... 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...
... 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...
... ……………. on the beach. (to lie)1Exercise 3 : Choose the correct verb forms. Use simplepast or the pastcontinuous tense 1. We …………… (sit) at the breakfast table when the doorbell …………… (ring)2. ... someone …………… (knock) at the door.Exercise 4 : Put in the verbs in brackets in the simplepast or the pastcontinuous tense 1. While I …………… (send) messages, the school bus …………… (arrive)2. Cindy ... ladder.a. was painting b. paint c. paintedExercise 2 : Put in the verb in brackets into the pastcontinuous tense Example: Eddie __________ a comic. (to read). => Eddie was reading a comic.1....
... 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...
... simple past: yesterday, last ______, past dates (in 1990), _____ ago, etc. Simple Past vs. Past Continuous Using both tenses together:Sometimes we use both the simple past and the past ... Important Note about Past Continuous! Some verbs are NOT typically used in the continuous tense. Instead, we prefer to use these verbs in the simple tenses (simple present or past) . These verbs ... how to make the simple past and past continuous: The Past Continuous: Don’t forget that VERB BE is part of this structure.I, He, She, It WASYou, We, They WERE Simple Past (Negative)For...
... one!Save Talk to your partner. Which of the answers is the right one? Saveed saved sayved Past tense Things that have already happened!Start Lets say that together!ãTake of the eãAdd ... watched!Remember add ‘ed’Move on. Don’t forget:These rules help us to write about things in the past. ãI helped my mum do the shoppingãWe looked at the animals in the zooãThey baked a birthday...
... SEEHASN’T BOUGHTHASN’T BOUGHTHAS LOSTHAS LOSTSTOPPEDSTOPPED SIMPLE PAST TENSE We use it when the action in the PAST PAST is DEFINITEDEFINITE.Last Monday, I had a difficult test.When ... ARRIVEDHAS ALREADY GONEHAS ALREADY GONELEARNEDLEARNED PRESENT PERFECT TENSE We use it when the action in the PAST PAST is INDEFINITEDEFINITE.We have studied at .I have gone to Brazil...
... 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...
... when she (hearn ) the news that she ( cry ) V. supply the correct verbs form : simplepast or pastcontinuoustense 1. When I (arrive)at her house ,she still ( sleep ) 2.She (water ) the ... our plan next week 10. . I ( give )her a letter when I (see) her tomorrow Simple present , simple futture or future continuous 1 .When you (go/) into the office > Mr Jone ( sit ) at the ... all day yesterday 10.When the students ( hear ) the bell , they ( get )up and (leave ) Simplepast or past perfect ? 1.He ( forget ) what I ( tell ) him .I( remind )him many times but he still...