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Bài tập về thì hiện tại đơn và quá khứ đơn có đáp án
I.
Phân biệt thì hiện tại đơn (Present Simple) và quá khứ đơn (Past Simple)
Thì hiện tại đơn
Thì quá khứ đơn
- Diễn tả hành động được lặp đi lặp lại, một
thói quen ở thì hiện tại
- Diễn tả hành động đã kết thúc tại thời
điểm cụ thể trong quá khứ
- Dấu hiệu: every day/ week/ month/ year,
usually,
often,
always,
rarely,
never,
sometimes,
in
the
morning/
evening,
afternoon, at night, …
- Dấu hiệu: yesterday, then, when, last night/
week/ month/ year, a week/ month/ year
ago, two days ago, in 2019, ….
II.
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.
(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 (đồ uống có cồn) 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
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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
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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.
2.
A:
(you/ see) Charles yesterday?
B: Yes. We
(have) lunch together.
3.
A:
(Colin/ work) at a bank?
B: No, he
. He
(work) at a post office
4.
A:
(you/ do) anything exciting last Sunday?
B: No, not really. I
(watch) TV and
(read) a book. It was a boring weekend.
5.
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
at the moment
always
yesterday
last night
every week
last summer
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
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1.
My grandmother
me a present yesterday.
A.
buys
B. bought
C. doesn’t buy
2.
Peter
basketball yesterday.
A.
doesn’t play
B. didn’t play
C. plays
3.
Tony always
his cousins on Fridays
A.
visited
B. didn’t visit
C. visits
4.
I
my bike in the park every weekend.
A.
ride
B. didn’t ride
C. am riding
5.
they
to the beach last Saturday?
A. Did, goes
B. Do, go
C. Did, go
6. Who
penicillin?
A. discovers
B. discovering
C. discovered
7.
I usually
a bowl of cereal for breakfast.
A.
eat
B. eats
C. eating
8.
Mum
very happy today.
A.
was
B. is
C. are
Exercise 6: Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the past simple
Tommy Brown
(like) making up stories. No one
(believe) what he
(say) because he always
(tell) lies. He
(live) in a small village
and
(work) on a farm just outside the village. One night last week, Tommy
(finish) work late. It
(be) dark and cold. Suddenly, he
(hear)
a strange noise, so he
(look) up. It
(be) a UFO bright flashing
lights. The UFO
(come down) towards him and he
(see) two green
men looking him from outside. He
(scream),
(drop) his bag
and
(run away). When he
(arrive) in the village, he
(run) into some villagers and
(start) telling them about
the aliens but they all
(laugh) at him. No one
(believe) Tommy.
Exercise 7: Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the past simple
Ling: Hi Amy.
(1. you/ be) at home last weekend?
Amy: No, I
(2. not/ be). My family and I
(3. go) to the
beach. We often
(4. go) to the beach at weekends.
Ling: You’re lucky.
(5. you/ have) a nice time?
Amy: Oh, yes! I
(6. have) a great time!
Ling: Where
(7. you/ stay)?
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Amy: We
(8. stay) at my grandparents’ house
Ling: Oh.
(9. they/ live) near the beach?
Amy: Yes, they do. Their house
(10. be) right by the beach.
Ling: Wow! That’s cool. And what did you do there?
Amy: We
(11. walk) along the beach and
(12. swim) in the
sea.
Ling: That sounds like a lot of fun.
Exercise 9: Fill the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Put them in the correct tense
I don’t usually
(go) to the cinema but yesterday I
(go) to
see a film. It
(be) fantastic. I
(cry) a little because the film
(be) very romantic.
Mellisa
(be) with me. She never
(cry) at the cinema so she
(not cry) yesterday but she also
(enjoy) the film very
much.
Now I
(write) to my friend Peter to tell him about it. Peter usually
(live) here in London, like me but this week he
(live) in
Bristol
with
her
aunt
because
his
parents
(be)
in
Italy.
They
(go) there last week on business. Peter is one of my best friends. He
(be) fourteen years old and we go to the same school.
Last summer Melissa, Peter and I
(go) to Amsterdam on holiday for a
week. We really
(have) a nice time there. We
(visit) lots
of interesting places. We
(not stay) in a hotel. We
(stay) at
my uncle’s house. His name is George. He
(be) an engineer. He is always
very busy but that week he
(be) on holidays and he
(take)
good care of us. He
(show) us the city and we
(like) it very
much. I must study now. I
(learn) French this year as I would like to
(visit) Paris next summer.