Practice

Câu 1

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

1. My neighbours the windows when I visited them.

2. Jane to her classmates but they didn't listen.

3. I the meal when I spotted a fly in my shop.

4. The student very hard when the teacher entered.

5. They badminton from 4 pm till 6 pm yesterday.

was vacuumingwere paintingwas speakingwere playingwas enjoying

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Câu 2

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Choose the correct answers.

1. While people were talking to each other, he read / was reading his book.

2. What were you doing / did you do when I phoned?

3. I saw / was seeing the accident when I was waiting for the taxi.

4. Who was she dancing / did she dance with at the party last night?

Câu 3

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Choose the best answer.

I remember that I first _________ that story when I _________ 6 years old.

read - were

reads - am

readed - was

read - was

Câu 4

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Choose the best answer.

When our elder brother _________ us a frightening story, suddenly there _________ a big knock on the door.

told - was

tells - is

was telling - was

were telling - was

Câu 5

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Choose the best answer.

The fisherman _________ to catch fish in the sea while his lazy wife ________ without doing anything at that time.

was staying - stayed

tried - was staying

was trying - was staying

tried - stayed

Câu 6

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Choose the best answer.

Mai An Tiem is the adopted son of Hung King but he with his family ________ to move to the island and ________ there alone because his father misunderstood him.

had had - lived

had - was living

had - lived

had - has lived

Câu 7

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Choose the best answer.

Aladdin ________ a large space in the cave, he fired a match to light up the lamp and then a Genie suddenly ________ in front of him.

was finding - was appearing

was finding - appeared

found - appeared

found - was appeared

Câu 8

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Choose the best answer.

The little girl was called Little Red Riding Hood because she always _______ a red scarf around her head.

had worn

wore

was wearing

has worn

Câu 9

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Choose the best answer.

Every day after the meal, Tam _______ near the well to call her fish and ________ it with a bowl of rice.

had come - fed

came - was feeding

came - fed

was coming - fed

Câu 10

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Choose the best answer.

Although Pinocchio ____________ the old carpenter father, he then ________ him for going on his own adventure.

called - left

was calling - left

had called - left

called - was leaving

Câu 11

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Use the words in brackets to put the following into the correct tense – the past simple or past continuous.

I used my time well while I (wait) for my plane - I wrote some emails.

Câu 12

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Use the words in brackets to put the following into the correct tense – the past simple or past continuous.

Thuan (have) long hair and a beard when he was at university.

Câu 13

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Use the words in brackets to put the following into the correct tense – the past simple or past continuous.

What (you/do) this time last year?

Câu 14

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Use the words in brackets to put the following into the correct tense – the past simple or past continuous.

It started raining while I (drive) to work.

Câu 15

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Choose past simple, or past continuous to complete the sentences below.

It was Sunday afternoon. I

a cookery programme on TV when I

how hungry I was. But of course, I was hungry; I hadn't eaten anything since lunch, and I had run a race in the morning. "Biscuits!" I

. My mother had given me a jar of delicious homemade biscuits.

I

into the kitchen,

the fridge and

some milk in a big glass. Then I

for the kitchen chair but it

there: somebody had taken it away. And there were no biscuits in the biscuit jar: somebody had eaten them all! I was sure I had put the jar there the previous day, and I had eaten only one cookie. It was very strange.

A few minutes later, I

my glass of milk when I

a loud noise coming from the dining room. I

there quickly and I

the door. I couldn't believe my eyes. An enormous monkey

the biscuits excitedly on the kitchen chair.

Câu 16

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Each sentence below has one mistake. Underline the mistakes and correct them.

1. Yesterday is a bad day for me.

2. I phoned you around 9 a.m last night, but no reply.

3. The princess had no choice and let the frog staying in her bed.

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Câu 17

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Each sentence below has one mistake. Underline the mistakes and correct them.

4. Snow White's evil stepmother wanted to be more beautiful in the land and was jealous of Snow White's beauty.

5. While Cinderella danced with the prince, she remembered her fairy godmother's words and rushed to go home.

6. The frog turned into a handsome prince, married the princess and they lived happily after ever.

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Câu 18

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Choose the correct form of verbs. Use the past continuous or the past simple.

1. Cinderella (dress)

in rags with a dusty grey face from the cinders while her stepsisters always

splendid and elegant clothes.

2. Hans Christian Andersen (grow up)

in a Danish village and (move)

to the big city in the 1900s.

3. Someone (knock)

the door at midnight yesterday.

4. While we (play)

basketball in the park, Mary (fall)

over.

Câu 19

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