... USEs of PastPerfectContinuous 1. to describe an action started in the past and continued up until another time or action in the past. He had been playing game ... Turkish before you moved to Ankara? 2. Cause of something in the past Using the PastPerfectContinuous before another action in the past is to show cause and effect. Tom was tired because he ... attending the class. Forms of Negatives and Questions Negative sentences and questions are formed with the auxiliary verb 'had'. He hadn't been sleeping until his mother came in....
... PASTPERFECTTENSE (THÌ QUÁ KHỨ HOÀN THÀNH)I/ Use (Cách dùng) Past PerfectTense được dùng để diễn tả:1. Một hành động xảy ra trước ... trong quá khứ.S1 + PastPerfect + before + S2 + Simple Past EX: George had seen this movie before he went to bed last night.S1 + Simple Past + after + S2 + PastPerfect EX: George went ... Perfect EX: George went to bed after he had seen this movie last night.S1 + PastPerfect + when + S2 + Simple Past EX: When I came back home yesterday, my friend had already been there. II/...
... Use in cases •We use the pastcontinuous to talk about past events which went on for a period of timeUse in 2 cases•We use it when ... of activity•We often use it to describe a “background action” when something else happened Past Continuous Some example:•I was walking in the street when I suddenly fell over•They were...
... THE VERBS IN BRACKETS : S. PAST, PAST III. GIVE THE RIGHT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS : S. PAST, PAST PERFECT (cont.) or PASTCONTINUOUS PERFECT (cont.) or PAST CONTINUOUS 1 . They (go) home ... THE RIGHT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS : SIMPLE PAST IV. GIVE THE RIGHT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS : SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT or PRESENT PERFECT 1 . We (study) a very hard lesson the day ... 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...
... Present perfectcontinuous or simple? 121 For and since9 The past continuous A IntroductionThe pastcontinuous means that at a time in the past we were in the middle of an action.B FormThe past ... When did you buy this car? ~ About three years ago. 10 Pastcontinuous or simple? 14-15 Present perfect or past simple?10 Exercises 1 Pastcontinuous or simple? (A-B)David is always having accidents. ... the continuouswith actions. We do not normally use it with state verbs (see Unit 7). For states we use the past simple.1 didn't know where you were, NOT I wasn't knowing 10 Past continuous...
... in the sea9 The past continuous A IntroductionThe pastcontinuous means that at a time in the past we were in the middle of an action.B FormThe pastcontinuous is the pasttense of be + an ... away and disappeared. PAST CONTINUOUSPAST SIMPLEWe use the pastcontinuous for an action that we We use the past simple for a complete action inwere in the middle of. the past. We were driving ... present perfect 14-15 Present perfect or past simple? page 377 American English11 The present perfect (1)12 Exercises 1 Just (A)Write replies using the present perfect and just.Use these past...