... 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...
... we (have / not) time to talk then.
Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple
Exercise 2
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple) .
1. A: I (cycle / just) 50 km. ...
10. B: I (be / not) to Australia yet.
Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple
Exercise 3
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple) .
1. A: (you / be / ever) to London? ... Lucky you! I (be / never) to London.
Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple
Exercise 4
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple) .
1. A: (you / try / ever) haggis?...
... 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...
... town…………………………( you / come ) with us?
B/ Simplepast and past continuous
1/ In this exercise you have to read a sentence about the present and then write a
sentence about the past.
1. Tom usually wakes up ... send-
Do- show-
Cut sing-
TENSE
1/ Now you have to put the verb into the correct form : Presentcontinuous or Present
simple
1. I……………………….( not / belong ) to a political party.
2. Hurry! The bus………………………… ... hers
e. Stay/ in a hotel
f. Go / by train
3. Put the verb into the most suitable form, present continous or present simple.
1. We……………………… ( have ) a party next Sunday. Would you like to come?
2. I………………………….(...
... come
B. Do/ come
C. Is/ coming
D. Is/ coming.
Present simple and Present continuous
( Hiện tại đơn và hiện tại tiếp diễn)
Present simplePresent continuous
Use + Diễn tả thói quen ở hiện tại.
+ ... Ving…
Adv Always, often, seldom, usually,
sometime, everyday/week/month,…
At the moment, at the present,
now, right now, today…
Note 1 số verb chỉ tình trạng không có
dạng Ving như: believe,...
... PM.
Now (Non -Continuous Verbs): speakers sometimes
use the SimplePresent to express the idea that an action
is happening or is not happening now. This can only be
done with Non -Continuous Verbs and ... this second, today, this month, this year, this
century, and so on. Sometimes, we use the Present
Continuous to say that we are in the process of doing a
longer action which is in progress; ... idea that something irritating or shocking
often happens. Notice that the meaning is like
Simple Present, but with negative emotion. Remember
to put the words "always" or "constantly"...