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.
1. ‘What ………were you doing……… (you/do) at this time yesterday? ’ ‘I was asleep.’
2. How fast ……were you driving………… (you/drive) when the accident ……happened………… (happen)?
3. I haven’t seen my best friend for ages. When I last ……saw………… (see) him, he ……………was trying… (try) to find a job.
4. I ………was walking……… (walk) along the street when suddenly I ………heard………(hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody ……was following………… (follow) me. I was scared and I ………started……… (start) to run.
5. Last night I …………dropped…… (drop) a plate when I ………was doing……… (do) the washing-up. Fortunately it ………wasn't broken……… (not/break).
6. I …………was opening…… (open) the letter when the wind ……blew………… (blow) it out of my hand.
heard
7. The burglar …………was opening…… (open) the safe when he ……………… (hear) footsteps. He immediately ……………put… (put) out his torch and ……………crawled… (crawl) under the bed.
8. As I ………was crossing…… (cross) the road I ………stepped……… (step) on a banana skin and ……………fell… (fall) heavily.
9. Just as I ……was wondering………… (wonder) what I should do next, the acceptance letter came in my mailbox.