I: Put the following verbs in simple past . 1.I ……………..( be ) absent from school yesterday . 2. She ………………..( finish) her homework two hours ago. 3. (you / visit ) ……………………….,Nha Trang last summer vacation ? 4. They …………….( not watch ) a soccer match on TV last night . 5. Mike …………….(cook) his own dinner yesterday evening . 6. I ……………( stay ) home last night because it …………..( rain ) heavily . 7. The homework ………………..( not , be ) difficult yesterday . 8. The children ………….( be ) in the park five minutes ago . 9. We …………..( not ,be ) late for school yesterday afternoon . 10. I …………( not meet ) her at the movie theater last night . 11. What ( you , do ) …………………………………..yesterday morning ? I…………….( go ) to the market with my mother. 12. My English teacher ……………..( teach ) at a village school two years ago. 13 ( your father ,buy )…………………………….. a new car two months ago ? 14. We ……………..( not .have ) an English test last Monday . We …………..( have ) it last Tuesday . 15.I …………….( receive ) a letter from my friends last week . 16. Mozart ………………( play ) the piano when he …………….( be ) three. 17. Last night my younger sister …………………( forget ) to brush her teeth . 18. Lan ………………( be ) very tired when she …………..( catch ) a bad cold two days ago . 19. There …………….( be ) nobody there when I ………………….( arrive ) yesterday . 20. My father ………..( not, watch ) TV last night . He …………..( read) newspapers and magazines. II. Complete the sentences. Put for or since into each gap. Ex: I have known her for three days. 1.It has been raining…………………..lunchtime. 2.My boss will go away……………..the next ten days. 8 3.I'm staying in England………………….a year. 4.She has lived in London………………………1985. 5.Please hurry up! We have been waiting……………………..an hour. 6.I have known her………………………January. 7.Nam's father has worked in this company……………………...20 years. 8.Have you learned English ……………………….a long time? 9.I haven't seen Tom…………………….we left school. 10.The house is very dirty. We haven't cleaned it ………………………… ages