Past Simple-Past Continuous

1 Choose the correct options.

(Chọn các đáp án đúng.)

1 Did you feel worried when the storm hit the village? – Yes, I                    .

A feel

B felt

C was

D did

2 I                     the gate and                 some flowers yesterday morning.

A painted, planted

B was painting, was planting

C painted, was planting

D was painting, planted

3 What were you doing when the car                          into your house?

A did crash

B was crashing

C crashed

D crash

4 The building was shaking while people                   out of the doors.

A ran

B did run

C was running

D were running

5 I                     in the river when the flood started. Dad and I were back home in the car.

A didn't fish

B wasn't fishing

C not fish

D weren’t fishing

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.)

Hotel collapses!

The earthquake last night nearly 1)                 (frighten) the tourists in the north of the island. They 2)                       (stay) at the Royal Hotel when the earthquake 3)                        (hit) the island. They 4)                      (feel) terrified and 5)              (run) onto the beach in front of the hotel. While the hotel manager 6)                         (make) sure they were all right, the hotel collapsed. “We 7)                  (be) very lucky. We 8)               (not/sleep) at that time, so we all ran straight out!” said a tourist.

3 Complete the text using the verbs into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

(Hoàn thành đoạn văn sử dụng các động từ ở thì Quá khứ đơn hoặc Quá khứ tiếp diễn.)

Yesterday, a rescue team 1)                 Janie Daniels, an 18-year-old hiker, alive. Janice 2)  on Pike Mountain when there 3)        a storm. When she 4)     home at the end of the day, her family 5)                   the emergency services. The rescue team 6)               Janice all nigh and finally they 7)                    her. Janice is recovering in the local hospital now.

hike                  contact                   find                  be

spot                   look for                 not call