Bài 1: Hoàn thành câu sau đúng dạng thì quá khứ đơn:

1. It/ be/ cloudy/ yesterday.

2. In 1990/ we/ move/ to another city.
3. When/ you/ get/ the first gift?
4. She/ not/ go/ to the church/ five days ago.
5. How/ be/ he/ yesterday?
6. and Mrs. James/ come back home/ and/ have/ lunch/ late/ last night?
7. They/ happy/ last holiday?
8. How/ you/ get there?
9. I/ play/ football/ last/ Sunday.
10. My/ mother/ make/ two/ cake/ four/ day/ ago.
11. Tyler/ visit/ his/ grandmother/ last/ month.
12. Joni/ go/ zoo/ five/ day/ ago.
13. We/ have/ fun/ yesterday.
14. My/ father/ not/ at the office/ the day/ before yesterday.
Bài 2: Lựa chọn và điền dạng đúng của từ:
teach cook want spend ring
be sleep study go write
1. She…..out with her boyfriend last night.
2. Laura…..a meal yesterday afternoon.
3. Mozart…..more than 600 pieces of music.
4. I…..tired when I came home.
5. The bed was very comfortable so they…..very well.
6. Jamie passed the exam because he…..very hard.
7. My father…..the teenagers to drive when he was alive.
8. Dave…..to make a fire but there was no wood.
9. The little boy…..hours in his room making his toys.
10. The telephone…..several times and then stopped before I could answer it.
Bài 3: Chia động từ trong ngoặc đúng dạng thì quá khứ đơn:
Snow White was the daughter of a beautiful queen, who died when the girl (be)
(1)……….. young. Her father (get married) (2) ………….again, but the girl’s
stepmother was very jealous of her because she was so beautiful. The evil queen
(order) (3)………….a hunter to kill Snow White but he couldn’t do it because
she was so lovely. He (chase) (4) ………….her away instead, and she (take)
(5) ………….refuge with seven dwarfs in their house in the forest. She (live)
(6) ………….with the dwarfs and took care of them and they (love)
(7) ………….her dearly. Then, one day the talking mirror (tell)
(8) ………….the evil queen that Snow White was still alive. She (change) (9)
………….herself into a witch and (make) (10) ………….a poisoned apple. She
(go) (11) ………….to the dwarfs’ house disguised as an old woman and
tempted Snow White to eat the poisoned apple, which (put) (12)………….her
into an everlasting sleep. Finally, a prince (find) (13) ………….her in the glass
coffin where the dwarfs had put her and woke her up with a kiss. Snow White
and the prince (be) (14) ………….married and lived happily ever after.
Bài 4: Chuyển những động từ bất quy tắc sau sang dạng quá khứ:

1. Be 1. Let
2. Make
3. Mean
2. Become
4. Meet
3. Begin
5. Pay
4. Break
6. Put
5. Bring
7. Read
6. Build
8. Rise
7. Buy
9. Run
8. Choose
10. Say
9. Come
11. See
10. Cost
12. Send
11. Cut
13. Set
12. Do
14. Shake
13. Dream
15. Shut
14. Drink
16. Sing
15. Eat
17. Sit
16. Feel
17. Find 18. Sleep
18. Forget 19. Stand
19. Get 20. Swim
20. Give 21. Take
21. Go 22. Teach
22. Have 23. Tell
23. Hear 24. Think
24. Hold 25. Wear
25. Keep 26. win
26. Know 27. write
27. Learn

I. Cách dùng Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn Tiếng Anh

Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn được dùng khi muốn nhấn mạnh diễn biến hay quá
trình của sự vật hay sự việc hoăc thời gian sự vật hay sự việc đó diễn ra.
 While I was driving home, Peter was trying desperately to contact me.
(Peter đã cố gắng liên lạc với tôi trong lúc tôi đang lái xe về nhà.)
 Were you expecting any visitors? (Anh có mong đợi người khách nào
không?)
 Sorry, were you sleeping? (Xin lỗi, anh đang ngủ à?)
 I was just making some coffee. (Tôi đang pha cà phê.)
 I was thinking about him last night. (Tối qua, tôi đã nghĩ về anh ấy.)
 In the 1990s few people were using mobile phones. (Vào những năm
1990, rất ít người sử dụng điện thoại di động.)
Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn được dùng để diễn tả 1 hành động đang diễn ra
trong quá khứ thì có hành động khác xen vào.
 I was walking in the street when I suddenly fell over. (Khi tôi đang đi
trên đường thì bỗng nhiên tôi bị vấp ngã.)
 She was talking to me on the phone and it suddenly went dead. (Khi
cô ấy đang nói chuyện điện thoại với tôi thì bỗng nhiên nó bị mất liên
lạc.)
 They were still waiting for the plane when I spoke to them. (Khi tôi
nói chuyện với họ thì họ vẫn đang chờ máy bay.)
 The company was declining rapidly before he took charge. (Trước khi
anh ấy nhận công việc thì công ty đó đang đi xuống.)
 We were just talking about it before you arrived. (Chúng tôi vừa nhắc
về điều đó trước khi anh đến.)
  I was making a presentation in front of 500 people when the
microphone stopped working. (Khi tôi đang trình bày trước 500 người
thì cái micro đột nhiên bị hỏng.)
 II. Cấu trúc thì quá khứ tiếp diễn Tiếng Anh
Câu khẳng định Câu phủ định Câu nghi vấn
- S + was/ were + V-ing - S + was/ were + not + - (Từ để hỏi) + was/
(+ O) V-ing (+ O) were + S + V-ing (+ O)?
Ví dụ: Ví dụ: Ví dụ:
I was thinking about I wasn't thinking about Were you thinking
him last night. him last night. about him last night?
We were just talking We were not talking What were you just
about it before you about it before you talking about before I
arrived. arrived. arrived?

* Ghi chú:
 S: chủ ngữ
 V: động từ
 O: tân ngữ
Bài 1. Chia các động từ trong ngoặc

1. At this time last year, they (build) this house.

2. I (drive) my car very fast when you called me.

3. I (chat) with my friends while my teacher (teach) the lesson yesterday.

4. My father (watch) TV when I got home.

5. At this time yesterday, I (prepare) for my son’s birthday party.

6. What you (do) at 8 pm yesterday?

7. Where you (go) when I saw you last weekend?

8. They (not go) to school when I met them yesterday.

9. My mother (not do) the housework when my father came home.

10. My sister (read) books while my brother (play) football yesterday afternoon.

Bài 2. Hoàn thành các câu sau sử dụng thì quá khứ tiếp diễn và ý tưởng
của bạn

1 Matt phoned while we …………..

2 The doorbell rang while I ……….

3 We saw an accident while we ……….

4 Ann fell asleep while she ……….

5 The television was on, but nobody ……….

II. Chia động từ ở thì quá khứ hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn
1. I ________________ (call) Mr Wilson at 9 last night, but he (not
be)_________________at home. He (study) _______________ at the library
2. I _________________ (not hear) the thunder during the storm last night
because I ________________ (sleep)
3. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The
sun______________(shine). The birds_____________(sing)
4. My brother and sister ________________ (talk) about something when I
________________ (walk) into the room.
5. Tom went to his friends ‘house, but the boys ___________________ (not be)
there. They (play)_____________soccer in the vacant lot down the street.
6. The little boy _______________ (fall) asleep while his
mother___________________ (read) him a story.
7. I really enjoyed my holiday last January. While it_______________(snow) in
Iowa, the sun ______________ (shine) in Florida.
8. While Ted _______________ (shovel) snow from his driveway yesterday, his
wife _________________ (bring) him a cup of hot chocolate.
9. John _________________ (have) a car accident last week. He
__________________ (drive) down the street when suddenly a lorry
__________________ (hit) his car from behind.
10. Ten years ago, the government _______________ (decide) to begin a food
programme. At that time, many people in the rural areas _______________
(starve) due to several years of drought.
11. They ___________________(wait) for me when I _________________ at
the station (arrive)
12. She ________________ (swim) in the sea when I ___________________
her (see)
13. ___________________they__________________(play) tennis when it
_________________ raining (start)?
14. We __________________ (drive) home from the theatre when the police
__________________(stop) us.
15. The wind __________________ (blow) very hard when I
________________(go) out this morning.