Tối hôm qua khi nghe tiếng gõ cửa, tôi đi ra đến cửa và mở.. Tối hôm qua khi tôi rời văn phòng thì vẫn còn mưa lớn.. Khi tôi nghe radio thì con tôi đang làm bài tập.. Khi chuông reo chún
Trang 1I Change the verbs in brackets into the simple past or past continuous
1. They (study) _ in the library when the fire alarm (go) _ off
2. When I (see) _ him He (wear) _boots
3. Charles (start) to build the house last week
4. At that time my wife (cook)
5. It (snow) _ when I (get) up this morning
6. Albert Einstein (die) in 1955
7. I (make) a cake when the light (go)
_out I (have) to finish it in the dark
8. He always (wear) a raincoat and (carry) an umbrella when he walked to the office
9. I (share) _ a flat with him when we (be) _ students He always (complain) _ about my untidiness
10. Tom (go) to the office twice yesterday
11. At the end of the week she (phone) me that she (return)
12. He was busy packing, for he (leave) _ that night
13. Yesterday we (listen) to an interesting play on radio while our mother (prepare) dinner
14. Professor John (teach) English at Harvard for almost 50 years
15. The wind (blow) _ very hard when I (go) out this morning
16. I (go) past her house every day
17. When I (be) a child, I (play) _the violin
18. Mario (work) _in a restaurant when I (live) in Paris
19. I (work) _in a factory during the summer of 1976
20. He (work) hard all his life
21. What she (do) when you (arrive) there?
22. When he (see) me he (put) the receiver down
23. I (not drive) _very fast when the accident (happen) _
24. The 2 man (argue) about the plan when I (come)
into the office
25. Catherine (wave) at us happily as soon as she (see) us
26. I (break) _ a plate last night I (do) _the washing up when
it (slip) out of my hands
27. This time last year I (be) in Paris
28. What you (do) at this time yesterday?
Trang 229. I (see) _ Carol at the party She (wear) _ a really beautiful dress
30. While her husband (be) in the army, she
(write) to her husband once a week
31. At 8 this morning I (have) _ breakfast
32. All last week, they (stay) with me
33. We (have, at home) our anniversary dinner when my uncle (call) _congratulate us last night
34. Who was that girl who (talk) to you when I (pass) you in the street?
35. He (sleep) _soundly when he (be) awakened by a noise He (go) _downstairs to find out what (happen)
36. When we (look) _ in on the baby last night, he (sleep)
_ I (think) he (dream) about something nice because he (smile)
37. When Richard (stop) his car suddenly, the groceries (fall)
_out of the bag they (be) _ in and (spill) all over the floor of the car
38. Ann (not hear) her parents having an argument last night She (listen, in her room) _ _ to music
39. As soon as the rain (stop) Bill asked me to come over to his house, but I (not want) to leave the house because I (wait) _for a phone call
40. Last Monday while we (watch, in our living room)
an exciting game on T.V, the electricity (go) out So we (go)
outside, (get) _ into the car, (turn) on the radio and (listen) to the rest of the game The next day the car battery (be) dead
41. Yesterday evening Tom (have) _ a bath when the phone
(ring) _ He (get) _ out of the bath and (answer) _ the phone
42. They (play) _football at 4 yesterday afternoon
43. This morning at 6.30 it (rain) _ heavily
44. They (live) in Nha Trang for 5 years
45. The moment I (notice) the man’s injury, I (call)
an ambulance
46. When the man (snap) his fingers, the dog
(jump) up immediately
Trang 347. He (know) something must be wrong because the dog (bark) furiously
48. The director didn’t allow the actors to travel by air while they (work)
on the film
49. He watched the children for a moment Some of them (bathe) in the sea, others (look) for shells, others (play) _ in the sea
50. When I (arrive) she (have) dinner She (apologise)
_for starting without me but (say) that she always (dine) _at 8
51. When I (come) _ in they (sit) _ round the fire Mr Phi (do) _ a crossword puzzle, Mrs Phi (knit) _ , the others (read) Mr Phi (smile) _ at me and (say)
”come and sit down”
52. Yesterday we had a houseful of children for my son’s sixth birthday party In the middle of the party, the phone (ring) _, so I had to leave the children alone for a moment When I (come) back into the room, most of the children (still play) _together nicely But over in the
corner, Bobby (pull) Annie’s hair I quickly (run)
over and (tell) Bobby to stop
53. When Mr Black (leave) his office at 6p.m it (rain) hard He (not wear) a
raincoat or (carry) an umbrella, so he (run) as quickly as he could to the nearest bus stop
As he (run) , he (bump) into an elderly woman and nearly (knock) her over She was very angry and (ask) him why he (not look) where he (go)
He (say) he was sorry, and (start) running again He (get)
to the bus stop as the bus (begin) _
to move and (jump) on
II.Translate into English
1 Năm ngoái tôi ở Luân Dôn 9 tháng Khi đang ở đó tôi đã gặp Tom lần đầu tiên
2 Tối hôm qua khi nghe tiếng gõ cửa, tôi đi ra đến cửa và mở
3 Tôi thấy Tom trong công viên Anh ấy đang ngồi trên bãi cỏ đọc sách
Trang 44 Cô ấy đã nói rằng ngày hôm sau cô ấy sẽ rời đất nước này.
5 Tối hôm qua khi tôi rời văn phòng thì vẫn còn mưa lớn
6 Khi tôi nghe radio thì con tôi đang làm bài tập
7 Khi chuông reo chúng tôi đang làm kiểm tra.Khi chuông ngừng thì thầy giáo bảo chúng tôi tiếp tục làm
8 Khi chúng tôi đến rạp hát có vài người đang ngồi ở chỗ chúng tôi
9 Khi khách đến thì vợ tôi đi pha trà
10 Thú bảy tuần rồi tôi đã làm việc cả ngày
11 Khi nhận thấy tôi đang nhìn thì anh ấy quay đi
Vào thời điểm xảy ra vụ cướp họ ở cùng với cha mẹ tôi
12 Khi tôi vừa bước vào phòng tắm thì chuông báo cháy vang lên
13 6:30 sáng hôm qua trời mưa lớn
14 Người đàn ông đó luôn chỏ mũi (poke one’s nose into sth) vào công việc của mọi người
15 Ngày hôm qua thầy giáo Anh văn cho chúng tôi làm kiểm tra
16 Xe lửa đi Miami rời ga Grand central lúc 5h
17 Khi tôi xem T.V thì vợ tôi nói chuyện trên điện thoại
18 Chúng tôi đang ngồi trong bếp thì nghe tiếng nổ đó
19 Bill đang sử dụng phòng làm việc của tôi cho đến khi tôi đi Mỹ về
20 Lúc đó là 6g xe lửa đang đến gần Luân Đôn
21 Chúng tôi đã ở nhà phần lớn thời gian mùa đông năm ngoái
Trang 522 Họ đã kiếm tiền nhanh chóng vào năm đó
23 Hầu như cuối tuần nào họ cũng đi chơi ngoài trời
24 Mike sẽ thi tuần tiếp theo đó
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III Find out one underlined word or phrase that wouldn’t be appropriate
in standard written English.
1 Animals were first dominated for food, and later become a source of skin, fur and wool A B C D
2 He was doing a crossword puzzle while he is waiting for the train
A B C D
3 The children did their homework when their father came back from the office
A B C D
4 He played the guitar when someone opened the window and threw out a
A bucket of water B C
D
5 What did you do between 9.00 and 10.00 yesterday? I was cleaning my
A B
house I always clean my house on Sunday mornings
C D