when the man (break) broke intoyour house?
6. They (fly) were flying to HCM City at 8.00 p.m yesterday.
7. He (open) opened the door, (enter) entered the room and (break) broke something.
8. The earthquake (happen) happened while we (sleep) were sleeping
9. He (write) was writing the textbook, when he (hae) had a hadache.
10. She (type) was typing the book while I (lear) was learning Chinese.
11. While he (drive) was driving, the police (order) ordered him to stop his car.
12. We haven't filed to Brazil since he (move) moved here to live.
13. It (rain) rained heavily while they (play) were playing football.
14. They (look) were looking at the pictures when I (break) broke the glass.
15. They (question) were questioning the woman when she turned off the light.