Bài tập Bổ trợ & Nâng cao Tiếng Anh THPT 2

Tenses 2
I/ Complete the paragraph in the PAST SIMPLE. Use a verb from the box:
arrive
continue
finish
listen

play
start
talk
work

My first day at school
I remember my first day at school in 1995! I 1).................... at 8.30 and 2) .................... lesson at 9.00. We 3) ................... from 9.00 to 12.00. The teachers 4) ................... to us a lot! Then we 5) ................... football for an hour. In the afternoon we 6) ........................ the lessons and 7) ..................... to the teacher very carefully. Then at 3.30 the lessons 8) .................. . It was a long and tiring day!
II/ Match the questions a) to h) with the answers 1) to 8):
a) What were you doing when you saw the accident?
b) Did you go to Italy last summer?
c) What did you do last weekend?
d) What did you do when you saw the two men?
e) Did you go to school yesterday?
f) Did you have a good time at the party?
g) When did you find the money?
h) Did Paula phone yesterday?
1) Yes, I really enjoyed my self.
2) I called the police.
3) Yes, she phoned while you were playing golf.
4) Yes, I spent three weeks there.
5) I was standing at the bus-stop.
6) While I was cleaning the floor.
7) I met my friends, and spent time with my family.
8) No, I was ill. I stayed at home.

Your answers:
1. ____
2. ____
3. ____
4. ____
5. ____
6. ____
7. ____
8. ____

III/ Write a question for each answer:
a) Were ?
- Last night? No, I working last night.
b) Was ?
- Yes, right. Jim was waiting at the bus stop.
c) WasNo, Mary talking.
d) Was ?
- Yes, right. Kate was wearing jeans.
e) Were ?
- Yes, Ali and Mehmet were playing football.
f) Was- Raining? Yes, it was.
g) Were ?
- No, I reading. I was writing.
h) Was ?
- Yes, right. Tina was reading her breakfast.
IV/ In each sentence, there is one mistake. Correct them:
1) When I was arriving at house, he was waiting outside.
2) While we were writing a maths test, the head teacher was coming into the room.
3) While we swam, it started to rain.
4) While I was having a bath, the lights were going out.
5) Debra watched TV when the storm began.
6) While I was walking to the shop I was losing my bag!
7) What were you doing when I was seeing you yesterday?
8) I was walking up the stairs when I was hearing the phone.
1. ___________
2. ___________

3. ___________
4. ___________
5. ___________
6. ___________
7. ___________
8. ___________

V/ Give the correct form of the verbs:
( When he 1(be) ................ a boy at school, Edison 2(ask) ................ a lot of questions. The teacher 3(think) ................ he 4(be) ................ stupid and she 5(send) ................ him home. Edison`s mother 6(teach) ................ her son at home and he 7(begin) ................ to carry out a lot of experiments. He 8(earn) ................ money for his experiments by 9(garden) ................ . Later he 10(work) ................ on a train and 11(continue) ................... to experiment there. Unfortunately, in one of his experiments, he 12(set) ............... fire to the train!
( Teresa Cardin 1(hear) ................ a strange sound on the telephone one morning. She 2(not think) ....................... the call 3(be) ................ a joke.
"Do you want help?" she 4(ask) ................ . However, the caller 5(not speak) ...................... . "I`m now saying the names of the letters of the alphabet", Teresa said. 6(Hit) ................ the phone when I come to the first letter of your street. Teresa 7(begin) ................ to recite the letters and 8(hear) ................ a noise. The caller 9(hit) ................ the phone after a certain letter. Next Teresa 10(recite) ......................... all the names of streets beginning with that letter. In this way she 11(find) ......................... out the name of the