1 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 .When it _______________________ (stop) raining, we _______________________ (go out) and _______________________ (put) the kayak in the water.
2. While I _______________________ (wait) at the bus stop, I _______________________ (see) an accident.
3 .Suddenly, the man _______________________ (take) the purse from the woman’s handbag and _______________________ (run off).
4 .At 5 p.m. yesterday, I _______________________ (read) a book about Captain Cook and my sister _______________________ (watch) a film about the explorer Robert Falcon Scott.
5. I _______________________ (relax) in the sun when a cloud _______________________ (appear) in the sky.
6. When the sailor _______________________ (open) the box, he _______________________ (find) an old map inside.
7. While everyone _______________________ (argue), I _______________________ (realise) it was a good time to go.
8. As I _______________________ (leave) the party, I finally _______________________ (remember) the man’s name.
9. The man _______________________ (wear) a raincoat and _______________________ (carry) a big suitcase.
10. The girl _______________________ (run) through the forest when she _______________________ (slip) over.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letter of each word has been given.
1 It was a bright day in July, but inside the Son Doong C_ _ _ it was very dark and cold.
2 It's a s_ _ _ _ climb to the top of Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands, but the view is worth it.
3 Angel Falls, on the Guaja River in Venezuela, is the highest w_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the world.
4 During the day, the temperature in the Sahara d_ _ _ _ _ can reach 50°C, but at night it sometimes falls to below 0°C.
5 The beautiful White C_ _ _ _s of Dover are very high and it’s dangerous to walk too close to the edge.
6 The edges of Lake Como in Italy are s_ _ _ _ _ _ , but it’s quite deep in the middle.
7 Over 1,500 people lost their lives in the early morning of 15 April 1912 when the Titanic sank in the i_ _ waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.
8 You can collect seashells from the s_ _ _ _ in the Maldives, but you can’t take coral pieces.
III. Write the correct form of verbs. Use the past continuous or the past simple.
1. The woodcutter (work) was walking in the woods. He (hear) heard a loud scream from a small cottage.
2. Hans Christian Andersen (grow up) grew up in a Danish village and (move) to the big city in 1900s.
3. Cinderella (have to) has had to work hard all day since her father died.
4. Cinderella (dress) dressed in rags with a dusty gray face from the cinders while her stepsisters always (dress) dressed splendid and elegant clothes.
5.I (see) saw the accident when I (wait) was waiting for the taxi.
6. While people (talk) was talking to each other, he (read) was reading his book.
7.Who she (dance) Was she dancing with at the party last night?
8. While we (play) was playing basketball in the park, Mary (fall) felt over.
9.When Cinderella (run) was running she (loose) lost one of her slippers.
10.Someone (knock) was knocking the door at midnight yesterday.
Phần lớn các câu em đã giúp bạn rất chính xác và mấu chốt của vấn đề là phân biệt cách sử dụng của thì quá khứ đơn và thì quá khứ tiếp diễn đã được em xử lý tốt.
Tuy nhiên, một sự nhầm lẫn nhỏ là câu 3, chúng ta chia dạng: had to
vì câu chuyện đã diễn ra trong quá khứ rồi, và since ở đây có thể dịch là từ khi hoặc là bởi vì (=becaue) đều được em nhé!