the past continuous tense in english

... think/ is knocking circles are working flows is crying III Wrapping: - Summarize the main points V.Homework: + Review again tense have learned + Prepare The past simple tense,The past continuous ... present continuous tense: - Work in pairs - Give the answers The present continuous tense: - Ask Ss to give the form and usage of the present continuous - Ask Ss to write down the present continuous ... correction III Wrapping: - Summarize the main points - Take notes V.Homework : +Ask Ss to review again tense have learned +Ask Ss to prepare The past simple tense,The past continuous tense - Do what

Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2021, 18:54

... age, the length of their English learning and the subjects they are learning 3.3 INSTRUMENTATION The instrument for the study will be three tests in Appendix B In addition, questionnaires in Appendix ... Collocation is the way words combine in a language to produce natural-sounding speech and writing Collocations run through the whole of the English language, as in any other languages Choosing the right ... language, these subjects were further asked to specify their own opinions to the idea of attending more English language training courses that would help improve their proficiency The results in table

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:19

... However, there are some exceptional cases in which the past tense does not have to refer to the past time Such as: In indirect speech, attitudinal past, hypothetical  Future tense English does ... That are the reasons why the verb is very useful and important both inEnglish and in Vietnamese When learning English, we find the problems of learners in approaching theverb, we take the great ... he is living in Vinh city - The instantaneous present, expressed with either the simple or the progressive form Eg I write with a speccial pen As you see, I am dropping the stone into the water

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 21:45

... to invert the question by putting the word “Ndi niém” at the beginning, then the verb “thay” and finally the subject “chang” at the end of the verse because of two reasons: the rule of finding ... put at the beginning of the line makes the listeners/readers wonder what is waiting ahead The poet makes us feel like we are together with her on the journey to the mountain Firstly, we see the ... been there The second stanza suggests the same thing about God She is certain that heaven is there - just as if she had the correct chart in her hand Only by putting the word “yet” at the beginning

Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2014, 19:15

... to invert the question by putting the word “Nỗi niềm” at the beginning, then the verb “thấy” and finally the subject “chàng” at the end of the verse because of two reasons: the rule of finding ... put at the beginning of the line makes the listeners/readers wonder what is waiting ahead The poet makes us feel like we are together with her on the journey to the mountain Firstly, we see the ... been there The second stanza suggests the same thing about God She is certain that heaven is there - just as if she had the correct chart in her hand Only by putting the word “yet” at the beginning

Ngày tải lên: 14/05/2016, 18:38

... “Discussion of findings”, deals with the findings of lexical stylistic devices describing the appearance of characters in English and Vietnamese prose, the discussion and analysis on the similarities ... devices is the metaphor Let us consider the following example: (8) It was like pushing the chair itself back into the past, when we began the old slow circuit round about the ashes of the bridal ... devices used in describing appearance in EP and VP have high artistic effects in the way of describing, drawing attention to the appearance, making a strong impact on readers to arouse their interest

Ngày tải lên: 14/05/2016, 18:39

... (1913-1988), an English linguistic philosopher He introduced the technical notion of implicature in systematizing the phenomenon of meaning one thing by saying something else In introducing the notion, Grice ... utterance in a certain situation In other words, utterance meaning is contextdependent and the meaning of an utterance is determined by the context in which it is used According Austin, ... above linguistic philosophers, in particular, the writer would find out about the utterances containing implicatures in English and Vietnamese culture in terms of funny stories Although there

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2016, 08:31

... has many other meanings and “consider something carefully” is one of them Another example is the word we often use – “deadline” The “deadline” in prison camps during the Civil War was inside about ... reference to the veil separating the main body of the Jewish Temple from the tabernacle In modern English, “going beyond the veil” is similar to “dying” or “passing away” and “beyond the veil” is ... from the wall which prisoners were forbidden to cross or they could be shot down In other words, “deadline” initially alluding to a physical line or boundary in the past Nowadays, “deadline”

Ngày tải lên: 12/10/2016, 12:58

... speaking, listening, writing and grammar 3.2 Students’ interest in English reading lessons The next question aims at finding the students‟ interest in English reading lessons It is interesting ... of English or it helped them to avoid getting confused in understanding the English interviewing questions and giving answers to the asked questions They were then translated and analyzed by the ... of learning English reading comprehension in other ways 77% of them find reading very important and important (28% and 49%, respectively) To them, reading is essential in their learning English

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2016, 09:31

... of the present continuous tense is:  to be V + ing The bird is flying Verb + ing  sleep + ing sleeping  make + ing making  shop + ing shopping She / wear / earrings It / rain / today John ... Present Continuous Tense We use the present continuous to talk about: • Action happening now • Now you are looking at the screen and at the same time The dog is running The structure of the present ... doing? • I am writing What is he doing? He is chatting What is he doing? • He is fishing What are they doing? • They are playing chess Negative sentences • I am not reading • I am writing

Ngày tải lên: 06/12/2016, 15:52

... should give some hints or clue (elements related to cue) with the aim of encouraging learners having brainstorming and making sense with the cue In the other hand, raising “opening questions” is ... pressure in strict tradition of teacher respecting, being open-minded in English communication – not asking students perfectly perform in the correct way all the time Making sure these standards in ... knowledge and treating behaviors etc Taking examples of examining their own assumptions and views on the topic to reduce the risk of allowing their own stance influencing the discussion inappropriately,

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2017, 17:49

... Yen Dinh district Most of them have learnt English including the speaking skill since they were at grade However, the students’ level in English is very low They don’t take part in any English ... command respect in their countries and elsewhere in the world: RP in the United Kingdom and General American (GA) English in the United States They are the two main dialects for international broadcasts ... the factors obstacling the ss in learning English pronunciation, then find out solutions to this problem 1.2 Purpose of the study The main purpose of the study is to find out errors made by the

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2017, 10:36

... (take)……… his children to the zoo last Sunday thought He (think)……… English at a high school? taughtat a village morning? Two years ago, she (teach)……… went He (go)……… to the English club every Sunday ... quen khø CÊu tróc I/ She/ He/ It (+) (-) (?) + You/ We/ They I/ She/ He/ It was You/ We/ They were Was Were I/ She/ He/ It + did + You/ We/ They was were + Verb(ed) + + did not + V + V? Cách chia ... Thì khứ đơn The past simple tense Lê Việt Anh CáCH DùNG Dùng để diễn tả hành động, mét sù viƯc diƠn mét kho¶ng thêi

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2017, 13:14

... reduced into infinitive clauses as in the man to answer this question, present participle clause in the man answering this question and past participle clause in the man asked this question. 2.2 The ... mine or this shirt of yours. Trang 10Numerals/ quantifiers Unlike identifiers, numerals/ quantifiers can combine together in a noun phrase in English in the order: • ordinal + cardinal, e.g the ... modifiers in noun phrases The order of epithets in English noun phrases is controversial In this research, I synthesize the most common order of them The order of modifiers proposed by Downing &

Ngày tải lên: 08/04/2018, 23:16

... was singing In this example no starting point or end point is indicated for the singing activity in the second sentence, the singing activity was in progress The two situations - her singing ... Timing by the past tenses As discussed in the chapter 1, the point in time that a statement relates to is usually in part indicated by the tense of the verb group used in the clause The past ... Accent on the past: the past continuous 17 2.1.3 The past in relation to the present: the present perfect 18 2.1.4 Events before a particular time in the past: the past perfect 20 2.1.5 Other uses

Ngày tải lên: 18/04/2018, 09:52

... having the six English verbs in the giving verb group The giving verb group in terms of the sentence patterns Table 4.3 Table 4.4 Frequency of the six English verbs in the giving verb group The English ... that the verb give is the most frequency use, and the verb donate is the least frequency use In addition, the giving verbs can be translated with a variety of meaning in Vietnamese The findings ... etc This thesis aims at dealing with investigating syntactic and semantic features of the giving verb group and their Vietnamese equivalents The data quoted from the eight bilingual English and

Ngày tải lên: 17/09/2019, 23:22

... describing their approaches and key finding, but then identify weaknesses in the approach and limitations in the finding Trang 25CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY In order to fulfill the aim of the study, ... synthesizes to some syntactic, semantic features of the LIKING verbs in English and their Vietnamese equivalents Therefore, in the process of the study, the LIKING verbs are main sources for the ... Classification of English verbs 11 2.5 Overview of the Liking verb group in English and in Vietnamese 12 2.5.1Overview of the Liking verb group in English 12 2.5.2Overview of the Liking verb group in Vietnamese

Ngày tải lên: 19/09/2019, 23:46

... by the activities of reading the materials, identifying and classifying They are quoted the certain phrases and sentences from the texts The data in this study are analyzed by explaining them in ... combine some words with each other while others are not used frequently They also have difficulty in using the words in the conversation, in contexts Therefore, this study suggests them the definitions ... found and discussed the related studies by describing their approaches and key findings, but then identify weaknesses in the approach and limitations in the findings Besides, the theory of syntax

Ngày tải lên: 19/09/2019, 23:46

... to help them have the interest and passion in learning English For that reason, I chose the topic "Improving the effectiveness of learning English in grades 8 and 9 by checking out the old ... entering a new unit It gives the whole class the competitive edge of learning, passion and excitement at the beginning of the period, there by improving the quality of the class for all students in ... from the beginning of period, through which to help them have the interest and passion in learning English 2 CONTENTS 2.1 Theoretical bases of the research problem Lower secondary school in the

Ngày tải lên: 21/10/2019, 10:59