Past simple Past continuous

Thì quá khứ đơn Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn

Định nghĩa - Dùng để diễn tả một hành - Dùng để diễn tả một hành động
động đã xảy ra và kết thúc đang diễn ra tại thời điểm trong
hoàn toàn trong quá khứ. quá khứ
- Dùng để diễn tả những hành động
đang diễn ra đồng thời trong quá
khứ
- Dùng để diễn rả hành động đang
diễn ra thì có 1 hành động khác xen
vào.
Ví dụ She went to school yesterday. At 9 am yesterday, I was calling my
I visited my grandparents last mom.
week. They were talking about it when I
arrived.

Côn Affirmative S + was/were + Adj/N S + was/were + V-ing

g form (Câu S + Verb(past simple)
thức khẳng định)
Negative form S + was/were + NOT + Adj/N S + was/were + NOT + V-ing
(Câu phủ định) S + did + NOT + Verb(0)
Yes-No Was/Were + S + adj/N? Was/Were + S + V-ing?
Questions  Yes, S + was/were.  Yes, S + was/were.
(Câu nghi vấn)  No, S + was/were + NOT.  No, S + was/were + NOT.

Did + S + Verb(0)?
 Yes, S + did.
 No, S + did + NOT.
Wh-questions: What/When/Who/Why/How + What/When/Who/Why/How +
were/was + S + (not) + adj/N? were/was + S + (not) + Verb-ing?

What/When/Who/Why/How +
did + S + (not) + Verb(0)?
Dấu hiệu nhận biết Khi trong câu xuất hiện những từ Khi trong câu xuất hiện:
như: - At that time, at this time, in the
- yesterday past, last (day, night, week, month,
- in the past year)
- the day before - Các cấu trúc câu có từ “while” và
- ago một số trường hợp có “when”
- last (week, year, month)
- những khoảng thời gian đã qua
trong ngày (today, this morning,
this afternoon).
 PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS PRACTICE

Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer

1. The Smiths aren’t painting/ weren’t painting their house last weekend.
2. Tom cleaned/ was cleaning the living room when Jane arrived.
3. Did/ Were the students writing an essay in class this morning?
4. Frank was fixing/ fixed his car when his mobile rang.
5. Mark didn’t wear/ wasn’t wearing a coat when it started to rain.
6. He is/ was driving to work this morning when Anna called.
7. While my parents were working/ was working, I was studying at home.
8. I walked/ was walking home when I tripped/ was tripping and fell.
9. At 8 o’clock last night, we were having/ had dinner at a Chinese restaurant.

Ex 2: Circle the correct verb form in each of the following sentences

1. Mary (prepared/ was preparing) lunch when they (came/ was coming)
2. The sun (shone/ was shining) brightly when I (got up/ was getting up) this morning.
3. Ann finally (told/ was telling) us the whole story about Peter
4. We (drove/ were driving) to Berlin in Robert’s new car
5. Last weekend Susan (fell/ was falling) and (broke/ was breaking) her leg
6. Who was that nice girl you (talked/ were talking) to when I (walked/ was walking) by the
pub?
7. When I (entered /was entering) the cafeteria Mary (had /was having) lunch with Peter.

Exercise 3: Choose the correct alternative “When/ While”

1. I had a bad dream _____________ I was sleeping on the sofa
2. I was talking to my husband in the park _____________ two cars crashed behind us.
3. You called me last night _____________ I was studying for an important exam.
4. The students were doing an exercise _____________ the bell rang.
5. Anna was doing her homework _____________ the lights went out.
Exercise 4 : Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous form the
verbs.
1. Peter ___________ (play) a video game when his brother, Jack, _________ (enter) the
room.
2. I ___________ (study) for my English test when my mother ___________ (come) home
from work.
3. Emma ___________ (wash) the dishes when the telephone ___________ (ring).
4. I ___________ (ate) a sandwich while my parents ___________ (drink) coffee.
5. I ___________ (watch) a DVD when my cat ___________ (jump) on me.
6. I ___________ (not hear) the thunder during the storm last night because I ________
(sleep).
7. It (be) ___________ beautiful yesterday when we ___________ (go) for a walk in the park.
The sun ___________ (shine). The birds ___________ (sing).
8. My brother and sister ___________ (talk) about something when I ___________ (walk)
into the room.
9. Tom ___________(go) to his friend’s house, but the boys ___________ (not be) there.
They ___________ (play) soccer in the vacant lot down the street.
10. The little boy ___________ (fall) asleep while his mother ___________ (read) him a
story.

Exercise 5: Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets

One afternoon, a big wolf (wait) ____________ in a dark forest for a little girl to come along
carrying a basket of food to her grandmother. Finally, a little girl did come along and she
(carry) ____________ a basket of food. 'Are you carrying that basket to your grandmother?'
asked the wolf. The little girl said yes, she (be)____________. So the wolf (ask)
____________her where her grandmother lived and the little girl (tell)____________ him and
he (disappear)____________ into the wood.
When the little girl (open) ____________ the door of her grandmother's house, she
(see)____________ that there was somebody in bed with a nightcap and nightgown on. She
(approach)____________ no nearer than twenty-five feet from the bed when she
(see)____________ that it was not her grandmother but the wolf, for even in a nightcap a wolf
does not look like anybody's grandmother. So the little girl (take) ____________ an automatic
pistol out of her basket and (shoot) ____________the wolf dead.