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Excercise 1:
1. Yesterday, I (go)_______to the restaurant with a client. Đơn
2. We (drive) ______ around the parking lot for 20 mins to find a parking space.
3. When we (arrive) ______ at the restaurant, the place (be) ______ full.
4. The waitress (ask) ______ us if we ______(have) reservations.
5. I _____(say), "No, my secretary forgets to make them."
6. The waitress (tell)______ us to come back in two hours.
7. My client and I slowly (walk) ______ back to the car.
8. Then we (see) ______ a small grocery store.
9. We______ (stop) in the grocery store and (buy) ______ some sandwiches.
10. That (be) ______ better than waiting for two hours.
11. At this time last year, they (build) ______ this house.
12. I (drive) ______ my car very fast when you called me.
13. I (chat) ______ with my friends while my teacher (teach) ______ the lesson yesterday.
14. My father (watch) ______ TV when I got home.
15. At this time yesterday, I (prepare) ______ for my son’s birthday party.
16. What you (do) ______ at 8 pm yesterday?
17. Where you (go) ______ when I saw you last weekend?
18. They (not go) ______ to school when I met them yesterday.
19. My mother (not do) ______ the housework when my father came home.
20. My sister (read) ______ books while my brother (play) football yesterday afternoon.
21. They (come) ______ back home after they (finish) ______ their work.
22. She said that she ( meet) ______ Mr. Bean before.
23. Before he (go) ______ to bed, he (read) ______ a novel.
24. He told me he (not/wear) ______ such kind of clothes before.
25. When I came to the stadium, the match (start) ______
26. Before she (listen) ______ to music, she (do) ______ homework.
27. Last night, Peter (go) ______ to the supermarket before he (go) ______ home.
28. When I arrived, they (wait) ______ for me. They were very angry with me.
29. We (run) ______ along the street for about 40 minutes when a car suddenly stopped right in front of us.
30. Yesterday, my brother said he (stop) ______ smoking for 2 months.
31. Someone (paint) ______ the room because the smell of the paint was very strong when I got into the room.
32. They (talk) ______ on the phone when the rain poured down.
33. The man (pay) ______ for his new car in cash.
34. I (have) ______ lunch by the time the others came into the restaurant.
35. It (rain) ______ for two days before the storm came yesterday.
Excercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense:
Tommy Brown ________ (like) making up stories. No one ______ (believe) what he ______ (say) because he always _____ (tell) lies. He ________ (live) in a small village and _______ (work) on a farm just outside the village. One night last week, Tommy ______ (finish) work late. It _________ (be) dark and cold. Suddenly, he _______ (hear) a strange noise, so he _________ (look) up. It __________ (be) a UFO bright flashing lights. The UFO ________ (come down) towards him and he ________ (see) two green men looking him from outside. He ___________ (scream), ___________ (drop) his bag and ______________ (run away). When he ______________ (arrive) in the village, he ______________ (run) into some villagers and ______________(start) telling them about the aliens but they all ______________ (laugh) at him. No one ____(believe) Tommy.