ÔN UNIT 6 LỚP 8 PAST SIMPLE VÀ PAST CONTINUOUS

 PAST SIMPLE



I. Choose the best answer

Question 1. One day, Mai An Tiem ____ a bird eating a red fruit.

A. see              B. saw             C.  is seeing             D.  was seeing

Question 2.  She ______ to visit her grandparents with her parents last week.

A.  goes           B.        gone    C.  went                      D.        was going

Question 3.  They _______ the bus yesterday.

A.  don’t catch           B.  weren’t catch         C. didn’t catch            D.  not catch

Question 4.  My father __________  tired when I __________ home.

A.  was – got            B.  is – get           C.  was – getted                 D.  were – got

Question 5.  Where _____ your family ____ on the summer holiday last year?

A.  do/do         B. does/go       C. did/go         D. did/went 

Question 6.  Alice started _____ very quickly when she ____ footsteps behind her.

A.   to run/hears          B. to run/heard           

C. running/is hearing   D. running/hears 

Question 7.  If I ____ a lot of money, I would share it with you.

A.  have                       B. has              C. had                         D. having 

Question 8.  The wolf ___ to Granny’s house and _____ Granny.

A.  ran/swallowed                   B. ran/was swallowing           

C.  was running/swallowed                D. had run/swallowed 

Question 9.  The eagle ___ him and ___ to help.

A. had heard/was agreeing                 B. heard/agreed                      

C. was hearing/agreed                        D.  heard/had agreed

Question 10.  The tortoise ____ hard-working, so he _____ the race.

A. did/had won                       B. had/was winning               

C. was being/won                   D. was/won 

II. Put the verb in brackets in the correct form. 

Question 11.  He (buy) _____ me a big teddy bear on my birthday last week.

Question 12.  They (watch) _______TV late at night yesterday.

Question 13.   They (not be) _____ excited about the film last night.

Question 14.   The waitress (tell)______ us to come back in two hours.

Question 15.    We (drive) ______ around the parking lot for 20 mins to find a parking space.

PAST CONTINUOUS

1. Choose the best answer

Question 1.  When our brother _____ us a frightening story, suddenly there  _____ a big knock on the door.

A. was telling/was       B. were telling/was       C.  told/was        D.  tells/is

Question 2.    What _____ at that time yesterday?

A. were you doing      B. are you doing         C. did you do      D. were you do 

Question 3.   I saw the accident when I _______ for the taxi.

A.  were waiting         B.  was waiting       C. waiting       D.  waited

Question 4.   While people were talking to each other, he_____ his book.

A.  was reading           B.  is reading   C.  read          D.  reads

Question 5.   While we   _______ basketball in the park, Mary fell over.

A.  were playing          B. played         C. play            D. playing 

Question 6.   My mother _____ a fairy tale story for me at 9 p.m last night.

A. telling         B.  tells              C.   was telling              D.   told

Question 7.   When the cock ______ food in the garden, he saw a big jewelry box.

A. was found     B.  finds           C.   found                   D.   was finding

Question 8.   While the tortoise was running to the finish at his best, the hare _____ soundly.

A.  slept           B. was sleeping           C.  were sleeping        D. was slept 

Question 9.   While the grasshoper _____ music, the ants was busy with storing up food for winter.

A. sang and enjoyed                           B. was singing and enjoyed               

C. was singing and enjoying               D.  sings and enjoys

Question 10.   When the mouse came to the lion's cave, he _____ in there.

A. isn't sleeping         B. wasn’t slept          C. didn't sleep     D. wasn't sleeping

II. Put the verb in brackets in the correct form. 

Question 11.   The tourist lost his camera while he (walk)__________ around the city.

Question 12.   At this time last year, I (attend) _________an English course. 

Question 13.    When we met them last year, they (live) __________ in Santiago.

Question 14.   I (prepare) ___ dinner for my family at six o’clock yesterday.

Question 15.  The kids (play) ______ in the gargen when it suddenly began to rain.




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