Thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn

 I. Định nghĩa
 II. Cách dùng
 III. Công thức
 IV. Dấu hiệu nhận biết
 V. Bài tập vận dụng
o Bài tập thực hành
o Đáp án

I. Định nghĩa

Thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn (Past perfect continuous) được dùng để diễn tả quá trình
xảy ra một hành động bắt đầu trước một hành động khác trong quá khứ.

II. Cách dùng

Cách dùng Ví dụ
- I had been thinking about that
Diễn đạt một hành động đang xảy ra trước một
before you mentioned it.
hành động trong quá khứ (nhấn mạnh tính tiếp
(Tôi vẫn đang nghĩ về điều đó trước
diễn)
khi cậu đề cập tới)
- Sam gained weight because he had
been overeating.
(Sam tăng cân vì anh ấy đã ăn quá
nhiều.)
Diễn đạt hành động là nguyên nhân của một
điều gì đó trong quá khứ.
- Betty fail the final test because she
hadn’t been attending class.
(Betty đã trượt bài kiểm tra cuối kì
vì cô ấy không tham gia lớp học.)

III. Công thức

Câu khẳng định Câu phủ định Câu nghi vấn

S + had + been + V-ing S + had NOT + been + V- Had + S + been + V-ing +
+O ing + O O?

Ví dụ: CHÚ Ý: Trả lời: Yes, S + had./ No, S

+ hadn’t.
- It had been raining
very hard for two hours – hadn’t = had not Ví dụ:
before it stopped.
Ví dụ: - Had they been waiting for
- They had been working me when you met them?
very hard before we - My father hadn’t been
came. doing anything when my Yes, they had./ No, they
mother came home. hadn’t.

- They hadn’t been talking - Had she been watching

to each other when we saw TV for 4 hours before she
them. went to eat dinner?

Yes, she had./ No, she

hadn’t.

IV. Dấu hiệu nhận biết

Đối với thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn, ở trong thành phần câu sẽ có các từ dùng để
nhận biết như sau:

 Until then: Cho đến lúc đó

 By the time: Đến lúc
 Prior to that time: Thời điểm trước đó
 Before, after: Trước, sau

V. Bài tập vận dụng

Bài tập thực hành

Bài tập 1: Chia dạng đúng của động từ.

1. When I arrived, he (wait) …………………………… for me. He was very angry with
me.

2. We (run) ……………………………along the street for about 60 minutes when a

motorbike suddenly stopped right in front of us

3. Yesterday, my brother said he (stop) ……………………………smoking for three

months.

4. Someone (paint) …………………………… the room because the smell of the paint
was very strong when I got into the room.
5. They (talk) ………………………..… on the mobilephone when the rain poured down.

6. The woman (pay) ………………………….. for her new car in cash.

7. I (have) ………………………………….lunch by the time the others came into the

restaurant.

8. It (rain) ……………………….. for three days before the storm came yesterday.

Bài tập 2: Cho dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc

1. I was very tired when I arrived home. (I/work/hard all day) I’d been working hard all
day.

2. The two boys came into the house. They had a badminton and they were both very
tired. (they/play/badminton) ……………….

3. He was disappointed when he had to cancel his holiday. (He/look/forward to it)

……………….

4. John woke up in the middle of the night. He was frightened and didn’t know where he
was. (He/dream) ……………….

5. When I got home, Wick was sitting in front of the TC. She had just turned it off.
(she/watch/a film) ……………….

Bài 3: Hoàn thành câu

1. I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and waited for him. After 15
minutes I suddenly realized that I was in the wrong restaurant.

=> I …. for 15 minutes when I … the wrong restaurant.

2. Tom got a job in a factory. two years later the factory closed down.

=> At the time the factory … , Tom … there for two years.

3. I went to a concert last week. The orchestra began playing. After about five minutes a
man in the audience suddenly started shouting.

=> The orchestra … when ……

Bài 4: Put in the correct verb form of the past tense.

1. When I arrived, Ann ……………….…. (wait) for me. She was rather annoyed with
me because I and she ………………………(wait) for a very long time.

2. We ……………………… (walk) along the road for about 20 minutes when a car
stopped and the driver gave us a lift.

3. When I saw Ben last week, he said he …………………………… (stop) smoking, but
when I saw him 2 days later, he ………………………. (smoke) a cigarette.

4. Lucy went to the living room. It was empty but the television still warm. Someone
……………......... (watch) it.

5. I ……………… (play) tennis so I had a shower. I was annoyed because I

…………………… (not win) a single game.

6. They ………………………..… (talk) in the park when storm broke.

7. The man ………………………….. (pay) for his new car in cash.

8. I …………………………………. (already/eat) breakfast by the time the others woke

up.

9. It ……………………….. (snow) for three days when suddenly the sun came out.

10. Sam …………………………… (work) here for six years before he left to go to
university.

11. Liz…………………………… (go) to the Bahamas for her holidays last year.

12. We ………………………….. (watch) a film on TV when our guests arrived.

13. They …………………… (already/see) the film twice at the cinema when she rented
it on video.

14. The teacher ……………………. (teach) the children a song yesterday.

15. He ……………………………. (sit) on the train at this time yesterday morning.

Đáp án

Bài 1: Chia dạng đúng của động từ:

– had been waiting

– had been running

– had been stopping

– had been painting

– had been talking

– had been paying

– had been having

– had been raining

Bài 2: Cho dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc:

2. They’d been playing badminton

3. He’d been looking forward to it

4. He’d been dreaming

5. She’d been watching a film

Bài 3:

1. I’d been waiting for 15 minutes when I relised that I was in the wrong restaurant

2. At the same time the factory closed down, Tom had been working there for two years

3. The orchestra had been playing for about five minutes when a man in the audience
started shouting