Cách dùng Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn

Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn được dùng khi muốn nhấn mạnh diễn biến hay quá trình của
sự vật hay sự việc hoăc thời gian sự vật hay sự việc đó diễn ra.
 While I was driving home, Peter was trying desperately to contact me. (Peter đã cố
gắng liên lạc với tôi trong lúc tôi đang lái xe về nhà.)
 Were you expecting any visitors? (Anh có mong đợi người khách nào không?)
 Sorry, were you sleeping? (Xin lỗi, anh đang ngủ à?)
 I was just making some coffee. (Tôi đang pha cà phê.)
 I was thinking about him last night. (Tối qua, tôi đã nghĩ về anh ấy.)
 In the 1990s few people were using mobile phones. (Vào những năm 1990, rất ít người
sử dụng điện thoại di động.)
Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn được dùng để diễn tả 1 hành động đang diễn ra trong quá khứ
thì có hành động khác xen vào.
 I was walking in the street when I suddenly fell over. (Khi tôi đang đi trên đường thì
bỗng nhiên tôi bị vấp ngã.)
 She was talking to me on the phone and it suddenly went dead. (Khi cô ấy đang nói
chuyện điện thoại với tôi thì bỗng nhiên nó bị mất liên lạc.)
 They were still waiting for the plane when I spoke to them. (Khi tôi nói chuyện với họ
thì họ vẫn đang chờ máy bay.)
 The company was declining rapidly before he took charge. (Trước khi anh ấy nhận
công việc thì công ty đó đang đi xuống.)
 We were just talking about it before you arrived. (Chúng tôi vừa nhắc về điều đó trước
khi anh đến.)
 I was making a presentation in front of 500 people when the microphone stopped
working. (Khi tôi đang trình bày trước 500 người thì cái micro đột nhiên bị hỏng.)
Cấu trúc thì quá khứ tiếp diễn Tiếng Anh
Câu khẳng định Câu phủ định Câu nghi vấn
- S + was/ were + not + V- - (Từ để hỏi) + was/ were + S +
- S + was/ were + V-ing (+ O)
ing (+ O) V-ing (+ O)?
Ví dụ:
Ví dụ: Ví dụ:
I was thinking about him last
I wasn't thinking about Were you thinking about him
night.
him last night. last night?
We were just talking about it
We were not talking about What were you just talking
before you arrived.
it before you arrived. about before I arrived?
* Ghi chú:
 S: chủ ngữ
 V: động từ
 O: tân ngữ
 BÀI TẬP THÌ QUÁ KHỨ TIẾP DIỄN VÀ QUÁ KHỨ ĐƠN
I. Chia động từ ở thì quá khứ tiếp diễn
1. I ___________________down the street when it begin to rain (go)
2. At this time last year, I ___________________an English course (attend)
3. Jim ________________ under the tree when he heard an explosion (stand)
4. The boy fell and hurt himself while he _________________ a bicycle (ride)
5. When we met them last year, they______________ in Santiago (live)
6. The tourist lost his camera while he________________ around the city (walk)
7. The lorry _______________ very fast when it hit our car (go)
8. While I ____________________in my room, my roommate ___________________ a
party in the other room (study/ have)
9. Mary and I___________________ the house when the telephone rang (just leave)
10. We __________________ in the café when they saw us (sit)

II. Chia động từ ở thì quá khứ hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn
1. I ________________ (call) Mr Wilson at 9 last night, but he (not
be)_________________at home. He (study) _______________ at the library
2. I _________________ (not hear) the thunder during the storm last night because I
________________ (sleep)
3. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The
sun______________(shine). The birds_____________(sing)
4. My brother and sister ________________ (talk) about something when I
________________ (walk) into the room.
5. Tom went to his friends ‘house, but the boys ___________________ (not be) there.
They (play)_____________soccer in thevacant lot down the street.
6. The little boy _______________ (fall) asleep while his mother___________________
(read) him a story.
7. I really enjoyed my holiday last January. While it_______________(snow) in Iowa, the
sun ______________ (shine) in Florida.
8. While Ted _______________ (shovel) snow from his driveway yesterday, his wife
_________________ (bring) him a cup of hot chocolate.
9. John _________________ (have) a car accident last week. He __________________
(drive) down the street when suddenly a lorry __________________ (hit) his car from
behind.
10. Ten years ago, the government _______________ (decide) to begin a food
programme. At that time, many people in the rural areas _______________ (starve) due to
several years of drought.
11. They ___________________(wait) for me when I _________________ at the station
(arrive)
12. She ________________ (swim) in the sea when I ___________________ her (see)
13. ___________________they__________________(play) tennis when it
_________________ raining (start)?
14. We __________________ (drive) home from the theatre when the police
__________________(stop) us.
15. The wind __________________ (blow) very hard when I ________________(go) out
this morning.

Bài III: Cho dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc ở thì quá khứ tiếp diễn.
1. At this time last year, they (build).................... this house.
2. I (drive) ...................my car very fast when you called me.
3. I (chat) with my friends while my teacher (teach)................ the lesson yesterday.
4. My father (watch) ......................TV when I got home.
5. At this time yesterday, I (prepare)............................. for my son's birthday party.
6. What you (do)........................... at 8 pm yesterday?
7. Where you (go)........................... when I saw you last weekend?
8. They (not go).......................... to school when I met them yesterday.
9. My mother (not do) ......................the housework when my father came home.
10. My sister (read)....................... books while my brother (play) football yesterday afternoon.

Bài IV: Biến đổi các câu sau sang phủ định, câu hỏi và trả lời các câu hỏi đó.
1. He was planting trees in the garden at 4 pm yesterday.
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2. They were working when she came yesterday.
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3. She was painting a picture while her mother was making a cake.
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4. Anne was riding her bike to school when Peter saw her yesterday.
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5. He was typing a letter when his boss went into the room.
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