Practice : The Past Simple tense

I-Practice
Bài tập 1 : Chuyển dạng đúng của các động từ sau sang thì quá khứ

Be Give Send
Become Go Set
Begin Have Shake
Break Hear Shut
Bring Hold Sing
Build Keep Sit
Buy Know Sleep
Choose Learn Stand
Come Let Swim
Cost Make Take
Cut Mean Teach
Do Meet Tell
Dream Pay Think
Drink Put Wear
Eat Read win
Feel Rise write
Find Run
Forget Say
Get See

Bài tập 2: Bài tập chia động từ thì quá khứ đơn
1. My sister (get) married last month.

2. Daisy (come) to her grandparents’ house 3 days ago.

3. My computer (be ) broken yesterday.

4. He (buy) me a big teddy bear on my birthday last week.

5. My friend (give) me a bar of chocolate when I (be) at school yesterday.

6. My children (not do) their homework last night.

7. You (live) here five years ago?

8. They (watch) TV late at night yesterday.

9. Your friend (be) at your house last weekend?

10. They (not be) excited about the film last night.

Bài tập 3: Chia động từ phù hợp và viết lại câu

1. They/ happy/ last holiday ?

2. How/ you/ get there?

3. I/ play/ football/ last/ Sunday.

4. My/ mother/ make/ two/ cake/ four/ day/ ago.

5. Tyler/ visit/ his/ grandmother/ last/ month.

II-Homework
Exercise 1. Put the correct form of the verbs.

1. She (not go) __________ to the store yesterday.

2. They (come) __________ to the party last night.

3. He (eat) __________ all the cake at the party last week.

4. I (drink) __________ a glass of water a few minutes ago.

5. We (not see) __________ a beautiful rainbow in the sky.

6. They (do) __________ their homework before going out.

7. __________ she (have) __________ a great time at the concert last month?

8. The chef (not make) __________ a delicious meal for us.

9. __________ he (take) __________ a taxi to the airport?

10. The teacher (say) __________ that we did a good job.

11. I (be) __________ tired after the long journey.

12. It (be) __________ a sunny day yesterday.

13. The students (be not) __________ attentive in the classroom.

14. He (be not) __________ happy with the results of the exam.

15. __________ (Be) the party fun last night?

Exercise 2. Arrange the words to form complete sentences.

1. Yesterday / to the beach / went / we.

2. visited / last month / London / I.

3. bought / new / car / he / a.

4. played / yesterday / they / soccer.

5. watched / last night / a movie / we.

6. cooked / dinner / for her family / yesterday / she.

7. went / school / yesterday / to / They.

8. visited / Italy / summer / last / we.

9. ate / at a restaurant / dinner / Linh/ last week

10. yesterday / was / sunny / It.

11. not / last night / were / at the concert / Hue and Lan

12. not / yesterday / at home / was / She.

13. Were / at the party / your friends / last night?

14. Did / yesterday / go / they / to the beach?

15. Did not / at the park / play / they / yesterday.

11. Hue and Lan were not at the concert last night.

12. She was not at home yesterday.

13. Were your friends at the party last night?

14. Did they go to the beach yesterday?

15. They did not play at the park yesterday.

Exercise 3. Choose the correct word to fill in the blanks in the following
passage.

Last weekend, my family and I (1. go / went) to the mountains for a camping
trip. We (2. bring / brought) tents, sleeping bags, and some food. On Saturday
morning, we (3. hike / hiked) to the top of a hill and (4. see / saw) a beautiful
view of the valley below. In the afternoon, it (5. rain / rained) heavily, so we (6.
stay / stayed) in our tents and played card games. On Sunday, the weather (7. be
/ was) sunny again, and we (8. swim / swam) in a cool mountain stream. We (9.
have / had) a great time together.

Exercise 4. Complete the following conversation by filling in the blanks

with suitable words.

A: Did you have a good time at the party yesterday?

B: Yes, it (1. be) __________ fantastic! We (2. play) __________ games,

danced, and (3. eat) __________ delicious cake.

A: That sounds like a lot of fun. Who (4. come) __________ to the party?
B: Many people (5. come) __________, including some of our classmates and
neighbors.

A: And what time (6. the party end) __________?

B: The party (7. end) __________ around 10:00 PM. We (8. say) __________
goodbye to everyone and (9. go) __________ home.

A: I’m glad you had a great time!

Exercise 5. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. I (eat) ________ dinner at six o’clock yesterday.

2. A: ________ Helen (drive) ________ to work? – B: Yes, she ________.

3. My neighbor (buy) ________ a new car last week.

4. They (go) ________ to Italy on their last summer holiday.

5. ________ they (swim) ________ at the beach? – B: No, they _______.

6. My family and I (see) ________ a comedy movie last night.

7. First, we (do) ________ exercise, and then we (drink) ________ some water.

8. Suddenly, the animal jumped and (bite) ________ my hand.

9. What time (do) ________ you (get up) ________ this morning?

10. The Wright brothers (fly) ________ the first airplane in 1903.

11. I think I (hear) ________ a strange sound outside the door one minute ago.

12. When I was ten years old, I (break) ________ my arm. It really (hurt)
________.

13. The police (catch) ________ all three of the bank robbers last week.

14. How many times (do) ________ you (read) ________ that book?
15. Unfortunately, I (forget) ________ to (bring) ________ my money.

Exercise 6. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

The line graph (1-compare) ________ three types of traveler to New Zealand
between 1997 and 2017 in terms of their average daily expenditure.

It is noticeable that spending by these international visitors (2-be) ________ at

its highest between the years 2000 and 2003. Overall, business travelers (3-
spend) ________ the most per day, while people visiting friends or relatives (4-
spend) ________ the least.

In 1997, business visitors to New Zealand spent an average of almost $260 per
day, while holidaymakers spent around $190 and people visiting friends or
relatives spent less than $120. Over the following five years, spending by all
three types of traveler (5-increase) ________ dramatically, to peaks of around
$330, $270 and $220. However, visitor spending suddenly (6-fall) ________
again between 2003 and 2005.

From 2005 to 2015, the daily expenditure of business travelers and tourists (7-
fluctuate) ________ around the $200 mark, whereas people visiting relatives or
friends spent roughly 60 to 80 dollars less per day. By 2017, daily spending had
risen to approximately $250, $210 and $140 respectively for vacationers,
business people and those visiting loved ones.

Exercise 7. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

I can remember many happy events of my life and out of those, I would like to
talk about the event that I can still remember vividly. It (1-be) ________ indeed
an exhilarating event and that was regarding my success in the board final
exam. The moment I (2-hear) ________ that I had been awarded a scholarship
for my performance in the board exam, I (3-become) ________ the happiest
man in the world. This (4-be) ________ truly a felicitous moment for me as it is
something I was looking forward to very eagerly and the news (5-make)
________ my parents quite happy and proud. I would like to thank you for
letting me talk about this event.
I (6-wait) ________ almost a month with great anxiety for my result. I (7-start)
________ speculating so many things and many of them were negative. I could
hardly stop thinking about my upcoming result during this period. The result
was highly important and my college admission was dependent on it. I could not
sleep well the night before the result publishing day. I think it is common for
students to worry about their results, especially for important exams, and I was
familiar with this type of concern. However, I have to admit that I had been
more worried about it than other exam results I can remember.

The result was published at around 11.00 am and I (8-find) ________ that I did
exceptionally well. I was so relieved and happy that I was on cloud nine. Then I
hurriedly returned home and gave the news to my parents. They were very
happy. My father, who barely expresses his emotions (9-be) ________ also very
pleased, and my mother called a few of our relatives to share the good news. I
felt excited, happy and relieved. At that time I was about 15 years old. It (10-
happen) ________ in our hometown called (...say the name of your
hometown...). It was so pleasant an event that I still remember every bit of it.

Exercise 8. Complete the sentences below with suggested words.

1. I/ move/ Hanoi/ when/ I/ in/ high school.

2. My family/ use/ eat out/ every weekend/ then/ go/ cinema/ watch/ latest/
blockbuster.

3. My sister/ spend/ $500/ her birthday party/ last year/ because/ it/ her 30th

4. I/ buy/ Sarah/ farewell gift/ because/ she/ leave/ Sydney/ next month.

5. There/ massive/ traffic jam/ Melrose Avenue/ because/ car accident/ happen/
an hour/ before/ I/ get/ there.

6. I/ guess/ Vietnamese people/ not use/ celebrate/ Christmas.

7. I/ not able/ buy/ bag/ at first/ because/ expensive/ but/ it/ on sale/ a few days
later/ so/ I/ decide/ buy/ it.