... 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) the news...
... 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 ... to her but she wasn’t 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 ... 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...
...
the simple past:
yesterday, last ______,
past dates (in 1990), _____ ago, etc.
Simple Past vs.
Past Continuous
Using both tenses together:
Sometimes we use both the simple
past and the past ... how to make the
simple past and past
continuous:
The Past Continuous:
Don’t forget that VERB BE is part of
this structure.
I, He, She, It WAS
You, We, They WERE
Simple Past (Negative)
For ... both the simple
past and the pastcontinuous
together to mean . . .
That one action (simple past)
interrupted a continuing action (past
continuous)
Past Continuous (Examples)
Action that...
... Anh ấy đã chạy trước đó.
D have been -ing.
Hãy so sánh had been doing (past perfect continuous) và was doing (past continuous)
It wasn’t raining when we went out. The sun was shining. But ... đi về nhà (trước khi Sarah tới)
Had gone là thì Past perfect (simple) - Thì quá khứ hoàn thành.
Thì past perfect được tạo thành = had + past participle (gone/ seen/ finished…)
Đôi khi chúng ... nhà lúc đó dơ quá. Mấy tuần rồi họ đã không lau chùi gì cả.
C Hãy so sánh thì past perfect ( I had done) với pastsimple (I did)
“Was Tom at
the party when you arrived?” “No, he had already...
... I insist….(nằn nì) / I agree… (đồng ý) / I refuse (từ chối)
v.v…
Present simple
Unit 2: Present simple
A Xét tình huống sau:
Alex is bus driver, but now he is in bed asleep. So:
... ấy là tài xế xe buýt).
Drive(s)/Work(s)/Do(es), v.v… là thì present simple (thì hiện tại đơn).
Chúng ta dùng thì present simple để nói một cách chung chung về những sự vật hay sự việc nào
đó. ... lazy. He doesn’t do anything to help me. (not ‘He doesn’t anything.’)
C Chúng ta dùng thì present simple khi muốn diễn đạt mức độ thường xuyên xảy ra của sự việc:
I get up at 8 o’clock every morning.
...
...
We’ve been waiting for an hour.
Present perfect continuous and simple
Unit 10. Present perfect continuous and simple
A Nghiên cứu ví dụ sau:
Ann’s clothes are covered in paint. ... rầy tôi bây giờ. Tôi đang làm việc.
Present perfect continuous & Present perfect
continuous and simple
Unit 9. Present perfect continuous
A It has been raining. Xem ví dụ sau:
Is ... trên, hành động sơn tường chưa kết thúc.
Họ đã chơi quần vợt từ lúc 2 giờ.
Chúng ta dùng thì simple để hỏi hay nói how much, how many hay how many times (cho những
hành động đã kết thúc)
...
... played tennis three times this week.
Unit 10. Present perfect continuous and
simple
Unit 10. Present perfect continuous and simple
A Nghiên cứu ví dụ sau:
Ann’s clothes are covered in paint. ...
They’ve been playing tenis since 2 o’clock.
Họ đã chơi quần vợt từ lúc 2 giờ.
Chúng ta dùng thì simple để hỏi hay nói how much, how many hay how many times
(cho những hành động đã kết thúc)
How ... vợt phải không?
Have you ever played tennis?
Bạn đã từng chơi quần vợt chưa?
Chúng ta dùng thì continuous để hỏi hay nói how long - bao lâu (cho hành động vẫn
còn đang xảy ra)
How long have...