Bài tập về thì hiện tại đơn và quá khứ đơn
I. Phân biệt thì hiện tại đơn (Present Simple) và quá khứ đơn
(Past Simple)
Thì hiện tại đơn Thì quá khứ đơn
- Diễn tả hành động được lặp đi - Diễn tả hành động đã kết thúc
lặp lại, một thói quen ở thì hiện tại thời điểm cụ thể trong quá
tại khứ
- Dấu hiệu: every day/ week/ - Dấu hiệu: yesterday, then,
month/ year, usually, often, when, last night/ week/ month/
always, rarely, never, sometimes, year, a week/ month/ year ago,
in the morning/ evening, two days ago, in 2019, ….
afternoon, at night, …
II. Bài tập luyện tập
Exercise 1: 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 always ______ (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? - Because he ___________ (be) rather lazy all the time
19. My dog sometimes ___________ (catch) a mouse and
___________ (bring) it to the front door.
20. I sometimes ____________ friends in the afternoon. (to meet)
21. ____________ in the shower? (he/often/to sing)
22. Lynn and Toby ____________ in Glasgow in 2018. (to be)
23. They ____________ T-shirts last Friday. (not/to buy)
24. She often ____________ to school. (to walk)
25. ____________ the desk an hour ago? (Nick/to repair)
26. She ____________ in the garden on Mondays. (not/to work)
27. ____________ coffee every day? (Victoria/to drink)
28. We ____________ our bikes on Sundays. (not/to ride)
29. Why ____________ hamburgers? (they/never/to eat)
Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer
1. Dad doesn’t buy/ didn’t buy a new car.
2. I don’t watch/ didn’t watch TV last night.
3. Do you like/ liked chips?
4. Mary leaves/ left for Italy last month.
5. Did John come/ came to the party?
Exercise 3: Put the verbs in the present simple or the past simple
1. A: ___________________ (you/ go) to work yesterday?
B: No, I __________. I ___________ (never/ work) on Saturdays.
2. A: _______________ (you/ see) Charles yesterday?
B: Yes. We ________ (have) lunch together.
3. A: ____________ (Colin/ work) at a bank?
B: No, he ____________. He __________ (work) at a post office
4. A: ____________ (you/ do) anything exciting last Sunday?
B: No, not really. I _____________ (watch) TV and
_________________ (read) a book. It was a boring weekend.
5. A: What __________ (you/do) at weekends?
B: We usually ___________(go) to the beach.
Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the time expressions from
the list
at the moment always yesterday
last night every week last summer
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. I am working _____________ I can’t come with you.
5. My mother does the shopping _______________.
6. I went to a beautiful exotic island ____________. The weather was
very hot.
Exercise 5: Choose the correct item
1. My grandmother _______ me a present yesterday.
A. buys
B. bought
C. doesn’t buy
2. Peter _______ basketball yesterday.
A. doesn’t play
B. didn’t play
C. plays
3. Tony always _______ his cousins on Fridays
A. visited
B. didn’t visit
C. visits
4. I _____ my bike in the park every weekend.
A. ride
B. didn’t ride
C. am riding
5. _____ they _____ to the beach last Saturday?
A. Did, goes
B. Do, go
C. Did, go
6. Who ______ penicillin?
A. discovers
B. discovering
C. discovered
7. I usually ______ a bowl of cereal for breakfast.
A. eat
B. eats
C. eating
8. Mum ______ very happy today.
A. was
B. is
C. are
Exercise 6: Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or
the past simple
Ling: Hi Amy. ___________ (1. you/ be) at home last weekend?
Amy: No, I ___________ (2. not/ be). My family and I ___________
(3. go) to the beach. We often ___________ (4. go) to the beach at
weekends.
Ling: You’re lucky. ___________ (5. you/ have) a nice time?
Amy: Oh, yes! I ___________ (6. have) a great time!
Ling: Where ___________ (7. you/ stay)?
Amy: We ___________ (8. stay) at my grandparents’ house
Ling: Oh. ___________ (9. they/ live) near the beach?
Amy: Yes, they do. Their house ___________(10. be) right by the
beach.
Ling: Wow! That’s cool. And what did you do there?
Amy: We ___________ (11. walk) along the beach and ___________
(12. swim) in the sea.
Ling: That sounds like a lot of fun.
Exercise 7: Choose the correct answer
1. How often …………….. to the cinema?
A. did you go
B. did you went
C. do you go
2. He ……………….. his best friend last week.
A. meets
B. meet
C. met
3. Sally always …………. her parents.
A. helped
B. helps
C. help
4. They ………….. their room yesterday.
A. didn’t tidy
B. doesn’t tidy
C. don’t tidy
5. I ……… her a question, but she …………..
A. ask, doesn’t reply
B. asked, didn’t reply
C. asks, didn’t reply
6. What time ………… you usually ………………?
A. do, wake up
B. does, wake up
C. did, wake up
7. He ……………. good last week.
A. didn’t felt
B. didn’t feel
C. doesn’t feel
Exercise 8: Choose the correct option
1. She (play/ plays) football every Sunday.
2. You (don’t like/ doesn’t like) milk.
3. The Titanic (sinked/ sunk) in 1912.
4. Where (do/ does) he (spend/ spends) his holiday?
5.When she was young, she (lives/ lived) in Seoul.
6. His brother (visited/ visitted) London last year.
7. We (tidy/ tidied) our rooms everyday.
8. I often (help/ helps) my mum.
Exercise 9: 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 yesterday.
….……………………………………………………….
5. My dog doesn’t bark at night
….……………………………………………………….
6. Vaxilin am a famous goalkeeper in the National Football Team
.……………………………………………………….
7. Jeni and Lisa doesn’t go swimming in the lake.
….……………………………………………………….
8. How often does he goes shopping in the Vinmark?
.……………………………………………………….
Exercise 10: Change these sentences from present simple to past
simple
1. He goes to the swimming pool because he likes swimming.
2. They have dinner at nine o´clock.
3. Helen eats too many sweets.
4. I buy the newspaper in the shop.
5. We get up at eight o´clock and go to school
6. Does she buy the newspaper in the shop over there?
7. Do they do their homework in the evening?
8. Do they have a good holiday?
9. Do they find any animal in the forest?
10. Is it dark when she gets up in the morning?
Exercise 11. Give the correct form of the word in bracket.
1. They ______ (go) to Italy last summer.
2. I always _______ (have) ketchup with my spaghetti.
3. She ______ (visit) her uncle yesterday.
4. Ben often _____ (talk) to Tim.
5. They ______ (sit) in front of the computer every evening.
6. She _______ (have) tea at 5 o'clock on Saturdays.
7. They ______ (like) their holidays two weeks ago.
8. Toby never _____ (clean) his room.
9. Sidney _____ (meet) a famous YouTuber in 2020.
10. I sometimes ______ (walk) to the office.
Exercise 12. Conjugate the verbs in the simple frame into the
present simple or simple past.
1. She (always/ arrive) ………. at the office by 8 AM.
2. Last summer, we (go) ………. on a memorable road trip across the
country.
3. My family (enjoy) ………. spending time together on weekends.
4. (you/ enjoy) ………. the concert last night?
5. She (read) ………. an interesting novel yesterday evening.
6. Yesterday, he (run) ………. a marathon for the first time in his life.
7. He (not like) ………. spicy food, but he (eat) ………. it
occasionally.
8. (you/ usually/ eat) ………. breakfast before going to work?
9. We (visit) ………. the historical museum during our vacation in
Paris.
10. The train (leave) ………. the station at 3 PM every day.
