c. Write sentences using the prompts and the correct form of the verbs.
(Viết câu bằng cách sử dụng gợi ý và dạng đúng của động từ.)
1. I/swim/in the pool/when/the fire alarm/ring
=> I was swimming in the pool when the fire alarm rang.
2. While/we/eat/my brother/start/feeling sick
3. He/swim/in the sea/when/someone/steal/his clothes
4. While/they/hike/it/start/raining/heavily
5. We/buy/souvenirs/when/my favorite actor/walk/into the store
Cấu trúc với "when" và "while"
While + S + V (quá khứ tiếp diễn), S + V (quá khứ đơn)
hoặc: S + V (quá khứ đơn) while + S + V (quá khứ tiếp diễn)
When + S + V (quá khứ đơn), S + V (quá khứ tiếp diễn)
hoặc: S + V (quá khứ tiếp diễn) when + S + V (quá khứ đơn)
1. I was swimming in the pool when the fire alarm rang.
(Tôi đang bơi trong hồ bơi thì chuông báo cháy vang lên.)
Giải thích:
Cấu trúc: S + V (quá khứ tiếp diễn) when + S + V (quá khứ đơn)
- Mệnh đề 1: Chủ ngữ I ngôi thứ nhất số ít + was => I was swimming
- Mệnh đề 2: Chủ ngữ the fire alarm + V2 của ring => rang
2. While we were eating, my brother started feeling sick.
(Trong khi chúng tôi đang ăn, anh trai tôi bắt đầu cảm thấy buồn nôn.)
Giải thích:
Cấu trúc: While + S + V (quá khứ tiếp diễn), S + V (quá khứ đơn)
- Mệnh đề 1: Chủ ngữ we là ngôi thứ nhất số nhiều => we were eating
- Mệnh đề 2: Chủ ngữ my brother ngôi thứ ba số ít => my brother started
3. He was swimming in the sea when someone stole his clothes.
(Anh ấy đang bơi ở biển thì bị ai đó lấy trộm quần áo của anh ấy.)
Giải thích:
Cấu trúc: S + V (quá khứ tiếp diễn) when + S + V (quá khứ đơn)
- Mệnh đề 1: Chủ ngữ he ngôi thứ ba số ít => He was swimming
- Mệnh đề : Chủ ngữ someone, steal => stole => someone stole
4. While they were hiking, it started raining heavily.
(Trong khi họ đang đi bộ đường dài, trời bắt đầu mưa rất to.)
Giải thích:
Cấu trúc: While + S + V (quá khứ tiếp diễn), S + V (quá khứ đơn)
- Mệnh đề 1: Chủ ngữ they ngôi thứ nhất số nhiều => they were hiking
- Mệnh đề 2: Chủ ngữ it, start => started => it started raining
5. We were buying souvenirs when my favorite actor walked into the store.
(Chúng tôi đang mua đồ lưu niệm khi diễn viên yêu thích của tôi bước vào cửa hàng.)
Giải thích:
Cấu trúc: S + V (quá khứ tiếp diễn) when + S + V (quá khứ đơn)
- Mệnh đề 1: Chủ ngữ we là ngôi thứ nhất số nhiều => We were buying
- Mệnh đề 2: Chủ ngữ my favorite actor, walk => walked => my favorite actor walked
Các bài tập cùng chuyên đề
Past simple vs past continuous with when and while
(Quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn với liên từ when và while)
1. Choose the correct verb form in each of the following sentences.
(Chọn dạng động từ đúng trong mỗi câu sau.)
1. While Lan was working / worked as a volunteer in the countryside, she met an old friend.
2. I was revising for my civics class when my dad was telling / told me about the volunteer Job.
3. We saw many unhappy children while we were helping / helped people in remote areas.
4. He was sorting the donations when he was realising / realised how generous people were.
2. Combine the two sentences using when or while where appropriate.
(Kết hợp hai câu bằng cách sử dụng when hoặc while thích hợp.)
1. They were cleaning the streets. It started to rain.
(Họ đang quét dọn đường phố. Trời bắt đầu mưa.)
2. I was watching TV. I saw the floods and landslides in the area.
(Tôi đang xem TV. Tôi đã thấy lũ lụt và lở đất trong khu vực.)
3. Tim was searching for employment opportunities. He found a job advert from a non-governmental organisation.
(Tim đang tìm kiếm cơ hội việc làm. Anh ta tìm thấy một quảng cáo việc làm từ một tổ chức phi chính phủ.)
4. They decided to help build a community centre for young people. They were visiting some poor villages.
(Họ quyết định giúp xây dựng một trung tâm cộng đồng cho những người trẻ tuổi. Họ đã đến thăm một số ngôi làng nghèo.)
Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple or past continuous.
(Hoàn thành các câu bằng cách sử dụng các dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc. Sử dụng quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn.)
1. I first (meet)________ Lan while we (work) _________as volunteers.
2. While we (walk)________ home, we (see) _________ a girl crying near a bus stop.
3. Kim (notice) ___________the poverty of the area while she (deliver) _____ free meals to old people.
4. When I (arrive) ______at the community centre, a guest speaker (give) _________a speech.
2. Read the Learn this! box. Match sentences 1 - 6 from the extract in exercise 1 with rules a - c.
LEARN THIS! Contrast, past simple and past continuous
a. We use the past simple for a sequence of events in the past. The events happened one after another.
(Chúng ta dùng thì quá khứ đơn cho một chuỗi sự kiện trong quá khứ. Sự việc này xảy ra rồi đến sự việc khác.)
We had lunch. Then we put on our coats and left. (Chúng tôi đã dùng bữa trưa. Sau đó chúng tôi khoác áo và rời đi.)
b. We use the past continuous to describe a scene in the past. The events were in progress at the same time.
(Chúng ta dùng thì quá khứ tiếp diễn để mô tả một cảnh trong quá khứ. Những cảnh này đang diễn ra cùng một lúc.)
It was raining. People were wearing raincoats and carrying umbrellas.
(Trời đang mưa. Mọi người thì đang mặc áo mưa và mang dù.)
c. We use the past simple and the past continuous together for a single event that interrupted a longer event in the past.
(Chúng ta dùng quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn cùng với nhau cho một hành động cắt ngang hành động dài hơn trong quá khứ.)
As I was getting dressed (longer event), my friend phoned (interruption).
(Khi tôi đang mặc đồ (hành động dài), thì bạn tôi gọi (hành động xen ngang).)
3. Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous or past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
(Hoàn thành các câu sau. Dùng thì quá khứ tiếp diễn hoặc quá khứ đơn của những động từ trong ngoặc.)
a. While he _____ (listen) to their argument, the boat's engines _____ (start).
b. Someone _____ (fall) into the water. Harry _____ (realise) who it was and _____ (jump) in too.
c. Still underwater, he _____ (swim) close to the boat then _____ (come) up silently. Three people _____ (argue) loudly.
d. The boat _____ (begin) to move away. As he _____ (decide) what to do he _____ (hear) a scream.
4. Put the sentences from exercise 3 in the correct order to continue the story. Then listen and check.
(Xếp các câu trong bài 3 theo đúng thứ tự để tiếp tục câu chuyện. Sau đó nghe và kiểm tra.)
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1.c |
2.a |
3.d |
4.a |
5. Choose an interruption from box B for each activity in box A. Then write five sentences using the past simple and past continuous. Use while/ as or when.
(Chọn một việc xen ngang từ box B cho mỗi hoạt động của box A. Sau đó viết năm câu sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn, Dùng while/as hoặc when.)
2D. Contrast: past simple and past continuous (So sánh: Quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn)
5. Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
(Hoàn thành các câu sau với dạng quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn đúng của các động từ trong ngoặc.)
1. When Molly _____ (drop) her phone on the floor, it _____ (break).
2. When my parents _____ (get) home, they _____ (find) a mouse in the kitchen.
3. Martin _____ (not hear) the phone because he _____ (have) a shower.
4. At 8 p.m. last night, I _____ (sit) at my desk but I _____ (not work).
5. When I _____ (see) Ben and Tia, they _____ (sit) on a bench, _____ (laugh) and _____ (chat).
6. It was a warm afternoon, but the sun _____ (not shine)
7. While we _____ (take) my grandmother to hospital, our car _____ (break down).
8. I _____ (lose) my watch while we ______ (play) volleyball in the park.
6. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
(Hoàn thành câu thứ hai để có nghĩa giống câu đầu tiên.)
1. While we were having dinner, my dad arrived home. 
We _____ when my dad _____.
2. I was trying to sleep when the phone rang.
The _____ while I _____.
3. She was climbing up some rocks when she fell.
As she _____, she _____.
4. While you were shopping, I tidied your room
You _____ when _____.
5. The boat hit some rocks as it was sailing towards the shore.
The boat was _____ when it ______.
7. Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
(Hoàn thành đoạn văn với dạng đúng quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn cho các động từ trong ngoặc.)
It was past midnight when Helen (1) _____ (arrive) home. She (2) _____ (close) the door quietly because her parents (3) _____ (sleep) upstairs. As she (4) _____ (take off) her coat, she (5) _____ (see) a letter on the floor with her name on it. She (6) _____ (open) the letter and (7) _____ (read) it. Then she (8) _____ (put) it in her pocket, (9) _____ (pick up) her coat and (10) _____ (go) out again. It (11) _____ (be) a cold night but it (12) _____ (not rain). A few people (13) _____ (walk) towards the High Street, so Helen (14) _____ (cross) the road and _____ (follow) them. She (16) _____ (not know) where they (17) _____ (go) - but she (18) _____ (not want) to be alone.
a. Listen and repeat.
(Nghe và lặp lại.)
b. Combine the sentences using when or while.
(Kết hợp các câu sử dụng when hoặc while.)
1. I was waiting for my taxi. My luggage was stolen.
(Tôi đang đợi taxi. Hành lý của tôi đã bị đánh cắp.)
=> I was waiting for my taxi when my luggage was stolen.
(Tôi đang đợi taxi thì hành lý của tôi bị lấy trộm.)
2. (The family went to bed.) They were sleeping. The heater broke down.
((Cả nhà đi ngủ.) Họ đang ngủ. Lò sưởi bị hỏng.)
=> The family went to bed. While _____________________
3. We were watching TV. We got a message saying that our flight was canceled.
(Chúng tôi đang xem TV. Chúng tôi nhận được thông báo rằng chuyến bay của chúng tôi đã bị hủy.)
=> ____________________________
4. (The waiter gave us a menu.) We were ordering. People started running to the bathroom.
((Người phục vụ đưa cho chúng tôi thực đơn.) Chúng tôi đang gọi món. Mọi người bắt đầu chạy vào phòng tắm.)
=> ____________________________
5. He was taking photos. A camel chased after him.
(Anh ấy đang chụp ảnh. Một con lạc đà đuổi theo anh ta.)
=> ____________________________
d. In pairs: Describe something that happened on your last vacation.
(Theo cặp: Mô tả điều gì đó đã xảy ra vào kỳ nghỉ trước của em.)
We were walking in the forest when we saw a long snake.
(Chúng tôi đang đi trong rừng thì nhìn thấy một con rắn dài.)
Take turns making sentences using the pictures and prompts.
(Thay phiên nhau đặt câu bằng hình ảnh và gợi ý.)
We went on a safari last week. While we were looking at the giraffes, a monkey stole our bag.
(Chúng tôi đã đi săn tuần trước. Trong khi chúng tôi đang xem xét những con hươu cao cổ, một con khỉ đã lấy trộm túi của chúng tôi.)
1. Identify the tenses of the verbs in bold in sentences (1–5). Then match them to their uses (a–e).
(Xác định các thì của động từ in đậm trong các câu (1–5). Sau đó, nối chúng với mục đích sử dụng của chúng (a – e).)
1. _____ They got their tickets, entered the theatre and walked to their seats.
2. _____ Eva was watching TV at 9:15 last night.
3. _____ Frank was practising his role when the director called him into her office.
4. _____ At 7 o’clock yesterday evening, I was listening to music while Ann was watching TV.
5. _____ We went to the theatre yesterday.
a. actions that happened one after another in the past
b. an action that was happening at a definite time in the past
c. actions that were happening at the same time in the past
d. an action that happened at a certain time in the past
e. an action that was happening in the past when another action interrupted it
8. Make as many sentences as possible as in the example. Write in your notebook.
(Đặt càng nhiều câu như trong ví dụ càng tốt. Viết vào tập của bạn.)
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1. wait for / bus 2. cook / lunch 3. shop / groceries 4. watch / TV 5. walk / park |
A. mobile phone / ring B. read / book C. start / rain D. do / my homework E. see / my friend |
1. I was waiting for the bus when my mobile phone rang.
(Tôi đang đợi xe buýt thì điện thoại di động của tôi đổ chuông.)
While I was waiting for the bus, my mobile phone rang.
(Trong khi tôi đợi xe buýt, điện thoại di động của tôi đổ chuông.)
9. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
(Đặt các động từ trong ngoặc thành thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn.)
David and Lucy threw a party for their mum’s 40th birthday last weekend. They 1) _________________ (decorate) the house when their cousins 2) _________________ (come) to help. At 4 o’clock, David 3) _________________ (prepare) a special meal and Lucy 4) _________________ (wrap) their mum’s present. Their cousins 5) _________________ (blow) up balloons. At 6 o’clock. They 6) _________________ (sit) in the living room when someone 7) _________________ (knock) on the door. It was their uncle, Tom, and his band. By the time David and Lucy’s mum 8) _________________ (get) home, everything was ready and all the guests were there.
10. Ask and answer questions about a bad experience as in the example.
(Hỏi và trả lời về một trải nghiệm tồi tệ như ví dụ.)
1. What / happen / yesterday? – There / be / fire.
A: What happened yesterday?
(Chuyện gì đã xảy ra vào hôm qua?)
B: There was a fire.
(Có một đám cháy.)
2. Where / be / you? – I / be / the living room.
3. What / you do? – I / listen to music.
4. How / you get out? – Some firefighters / help me out.
5. How / fire start? – My next door neighbour / fry fish / when / oil / catch on fire.
6. How / you feel? – I / feel scared.
11. Write a short paragraph about a bad experience you had (about 120–150 words). Think about what happened, when/where it happened, what you did and how you felt.
(Viết một đoạn văn ngắn về trải nghiệm tồi tệ mà bạn đã có (khoảng 120–150 từ). Nghĩ về những gì đã xảy ra, khi nào / ở đâu, bạn đã làm gì và bạn cảm thấy thế nào.)
Grammar (See Grammar Reference pp. 159-160)
(Ngữ pháp: (Xem Tài liệu Ngữ Pháp trang 159-160))
D. Underline the correct words to complete the sentences.
(Gạch chân những từ đúng để hoàn thành các câu sau.)
1. What were you trying to tell me when we bought / were buying the groceries?
2. I found these photos while I arranged / was arranging some English books on the shelf.
3. The teacher was explaining the lesson when he dropped / was dropping the microphone.
4. We ran / were running a marathon in Ho Chi Minh City when we met an old friend.
5. While Nam was giving his best friend some tips to pass the driving test, we waited / were waiting patiently outside.E. Complete the sentences. Use your own ideas.
(Hoàn thành các câu sau. Sử dụng những ý tưởng của riêng bạn.)
1. I was learning English while ___________________________________.
2. I was ________________________ when the band started their first song.
3. She was traveling abroad when _________________________________.
4. They __________________ when one of them decided to leave the team.
5. We _____________ while Minh was preparing for his poster presentation.
Lesson C
3. C. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in parentheses.
(Hoàn thành các câu với dạng đúng của các động từ trong ngoặc.)
1. I _____ (jog) in the park when I suddenly _____ (fall) and _____ (hurt) my knee.
2. While the students _____ (perform) on the stage, their parents _____ (arrive) at the hall.
3. My teacher _____ (wear) a beautiful white áo dài when I _____ (see) her at the graduation ceremony.
4. We _____ (prepare) a poster for the school event when the teacher _____ (come) to help us.
5. Alice _____ (do) exercises while her classmates _____ (discuss) the presentation topics with each other.
4. D. Complete the conversations with the correct forms of the verbs in parentheses.
(Hoàn thành các đoạn hội thoại với dạng đúng của các động từ trong ngoặc.)
1. A: What _____ (you / do) when I _____ (call) you yesterday?
B: Well, I _____ (write) an essay.
2. A: _____ (you / shop) at Big K supermarket when my brother _____ (meet) you yesterday?
B: No, I _____ (eat) ice cream in front of the food court when he _____ (come) and _____ (say) hello.
3. A: What _____ (your parents / do) when we were talking on the phone yesterday?
B: My dad _____ (cook) dinner while my mom _____ (clean) the house.
2 Read the GRAMMAR FOCUS. Complete. the examples using the past forms of the verbs in Exercise 1.
(Đọc GRAMMAR FOCUS. Hoàn thành. các ví dụ sử dụng các dạng quá khứ của động từ trong Bài tập 1.)
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Past Continuous and Past Simple
Past Continuous and Past Simple You use Past Continuous to talk about longer actions in progress at a time in the past. In 1997, Joe Jacobson 1. _______ researcher for MIT.
You often use Past Continuous with Past Simple-usually when a short action (Past Simple) interrupted a longer action (Past Continuous). He 2 ______on a beach when he 3_______ his book.
Past Continuous: was / were + -ing form I was working etc.
+ I was working etc.
- She wasn't working etc.
? Were you working? Etc
3 Complete the beginnings of the story using the Past Simple or the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
(Hoàn thành phần đầu của câu chuyện bằng thì Quá khứ Đơn hoặc Quá khứ Tiếp diễn của các động từ trong ngoặc.)
It was a terrible stormy night six months after my father's death. My mother 1. was sitting (sit) alone) by the fire, waiting for her baby to arrive. She 2. (feel) sad and ill. Suddenly she 3. (hear)
a noise outside. 'There's someone at the door, Peggotty," my mother 4. (call). "Who is it?' Peggotty was her servant and her only real friend. 'I'll go and see," Peggotty and 5. (reply). She 6. (go) and 7. (open) the door.
4 Complete each sentence with the correct verb forms of the verbs.
(Hoàn thành mỗi câu với các dạng động từ chính xác của các động từ.)
1 Shen Nong______(invent) tea when he ______(watch) his servants boil water.
2 When I (go)______ online, I______(find) a very interesting web browser.
3 There ______(be) something wrong with the desktop computer when I _______(download) the new software.
4 He ______ (read) an electronic book when he _________(hear) a loud noise.
5 Memory Challenge. Work in groups. Complete the following questions where necessary. Ask each other.
(Thử thách trí nhớ. Làm việc nhóm. Hoàn thành các câu hỏi sau nếu cần. Hỏi thăm lẫn nhau.)
1 What were you doing at 7.00 p.myesterday?
2 What were you doing when you first/last_________ ?
3 What were you wearing when you first/last_______?
3. Use the prompts to write sentences.
(Sử dụng gợi ý để viết câu.)
1. My computer/crash/while/I/download/a song.
2. Tom/lose/his smartphone/when/he/run/in the park
3. The first international Internet chat/take place/in February 1989.
4. It/be/so hot yesterday./ The temperature/rise/to 38 degrees Celsius.
5. What/you/do/ this time last year?
6. I /wait/for the photos from Sandra/last night/but/she/net/send/ me any.
1. Complete the sentences using the correct present simple or present continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.
(Hoàn thành các câu bằng cách sử dụng các dạng hiện tại đơn hoặc hiện tại tiếp diễn đúng của các động từ trong ngoặc.)
1. Nick and Dave (visit) _________ their parents twice a month.
2. You can’t talk my grandfather now. He (watch) _________ the evening news.
3. I can’t shop for groceries today. The local shops (not open) _________ on Sunday.
4. Lan sometimes (meet) _________ her friends after school.
5. Be quite! My younger brother (study) _________ for his exam.
6. Chris (look) _________ stressed, because he (look) _________ for a new job.
7. Anna often (walk) _________ to work, but her husband (drive) _________ her to her office this morning.
8. What _________ you (cook) _________? The food (smell) _________ so good!
1. Choose the correct tense to complete the sentences.
(Chọn thì đúng để hoàn thành câu.)
1. Jake looked at the weather outside: it was grey, but it didn’t rain / wasn’t raining.
2. You didn’t answer when I phoned you this morning. What did you do / were you doing?
3. Lucy witched off her computer, put on / was putting on her coat and left / was leaving the office.
4. She closed the window because some children made / were making a lot of noise outside.
5. When I told my friends about the robbery, they didn’t believe / weren’t believing me.
6 She didn’t hear the doorbell because she had / was having a shower.
