Tenses

TENSES:
I. Chia đúng dạng động từ của thì Quá khứ tiếp diễn : TOBE + V-ING ( was / were V-ing )
Hai ý nghĩa sử dụng với QKTD :
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
1. When she ( do )…………… homwork, I came to visit her.
2. …….You ( play )…………tennis with friends at 10.00 yesterday ?
3. He …………..( not talk ) when their teacher came.
4. While we …………….(walk ) on the zebra crossing, we saw our new friends.
5. My father ……………( read) newspaper while my mother ………..( make ) a cake.
6. At that time yesterday, ………they ( sleep)……….at home ? Oh, how lazy they are !
7. When they ( take)………….a bath, the phone rang.
8. Joe and Jim ( sit) …………..in a café when I met them.

II. Chia dạng đúng của thì Quá khứ hoàn thành : HAD + PII
Ý nghĩa sử dụng của thì QKHT ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
1. After he ( study)………………hard in the university, he found a good job with high salary.
2. By the time we arrived at the zoo, everyone ( go)……….. to other places.
3. Before she went out with his boy friend, she ( do )………..all the housework.
4. Yesterday, our teacher told us that she (try) ……….all her best to be successful.
5. Before he married to her, he ( pass) ……….some love affairs.
6. It was the first time I (ever, see )…………… such an intelligent.
7. Tom and Jerry were friends after they ( quarel)………..with each other for a long time.
8. The film (begin)…………..early 15minutes when we came in
1./ Put the verbs in the brackets into the simple present or the present continuous.
1.Cuckoos (not build) nests. They (use) the nests of other birds.
2. You can’t see Tom now: he (have) a bath.
3. He usually (drink) coffee but today he (drink) tea.
4. What she (do) in the evenings?
She usually (play) cards or (watch) TV.
5.I won’t go out now as it (rain) and I (not have) an umbrella.
6.The last train (leave) the station at 11.30 am.
7.He usually (speak) so quickly that I (not understand) him.
8.Ann (make) a dress for herself at the moment. She (make) all her own clothes.
9.Hardly anyone (wear) a hat nowadays.
10.I’m afraid I’ve broken one of your coffee cups.
Don’t worry. I (not like) that set anyway.
2/ Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous tense.
1.I lit the fire at 6.00 and it (burn) brightly when Tom came in at 7.00.
2.When I arrived the lecture had already started and the professor (write) on the overhead projector.
3.I (make) a cake when the light went out. I had to finish it in the dark.
4.I didn’t want to meet Paul so when he entered the room I (leave).
5.Unfortunately when I arrived Ann just (leave), so we have only had times for a few words.
6.He (watch) TV when the phone rang. Very unwillingly he (turn) down the sound and (go) to answer it.
7.He was very polite. Whenever his wife entered the room he (stand) up.
8.The admiral (play) bowls when he received news of invasion. He (insist) on finishing the game.

3/ The present perfect and the simple past. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
1.This is my house.
How long you (live) here?
I (live) here since 1970.
2.He (live) in London for two years and then (go) to Edinburgh.
3. You (wear) your hair long when you were at school?
Yes, my mother (insist) on it.
But when I (leave) school I (cut) my hair and (wear) a short ever since.
4. Shakespeare (write) a lot of plays.
5. My brother (write) several plays. He just (finish) his second tragedy.
6. I (fly) over Lock Ness last week.
You (see) Lock Ness monster?