... Put the verbs in brackets into the pastcontinuous or simple past: Lisa _ (comb) her hair while she (listen to) the news on the ... Simpsons/watch/television Homer/shower/have Marge and Homer/dance Make sentences with the pastcontinuous and number the pictures: Get married, ride, hug, drink, carry, chase, make, play (2),read, eat, roller ... he (shave) 10 Lisa (brush) her teeth while Marge _ (put on) her make up Last Week at 5pm, the Simpsons were doing something in particular Make sentences to find out what...
... both tenses together: Sometimes we use both the simplepast and the pastcontinuous together to mean That one action (simple past) interrupted a continuing action (past continuous) 1.Dan burned ... the simplepast and past continuous: The simple past: structure English has two types of verbs in the past tense: • • Regular verbs • Irregular verbs • Look at the following • list of past ... frequently used with the simple past: yesterday, last , past dates (in 1990), _ ago, etc Past Continuous (Examples) Action that was in progress at a particular point in the past: At 2:00 yesterday,...
... 4 The pastcontinuous tense : ( khứ tiếp diễn ) _ Formation : ( công thức ) S + was / were + V-ing S + wasn’t ... playing football outside (1) (1) + Một hành động diễn khứ, bị hành động khác cắt ngang e.g : I met him when he was eating (2) (1 ) When / While lúc khứ tiếp diễn hành động trước sau V : khứ...
... she wasn’t looking C So sánh pastcontinuous - khứ tiếp diễn (I was doing) pastsimple - khứ đơn (I did): Pastcontinuous (đang hành động) I was walking home when I meet Dave (= đường nhà gặp Dave) ... họ chưa kết thúc chơi.” Was/were -ing pastcontinuous (quá khứ tiếp diễn): playing I/he/she/it was doing we/you/they were working etc B Chúng ta dùng pastcontinuous để diễn tả người thực công ... television a lot when she was ill last year Ann xem TV nhiều cô bệnh năm ngoái D Ta thường dùng pastsimplepastcontinuous với để diễn tả việc xảy vào lúc xảy việc khác: Tom burnt his hand when he was...
... two forms in the same sentence, , we use the pastcontinuous to talk about “background action” and the pastsimple to talk about the shorter completed action • • • • It was raining hard when ... the time when we are talking about such actions, we use the pastsimple This is by far the most common way about talking about the past • • • • I lived there for six years I only found out a ... her but she didn’t know anything The company made 100 people redundant last year Only use the pat continuous when you want to emphasize the continuity of the action • • • • Everybody was talking...
... at home • • The PastSimple focuses on past actions as simple facts The PastContinuous focuses on the duration of past situations and activities When the war broke out, Peter was studying ... -What was Peter doing when the war broke out? => He was studying -What did Peter when the war broke out? => He went home to his parents • • Questions in the PastSimple and the PastContinuous ... Simple and the PastContinuous refer to different time periods: the PastContinuous asks about activities before the PastSimple asks about what happened after ...
... Games in 1982 A had meet B met C have met D meet 18 She has worked as a secretary she graduated from college A since B until C before D while 19 Jim is five centimeters than Tom A higher ... have holes in their teeth C they have brushed their teeth D their teeth grow properly 44 What may be most harmful to our teeth? A red rice B raw vegetables C fresh fruit D sweet things 45 The best ... _ A “How to keep our teeth healthy” B “How to make our teeth nicer” C “How to clean our teeth” D “How to keep our teeth ever white” In Sweden there is only a little cigarette advertising because...
... (study) _ in the library when the fire alarm (go) _ off III Cirle the best option to complete each sentence: She usually _ two hours a day a work b is working c works d working Don’t make ... her friends a is talking b was talking c talks d talked Listen! They _ about the exhibition Let’s join them a talk b talked c are talking d have talked Where _ your sister born? a were b ... burnt b was burning c has burnt d had burnt 18 He _ me every Sunday, and we often go fishing together a came to see b comes to see c will be coming to seed All answer are correct 19 The phone...
... (study) _ in the library when the fire alarm (go) _ off III Cirle the best option to complete each sentence: She usually _ two hours a day a work b is working c works d working Don’t make ... her friends a is talking b was talking c talks d talked Listen! They _ about the exhibition Let’s join them a talk b talked c are talking d have talked Where _ your sister born? a were b ... burnt b was burning c has burnt d had burnt 18 He _ me every Sunday, and we often go fishing together a came to see b comes to see c will be coming to seed All answer are correct 19 The phone...
... (study) _ in the library when the fire alarm (go) _ off III Cirle the best option to complete each sentence: She usually _ two hours a day a work b is working c works d working Don’t make ... her friends a is talking b was talking c talks d talked Listen! They _ about the exhibition Let’s join them a talk b talked c are talking d have talked Where _ your sister born? a were b ... burnt b was burning c has burnt d had burnt 18 He _ me every Sunday, and we often go fishing together a came to see b comes to see c will be coming to seed All answer are correct 19 The phone...
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... Exercise Put the verbs into the correct form, pastcontinuous or pastsimple She (BURST) into tears when she (SEE) his father I (CUT) up vegetables in the kitchen when I (HEAR) the ... home when I ………………………… (meet) Dan Tom ………………………… (burn) his hand when he …………………… (cook) the dinner The telephone …………………………… (ring) while I ………… ………… (have) a bath Beethoven ………… ………… (write) ... advertisement and then she (CALL) the company The sun (SHINE) brightly when the old man (SET) off from his cottage At eight o’clock yesterday evening the plane (FLY) from Tahiti to...
... Use in cases • We use the pastcontinuous to talk about past events which went on for a period of time Use in cases • We use it when we want ... activity • We often use it to describe a “background action” when something else happened Some examples • While I was driving home, Peter was trying desperately contact me • Sorry, were you sleeping? ... coffee • In the 1990s few people were using mobile phone Some example: • I was walking in the street when I suddenly fell over • They were still waiting for the plane when I spoke to them • I was...
... she wasn’t looking C So sánh pastcontinuous - khứ tiếp diễn (I was doing) pastsimple - khứ đơn (I did): Pastcontinuous (đang hành động) I was walking home when I meet Dave (= đường nhà gặp Dave) ... họ chưa kết thúc chơi.” Was/were -ing pastcontinuous (quá khứ tiếp diễn): playing I/he/she/it was doing we/you/they were working etc B Chúng ta dùng pastcontinuous để diễn tả người thực công ... television a lot when she was ill last year Ann xem TV nhiều cô bệnh năm ngoái D Ta thường dùng pastsimplepastcontinuous với để diễn tả việc xảy vào lúc xảy việc khác: Tom burnt his hand when he was...
... USE • We often use PastContinuous in sentences with the PastSimple • The PastContinuous refers to longer, background activities, while the PastSimple refers to shorter, completed actions USE ... at home • • The PastSimple focuses on past actions as simple facts The PastContinuous focuses on the duration of past situations and activities When the war broke out, Peter was studying ... repeated past habit or situation But the PastContinuous can be used if the repeated habit becomes a longer setting for something Compare: •I went out with Jack for ten years •I first met Harry...