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Câu 1: Complete the sentences (use past simple or past continuous tense) (Hoàn thành câu
sự dụng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc thì quá khứ tiếp diễn)
1. When she finished her presentation, someone at the back of the room ___ a question.
A. is raising
B. raises
C. raised
D. was raising
2. Our company ___ to new premises two years ago.
A. was moving
B. moved
C. had been moving
D. moves
3. A headhunter ___ her while she ___ for Sonny.
A. was approaching / worked
B. was approaching / was working
C. approached /worked
D. approached / was working
4. Yesterday, while the boss ___ the report, other employees ___
A. wrote / chatted
B. wrote/ were chatting
C. was writing / were chatting
D. was writing / chatted
5. The secretary was listening to the radio while she ___ papers and documents.
A. filed
B. was filing
C. had filed
D. files
6. The bell ___ while Peter was taking a bath.
A. ring
B. rang

C. was ringing


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D. has rung
7. He ___ in a café when I saw him.
A. sit
B. sat
C. was sitting
D. is sitting
8. As they were crossing the street, they ___ the accident.
A. saw
B. was seeing
C. has seen
D. seen
9. The light went out when we ___ dinner.
A. had
B. have
C. were having
D. have had
10. While Lan ___ at the bus stop, she saw a serious accident.
A. stood
B. is standing
C. has stood
D. was standing
Câu 2: Put the verb into the correct form, past continuous or past simple (Chia dạng đúng
của động từ, sự dùng thì quá khứ tiếp diễn hoặc quá khứ đơn)
1. Jane

2. 'What


3. '

(wait) for me when I arrived.

(you / do) at this time last Sunday? 'I was asleep.'

(you/ go) to work yesterday?' 'No, I was too tired.'


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4. How fast

(he / drive) when the accident happened ?

5. Mary

(take) a picture of me while I

(not / look).

6. They were in a very difficult position. They

7. I haven't seen Lan for ages. When I last

8. I

(not / know) what to do.

(see) her, she


(walk) along the street when suddenly I

9. When I was young, I

10. This morning I

(try) to find a job.

(see) my old friend.

(want) to be a doctor.

(drop) a plate when

(do) the washing-up.

Câu 3: Put the verb into the correct form, past continuous or past simple (Chia dạng đúng
của động từ, sự dùng thì quá khứ tiếp diễn hoặc quá khứ đơn)
It was just before the Second World War. Tom was only 20 at the time and

(live) with

his mother. He was working in a bank and travelling to London every day. One morning, he
(receive) a mysterious letter. It was addressed to 'Mr. Thomas Parker'. The letter,
which was signed, 'A Friend',
hour. All morning, as he

(ask) Tom to go to The Crown Inn during his lunch
(deal) with customers, Tom was wondering whether he



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should do this. At lunch time he

(decide) to go to the Inn. It

(be) full of

people and Tom couldn't recognize anyone. He was just wondering if he should leave, when a
stranger
( introduce) himself and said he had known Tom's father, who had died when
Tom was a baby. The stranger

(explain) that Tom's father, Bill, was a secret agent in

the First World War. Through this meeting, Tom was recruited to be a secret agent, too. And he
(work) in France when thewar
(begin).

Câu 4: Complete the sentences in "The Past Simple" or "The Past Continuous" using the
correct forms of the "verbs" on the list below (Hoàn thành câu ở thì quá khứ đơn hoặc
quá khứ tiếp diễn sử dụng dạng đúng của động từ cho sẵn trong danh sách dưới)
ARRIVE, LIVE, BE, SLEEP, BLOW, DO, RIDE, MEET, COOK,
SPEND,
1. He

very badly last night.

2. He


in London when the war started.

3. While he was chatting on the phone, he

4. Melissa

5.We

6. I

his homework.

fish when I first asked her to marry me.

our vacations in the mountains last year.

a bicycle when I had an accident.


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7. I could play the guitar when I

8. As I was going home, I

ten.

an old friend of mine.

9. The wind


hard when I went out this morning.

10. The taxi

while I was having breakfast with my wife.

Câu 5: Complete the sentences in "The Past Simple" or "The Past Continuous" using the
correct forms of the "verbs" on the list below (Hoàn thành câu ở thì quá khứ đơn hoặc
quá khứ tiếp diễn sử dụng dạng đúng của động từ cho sẵn trong danh sách dưới)
BREAK DOWN, STUDY,

SEE, BREAK IN,TALK,

RECOGNIZE, TELL, COME, HAVE, HAPPEN
1. My car

2. The doctor

while I was going to the supermarket.

the patient that drinking tea every day wouldn't do him any harm.

3. I was watching the TV when the burglar

4. The doorbell rang while I

5. We

our house.


on the phone.

in the library when the fire alarm went off.


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6. I couldn't answer the phone because I

a bath.

7. The students were having a good time when I

8. The idea

9. I

them at the party.

to me while I was driving to work this morning.

his face, but I didn't remember his name.

10. We were waiting at the bus-stop when the accident

Câu 6: Put the "verbs" in brackets into the correct form (Chia dạng đúng của động từ
trong ngoặc)
1. I (have)

breakfast when the phone (ring)


2. Lan (talk)

on the phone when I (wake up)

this morning.

3. It (begin)

to rain while the children (have)

a party.

4. I

(drink) a glass of milk before I

5. After he (steal)

6. He (sit)

her money, he

in a cafe when I (see)

(go) to bed.

(run away).

him.



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7. While I (watch)

8. Who (come)

into the room while you (watch)

9. While I (walk)

10. If I (have)

the 7 o'clock news, the lights (go out)

to the hall, I (find)

.

T.V last night?

a gold ring.

a lot of money, I would travel around the world.

Câu 7: Choose the past perfect, or the past simple tens (Chia dạng đúng của động từ trong
ngoặc ở thì quá khứ hoàn thành hoặc quá khứ đơn)
1. When I opened the window the sun was shining but the ground was white. It
during the night.
2. When Janet returned home from her holiday, her house was a mess. Her children

(have) a party.
3. When I got home, I realized I

4. It

(rain) so the playground was wet.

5. He felt ill last night because he

6. She

(not / buy) any bread.

(eat) too much ice-cream.

(meet) her boyfriend last November.

(snow)


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7. First I tidied the room, then I

8. Jack

9. It

(sit) down and had a cup of tea.

(play) the guitar when he was a child, but he doesn’t play now.


(not / rain) for three months, so we couldn’t grow vegetables.

10. When he

(arrive) at the party, his girl friend had just left.

Câu 8: Choose the past perfect, or the past simple (Chia dạng đúng của động từ trong
ngoặc ở thì quá khứ hoàn thành hoặc quá khứ đơn)
1. The children had already eaten when their parents

2. Last semester, he

3. When she

(pass) all his exams.

(get) to the airport she discovered she had forgotten her passport.

4. I went to the market, I

(buy) some milk and went home.

5. She opened her handbag to find that she

6. When I

(come) home.

(forget) her purse.


(arrive) at the station, the train had already left.

7. They got home and realized that someone

(break) into their house.


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8. My mother

(eat) dinner when I came home.

9. He had known his wife for two years when they

10. I was very pleased to see that my son

(get) married.

(clean) the house.

Câu 9: Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps in the correct tense - Past Perfect or Simple
Past (Chia dạng đúng của động từu trong ngoặc để điền vào chỗ trống sử dụng thì quá khứ
hoàn thành hoặc quá khứ đơn)
1. After Lan

2. She

3. Janet


(to spend) her holiday in Japan she

(to phone) her mother at work before she

(to turn on) the T.V after she

4. When we

(to arrive) the show

5. After my brother

6. Before she

7. We

(to come) home he

(to sing) a song she

(to watch) a film after the children

(to want) to learn Japanese.

(to leave) for her trip.

(to wash) the dishes.

already (to start).


(to feed) the dog.

(to play) the violin.

(to go) to bed.


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8. After Julia

9. I

(to make) coffee she

(to be) very tired because I

10. We

(to phone) her friend.

(to work) too hard.

(to talk) to the children’s parents before we

(to meet) them.

Câu 10: Give the right forms of the verbs in brackets (Cho dạng đúng của động từ trong
ngoặc)
1. Yesterday Peter


(go) to the pub before he

2. Our father

(tell) us yesterday that he

3. When we got to the theater, the movie

4. Before Anna

6. Mary

(visit) Paris in 1990.

(start) already.

(go) to sleep, she

5. When the phone

(ring), we

(go) home.

(call) her family.

(have) lunch.

(agree) with other members in the last meeting.


7. What you

8. The boy asked what

(do) at 9 am yesterday?

(happen) to his toys.


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9. He

10. He

(work) for this company before he

(win) the gold medal in 1998.

(leave) for Haiphong.