Contrast: past simple and past continuous

I can distinguish the use of the past simple and the past continuous.

1 Match the ages (a-g) with the stages of life (1-7).

(Hãy ghép các độ tuổi (a-g) với các giai đoạn của cuộc đời (1-7).)

2 Complete the sentences with the adjectives and prepositions below. You can use the prepositions more than once.

(Hoàn thành câu với các tính từ và giới từ dưới đây. Bạn có thể sử dụng giới từ nhiều lần.)

1 Harry is __________ ____ money and he's always thinking of ways of making it.

2 We weren't __________ ____ the hotel, and nor were we pleased with the way the tour company handled the problem.

3 Don't say anything negative about her work because she's very __________ ____ criticism.

4 Children are __________ ____ everything around them and want to know how things work.

5 My grandparents would be offended by the language used on TV and __________ ____ the violence in films.

6 I'm not very __________ ____ maths and always get low marks in the exams.

7 She says she isn't __________ ____ chocolate, but I always see her eating it!

8 I didn't realise there was a problem, and I wasn't __________ ____ the risks.

3 Put the words below in the correct columns to form different life events.

(Đặt các từ dưới đây vào đúng cột để tạo thành các sự kiện khác nhau trong cuộc sống.)

4 Replace the underlined words and phrases with the correct form of the words and phrases below.

(Thay thế các từ, cụm từ được gạch chân bằng dạng đúng của các từ, cụm từ dưới đây.)

1 My dad is looking forward to finishing work next year and having more time for his hobbies. __________

2 When my grandad passed away, my mum got his house and some money. __________

3 My sister is having driving lessons. __________

4 My uncle and aunt separated last year after being married for fifteen years. __________

5 I don't want to get married and have a family until I've had a chance to see the world. __________

6 My older brother moved to another country last year to look for work. __________

5 Complete the sequences of events with the phrases below.

(Hoàn thành chuỗi sự kiện với các cụm từ dưới đây.)

1 retire, become a grandparent, ________________

2 fall in love, get engaged, ________________

3 start school, leave school, ________________

4 get married, split up, ________________

5 be born, be brought up, ________________

6 leave home, move house, ________________

6 Complete the text with the correct form of the words below.

(Hoàn thành đoạn văn với dạng đúng của các từ dưới đây.)

Not everybody does things in the same order. My uncle ¹ ________ school at sixteen and got his first ² ________ a month later. Then he ³ ________ business and ⁴ ________ engaged, and he got ⁵ ________ at seventeen! When he was 25, he ⁶ ________ up with his wife, sold his business and went back to school. Then he decided to ⁷ ________

for a degree in medicine. At university, he ⁸ ________ in love with another student, and my cousin ⁹ ________ born a year after they left university. My uncle and aunt now work as doctors, and they have ¹⁰ ________ a house and ¹¹ ________ down near us. That's what I call changing your ¹² ________ - and your life!