Quá khứ đơn, quá khứ hoàn thành đơn giản hay quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn?

Bài 1: Điền vào chỗ trống với dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc ở thì quá khứ đơn, quá khứ hoàn thành đơn giản hoặc quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn.

Last year my friends arranged  for us to fire-walking, which is when you walk on hot coals. I (always / be) fascinated by it and I (hear) people say it was an unforgettable experience. I was very excited when I (arrive) on the day, although beforehand I (feel) a little frightened! My friends and I (come) in the hope that by the end of the day we would be able to say we (walk) across hot, burning coals.

Our teacher was very good, and by teatime we (learnt) a great deal and (prepare) the fires. I (expect) to be terrified when the time came to walk, but as I (take off) my shoes and socks I (not / feel) afraid. I (approach) the coals as all my friends before me (do), and started walking! I could feel the heat, but as I (step) back onto the grass at the other end I knew the coals (not / burn) my feet at all. As I  (hope), all my friends (manage) the walk and none of us were burnt. The whole experience was amazing, and I just wished I (do) it sooner.

Bài 2: Điền vào các chỗ trống với một động từ trong hộp ở thì quá khứ đơn, thì quá khứ hoàn thành đơn giản hoặc thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn. Sử dụng mỗi động từ một lần.

1. She had been working as a waitress for five years when he met her.

2. The lecture  by the time they got there.

3. In the supermarket he  all the ingredients he needed and then went home to make her birthday cake.

4. Holly did very well in her exam, which was a shock because she  (never) an exam before.

5. They went on a big tour of Britain. First they  in London for a few days. Then they  Cambridge, York, and Edinburgh, and then Bath. They  to Bath before, but they  it so much that they to go back again.

6. Scientists announced the launch of the new drug last week. They  it for five years.

7. By the time I got to the meeting they  (already) the important issues and they  the big decisions without me. I  from my mobile to tell them the train was late and I  annoyed that they  (not) for me.

8. I looked terrible when I saw Joe last night because I  for over an hour and I was exhausted.