Past Simple & Past Continuous

(Quá khứ đơn & Quá khứ tiếp diễn)

1. Choose the correct option.

(Chọn phương án đúng.)

1 ___________ in Hanoi yesterday?

A Was Joe arriving

B Joe was arriving

C Joe arrived

D Did Joe arrive

2 I was shopping while Amy ___________ for a hotel.

A was looking

B looks

C looked

D looking

3 We ___________ over Cambodia at 10:00 yesterday morning.

A flew

B were flying

C was flying

D fly

4 When I was a child, we always ___________ to the mountains in the summer.

A went

B were going

C did go

D go

5 Robin ___________ his suitcase when I called him.

A didn't pack

B isn't packing

C wasn't packing

D didn't packing

6 Amy went online and ___________ her plane ticket.

A book

B was booking

C booked

D is booking

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

(Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì Quá khứ đơn hoặc Quá khứ tiếp diễn.)

Last summer, we 1) ___________ (visit) Italy on holiday. Our plane landed at the airport on a sunny afternoon and we 2) ___________ (start) driving to our hotel in the mountains. While we 3) ___________ (drive), the sky began to get darker and darker. When we arrived at the hotel, the rain 4) ___________ (fall) all around us. While dad was checking into the hotel, mum and I 5) ___________ (run) from the car to the door with our suitcases. We got very wet!

"6) ___________ (you/look) at the weather forecast before you travelled here?" the hotel manager asked us. "No, we 7) ___________ (not/check) it," we replied. "We 8) ___________ (think) the weather was always warm and sunny in Italy in summer!""I'm afraid not," she said. "Up here in the mountains, we get sun, wind and rain all in one day!"

Cleft sentences

(Câu chẻ)

3. Choose the correct option.

(Chọn phương án đúng.)

1 ___________ that we visited last summer.

A France it was

B It was France

C Was it France

D France was it

2 It was ___________ that James went to Rome.

A by 2019

B 2019

C in 2019

D at 2019

3 It was my mum that ___________ the trip to Ha Long Bay.

A arranging

B was arranging

C arranges

D arranged

4 ___________ that they're staying during their holiday in Laos.

A It is a hotel

B Is it a hotel

C It is at a hotel

D A hotel it is

5 It was the sights in Ho Chi Minh City ___________ most interesting.

A that I found

B that found

C that I'm finding

D that I find

6 ___________ that booked the city tour yesterday.

A It was my parents who

B It were my parents

C It was my parents

D It is my parents

4. Use the words in brackets to complete the exchanges.

(Sử dụng các từ trong ngoặc để hoàn thành các cuộc trao đổi.)

1 A: Did you visit Thailand last year? B: No, it was _____________________ (Vietnam)

2 A: Did you order rice with the chicken? B: No, it was _____________________ (noodles)

3 A: Do you go to Spain every summer? B: No, it is _____________________ every summer. (Portugal)

4 A: Did Emma take the photos?

B: No, it was _____________________ the photos. (Colin)

5 A: Do you travel with your parents?

B: No, it is _____________________ (my aunt and uncle)

6 A: Are you and your parents going to Fansipan Mountain in September?

B: No, it is _____________________ (November)