Hãy viết công thức của thì quá khứ đơn: S+V-ed+...

quá khứ tiếp diễn: S+ was/were+V-ing+... nhé

Refer:

- Thì quá khứ đơn: 

(+)S+V(ed)
(-) S+didnot+V(nguyên)
(?) Did + S + V(nguyên)
- Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn: 

(+) S + was/were + V-ing (+ O)

(-) S + was/were + not + V-ing (+ O)
(?) (Từ để hỏi) + was/were + S + V-ing (+ O)?

While my siblings and I were playing beach game, my parents were visiting the museum.

(Trong khi các anh chị em của tôi và tôi đang chơi trò chơi bãi biển, thì bố mẹ tôi đã đến thăm viện bảo tàng.)

When Mai was surfing the internet, her brother texted her and said he could not get home early.

(Khi Mai đang lướt mạng, anh trai cô nhắn tin cho cô và nói rằng anh không thể về nhà sớm.)

Hy vọng hai ví dụ trên có thể giúp em hiểu hơn về cấu trúc câu với While và When, cùng với cách sử dụng một số cụm từ tiếng Anh như trên em nhé!

You/swim

Past simple: You swam.

Past continuous: You was swimming.

Past perfect: You had swum.

Past Perfect continuous: You had been swimming.

Present simple: You swim.

Present continuous: You are swimming.

Present perfect: You have swum.

Present perfect continuous: You have been swimming.

Future simple: You will swim./ You are going to swim.

Future continuous: You will be swimming./ You are going to be swimming.

Future perfect: You will have swum./ You are going to have swum.

Future perfect continuous: You will have been swimming./ You are going to have been swimming.

Future in past simple: You would swim./ You was going to swim.

Future in past continuous: You would be swimming.

Future in past perfect: You would have swum.

Future in past perfect continuous: I dont know that we have this kind of tense 

Past simple là quá khứ đơn

past continuous là quá khứ liên tục

Past simple: 

1. Diễn đạt một hành động xảy ra và chấm dứt hoàn toàn trong quá khứ

Ex: Dickens wrote Oliver Twist

2. Diễn đạt các hành động xảy ra liên tiếp trong quá khứ

Ex: She came home, switched on the computer and checked her e-mails.

3. Được sử dụng trong một số công thức sau:

- I used to ridebicycle to school (thói quen trong quá khứ)

- I was eating dinner when she came

-If I were you,I wouldn't get engaged to him (Câu điều kiện loại II)

4. Signal Words:

Last night/ year/month; yesterday, 2 years ago; in 1999..

Past continous:

1. Diễn đạt một hành động đang xảy ra tại một thời điểm trong quá khứ

Ex: What were you doing at 8:30 last night?

2. Diễn đạt hai hành động xảy ra song song nhau trong quá khứ

Ex: While my dad was reading a magazine, my mum was cooking dinner

3. Được sử dụng trong một số cấu trúc sau

- I saw Henrywhilehe was walkingin the park

- I was listening to the newswhen she phoned (một hành động đang xảy ra thì hành động khác chen ngang)

4. Signal Words:

At this time last night; at this moment last year; at 8 p.m last night; while...

Tham khảp

1. I was sitting in a café when you called.

2. When you arrived at the party, who was there?

3. Susie was watching a film when she heard the noise.

4. Yesterday I went to the library, next I had a swim, later I met Julie for a coffee.
5. We were playing tennis when John hurt his ankle.
6. What were they doing at 10pm last night? It was really noisy. 

7. He was taking a shower when the telephone rang. 

8. He was in the shower when the telephone rang. 

9. When I walked into the room, everyone was working. 

10. . It was a day last September. The sun was shining, the birds were singing. I
was walking along the street when I met an old friend. 
11. He was living in Russia when the Revolution started.

12. When her train got to the station, we were waiting on the platform. 

13. He was so annoying! He was always leaving his things everywhere. 

14.  On holiday we visited Rome, saw the Vatican, and spent a few days at the
beach. 

15. Why were you standing on a chair when I came into the room? 

16. They lived in Germany when they were young. 

17. At 7pm yesterday, we were listening to music.

18. When I left the house, it was snowing.

19. He was working in a bank when he met his wife.

20 What were you doing when I called you last night

Exercise 2: Past Simple or Past Continuous? Chia động từ ở

thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn cho phù hợp

1. We (eat)_________were eating___________ dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating

at 7:30).

2. Yesterday I (go)______went______________ to the Post Office,

(buy)_____________bought_______ some fruit at the supermarket and

(read)__________read__________ a book in the park in the afternoon.

3. We (watch)______were watching______________ TV when we (hear)____________heard________ a

loud noise.

4. Julie (be)_________was___________ in the garden when Laurence

(arrive)_________arrive___________.

5. A: What (do)_________were you doing___________ at 3pm yesterday?

B: I (clean)__________was cleaning__________ my house.

6. Last year I (visit)______visited______________ Paris and Rome.

7. They (have)__________were having__________ dinner when the police

(come)___________came_________ to the door.

8. He (work)________was working____________ in the garden when he

(find)___________found_________ the money.

9. Laura (study)________was studying____________ at 11pm last night.

10. He (sleep)_________was sleeping___________ when the doorbell

(ring)__________rang__________.

11. I (walk)_________was walking___________ along the road when I

12. (meet)___________met_________ an old friend.

13. It (be)_____________was_______ a day in December. Snow

(fall)____________was falling________ , children (sing)_________were singing___________ carols and

people (do)________were doing____________ their Christmas shopping.

14. My ex-boyfriend (be)_______was_____________ so annoying! He (always

miss)_______was always missing_____________ the bus and arriving late.

15. When I (call)_______called_____________ Julie, she (work)_________was working___________.

16. Why (cry)___________were you crying_________ when I (arrive)__________arrived__________?

17. When he (get)_____got_______________ home we started to eat dinner.

18. At 10 am yesterday, I (sit)________was sitting____________ on a bus.

19. I (enjoy)___________was enjoying_________ my book so much that I

(not/notice)_______didn't notice_____________ that the train had stopped.

20. David (not/sleep)________wasn't sleeping____________ when I (arrive)_________arrived___________ ,

he (study)________was studying____________ .

21. Mr Black (not/work)_____wasn't working_______________ in the garden at 10pm last night.