... action of the past continuous. Eg. I was watching television when my friend arrived.BE CAREFUL!!!!The pastcontinuous and the pastsimple are often used together.The pastsimple interrupts ... same time in the past. Eg. Mark was reading a book and Tony was watching television.BE CAREFUL!!!!The pastcontinuous and the pastsimple are often used together.The pastsimple interrupts ... Put the verbs in brackets into the pastcontinuous or simple past: 1. Lisa _____________ (comb) her hair while she ____________(listen to)...
... 4. The pastcontinuous tense : ( thì quá khứ tiếp diễn )_ Formation : ( công thức ) S + was / were + V-ingS ... ) ( 1 )+ Một hành động đang diễn ra trong quá khứ, bị một hành động khác cắt ngang.e.g : I met him when he was eating. ( 2 ) (1 )When / While cùng lúc quá khứ tiếp diễn.hành động trước...
... C So sánh thì pastcontinuous - quá khứ tiếp diễn (I was doing) và pastsimple - quá khứ đơn (I did): Past continuous (đang ở giữa hành động) I was walking home when I meet Dave. (= ở ... busy. Did you go out last night or were you too tired? Pastsimple & Pastcontinuous Unit 5. Past simple A Xem xét ví dụ sau: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian ... cuộc chơi.” Was/were -ing là thì pastcontinuous (quá khứ tiếp diễn): playing I/he/she/it was doing we/you/they were working etc B Chúng ta dùng thì pastcontinuous để diễn tả một người...
... PastContinuous or Simple Most of the time when we are talking about such actions, we use the past simple. This is by far the most common way about talking about the past •I lived ... two forms in the same sentence, , we use the past continuous to talk about “background action” and the past simple to talk about the shorter completed action•It was raining hard when we left...
... Questions in the PastSimple and the PastContinuous refer to different time periods: •the PastContinuous asks about activities before.•the PastSimple asks about what happened ... When the war broke out, Peter was studying medicine at medical school. He decided that it was safer to go home to his parents and postpone his studies. -What was Peter doing when the war ... studies. -What was Peter doing when the war broke out? => He was studying.-What did Peter do when the war broke out? => He went home to his parents. Compare:1) A: I didn’t...
... the street. I (think) ………………………………… they (fight) ………………………………… but it suddenly (stop) ………………………………… and I (forget) about it.Exercise 4. Write questions in the simplepast or in the past continuous. ... rang, I (get up) ………………………………… to answer it. Exercise 3. Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).Two days ago, a murder (happen) ………………………………… in Main Street at about ... Past Continuous Tense Time expressions Examples of Formation Usage Examples Past Simple • Yesterday• Yesterday morning/evening• Last night/week/year/ Monday• In 1989• 5 years ago• Etc.•...
... often use it to describe a “background action” when something else happened Past Continuous Some example:•I was walking in the street when I suddenly fell over•They were still waiting for ... Use in cases •We use the pastcontinuous to talk about past events which went on for a period of timeUse in 2 cases•We use it when ... at 10 o’clock last night?•I waved to her but she wasn’t looking•I was walking home when I met Dave•Ann was watching television when the phone rang...
... looking. C So sánh thì pastcontinuous - quá khứ tiếp diễn (I was doing) và pastsimple - quá khứ đơn (I did): Past continuous (đang ở giữa hành động) I was walking home when I meet Dave. (= ở giữa ... cuộc chơi.” Was/were -ing là thì pastcontinuous (quá khứ tiếp diễn): playing I/he/she/it was doing we/you/they were working etc B Chúng ta dùng thì pastcontinuous để diễn tả một người nào ... meet Dave. (= ở giữa đường đi về nhà tôi gặp Dave) Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn - Past continuous Chúng ta dùng thì pastcontinuous để diễn tả một người nào đó đang thực hiện một công việc dở dang...
... activities, while the PastSimple refers to shorter, completed actions. Questions in the PastSimple and the Past Continuous refer to different time periods: • the PastContinuous asks about ... breakfast.• I walked past your house last night. There was an awful lot of noise. What were you doing? USE•We often use PastContinuous in sentences with the Past Simple. •The PastContinuous refers ... Notes The PastSimple is usually used to express a repeated past habit or situation. But the Past Continuous can be used if the repeated habit becomes a longer setting for something. Compare:•I...
... Present continuous and present simple Unit 3. Present continuous and present simple (1) A Hãy nghiên cứu các lời giải thích và so sánh các ví dụ sau: Present continuous (I am doing) ... present simple (không dùng continuous) với những động từ dưới đây: Do you see that man over there? (not ‘are you seeing’) Bạn có nhìn thấy người đàn ông đằng kia không? This room smells. Let’s ... can+see/hear/smell/taste: Listen! Can you hear something? Chú ý! Bạn có nghe thấy gì không? Nhưng bạn có thể dùng thì continuous với see (I’m seeing) mang ý nghĩa “having a meeting with” (gặp mặt, gặp gỡ)...