... 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...
... 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
ã
I lived ... year
When we use 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
ã
It was raining...
...
Questions in the PastSimple
and the PastContinuous refer to
different time periods:
ã
the PastContinuous asks about
activities before.
ã
the PastSimple asks about what
happened...
... Past Continuous
Tense Time expressions Examples of Formation Usage Examples
Past Simple
ã Yesterday
ã Yesterday
morning/evening
ã Last ... action in the Past
ã When I
was having
breakfast, the phone
suddenly rang.
ã emphasis on a continuous
action in the past
ã It was raining all day
long .
ã temporary things in the past
ã I was ... (stop)
………………………………… and I (forget) about it.
Exercise 4. Write questions in the simplepast or in the past continuous.
An accident happened on the motorway, the police is investigating:
1....
... Use in cases
ã
We use the pastcontinuous to talk about
past events which went on for a period of
time
Use in 2 cases
ã
We use it when ... of activity
ã
We often use it to describe a background
action when something else happened
Past Continuous
Some example:
ã
I was walking in the street when I suddenly fell
over
ã
They were...
... waved 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 ... 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 ... 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...
... 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)
... rất mệt (không dùng ‘Sarah is being tired’)
D Look và feel
Bạn có thể dùng thì present simple hay continuous khi diễn tả dáng vẻ hay cảm giác của người
nào đó vào thời điểm nói:
You look ... một khoảng thời gian hạnh phúc.
B See, hear, smell, taste
Ta thường dùng thì present simple (không dùng continuous) với những động từ dưới đây:
Do you see that man over there? (not ‘are you...
...
Sarah rất mệt (không dùng ‘Sarah is being tired’)
D Look và feel
Bạn có thể dùng thì present simple hay continuous khi diễn tả dáng vẻ hay cảm giác
của người nào đó vào thời điểm nói:
You look ... một khoảng thời gian
hạnh phúc.
B See, hear, smell, taste
Ta thường dùng thì present simple (không dùng continuous) với những động từ
dưới đây:
Do you see that man over there? (not ‘are you ... thôi việc (= Tôi đang xem xét)
Khi have có nghĩa sở hữu (possess),.v.v… ta không dùng với thì continuous (xem
UNIT 17):
We’re enjoying our holiday. We have a nice room in the hotel. (not ‘we’re...