EXERCISES ON THE PAST TENSES
(Bài tập tổng hợp các thì quá khứ)
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Doris went skiing………..........
A. next Monday
B. at the moment
C. last Friday
He said that he ............................ his work since 7 o’clock.
A. Did
B. has done
C. had done
............... my Grandma did not feel well.
A. Yesterday
B. Now
C. Tomorrow
..................... the teacher gave me a passing grade.
A. After taking the test
B. After I take the test
C. After I took the test
D. After I had taken the test
Betty stayed at Sue's house ......... .
A. at the moment B. a week ago
C. tomorrow
No sooner.............................the office than the phone rang
A. was he leaving B. he was leaving
C. he had left
Stan was born..........................
A. in 1999
B. now
C. tomorrow
I assumed you ........paying for the repairs until the end of last year.
A. have been
B. was been
C. are being
I visited my uncle..........................
A. In the summer of 2005
C. next week
B. yet
D. already
The cat jumped out of the window.................
A. two hours ago B. next Friday
C. already
They.........for 3 hours when the storm suddenly broke.
A. had been running
B. have been running
C. are running
D. will be running
......... Elisabeth worked in a restaurant.
A. From 2003 to 2005
B. Next summer C. Since spring
Our teacher missed the bus ......... .
A. tomorrow morning
B. yesterday morning
C. at the moment
D. already
She was thoughtfully looking at him while he
a newspaper.
D. ago
D. would do
D. at the moment
D. every year
D. had he left
D. next week
D. had been
D. yet
D. already
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A. read
B. was reading
C. has read
While I
the floor, Mrs. Parker began cooking.
A. swept
C. has swept
B. was sweeping
D. has been sweeping
I just
a telegram to say that my poor friend is badly ill again.
A. had
B. have had
C. was having
They
the new words yesterday from three to seven.
A. learnt
C. have learnt
B. have been learning
D. were learning
She
this exercise yesterday at 8 o’clock.
A. wrote
B. has written
C. has been writing
D. has been reading
D. has been having
D. was writing
19. Just a minute too late, he.................on the train when the girl came.
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A. leaves
B. had left
C. would be leaving
D. left
The boys broke a window when they____________ football.
A. played
B. were playing C. had played
D. are playing
Mr. John____________ to Los Angeles in 1992.
A. had gone
B. has gone
C. went
D. was going
Why____________ you come yesterday?
A. can not
B. can’t
C. don’t
D. couldn’t
While I was going to school yesterday, I____________ him.
A. meet
B. met
C. will meet
D. am meeting
I ____________ about him when suddenly he came in
A. talk
B. talked
C. am talking
D. was talking
It began to rain when they ________________basket ball at 4.00
A. play
B. are playing
C. were playing
D. is playing
What ____________ yesterday at 10.20 pm?
A. are you doing
B. was you doing
C. were you doing
D. did you do
They ____________to Ha Long for their last summer vacation.
A. go
B. are going
C. was going
D. went
Who (drive)....................the car at the time of the accident?
A. Drove
B. has driven
C. was driving
D. drive
David (eat).................... Japanese food before, so he (know).......................... what to
order.
A. Ate/ knew
C. ate/ had known
B. had eaten/ knew
D. eats/ knows
I (do).................... some shopping yesterday, when I (see) ....................... your friend.
A. Did/ saw
B. did/ was seeing C. was doing/ saw
D. does/ sees
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31. What.............. you (do).................. when I (come) .................. to your office yesterday?
A. was.. doing/ came
C. had done/ came
B. did do/ came
D. were.. doing/ came
32. Laura (miss)....................... the party because no one (tell) ......................... her about it.
A. Missed/ told
C. had missed/ told
B. missed/ was telling
D. missed/ had told
33. If they ..................... in time, they (see) ..................... the ceremony.
A. Arrives/ sees
C. arrives/ would see
B. arrived/ would see
D. arrived/ will see
34. If you (ask)........................ me, I would explain it to you.
A. Asks
B. asked
C. are asking
D. had asked
35. You looked very busy when I (see) ____________you last night. What you (do) ___?
A. see/ did you do
B. saw/ are you doing
C. saw/ were you doing
D. see/ were you doing
36. I suddenly remembered that I (forget) ................... my keys.
A. Forgot
B. was forgetting C. has been forgetting D. had forgotten
37. While Diana (watch)............................. her favorite TV programme, there (be)
....................... a power cut.
A. Watched/ was
B. was watching/ was
C. was watching/ were
D. were watching/ was
38. What ........................... he ........................... before you came?
A. does/do
B. had/did
C. had/done
D. has/done
39. I didn’t remember where and when I ........................... her.
A. meet
B. had met
C. met
D. have met
40. My mother........................... a nurse for almost 30 years before she passed away.
A. had been
B. has been
C. was
D. had be
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Bài giảng được tài trợ bởi: Thành Công Study – www.thanhcongstudy.edu.vn. Địa chỉ: 6A1, Tiểu khu
Ngọc Khánh, Ngọc Khánh, Ba Đình, Hà Nội. Để đăng ký học, quý phụ huynh và học sinh gọi điện tới:
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