THÌ QUÁ KHỨ ĐƠN & QUÁ KHỨ TIẾP DIỄN

I. THÌ QUÁ KHỨ ĐƠN

USE FORMS SIGNALS NOTES
 Hành động xảy ra và chấm dứt ở  S + Vp2 / V-ed + …  yesterday, last week,  Used to + V để chỉ
một thời điểm xác định trong quá (I studied Math last night) last month, thói quen trong quá
khứ.  … hours/ days/ months/ khứ
(She went to London last year) years ago, in 1990, in (When I was four, I used
 Một chuỗi hành động xảy ra liên  S + didn’t + V + … the past, … to eat ice scream every
tục trong quá khứ. (My mother didn’t go day)
(The man came to the door, unlocked home yesterday)
it, entered the room, went to the bed
and lay down on it)
 Một thói quen trong quá khứ  Did + S + V ….?
(When we were students, we often went (Did you use to have a
on a picnic every weekend) cat)

II. THÌ QUÁ KHỨ TIẾP DIỄN

USE FORMS SIGNALS NOTES

 Hành động đang xảy  S + was / were + V-ing  at that time, at (9  2 hành động cùng xảy ra
ra tại một thời điểm (I was taking a shower at that time) o’clock) last night … đồng thời trong quá khứ
xác định trong quá  S + was / were + not + V-ing  at this time (The children were
khứ (They were not playing football yesterday/ last playing football while their
(He was doing his yesterday afternoon) week/… mother was cooking the
homework at 8 o’clock  Was / Were + S + V-ing…? meal)
last night) (Were you doing when I came to your  1 hành động đang xảy ra
home last night?) (QKTD) và 1 hành động
xen vào (QKĐ)
(I was doing my homework
when my friend came to my
home last night)
EXERCISE 1: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past simple

1. When ________________ your mother ________________ (get up) in the morning?

2. I ________________ (not/ know) how to drive a car.

3. Tom always ________________ (eat) breakfast. Yesterday he ________________ (not to eat) breakfast
because he ________________ (get up) late.

4. He never ________________ (shout) at his students. He ________________ (be) a wonderful teacher, I

remember.

5. Who ________________ (ring) you up an hour ago?

6. I ________________ (have) dinner with my family yesterday.

7. She ________________ (know) all the works of Chopin. She ________________ (enjoy) listening to his
waltz last night.

8. Queen Elizabeth II ________________ (be) born in 1926. She ________________ (become) Queen of
England in 1952.

9. - ________________ you always ________________ (get up) at seven o’clock?

- No, sometimes I ________________ (get) up at half past seven.

10. Her friends ________________ (be) ready at five o’clock.

11. I ________________ coffee every morning. (drink)

12. He ________________ work at 7:30 yesterday. (leave)

13. The small cat ________________ with me last night. (sleep)

14. She ________________ her homework two days ago. (do)

15. They ________________ funny books every class. (read)

16. The girls always ________________ the guitar. (play)

17. We ________________ to Colombia last year. (go)

EXERCISE 2: Fill the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Put them in the correct tense

I don’t usually ____________ (go) to the cinema but yesterday I ____________ (go) to see a film. It
____________ (be) fantastic. I ____________ (cry) a little because the film ____________ (be) very
romantic.

Mellisa ____________ (be) with me. She never ____________ (cry) at the cinema so she ____________ (not
cry) yesterday but she also ____________ (enjoy) the film very much.

Now I ____________ (write) to my friend Peter to tell him about it. Peter usually ____________ (live) here in
London, like me but this week he ____________ (live) in Bristol with her aunt because his parents
____________ (be) in Italy. They ____________ (go) there last week on business. Peter is one of my best
friends. He ____________ (be) fourteen years old and we go to the same school.

Last summer Melissa, Peter and I ____________ (go) to Amsterdam on holiday for a week. We really
____________ (have) a nice time there. We ____________ (visit) lots of interesting places. We ____________
(not stay) in a hotel. We ____________ (stay) at my uncle’s house. His name is George. He ____________
(be) an engineer. He is always very busy but that week he ____________(be) on holidays and he
____________ (take) good care of us. He ____________ (show) us the city and we ____________(like) it
very much. I must study now. I ____________ (learn) French this year as I would like to ____________ (visit)
Paris next summer.

EXERCISE 3: Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or past continuous

1. My friend Harry _________ off the ladder while he _______________ the ceiling of his room.
(FALL, PAINT)
2. We ______________ the house in 2003. At that time it _______________ £ 150,000. (BUY, COST)
3. Dad _____________ interested in buying a new car. (NOT BE)
4. My sister ______________ for me at the airport terminal when I ____________. (WAIT, ARRIVE)
5. A few nights ago, I ____________ a book when suddenly I _____________ a noise outside. A few
teenagers _____________ loud music. (READ, HEAR, PLAY)
6. The fire ________________ when the first firefighters ______________ at the scene. (STILL BURN,
ARRIVE)
7. My brother ______________ for a job when he ______________ across an interesting ad in the
newspaper. (LOOK, COME)
8. I _______________ someone call my name. I ______________ around and ______________ my dad
standing at the back of the queue. I _______________ so surprised. (HEAR, TURN, SAW, BE)
9. My sister _______________ a bright summer dress when I ______________ her at the performance.
(WEAR, SEE)
10. I _________ preparing dinner at 4.pm and I ______________ still at it when my wife
______________ home. (START, BE, COME)
11. Our housekeeper ______________ the vase. As she ______________ up the pieces, she _________
her middle finger. (BREAK, PICK, CUT)
12. We suddenly ______________ that we ______________ in the wrong direction. (REALISE, DRIVE)
13. She ______________ a great skier when she was young. (BE)
14. I ______________ an old friend in town while I _____________ the shopping. (MEET, DO)
15. While the children _____________ with others my husband and I _____________ to have a cup of
coffee. (PLAY, DECIDE)

EXERCISE 4: Find an error for each following question and recorrect it:
1. I was play football when she called me.
2. Was you study Math at 5 p.m. yesterday?
3. What was she do while her mother was making lunch?
4. Where did you went last Sunday?
5. They weren’t sleep during the meeting last Monday.
6. He got up early and have breakfast with his family yesterday morning.
7. She didn’t broke the flower vase. Tom did.
8. Last week my friend and I go to the beach on the bus.
9. While I am listening to music, I heard the doorbell.
10. Peter turn on the TV, but nothing happened

EXERCISE 5: Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or past continuous

1. Yesterday evening Tom ___________ (have) a bath when the phone ___________ (ring). He got out
of the bath and ___________ (answer) the phone.
2. I ___________ (see) Tony in the park. He ___________ (sit) on the grass and ___________ (read) a
book.
3. While I ___________ (walk) in the garden, I ________ (hurt) my back.
4. Tommy _________ (burn) his hand when he ________ (cook) the dinner.
5. George _________ (fall) off the ladder while he ___________ (paint) the ceiling.
6. Last night, I ___________ (read) in the bed when suddenly I ___________ (hear) a scream.
7. ___________(you, watch) television when I phoned you?
8. Ann ___________ (wait) for me when I __________ (arrive).
9. I __________ (not/drive) very fast when the accident __________ (happen).
10. I ___________ (break) a plate last night. I _________ (do) the washing-up when it __________ (slip)
out of my hand

EXERCISE 6: Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or past continuous

On my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I (go) 1…………………………. to the beach for the first time,
something wonderful happened. I (swim) 2…………………………. in the sea while my mother was sleeping
in the sun. My brother was building a castle and my father (drink) 3…………………………. some water.
Suddenly I (see) 4…………………………. a boy on the beach. His eyes were blue like the water in the sea
and his hair (be) 5…………………………. beautiful black. He was very tall and thin and his face was brown.
My heart (beat) 6…………………………. fast. I (ask) 7…………………………. him for his name with a shy
voice. He (tell) 8…………………………. me that his name was John. He (stay) 9………………………….
with me the whole afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We ate pizza in a restaurant. The following days
we (have) 10…………………………. a lot of fun together. At the end of my holidays when I left Hawaii I
said good-bye to John. We had tears in our eyes. He wrote to me a letter very soon and I answered him.

EXERCISE 7: Rewrite the following sentences with the structure ‘Used to’

1. I usually stayed up late to watch football matches last year, but now I don’t.
I used _______________________________________________

2. There were some trees in the field, but now there aren’t any.

There used _____________________________________________

3. Anna doesn’t live with her parents any more.

Anna used ______________________________________________

4. He is not a poor man any more, but now he is a rich businessman.

He used _______________________________________________

5. They didn’t often go to the cinema every Sunday last year.

They didn’t use _________________________________________

6. My hair now is much longer than it was in the past.

In the past my hair used __________________________________

7. I don’t have time to collect stamps as when I was in primary school.

I used _______________________________________________

8. Did you often go to the beach when you lived in Nha Trang?

Did you use __________________________________________

9. Mr. Hung often went to work by motorbike, but now he goes to work by bus.

Mr. Hung ___________________________________________

10. There were traffic jams in this street during rush hours, but now the street has become wider.

There _______________________________________________