... 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...
...
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………….……………………………………
10. decide ……………… ……………… 20. make ………………
………………
II. Regular and irregular verbs of pastsimple tense:
V1 V2/ V-ed Meanings V1 V2/ V-ed Meanings
1. come 8. demonstrate
2. do 9. watch
3. ... He went home, opened the door and (comes - came- will come) in.
VI. Give the correct form of simplepast tense:
1. Our guest (arrive) last week.
…… ……………………………………………
2. Mr. Green (graduate) from ... - d -
IV. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word provided to make the sentences meaningful, use
past form:
go - be - return - cut - can - have - buy - cook
I thought that cooking…………… a useful...
... question forms.
When Did
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
leave yesterday?
Try this pastsimple quiz.
Past Simple Quiz
1. Tom ……………………(buy) a new house last month.
2. When ………………………(they/arrive)...
... TOPIC 2: OUR PAST
PERIOD 8: PRESENT SIMPLE, PASTSIMPLE AND PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
A. Theory:
1. Present simple and past simple:
Tenses Affirmation Negation Interrogation
Present
simple
S + am/ ... morning/ afternoon/ evenin g- On Mondays/ at weekends
In spring/ summer/ autumn/ once a week
Past
simple
S + was/ were
S + V
2
/ V– ed
S + wasn’t/ weren’t
S + didn’t + V
1
Was/ Were + S + ... ____________ in the west.
5. It (be) ____________ often hot in Summer.
II. Put the verbs in the pastsimple tense
1. We (be) ____________ at school on time yesterday.
2. The Browns (visit) ____________...
... early because;I was hungry.
Why________________________?
Exercises:Complete the sentences with the past tense form of the verbs in the parenthesis
1.Mr and Mrs. Price__________(come) to visit us...