REVIEW OF PAST TENSES, WILL/ BE GOING TO

1. The past tenses.
TENSES FORM EXAMPLES USE SIGNAL WORDS
1. The simple
past
(+) S + V-ed/II
(- )S + didn’t + VBI
(?)Did + S + VBI..?
- I went shopping with
my mother yesterday.
- I didn’t go shopping
with my mother
yesterday
- Diễn tả một hành động
xảy ra và chấm dứt tại một
thời điểm xác định trong
quá khứ.
Yesterday, last + n,
ago, in 1990…
2. The past
progressive
S + was/ were (not) + V-ing - At this time
yesterday, I was
talking with Jimmy
- While I was
studying, My mother
was cooking
- He came when I was
having dinner
- Diễn tả một hành động

* Will + V bare-infinitive diễn tả một ý nghĩ, một quyết đinh tức thời vào thời điểm nói.
Exercise 1: Put the verbs into the correct form - past perfect or past simple.
1. The storm (destroy) …………………. the sandcastle that we (build) …………………………
2. He (not be) ……………………………. to Cape Town before 1997.
3. When she (go) …………………. out to play, she (already do) ………………………. her homework.
4. The waiter brought a drink that I (not, order) …………………………….
5. I could not remember the poem we (learn) ……………………………. the week before.
6. The children (collect) ……………………………. the chestnuts that had fallen from the tree.
7. Had he phoned Angie before he (go) ……………………………. to see her in London?
8. After Eric (make) ………………………. breakfast he (phone) ………………………. his friend.
9. I (be) ……………………………. very tired because I (study) ……………………………. too much.
10. Karen ………………………. (not want) to come to the cinema with us be cause she………………………….
(already/ see) the film.
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.
1. He ____ for London one year ago.
A. left B. has left C. leaves D. had left
2. I ____ to the market with my mother yesterday.
A. go B. went C. have gone D. was going
3. Yesterday morning I ____ up at 6.30.
A. got B. get C. was getting D. had got
4. ____ you ____ out last night?
A. Did/go B. Do/go C. Have/gone D. Were/going
5. This house ____ 35,000 pounds in 1980.
A. costs B. had cost C. cost D. was cost
6. While Tom ____ tennis, Ann ____ a shower.
A. played/took B. playing/taking C. was playing/was taking D. was play/was take
7. When they ____ in the garden, the phone ____.
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A. worked/was ringing B. work/rings C. worked/rang D. were working/rang

……………………………. you some.
7. Look at those black clouds. It (rain) …………………………….
8. “Ann is in hospital” – “Oh, really? I didn’t know. I (visit) ……………………………. her”
9. “Ann is in hospital” – “Yes. I know. I (visit) ……………………………. her tomorrow”
10. I feel terrible. I think I (be) ……………………………. sick.
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