Simple past, past progressive, present perfect, present perfect progressive or past perfect

  I. Simple past, past progressive, present perfect, present perfect progressive or past perfect: (QKĐ,QKTD,HTHT,HTHTTD,QKHT)

1. I (make) ……… ……a cake when the light went out. I (have)…… …to finish it the dark.

 2. I didn’t want to meet Paul so when he entered the room I (leave) ………………………

3. He (watch) ………………….TV when the phone rang. He (turn) ……………….the sound and (go) ………………………..to answer it.

4. While I (swim) ………………….someone (steal) …………………….clothes and I (have) ……………………….to walk home in my swimming suit.

5. He (say) ……………………that he (build) …………………………the house himself and that he (think) …………………………..it would be ready in two years.

6. By the end of last year, he (write) ………………………….two novels.

7. The children (play) ………………………….football in the yard at 5 p.m. yesterday.

8. Her daughter (prepare) ………………………….dinner before she (go) ………………………..home last night.

9. I (write) ……………………..a letter but I can’t find a stamp.                                      

10. How long that monument (be) ……………………….there?

11. She (say) ……………………that she would phone me this morning, but it is now 12.30 and she (not/phone) …………………………….yet.

12. You (meet) …………………………..my brother at the lecture yesterday?

13. How long you (wait) …………………………for me? - I (wait) ………………………….about half an hour.

14. It (rain) ……………………..for two days now. There will be a flood soon.

15. We (argue) ……………………..about this for two hour now. Perhaps we should stop.

16. You (drive) …………………………..all day. Let me drive now.

17. The film already (begin) ………………………before we (arrive) ……………………..last night.

18. By the time he left the office, he (attend) …………………….three meeting.

19. At this time last year he (visit) …………………………France.