I) Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST (QUÁ KHỨ ĐƠN) or PAST PERFECT TENSE (QUÁ KHỨ HOÀN THÀNH)
1. I had worried a lot about her before I heard that she was safe.
2. I didn’t like the flat. It was much smaller than I had thought at first.
3. He told us he had shot a big tiger.
4. They drank tea after they had finished dinner.
5. She had just folded the pink apron and placed it in a table drawer when the door opened and Joe entered.
6. The police wanted to know why he brought a gun to school.
7. After he had worked at the hospital for two years he decided to give up the job.
8. When I arrived at the party John had already gone home.
9. We waited until the match had finished.
10. They left the room before the meeting had finished.
11. I had bought a new camera before I went to London.
12. I had just turned off the lights when the telephone rang.
II) Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE:
1. Had he known her for a long time before they got married?
2. He drove down the hotel where they had spent their honeymoon years ago.
3. When we got to the station the train had already left.
4. He sit at a table by the window where he had had a meal with Jane.
5. Why didn't he ask her to wait and think again before she left Paris.
6. He was wondering why he had let her leave so easily.
7. He knew he earned that money with a great difficulty.
8. After they had gone, he sat down and lighted a cigarette.
9. He had to go to work by bus because his car had broken down.
10. He had been angry before he heard my offer.
III. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense.
1. Bad driving causes many accidents.
2. Nga and Hoa will see a movie tonight.
3. Sue can speak Vietnamese very well.
4. Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music.
5. “How do you learn to drive?” “My father teaches me.”
6. We usually go to the library three times a week, but last week we went twice.
7. Alexander Graham Bell introduced the telephone in 1876.
8. Yesterday I was busy, so I didn't have time to phone you.
9. “What will you do next summer vacation?”
"I will visit my grandparents in Nha Trang.”
10. Would you like to come to dinner tomorrow?.
IV. Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition
1.The post office is not far from my house.
2. Let's meet at the City Theater at 7 o'clock.
3. She was born on May 16th,2001 in Nha Trang.
4. He worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University.
5. Mrs.Lien said you could reach her at 8 603 423.
6. Snow is falling all over the country.
7. Will you pick me up after the party?
8. The secretary took a message for her boss.
9. He emigrated from Canada in 1870s.
10. We all agreed to their request for a full investigation.
V. Complete the passage with the words in the box.
Nowadays, you don’t (1) need to be at home or at the office to use the telephone anymore. Mobile phones (also known as cellular phones) have (2) no wires. You can (3) carry one in your pocket or keep one in your car. A call from a mobile phone (4) travels along radio waves to stations (5) located in different places. From there, the radio signal is connected (6) to the regular phone system. With a mobile phone, any one (7) who can drive and talk can also drive and phone. This means (8) less wasted time: You don’t have to look for a phone booth or use (9) coins to make a call. So remember, next time you are at the beach or riding your bicycle, there (10) might be a call for you.