PAST SIMPLE

Cach dùng: Thì quá khứ đơn

- Diễn tả hành động đã kết thúc tại thời điểm cụ thể trong quá khứ
- Dấu hiệu: yesterday, then, when, last night/ week/ month/ year, a week/ month/ year
ago, two days ago, in 2019, ….

Công thức đối với đông từ tobe

Past simple (Quá khứ đơn)

(+) Khẳng định S + was/ were + N/ Adj

(-) Phủ định S + was/ were + not + N/ Adj

(?) Nghi vấn Was/ Were + S + N/ Adj?

→ Yes + S + was/were

→ No + S was/were + not

Wh- + was/ were/ + S + N/ Adj?

Công thức đối với động từ thường

Past simple (Quá khứ đơn)

(+) Khẳng định S + V2/ed + O

(-) Phủ định S + didn’t + V_inf + O

(?) Nghi vấn Did + S + V_inf + O?

→ Yes + S + did

→ No + S + didn’t

Wh- did + S + Vo?

STT Vo V2

1 Be (am/ is/ are) was/ were

 2 become became

3 come came

4 begin began

5 read read

6 catch caught

7 cost cost

8 do did

9 drive drove

10 eat ate

Exercise 1. Give the correct form of the word in parentheses.

1. Yesterday, I …………….. (go) to the park and …………….. (play) soccer with my
friends.
2. I …………….. (watch) a movie last night with my family.
3. Last week, I …………….. (visit) my grandparents and …………….. (stay) at their
house.
4. I …………….. (finish) reading a book last month, and it …………….. (be) really
interesting.
5. I …………….. (visit) Japan two years ago, and I …………….. (love) the culture and
food.
6. Who …………….. he …………….. (meet) at the party?
7. …………….. (be) she at home when you called her?
8. …………….. they …………….. (travel) to Europe last year?
Exercise 2. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

1. Yesterday, she ________ (goes / went) to the park with her friends.
2. We ________ (visit / visited) the museum last week.
3. He ________ (play / played) soccer last day.
4. The cat ________ (jump / jumped) onto the table.
5. They ________ (watch / watched) a movie at the cinema last night.
6. Yesterday, they ________ (went / goes) to the beach.
7. The students ________ (study / studied) for their exams last night.
8. She ________ (bake / baked) a delicious cake for her birthday.
9. The birds ________ (sing / sang) beautifully in the morning.
10. He ________ (finish / finished) his homework before dinner.

Exercise 3. Choose the correct answer

1. My grandmother _______ me a present yesterday.

A. buys B. bought C. doesn’t buy D. buy

2. Peter _______ basketball yesterday.

A. doesn’t play B. didn’t play C. plays D. play

3. Tony always _______ his cousins on Fridays

A. visited B. didn’t visit C. visits D. visit

4. I _____ my bike in the park every weekend.

A. ride B. didn’t ride C. am riding D. rides

5. _____ they _____ to the beach last Saturday?

A. Did/ goes B. Do/ go C. Did/ go D. Did/ went

7. I usually ______ a bowl of cereal for breakfast.

A. eat B. eats C. eating D. ate

8. Mum ______ very happy today.

A. was B. is C. are D. were

Exercise 4. 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 ______ (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 yesterday?

19. My dog sometimes ___________ (catch) a mouse and ___________ (bring) it to the front
door.

20. I sometimes ____________ friends in the afternoon. (meet)

Exercise 5. Complete the sentences with the time expressions from the list

always– yesterday- last summer – everyday- last night

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. My mother does the shopping _______________.
5. I went to a beautiful exotic island ____________. The weather was very hot.
Exercise 6. Correct the mistakes where necessary

1. I plays tennis every afternoon.

….……………………………………………………….

2. My parents live in Paris in 2006.

….……………………………………………………….

3. Jake listen to the radio in the morning.

….……………………………………………………….

4. We ate eggs for breakfast everyday.

….……………………………………………………….

5. My dog doesn’t bark last night.

….……………………………………………………….