... Use in cases ãWe use the pastcontinuous to talk about past events which went on for a period of time Use in 2 casesãWe use it when ... of activityãWe often use it to describe a background action when something else happened Past Continuous Some example:ãI was walking in the street when I suddenly fell overãThey were...
... 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 ãI 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 actionãIt was raining...
... Questions in the PastSimple and the PastContinuous refer to different time periods: ãthe PastContinuous asks about activities before.ãthe PastSimple asks about what happened...
... khác trong quá khứ.S1 + Past Perfect + before + S2 + Simple Past EX: George had seen this movie before he went to bed last night.S1 + SimplePast + after + S2 + Past Perfect EX: George ... PAST PERFECT TENSE (THÌ QUÁ KHỨ HOÀN THÀNH)I/ Use (Cách dùng) Past Perfect Tense được dùng để diễn tả:1. Một hành động xảy ra trước ... Perfect EX: George went to bed after he had seen this movie last night.S1 + Past Perfect + when + S2 + Simple Past EX: When I came back home yesterday, my friend had already been there. II/...
... clear by before.2 Past perfect continuous (progressive). The contrasts between pastsimple and pastcontinuous can be made in past perfect tenses for events further back in the past. I had been ... NextPrevious unit Advanced Language PracticeUnit 3 Tense consolidation: past timeBasic contrasts: past simple and past continuous 1 Pastsimple generally refers to: Completed actions I got ... present perfect tenses See Unit 4 for contrasts between pastsimple and present perfect tenses. Past tenses are also used to express unreal time. See Units 8 and 9.Unfulfilled past eventsExitContentsExercisesNext...
... Past Continuous Tense Time expressions Examples of Formation Usage Examples Past Simple ã Yesterdayã Yesterday morning/eveningã 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 ... rang, I (get up) ………………………………… to answer it. Exercise 3. Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).Two days ago, a murder (happen) ………………………………… in Main Street at about...
... THE VERBS IN BRACKETS : S. PAST, PAST III. GIVE THE RIGHT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS : S. PAST, PAST PERFECT (cont.) or PAST CONTINUOUS PERFECT (cont.) or PAST CONTINUOUS 1 . They (go) home ... an hour.IV. GIVE THE RIGHT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS : SIMPLE PAST IV. GIVE THE RIGHT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS : SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECTor PRESENT PERFECT1 . We (study) a very ... TV last night.5 . My wife and I (travel) by air many times in the past. 5 . My wife and I (travel) by air many times in the past. 6 . My wife and I (travel) to Mexico by air last summer vacation.6...
... 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...
... the Past Simple. ãThe PastContinuous refers to longer, background activities, while the PastSimple refers to shorter, completed actions. Questions in the PastSimple and the Past Continuous ... .ãThey were doing their homework . ã The PastSimple focuses on past actions as simple facts. ã The PastContinuous focuses on the duration of past situations and activities. Was/Were ... interrupted past activity.ãWhen the phone rang, I was having a shower.ãWhile we were playing tennis, it started to rain. 22 PAST CONTINUOUS ãFormãUseã Past Simple or Past Continuous...