Bài tập về thì hiện tại đơn và quá khứ đơn có đáp án

Bài tập về thì hiện tại đơn và quá khứ đơn có đáp án

1. Phân biệt thì hiện tại đơn (Present Simple) và quá khứ đơn (Past Simple)

1. Bài tập luyện tập

Exercise 1: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past simple

1. We _________ (go) to the beach last weekend.
2. My cousins _________ (not/ visit) us every weekend.
3. ___________ (your mum/ make) a chocolate yesterday?
4. I _______ (send) Jessica an email yesterday afternoon
5. The children always ______ (do)  their homework yesterday afternoon.
6. Last year, I ___________ (travel) to Japan. 
7. ___________ you ___________ (have) dinner last night?
8. He ___________ (arrive) from the airport at 8:00, ___________ (check) into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.
9. I ___________ (receive) three messages two minutes ago.
10. She ___________ (work) at the movie theater after school.
11. Yesterday she ___________ (go) to the cinema and ___________ (watch) a horror movie.
12. Carlos always ___________  (eat) spaghetti but two days ago he ___________  (eat) soup.
13. We seldom ___________ (drink) alcohol during the forenoon.
14. Somebody ___________ (take) the flowers from the graves in the morning
15. When ___________ your grandpa ___________ (come) home after war?
16. Some girls ___________ (not/ read) the book yesterday
17. When ___________ (be) they in London the last time? - I think in 2002
18. Why ___________ you ___________ (help) your brother with the homework? - Because he ___________ (be) rather lazy all the time
19. My dog sometimes ___________ (catch) a mouse and ___________ (bring) it to the front door

Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer

1. Dad doesn’t buy/ didn’t buy a new car.
2. I don’t watch/ didn’t watch TV last night.
3. Do you like/ liked chips?
4. Mary leaves/ left for Italy last month.
5. Did John come/ came to the party?

Exercise 3: Put the verbs in the present simple or the past simple

1. A: ___________________ (you/ go) to work yesterday?

B: No, I __________. I ___________ (never/ work) on Saturdays.

1. A: _______________ (you/ see) Charles yesterday?

B: Yes. We ________ (have) lunch together.

1. A: ____________ (Colin/ work) at a bank?

B: No, he ____________. He __________ (work) at a post office

1. A: ____________ (you/ do) anything exciting last Sunday?

B: No, not really. I _____________ (watch) TV and  _________________ (read) a book. It was a boring weekend.

1. A: What __________ (you/do) at weekends?

B: We usually ___________(go) to the beach

Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the time expressions from the list

1. We watched a really good film at the cinema __________.
2. He is upset because he failed his driving test __________.
3. She ____________ brushes her teeth before she goes to bed at night.
4. I am working _____________ I can’t come with you.
5. My mother does the shopping _______________.
6. I went to a beautiful exotic island ____________. The weather was very hot.

Exercise 5: Choose the correct item