1. Choose the correct tense to complete the sentences.

(Chọn thì đúng để hoàn thành câu.)

1. Jake looked at the weather outside: it was grey, but it didn’t rain / wasn’t raining.

2. You didn’t answer when I phoned you this morning. What did you do / were you doing?

3. Lucy witched off her computer, put on / was putting on her coat and left / was leaving the office.

4. She closed the window because some children made / were making a lot of noise outside.

5. When I told my friends about the robbery, they didn’t believe / weren’t believing me.

6 She didn’t hear the doorbell because she had / was having a shower.

2. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of one verb and the past continuous form of the other.

(Hoàn thành các câu. Sử dụng dạng quá khứ đơn của một động từ và dạng quá khứ tiếp diễn của động từ kia.)

1. I _____________ (see) Henry as I _____________  (cycle) to the sports centre.

2. While we _____________  (prepare) the picnic, it _____________ (start) to rain.

3. All my friends _____________  (leave) the party when I _____________  (arrive).

4. As we _____________  (walk) by the river, we_____________ (hear) a shout.

5. We _____________  (not eat) very much while we _____________  (stay) in that hotel.

6. I _____________  (drink) my dad’s coffee while he _____________  (not look).

3. Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành văn bản với dạng quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn của các động từ trong ngoặc.)

In January 2014, a doctor from New Zealand (1) had (have) a frightening experience with a shark – but his calm reaction (2)_____________ (make) him the star of news reports around the world.

James Grant (3)_____________ (fish) with friends one Saturday when a shark attacked him. He (4)_____________  (not see) anything, but he (5)_____________ (feel) a sudden pain in his leg. At first, he thought that his friends (6)_____________ (play) a prank on him. He (7)_____________  (turn) around – but nobody (8)_____________  (be) behind him. Then he (9)_____________  (realise) what (10)_____________  (happen).

Luckily, James (11)_____________  (carry) a knife so he (12)_____________  (use) it to fight off the shark. Then he (13)_____________ (get) out of the water and (14)_____________  (look) at his leg. The bites were 5 cm long and they (15)_____________ (bleed) a lot. James (16)_____________ (clean) his leg. Then he and his friends (17)_____________  (go) to a nearby café! While they (18)_____________  (enjoy) a drink, somebody (19)_____________ (give) James a bandage because his leg (20)_____________ (bleed). He (21)_____________  (go) to hospital for some treatment, but on Monday he was back at work.

4. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

(Hoàn thành câu thứ hai để nó có nghĩa tương tự như câu đầu tiên.)

1. I hurt my finger while I was playing the guitar.

I was playing the guitar when I hurt my finger.

2. I was walking home when it started to rain.

While I ______________________________

3. She broke her leg while she was learning to ski.

She was learning ________________________

4. He was making lunch when he suddenly felt ill.

As he _________________________________

5. She was telling me about her party when she started to laugh loudly.

She started _________________________________

6. I lost my wallet while I was shopping.

While I _________________________________

7. As the band were playing their first song, all the lights went out.

The band were playing _________________________________

5. Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Use the past simple or past continuous.

(Hoàn thành các câu với ý tưởng của riêng bạn. Sử dụng quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn.)

1. As I was getting off the bus, _________________________________

2. We were trying to find our hotel when _________________________________

3. An amazing thing happened as _________________________________