... CAREFUL!!!!The pastcontinuous and the pastsimple are often used together.The pastsimple interrupts the action of the past continuous. Eg. I was watching television when my friend arrived.The past ... CAREFUL!!!!The pastcontinuous and the pastsimple are often used together.The pastsimple interrupts the action of the past continuous. Eg. I was watching television when my friend arrived.BE ... into the pastcontinuous or simple past: 1. Lisa _____________ (comb) her hair while she ____________(listen to) the news on the radio.2. The children ______________(watch)television while Homer...
... 4. The pastcontinuous tense : ( thì quá khứ tiếp diễn )_ Formation : ( công thức ) S + was / were + V-ingS ... khứ.e.g : While I was watching TV, ther were playing football outside. ( 1 ) ( 1 )+ Một hành động đang diễn ra trong quá khứ, bị một hành động khác cắt ngang.e.g : I met him when he was ... trong quá khứ, bị một hành động khác cắt ngang.e.g : I met him when he was eating. ( 2 ) (1 ) When / While cùng lúc quá khứ tiếp diễn.hành động trước sau V 1 : thì quá khứ tiếp diễnV2 :...
... 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 home when I meet Dave. (= ... good when you on holiday? They weren’t able to come because they were so busy. Did you go out last night or were you too tired? Pastsimple & Pastcontinuous Unit 5. Past ... enjoyed Did you enjoy? I didn’t enjoy Pastcontinuous A Hãy xem ví dụ sau: Yesterday Karen and Jim played tennis. They began at 10 o’clock and finished at 11.30. So, at 10.30 they were...
... 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 ... made 100 people redundant last 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 hard when we left the building.ãI was reading the report when you rangãHe was going out to luch when I saw himãThe company was doing well when I visited it ...
... the PastSimple and the PastContinuous refer to different time periods: ãthe PastContinuous asks about activities before.ãthe PastSimple asks about what happened after. OR When ... was safer to go home to his parents and postpone his studies. -What was Peter doing when the war broke out? => He was studying.-What did Peter do when the war broke out? => He ... parents. Compare:1) A: I didn’t see you at the party last night. B: No, I stayed at home and watched football.2) A: I didn’t see you at the party last night. B: No, I was watching...
... ………………………………… 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. Where / you / be when ... tell the story)She came home, turned onthe light, sat down on the bed and started reading book. Past Continuous ã when, while, as longasWas/ Were + Vingã I was watching TVThey were watching ... PastContinuous or Past Simple. 1. I …………………………… (see) Mary in town yesterday but she (not/see) …………………………… me. She ………………………… (look) theother way.2. I …………………………… (cycle) home yesterday when...
... background action when something else happened Past Continuous Some example:ãI was walking in the street when I suddenly fell overãThey were still waiting for the plane when I spoke to ... 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 we want to emphasize the continuing ... themãI was making a presentation in front of 500 people when the microphone stopped workingãShe was talking to me on the phone and it suddenly went deadãWe were just talking about it...
... 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 home when I meet Dave. (= ... grass and reading a book. While I was working in the garden, I hurt my back. Nhưng chúng ta dùng thì pastsimple khi một sự việc xảy ra sau một sự việc khác: I was walking along the road when ... 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...
... background activities, while the PastSimple refers to shorter, completed actions. Questions in the PastSimpleand the Past Continuous refer to different time periods: ã the PastContinuous asks ... 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 + S + ... interrupted past activity.ã When the phone rang, I was having a shower.ã While we were playing tennis, it started to rain. 22 PAST CONTINUOUS ãFormãUseã Past Simple or Past Continuous FORM(Positive)ãI...
... nhưng họ chưa chơi xong . Sau đây là thì Past Continuous: I/he/she < was }< Playing We /they/you < were Chúng ta dùng thì PastContinuous để nói rằng một người nào đó đang ... Thì PastContinuous không cho chúng ta biết hành động đã được hoàn thành này chưa .Có thể nó đã được hoàn thành mà cũng có thể chưa. Hãy so sánh: - Tom was cooking the dinner (past continuous) ... ta không biết được là anh ta đã nấu xong rồi hay chưa. - Tom cooked the dinner. (past simple) =He began and finished it. ...
... 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 home when I meet Dave.(= ở ... hoàn tất).Ann watched television a lot when she was ill last year.Ann đã xem TV rất nhiều khi cô ấy bệnh năm ngoái.D Ta thường dùng thì pastsimple và pastcontinuous cùng với nhau để diễn tả ... thúc cuộc chơi.”Was/were -ing là thì pastcontinuous (quá khứ tiếp diễn):playingI/he/she/it was doingwe/you/they were working etcB Chúng ta dùng thì pastcontinuous để diễn tả một người nào...