THE PAST CONTINUOUS

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THE PAST CONTINUOUS

A Objectives:

By the end of the lesson , students will be able to know the past continuous and do

the exercises correctly

B Procedures:

A.Grammar:

The past continuous: ( Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn)

a. Công thức: S + was/ were + Ving

b. Cách chia: + I ( he, she, it) + was working

We ( you, they) + were working

- I( he, she, it) + Was not working ( was not = wasn’t)

We ( you, they ) + were not working ( were not = weren’t)

? Was I ( he, she, it ) working?

Were we ( you, they) working?

c. Cách dung:

• Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn dùng để diễn tả một hành động kéo dài ở quá khứ trong khoảng thời gian không xác định

Ví dụ: It was getting warmer and warmer

• Nếu trong câu có thời gian xác định thì thì quá khứ tiếp diễn diễn tả hành động xảy ra vào một thời điểm xác ddingj cụ thể, thường dung với cụm từ” at… O’clock”

Ví dụ: What were you doing at 8 pm yesterday?

• Thì quá khứ đơn và thì quá khứ tiếp diễn được dùng khi một hành động này đang xảy ra( quá khứ tiếp diễn), thì hành động khác xen vào ( quá khứ đơn)

Ví dụ: When I was cooking, he came

• Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn được dùng để diễn tả hai hành động xảy ra song song với nhau Liên

từ while thường đươc dùng trong trường hợp này

Ví dụ: I was reading a book while my mother was cooking dinner

B Exercises:

I Write sentences with the cue words, using the past progressive tense.

1. They/ play/ tennis/ 10.30 yesterday morning

………

2. Ann/ do/ homework/ 5 o’clock this afternoon

………

3. My father/ wash/ car/ from/ five to six

………

4. This time last year/ we/ live/ France

………

5. The students/ offer/ flowers/ the visitors

………

6. I/ cook/ dinner/ half an hour ago

………

7. She/ work/ the studio/ that time

………

8. What/ you/ do/ from 3 to 6 yesterday afternoon?

9. I/ write/ my report/ 8 o’clock last night

………

II Put the verbs into correct form: past progressive or past simple

1. The doorbell (ring) while Tom (watch) _ television

2. How fast _ you _ (drive) when the accident (happen) ?

3. Anna and Susan (make) dinner when Martin (arrive) home

4. The light (go) out while we (have) dinner But it (come) again after about ten minutes

5. “What _ you (do) this time yesterday?” – I (work) on the computer.”

6. It suddenly (begin) rain while Laura (sit) in the garden

7. It (be) cold when we (leave) the house that day, and a light snow (fall) _

8. When I last (see) them, they (try) to find a new house near their work

9. I (walk) _ along the street when I suddenly (feel) something hit me in the back

I (not/ know) _ what it was

10.When we (drive) _ down the hill, a strange object (appear) _ in the sky

III Complete the passage with the most suitable words

Torquay is one of the (1) popular holiday resorts in Britain (2) provides

entertainment, sports of every kind, etc You can (3) at the hotels by the sea, or at a

comfortable expensive (4) houses There (5) camping sites, too Torquay has large sandy beaches (6) you can buy refreshments and hire (7) to sit on There are large areas of grass land and miles of cliff paths (8) walkers

- Learn by heart the structure of the past continuous tense

- Do the exercises again