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PAST TENSE

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I _____ here ten years ago.

a)

live

b)

lived

c)

had lived

d)

was living

2.

Alya ...... in the kitchen yesterday

a)

cook

b)

cooking

c)

cooked

d)

cooks

3.

Maisie ...... up the kitchen yesterday

a)

cleans

b)

cleaning

c)

cleaned

d)

clean

4.
Jenny _____ very late as well.
a)
sleep
b)
slep
c)
slept
d)
sleeping
5.
Todd _____ 10 pounds when he was born.
a)
is
b)
was
c)
being
d)
were
6.
Look and choose the correct option
a)
My father got exercise last weekend.
b)
My father rode a bike last weekend.
7.

Identify the past tense verb.

He tossed some bread to the ducks.

a)

bread

b)

ducks

c)

toss

d)

tossed

8.

Choose the correct past tense verb to complete the sentence.

The wind _____________ through the trees.

a)

whistles

b)

whistle

c)

whistled

d)

whistling

9.

My granfather ... ... (SIT) on an armchair.

a)

was siting on an armchair

b)

were sitting on an armchair

c)

were siting on an armchair

d)

was sitting on an armchair

10.

We ________(play) video games yesterday at 3 o'clock

a)

was

b)

were

c)

were playing

d)

was playing

11.

What _____ he _____ (watch) on television when you arrived?

a)

was / watching

b)

were / watching

c)

was/ watch

d)

were / watch

12.

My parents ____ (work) when I came home.

a)

are working

b)

is working

c)

were working

d)

was working

13.

She ____ (listen) to music when I called.

a)

was listening

b)

were listening

c)

are listening

d)

is listening

14.
She ... to Michael before because she was too shy to start a conversation
a)
hadn't spoken
b)
hadn't spoke
c)
hadnot spoken
d)
hadn't speak
15.
... to the National Museum before we went last month?
a)
Have you been
b)
Had you been
c)
Had you be
d)
Hadn't you been
16.
Tim wouldn't have fallen in love with her if she ... at the same company.
a)
hadn't worked
b)
hadn't work
c)
had work
d)
hadn't working
17.
Before she had dinner, she ...... in the garden.
a)
had worked
b)
worked
c)
was working
d)
has worked
18.
That was the first time I ... a salsa in a night club.
a)
had danced
b)
had dance
c)
danced
d)
didn't dance
19.
We  ........................ chess last Sunday.
a)
hadn't played
b)
didn't played
c)
didn't play
d)
haven't played
20.

PAST perfect is used with these words...

a)

JUST

b)

NOW

c)

FOR / SINCE

d)

YET

e)

EVER

21.

Last summer my friend and I __________ around the south of France.

a)

are travelling

b)

travelled

c)

travel

22.

My brother _____ (play) video games with his friends when the electricity _____ (go) out.

a)

played - went

b)

played - was going

c)

was playing - went

d)

play - goes

23.

My father _____ (water) the plants while my mother _____ (cook) dinner.

a)

was watering - was cooking

b)

watered - cooked

c)

was watering - cooked

d)

watered - was cooking

24.

We _____ (read) books all morning yesterday because we had to prepare for an examination.

a)

read

b)

reads

c)

are reading

d)

were reading

25.

How often _____ Lily _____ (go) to the zoo when she was little?

a)

were - going

b)

did - go

c)

do - go

d)

did - went

26.

Chọn từ có đuôi -ed được phát âm khác so với các từ còn lại:

a)

recommended

b)

waited

c)

handed

d)

designed

27.

He _____________the dishes after he __________ breakfast.( wash/ have)

a)

washes- has

b)

had washed- had had

c)

washed- had had

d)

washed- haf

28.

No sooner (have)…………….I (watch)……………. TV than the phone (ring)…………

a)

had-watched; rang

b)

has watched- rang

c)

watched- rang

d)

watched- was ringing

29.

They (leave)…………………………. the shop as soon as they (buy)…………………………. everything they (need)…………………

a)

left-had bought- needed

b)

left- bought- needed

c)

had left- bought- needed

d)

had left- had bought- needed

30.

Our guests (be)…………………………. still here when he (come)…………………………. back from

school.

a)

have been- came

b)

had been-came

c)

was- came

d)

was- was coming

31.

She already (post) …………………………. the letter when she (realize) …………………………. she (send)…………………………. it to the wrong address.

a)

has already bought- realized- sent

b)

had already posted-realized- sent

c)

had already posted-realized- had sent

d)

posted-realized- had sent

32.

Chọn từ có đuôi -ed được phát âm khác so với các từ khác:

a)

hurried

b)

decided

c)

planned

d)

wondered

33.

Chọn từ có đuôi -ed được phát âm khác so với các từ khác:

a)

posted

b)

added

c)

managed

d)

arrested

34.

Chọn từ có đuôi -es/-s được phát âm khác so với các từ còn lại.

a)

nights

b)

days

c)

years

d)

weekends

35.

Tìm và sửa lỗi sai trong câu sau: He told me he hadn’t wear such kind of clothes before.

a)

told -> had told

b)

hadn't -> haven't

c)

wear -> worn

d)

clothes -> cloth

36.

They (cycle) ______ this morning so their legs were sore in the evening.

a)

had been cycle

b)

had been cycling

c)

had cycled

d)

had been cycled

37.

Frank caught the flu because he (sing) _____ in the rain.

a)

had been singing

b)

had sung

c)

had sang

d)

had singing

38.

(where/she/live) _______ before she moved to Chicago?

a)

Where did she live

b)

Where had she lived

c)

Where had she live

d)

Where have you lived

39.

Viết lại câu sau sao cho nghĩa không đổi: David had gone home before we arrived.

a)

David had gone home before we arrived.

b)

After David had gone home, we arrived.

c)

After David went home, we had arrived.

d)

David went home before we arrived.

40.

By the time he came home, we ______.

a)

had sleep

b)

had slept

c)

slept

d)

have slept

41.

Alex _____ a Vietnamese until he met Linh.

a)

had never meet

b)

have never met

c)

never met

d)

had never met

42.

Tìm và sửa lỗi sai trong câu sau: When Bob graduated in university, he was in New York for 5 years.

a)

graduated -> had graduated

b)

in university -> at university

c)

was -> had been

d)

for -> since

43.

Jenny went shopping after she _____________ (have) her money back.

a)

have had

b)

had had

c)

has have

d)

had have

44.

Before she left her job, She _____________ (be) tired and sick.

a)

had been

b)

has been

c)

have been

d)

all are correct

45.

After they _______________ video games, they finished their works

a)

played

b)

have played

c)

having played

d)

had played

46.

After they _______________ video games, they finished their works

a)

played

b)

have played

c)

having played

d)

had played

47.

Before she left her job, She _____________ (be) tired and sick.

a)

had been

b)

has been

c)

have been

d)

all are correct

48.

Jenny went shopping after she _____________ (have) her money back.

a)

have had

b)

had had

c)

has have

d)

had have

49.

Tim ______________ (do) his homework before he went to bed.

a)

have done

b)

has done

c)

had done

d)

do

50.

Tim ______________ (do) his homework before he went to bed.

a)

have done

b)

has done

c)

had done

d)

do

51.

truớc _______________ là QKHT

sau _______________ là QKHT

a)

before - after

b)

after - before

c)

yesterday - since

d)

last - when

52.

Các dấu hiệu nhận biết của Quá khứ hoàn thành

a)

Before, by the time, after, when

b)

always, usually, sometime, often, never

c)

last, yesterday, ago

d)

when, since, for, yet

53.

Quá khứ hoàn thành dùng để diễn tả hành động/ sự việc đã xảy ra và kết thúc ________________ một hành động trong quá khứ

a)

cùng

b)

song song

c)

trước

d)

sau

54.

Q. Which tense is it, Present perfect or Past simple?

Diễn tả một sự kiện đã xảy ra tại một thời điểm xác định trong quá khứ.

Ví dụ: I ______________ (enjoy) the TV show last night.

a)

Present perfect

b)

Past simple

55.

Frank caught the flu because he (sing) _____ in the rain.

a)

had been singing

b)

had sung

c)

had sang

d)

had singing

56.

(where/she/live) _______ before she moved to Chicago?

a)

Where did she live

b)

Where had she lived

c)

Where had she live

d)

Where have you lived