Choose the best answer.

My father _______ a new car two days ago.

3. Correct the tenses in bold using the past perfect, past simple or past continuous.

(Sửa các thì in đậm bằng cách sử dụng thì quá khứ hoàn thành, quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn.)

I was walking along when I was finding some money on the ground. found

1. My cousin didn't climb a tree before. _____

2. Ali phoned while we had eaten. _____

3. We had run to the bus stop. _____

4. Selin was very good at cooking on the barbecue. She used it many times before. _____

5. Were you seeing the accident earlier? _____

6. Jake took a photo of me while I hadn't smiled. _____

4. Complete the message with the correct past narrative tenses of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành tin nhắn bằng cách chia thì quá khứ tường thuật đúng của động từ trong ngoặc.)

Hi Amelia,

Guess what? We were tidying (tidy) the house last week when I (1) _____ (come across) two boxes in the wardrobe. They (2) _____ (be) very old. They (3) _____ (be) there for a long time and nobody (4) _____ (open) them for years.

Then when I (5) _____ (look) in the first box, I (6) _____ (find) a very cute baby photo but I (7) _____ (not recognise) the baby. While I (8) _____ (look) at the photo, my mum (9) _____ (come) into the room. She immediately (10) _____ (say), That photo is of your cousin Amelia - before her family (11) _____ (move) to Canada.' Here's a copy of the photo with this message!

5. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There are two extra words.

(Hoàn thành câu bằng các từ trong khung. Có hai từ thừa.)

Jessie answered the phone while her mum was driving.

(Jessie trả lời điện thoại trong khi mẹ cô ấy đang lái xe.)

1. The moment _____ I left school it started raining. By the _____ I got home, I was wet.

2. They'd read the book _____ they went to see the film, so they understood the story.

3. We were swimming in the sea, and _____ my friend was taking photos.

4. I went to the gym but just _____ I arrived it started to close. In the _____, I went home.

3. Complete the text using the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành đoạn văn sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ hoàn thành của động từ trong ngoặc.)

My favourite book by Jasmine

Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence is by an Australian woman called Doris Pilkington Garimara. The story is about Doris's mother, Molly - a half-Aborigine girl. When Molly was fourteen, the Australian government sent (send) her far away from home to a special school along with two younger girls, Gracie and Daisy.

Molly, Gracie and Daisy (1) ____ (feel) unhappy at the school because they (2)_____ (not be) away from home before – they (3) _____ (always live) near a small place called Jigalong.

Soon after their arrival at the school, the three girls (4) _____ (decide) to escape and walk back to Jigalong.

In the end, Molly and Daisy (5) _____ (arrive) home after a dangerous 2,400 km journey on foot across Australia. Sadly, they were without Gracie – she (6) _____ (leave) them earlier to look for her mother in a different place.

4. Read the text. Choose the correct answer.

(Đọc văn bản. Chọn câu trả lời đúng.)

People (1) _______ much when my parents were my age. Until a big recycling centre (2) _______  in their town, people (3) _______ things before. They (4) _______ thrown away aluminium cans, bottles and (5) _______  plastic bags. There wasn't as much packaging and so it a big problem like it is today. The first time they (6) _______  to the recycling centre, they (7) _______  all the rubbish from home with them! They (8) _______ that not everything is recyclable! Nowadays it's much easier - there is a collection service which takes things from your house. But you still have to remember to put the bin out early. Yesterday I (9) _______  and by the time I put it out, the truck (10) _______. 

1. 

a. didn't recycle

b. hadn't recycled 

c. recycled

2. 

a. had opened

b. didn't open

c. opened

3.

a. didn't recycle

b. recycled

c. hadn't recycled

4. 

a. had

b. were

c. used

5. 

a. didn't

b. wasn’t 

c. hadn’t 

6.

a. had been

b. didn’t go

c. went

7. 

a. takes

b. hadn’t taken

c. took

8. 

a. realised 

b. hadn’t realised 

c. had realised 

9. 

a. had forgotten 

b. forgot

c. hadn’t forgotten 

10.

a. had already left

b. already left

c. left

4. Read and complete the sentences with the past perfect form of the verbs and your own ideas.

(Đọc và hoàn thành các câu với dạng quá khứ hoàn thành của động từ và ý tưởng của riêng bạn.)

I went to my cousin's house, but she wasn't there.

She had gone to the park.

1. We were very hungry when we arrived at the hotel.

We ______________________________________                                           

2. My neighbour felt nervous about going on a plane for the first time.

He _____________________________________________________

3. I couldn't call my friends after school yesterday.

I _________________________________________

4. They were happy to see their friends again after such a long time.

They __________________________________________________

5. She arrived too late for the meeting.

It _______________________________

1. Complete the sentences with the words.

(Hoàn thành các câu với các từ.)

Past narrative tenses

Past continuous

This time last year, we were driving across Eastern Anatolia.

I (1) _____ the long journey.

Past simple

My parents (2) _____ to stop at a café for lunch.

We (3) _____ at the café for very long.

Past perfect

Later, Mum suddenly realised that she (4) _____ her phone in the café.

She (5) _____ it fall on the floor.

Phương pháp:

Past continuous: (Quá khứ tiếp diễn)

(+) S + was/were + V-ing

(-) S + was/were + not + V-ing

Past simple: (Quá khứ đơn)

(+) S + V2/ed + …

(-) S + didn’t + V bare

Past perfect (Quá khứ hoàn thành)

(+) S + had + V3/ed + …

(-) S + had + not + V3/ed + …

2. Complete the dialogues with the past simple, past continuous or past perfect form of the verbs.

(Hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại với dạng quá khứ đơn, quá khứ tiếp diễn hoặc quá khứ hoàn thành của động từ.)

'You look surprised, Alina.' 'Yes! I was walking to school when I came across an old friend.'

1. 'What happened to your new phone on holiday?'

    'Someone _____ it from my bag when I _____.’

2. 'Did you know anybody at Mike's party?'

    'Yes, we _____ Mike's brother because we _____ him before.'

3. ‘_____ your friends _____ the theme park?' 'Yes, they did. It was their first time there -

they _____ it before.’

4. ‘My sister _____ that Bond film was boring.'

     ‘Really? _____ she _____ it before?’

5. ‘What _____ you _____ this time last year?’ ‘We _____ across Germany on a school 

       trip.'

6. 'Tell me about the last time you went to the beach." 'It was brilliant - first I ____ football on the sand, then I _____ in the sea for a while.'

3. Complete the news article with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành bài báo với dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc.)

Honest student meets famous actor

Seventeen-year-old student Tristin Budzyn-Barker and his parents were having (have) lunch at a restaurant in Los Angeles airport.

Tristin (1) _____ (eat) when he (2) _____ (see) a wallet on a table nearby. Tristin (3) _____ (recognise) the name inside the wallet. It (4) _____ (belong) to famous Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. The actor (5) _____ (not realise) that he (6) _____ (leave) it on the table.

Tristin (7) _____ (not keep) the wallet – he (8) _____ (send) it to Chris Hemsworth's manager.

Some months later, Chris (9) _____ (invite) Tristin to an American TV show. Tristin and his parents (10) _____ (sit) in the audience when the presenter (11) _____ (call) Tristin on to the stage.

Tristin (12) _____ (sit down) next to Chris. The actor (13) _____ (give) him all the money in the wallet because he (14) _____ (be) so honest earlier.

Choose the best answer.

________ TV last night?

Choose the best answer.

She ______ born in 2000.

Choose the best answer.

They _______ to the zoo yesterday.

Choose the best answer.

We _______ in here last summer.

Choose the best answer.

She _______ that hat all day yesterday.

Choose the best answer.

I ________  my knife to someone, but I can’t remember who was now.

Choose the best answer.

What time _________ home for school yesterday?

Choose the best answer.

My sister________ English at Languages Centre last summer.

Choose the best answer.

We _______ around the parking lot for 10 minutes to find a parking space last night.

Choose the best answer.

Mozart ________ more than 600 pieces of music.

Choose the best answer.

I _______ tired when I came home.

Choose the best answer.

When he was a student, he________ the bus to go to school.

Choose the best answer.

We ________to get up early when we were young.

Choose the best answer.

When ________ the first gift?

Grammar

The past continuous

(Quá khứ tiếp diễn)

1. Put the verbs in brackets in the past continuous.

(Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì quá khứ tiếp diễn.)

1. My dad first met my mum when he (visit) _______ Hoi An Ancient Town.

2. Tom had a nightmare while he (sleep) _______ in the camp by the old castle.

3. David hurt his foot while he (go) _______ down the steps of the pagoda.

4. My brother was just sitting while I (look) _______ around the weaving workshop.

5. _______ you (watch) _______ TV at 9 p.m. last night? There was a very good programme on Duong Lam Ancient Village preservation.

2. Complete the sentences, using the past continuous forms of the given verbs.

(Hoàn thành câu, sử dụng thì quá khứ tiếp diễn của các động từ đã cho.)

1. People _______ the monument for years because it had great value.

2. When I finished school, my family _______ in the countryside.

3. People _______ the Taj Mahal - a World Heritage Site while Shah Jahan was emperor

4." _______ you still _______ on the coffee farm when the war broke out, Grandpa?"

5. I _______ a presentation when the microphone stopped working.

Grammar

3. Put the verb in brackets in the past continuous to complete each sentence.

(Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì quá khứ tiếp diễn để hoàn thành mỗi câu.)

1. Luckily, the sun (shine) _______ brightly when we reached the campsite.

2. They (build) _______ Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum from 1973 to 1975.

3. When their mum came home, they (not study) _______, they (chat) _______ noisily.

4. _______ they still (wait) when _______ the tour guide arrived?

5. 1 (think) _______ of my grandmother for years after she died.

a. Read about the Past Continuous, then fill in the blanks.

(Đọc về Quá khứ tiếp diễn, sau đó điền vào chỗ trống.)

Past Continuous

We can use the Past Continuous to describe:

• a past action progress when another action in the Past Simple interrupted it.

I was walking to the store when I saw a street festival.

• an action in progress at a specific time in the past.

At 8:00 yesterday morning, they were repairing the road.

They were repairing the road at 8:00 yesterday morning.

• an action in progress for a period of time in the past.

All yesterday afternoon, the workers were fixing the bridge.

The workers were fixing the bridge all yesterday afternoon.

• two or more actions in progress at the same time in the past.

I was waiting for the bus while my friend was complaining about the traffic.

Tạm dịch

Quá khứ tiếp diễn

Chúng ta có thể sử dụng Quá khứ tiếp diễn để mô tả:

• Một hành động trong quá khứ đang diễn ra khi một hành động khác ở quá khứ đơn làm gián đoạn nó.

Tôi đang đi bộ đến cửa hàng thì nhìn thấy một lễ hội đường phố.

• Một hành động đang diễn ra tại một thời điểm cụ thể trong quá khứ.

Lúc 8h sáng hôm qua họ đang sửa đường.

Họ đang sửa đường lúc 8 giờ sáng hôm qua.

• Một hành động đang diễn ra trong một khoảng thời gian trong quá khứ.

Suốt buổi chiều hôm qua, các công nhân đang sửa cầu.

Các công nhân đang sửa cầu suốt chiều hôm qua.

• Hai hoặc nhiều hành động đang diễn ra cùng lúc trong quá khứ.

Tôi đang đợi xe buýt trong khi bạn tôi phàn nàn về tình hình giao thông.

I ________ a picnic when I ________ a woman playing the violin. She was really good.

b. Listen and check. Listen again and repeat.

(Nghe và kiểm tra. Nghe lại và lặp lại.)

Past Continuous

Tạm dịch

c. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs.

(Điền vào chỗ trống với dạng đúng của động từ.)

1. My mom was waiting for us to come home at 7 p.m. last night.

(Mẹ tôi đang đợi chúng tôi về nhà lúc 7 giờ tối tối hôm qua.)

2. We _______ (travel) to Vũng Tàu for a holiday when we _______ (see) an accident.

3. For years, pedestrians _______ (cross) anywhere they wanted to because there weren't any crosswalks.

4. I _______ (tell) my mom about the new sports center while my dad _______ (drive) us to the restaurant.

5. Everyone _______ (sit) quietly on the bus when a woman _______ (start) having a very loud phone call.

1. Match rules 1-3 with the examples of tenses a-c. Then find more examples of these tenses in the text on pages 12-13.

(Nối các quy tắc 1-3 với các ví dụ về thì a-c. Sau đó tìm thêm ví dụ về các thì này trong bài viết ở trang 12-13.)

a. past continuous (thì quá khứ tiếp diễn)

Some workers were repairing the building. (Một số công nhân đang sửa chữa tòa nhà.)

b. past simple (thì quá khứ đơn)

Some experts opened the box. (Một số chuyên gia đã mở hộp.)

c. past perfect (thì quá khứ hoàn thành)

Water had destroyed the documents a long time before they opened the box.

(Nước đã phá hủy tài liệu từ rất lâu trước khi họ mở hộp.)

RULES (Quy tắc)

1. This tense describes a finished action.

(Thì này diễn tả một hành động đã hoàn thành.)

2. This tense describes an action in progress in the past.

(Thì này diễn tả một hành động đang diễn ra trong quá khứ.)

3. This tense describes an action which was finished when another action happened.

(Thì này diễn tả một hành động đã kết thúc thì có một hành động khác xảy ra.)