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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. ___________ 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

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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

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

1. My grandmother _______ me a present yesterday.

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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)?

Amy: We ___________ (8. stay) at my grandparents’ house

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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 8: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past simple

1. “Romeo and Juliet” ______________ (write) by Shakespeare

2. These pictures ________________ (take) during our last Christmas

3. All the reports ________________ (type) by secretary

4. The garbage ________________ (collect) every day.

5. The email ________________ (send) to you two hours ago.

6. When ________________ your mother ________________ (get up) in the morning?

7. I ________________ (not/ know) how to drive a car.

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.