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Past Continuous

The document provides examples and explanations of using the past continuous tense in Vietnamese. It includes 25 example sentences using the past continuous tense and asks the reader to identify whether each sentence should be in the simple past or past continuous form. It also provides explanations of how to use the past continuous tense to describe actions that were ongoing or interrupted in the past.

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Past Continuous

The document provides examples and explanations of using the past continuous tense in Vietnamese. It includes 25 example sentences using the past continuous tense and asks the reader to identify whether each sentence should be in the simple past or past continuous form. It also provides explanations of how to use the past continuous tense to describe actions that were ongoing or interrupted in the past.

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PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

I. Chia động từ ở dạng quá khứ tiếp diễn:


1. I lost my keys when I _______________ (come) to the office. 
2. _______ it ____________ (rain) while we _________________ (have) dinner?
3. I saw the department stores when I _________________ (sit) on the bus.
4. Her phone rang while she ________________ (talk) to her new boss. 
5. My friends _________________ (not drive) to work at 9 p.m last night.
6. He ________________ (ride) his bicycle when the cat ran across the road. 
7. We couldn’t go to the beach yesterday because it ________________. (rain) 
8. The sun was shining and the birds ________________ (sing) in the trees. 
9. The tourist lost his camera while he __________________ (walk) around the
city.
10. The lorry _________________  (go) very fast when it hit our car.
11. I _____________________ (walk) down the street when it began to rain.
12. At this time last year, I ___________________ (not attend) any English courses.
13. Jim __________________ (stand) under the tree when he heard an explosion.
14. While I __________________ (study) in my room, my roommates
___________________ (have) a party in the other room.
15. Mary and I ___________________  (dance) in the house when the telephone
rang.

II. Chọn đúng thì của các câu sau:


1. I saw / was seeing the accident when I was waiting for the taxi.
2. What were you doing / did you do when I phoned?
3. They didn’t visit / weren’t visiting their friends last summer holiday.
4. It rained / was raining heavily last July.
5. While people were talking to each other, he read / was reading his book.
6. Chris was eating / ate pizza every weekend last month.
7. While we were running / ran in the park, Mary fell over.
8. Did you find / Were you finding your keys yesterday?
9. Who was she dancing / did she dance with at the party last night?
10. They were watching / watched football on TV at 2 a.m yesterday morning.

III. Chia động từ ở dạng quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn:

1. My friend Harry _________ (fall) off the ladder while he _______________


(paint) the ceiling of his room.
2. We __________ (buy) the house in 2003. At that time it _______ (cost) £
150,000.
3. Dad _____________ (not be) interested in buying a new car.
4. My sister ______________ (wait) for me at the airport terminal when I
____________ (arrive).
5. A few nights ago, I ______________ (read) a book when suddenly I
___________ (hear) a noise outside. A few teenagers _______________ (play)
loud music.
6. The fire ________________ (burn) when the first firefighters ___________ (go)
to the scene.
7. My brother _____________ (look) for a job when he _________ (come) across
an interesting advertisement in the newspaper.
8. I _______ (hear) someone call my name. I ________ (turn) around and _______
(see) my dad standing at the back of the queue. I _____ (be) so surprised.
9. My sister ______________ (wear) a bright summer dress when I _______ (see)
her at the performance.
10. I _________ (start) preparing dinner at 4.pm and I _____ (be) still at it when my
wife ________ (come) home.
11. Our housekeeper _________ (break) the vase. As she _______________ (pick)
up the pieces, she ________ (cut) her middle finger.
12. We suddenly _________ (realise) that we ________ (drive) in the wrong
direction.
13. She _______ a great skier when she was young. (be)
14. I ________ (meet) an old friend in town while I _______________ (do) the
shopping.
15. While the children _______________ (play) with others, my husband and I
__________ (decide) to have a cup of coffee.
16. Yesterday evening Tom ______________ (have) a bath when the phone
________ (ring). He got out of the bath and _________ (answer) the phone.
17. I ________ (see) Tony in the park. He ______________ (sit) on the grass and
______________ (read) a book.
18. While I ______________ (walk) in the garden, I ______ (hurt) my back.
19. Tommy ______ (burn) his hand when he ________________ (cook) the dinner.
20. George ______ (fall) off the ladder while he ________ (paint) the ceiling.
21. Last night, I _______________ (read) in the bed when suddenly I ________
(hear) a scream.
22. ____________________ (you, watch) television when I phoned you?
23. Ann ________________ (wait) for me when I _________ (arrive).
24. I _________________ (not/drive) very fast when the accident _________
(happen).
25. I ________ (break) a plate last night. I _______________ (do) the washing-up
when it _______ (slip) out of my hand.

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