3. Complete the text using the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
(Hoàn thành đoạn văn sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ hoàn thành của động từ trong ngoặc.)
My favourite book by Jasmine
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence is by an Australian woman called Doris Pilkington Garimara. The story is about Doris's mother, Molly - a half-Aborigine girl. When Molly was fourteen, the Australian government sent (send) her far away from home to a special school along with two younger girls, Gracie and Daisy.
Molly, Gracie and Daisy (1) ____ (feel) unhappy at the school because they (2)_____ (not be) away from home before – they (3) _____ (always live) near a small place called Jigalong.
Soon after their arrival at the school, the three girls (4) _____ (decide) to escape and walk back to Jigalong.
In the end, Molly and Daisy (5) _____ (arrive) home after a dangerous 2,400 km journey on foot across Australia. Sadly, they were without Gracie – she (6) _____ (leave) them earlier to look for her mother in a different place.
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1. felt |
2. hadn’t been |
3. had always lived |
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4. decided |
5. arrived |
6. had left |
My favourite book by Jasmine
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence is by an Australian woman called Doris Pilkington Garimara. The story is about Doris's mother, Molly - a half-Aborigine girl. When Molly was fourteen, the Australian government sent her far away from home to a special school along with two younger girls, Gracie and Daisy.
Molly, Gracie and Daisy felt unhappy at the school because they hadn’t been away from home before – they had always lived near a small place called Jigalong.
Soon after their arrival at the school, the three girls decided to escape and walk back to Jigalong.
In the end, Molly and Daisy arrived home after a dangerous 2,400 km journey on foot across Australia. Sadly, they were without Gracie – she had left them earlier to look for her mother in a different place.
Tạm dịch:
Cuốn sách yêu thích của tôi bởi Jasmine
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence là của một phụ nữ người Úc tên là Doris Pilkington Garimara. Câu chuyện kể về mẹ của Doris, Molly - một cô gái mang nửa dòng máu thổ dân. Khi Molly mười bốn tuổi, chính phủ Úc đã gửi cô xa nhà đến một trường học đặc biệt cùng với hai cô gái trẻ hơn là Gracie và Daisy.
Molly, Gracie và Daisy cảm thấy không vui ở trường vì trước đây họ chưa từng xa nhà - họ luôn sống gần một nơi nhỏ tên là Jigalong.
Ngay sau khi đến trường, ba cô gái quyết định trốn thoát và quay trở lại Jigalong.
Cuối cùng, Molly và Daisy đã về đến nhà sau hành trình đi bộ dài 2.400 km đầy nguy hiểm xuyên nước Úc. Đáng buồn thay, họ không có Gracie - cô đã rời bỏ họ trước đó để đi tìm mẹ ở một nơi khác.
Các bài tập cùng chuyên đề
Choose the best answer.
________ TV last night?
Choose the best answer.
She ______ born in 2000.
Choose the best answer.
They _______ to the zoo yesterday.
Choose the best answer.
We _______ in here last summer.
Choose the best answer.
My father _______ a new car two days ago.
Choose the best answer.
She _______ that hat all day yesterday.
Choose the best answer.
I ________ my knife to someone, but I can’t remember who was now.
Choose the best answer.
What time _________ home for school yesterday?
Choose the best answer.
My sister________ English at Languages Centre last summer.
Choose the best answer.
We _______ around the parking lot for 10 minutes to find a parking space last night.
Choose the best answer.
Mozart ________ more than 600 pieces of music.
Choose the best answer.
I _______ tired when I came home.
Choose the best answer.
When he was a student, he________ the bus to go to school.
Choose the best answer.
We ________to get up early when we were young.
Choose the best answer.
When ________ the first gift?
Grammar
The past continuous
(Quá khứ tiếp diễn)
1. Put the verbs in brackets in the past continuous.
(Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì quá khứ tiếp diễn.)
1. My dad first met my mum when he (visit) _______ Hoi An Ancient Town.
2. Tom had a nightmare while he (sleep) _______ in the camp by the old castle.
3. David hurt his foot while he (go) _______ down the steps of the pagoda.
4. My brother was just sitting while I (look) _______ around the weaving workshop.
5. _______ you (watch) _______ TV at 9 p.m. last night? There was a very good programme on Duong Lam Ancient Village preservation.
2. Complete the sentences, using the past continuous forms of the given verbs.
(Hoàn thành câu, sử dụng thì quá khứ tiếp diễn của các động từ đã cho.)
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live make preserve work build |
1. People _______ the monument for years because it had great value.
2. When I finished school, my family _______ in the countryside.
3. People _______ the Taj Mahal - a World Heritage Site while Shah Jahan was emperor
4." _______ you still _______ on the coffee farm when the war broke out, Grandpa?"
5. I _______ a presentation when the microphone stopped working.
Grammar
3. Put the verb in brackets in the past continuous to complete each sentence.
(Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì quá khứ tiếp diễn để hoàn thành mỗi câu.)
1. Luckily, the sun (shine) _______ brightly when we reached the campsite.
2. They (build) _______ Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum from 1973 to 1975.
3. When their mum came home, they (not study) _______, they (chat) _______ noisily.
4. _______ they still (wait) when _______ the tour guide arrived?
5. 1 (think) _______ of my grandmother for years after she died.
a. Read about the Past Continuous, then fill in the blanks.
(Đọc về Quá khứ tiếp diễn, sau đó điền vào chỗ trống.)
Past Continuous
We can use the Past Continuous to describe:
• a past action progress when another action in the Past Simple interrupted it.
I was walking to the store when I saw a street festival.
• an action in progress at a specific time in the past.
At 8:00 yesterday morning, they were repairing the road.
They were repairing the road at 8:00 yesterday morning.
• an action in progress for a period of time in the past.
All yesterday afternoon, the workers were fixing the bridge.
The workers were fixing the bridge all yesterday afternoon.
• two or more actions in progress at the same time in the past.
I was waiting for the bus while my friend was complaining about the traffic.
Tạm dịch
Quá khứ tiếp diễn
Chúng ta có thể sử dụng Quá khứ tiếp diễn để mô tả:
• Một hành động trong quá khứ đang diễn ra khi một hành động khác ở quá khứ đơn làm gián đoạn nó.
Tôi đang đi bộ đến cửa hàng thì nhìn thấy một lễ hội đường phố.
• Một hành động đang diễn ra tại một thời điểm cụ thể trong quá khứ.
Lúc 8h sáng hôm qua họ đang sửa đường.
Họ đang sửa đường lúc 8 giờ sáng hôm qua.
• Một hành động đang diễn ra trong một khoảng thời gian trong quá khứ.
Suốt buổi chiều hôm qua, các công nhân đang sửa cầu.
Các công nhân đang sửa cầu suốt chiều hôm qua.
• Hai hoặc nhiều hành động đang diễn ra cùng lúc trong quá khứ.
Tôi đang đợi xe buýt trong khi bạn tôi phàn nàn về tình hình giao thông.
I ________ a picnic when I ________ a woman playing the violin. She was really good.
b. Listen and check. Listen again and repeat.
(Nghe và kiểm tra. Nghe lại và lặp lại.)
Past Continuous
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Affirmative I was riding my bike while he was riding the bus. You were shopping for two hours yesterday. He/She/It was riding the train at 5 p.m. last Friday. We/You/They were playing when we saw some trash. |
Negative I was not walking to school while you were sleeping. You were not riding the bus all day today. He/She/It was not working at 7 p.m. yesterday.
We/You/They were not driving when we/you/they saw the dog. |
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Yes/No questions Was I cycling while you were walking? Were you eating at 7 p.m. yesterday? Was he/she/it dining at 7 p.m. yesterday? Were we/you/they building when the rain started? |
Short answers Yes, you were. No, you weren't. Yes, I was. No, I wasn't. Yes, he/she/it was. No, he/she/it wasn't. Yes, we/you/they were. No, we/you/they weren't. |
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Wh-questions What were you doing all day last Saturday? Where were you eating at 6 p.m. last night? Who was he/she/it talking to while I was driving? |
Note: We use when for a past action in progress when an action in the Past Simple interrupted it, and while to talk about two or more actions in progress at the same time in the past. |
Tạm dịch
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Affirmative (Khẳng định) I was riding my bike while he was riding the bus. (Tôi đang đạp xe còn anh ấy đang đi xe buýt.) You were shopping for two hours yesterday. (Hôm qua bạn đã mua sắm suốt hai tiếng đồng hồ.) He/She/It was riding the train at 5 p.m. last Friday. (Anh ấy/Cô ấy/Nó đang đi tàu lúc 5 giờ chiều thứ sáu tuần rồi.) We/You/They were playing when we saw some trash. (Chúng tôi/Bạn/Họ đang chơi thì chúng tôi nhìn thấy một số rác.) |
Negative (Phủ định) I was not walking to school while you were sleeping. (Tôi đã không đi bộ đến trường khi bạn đang ngủ.) You were not riding the bus all day today. (Hôm nay bạn đã không đi xe buýt cả ngày.) He/She/It was not working at 7 p.m. yesterday. (Anh ấy/Cô ấy/Nó không làm việc lúc 7 giờ tối hôm qua.)
We/You/They were not driving when we/you/they saw the dog. (Chúng tôi/Bạn/Họ không lái xe khi chúng tôi/bạn/họ nhìn thấy con chó.) |
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Yes/No questions (Câu hỏi yes/no) Was I cycling while you were walking? (Tôi đã đạp xe trong khi bạn đang đi bộ phải không?) Were you eating at 7 p.m. yesterday? (Bạn có ăn lúc 7 giờ tối không hôm qua không?) Was he/she/it dining at 7 p.m. yesterday? (Anh ấy/cô ấy/nó đang ăn tối lúc 7 giờ tối hôm qua không?) Were we/you/they building when the rain started? (Có phải chúng tôi/bạn/họ đang xây dựng khi trời bắt đầu mưa không?) |
Short answers (câu trả lời ngắn) Yes, you were. No, you weren't. (Đúng, bạn đúng rồi. Không, bạn không đúng) Yes, I was. No, I wasn't. (Đúng rồi. Không, tôi không.) Yes, he/she/it was. No, he/she/it wasn't. (Đúng, anh ấy/ cô ấy/ nó đúng. Không, anh ấy/ cô ấy/ nó không) Yes, we/you/they were. No, we/you/they weren't. (Đúng, chúng ta/ họ/ đúng. Không, chúng ta/ họ không)
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Wh-questions (Câu hỏi Wh-) What were you doing all day last Saturday? (Bạn đã làm gì cả ngày thứ Bảy tuần trước?) Where were you eating at 6 p.m. last night? (Bạn đã ăn ở đâu vào lúc 6 giờ chiều tối hôm qua?) Who was he/she/it talking to while I was driving? (Anh ấy/cô ấy/nó đang nói chuyện với ai khi tôi đang lái xe?) |
Note: (Lưu ý) We use when for a past action in progress when an action in the Past Simple interrupted it, and while to talk about two or more actions in progress at the same time in the past. (Chúng ta sử dụng When cho một hành động trong quá khứ đang diễn ra khi một hành động ở Quá khứ đơn làm gián đoạn nó và while để nói về hai hoặc nhiều hành động đang diễn ra cùng lúc trong quá khứ.) |
c. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs.
(Điền vào chỗ trống với dạng đúng của động từ.)
1. My mom was waiting for us to come home at 7 p.m. last night.
(Mẹ tôi đang đợi chúng tôi về nhà lúc 7 giờ tối tối hôm qua.)
2. We _______ (travel) to Vũng Tàu for a holiday when we _______ (see) an accident.
3. For years, pedestrians _______ (cross) anywhere they wanted to because there weren't any crosswalks.
4. I _______ (tell) my mom about the new sports center while my dad _______ (drive) us to the restaurant.
5. Everyone _______ (sit) quietly on the bus when a woman _______ (start) having a very loud phone call.
1. Match rules 1-3 with the examples of tenses a-c. Then find more examples of these tenses in the text on pages 12-13.
(Nối các quy tắc 1-3 với các ví dụ về thì a-c. Sau đó tìm thêm ví dụ về các thì này trong bài viết ở trang 12-13.)
a. past continuous (thì quá khứ tiếp diễn)
Some workers were repairing the building. (Một số công nhân đang sửa chữa tòa nhà.)
b. past simple (thì quá khứ đơn)
Some experts opened the box. (Một số chuyên gia đã mở hộp.)
c. past perfect (thì quá khứ hoàn thành)
Water had destroyed the documents a long time before they opened the box.
(Nước đã phá hủy tài liệu từ rất lâu trước khi họ mở hộp.)
RULES (Quy tắc)
1. This tense describes a finished action.
(Thì này diễn tả một hành động đã hoàn thành.)
2. This tense describes an action in progress in the past.
(Thì này diễn tả một hành động đang diễn ra trong quá khứ.)
3. This tense describes an action which was finished when another action happened.
(Thì này diễn tả một hành động đã kết thúc thì có một hành động khác xảy ra.)
2. Look again at examples a-c in exercise 1. Answer the questions.
1. Which word is a regular past simple form?
(Từ nào là dạng quá khứ đơn thông thường?)
2. Which word is a past participle?
(Từ nào là quá khứ phân từ?)
3. Which word is a past form of be?
(Từ nào là dạng quá khứ của “be”?)
4. How do we form the past continuous?
(Chúng ta hình thành thì quá khứ tiếp diễn như thế nào?)
5. How do we form the past perfect?
(Chúng ta hình thành thì quá khứ hoàn thành như thế nào?)
3. Read the story and choose the correct verb forms. Explain your answers.
(Đọc câu chuyện và chọn dạng động từ đúng. Giải thích câu trả lời của bạn.)
A true story
A long time ago in Sweden, there was a sailor called Ake Viking. He worked on a boat, but because of his work, he didn’t meet many people. He (1) hadn’t had / wasn’t having a girlfriend for a long time. One day he (2) was feeling / had felt lonely and romantic, so he (3) decided / was deciding to write a letter. He addressed it to ‘someone beautiful and far away’, then he (4) put / was putting the letter into a bottle and he (5) threw / had thrown it in the sea.
One day a fisherman in Italy (6) emptied / was emptying his net when he found the bottle and the message. He (7) gave / was giving it to his daughter Paolina, and she (8) started / had started writing to Ake. Three years after Ake (9) had written/ was writing the letter, he finally travelled to Sicily and (10) married/ had married his true love.
4. Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets. Include a past simple form and a past perfect form in each sentence.
(Hoàn thành câu sử dụng động từ trong ngoặc. Bao gồm dạng quá khứ đơn và dạng quá khứ hoàn thành trong mỗi câu.)
1. I _____ (remember) that I _____ (see) her somewhere before.
2. We _____ (be) late because we _____ (forget) the tickets.
3. We _____ (not meet) before I _____ (see) her at the party.
4. After we _____ (have) breakfast, we _____ (go) for a walk.
5. When we _____ (arrive) at the station, we were late and the train _____ (leave).
5. Complete the questions with the correct verb forms. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner.
(Hoàn thành các câu hỏi với dạng động từ đúng. Sau đó hỏi và trả lời các câu hỏi với bạn bên cạnh.)
1. What _____ you doing at this time yesterday?
2. _____ you do anything interesting last weekend?
3. When _____ you last _____ to the cinema?
4. _____ you studied much English before you _____ to this school?
5. Who _____ talking to you before you came into this class?
USE IT! (SỬ DỤNG NÓ!)
6. Work in pairs. Invent a ‘cooperative story’. Take turns to say sentences. Listen to your partner and continue their ideas.
(Làm việc theo cặp. Sáng tạo ra một ‘câu chuyện hợp tác’. Lần lượt nói các câu. Hãy lắng nghe bạn bên cạnh và tiếp tục ý tưởng của họ.)
A: One day I was walking in a wood with a friend. (Một ngày nọ, tôi đang đi dạo trong rừng với một người bạn.)
B: It was dark and we were feeling a bit scared. (Trời tối và chúng tôi cảm thấy hơi sợ.)
A: Suddenly, I saw …
Finished? (Kết thúc)
Think about a film with a happy or surprising ending. Write the story, using past narrative tenses. Read it to your classmates. Can they guess the film?
(Hãy nghĩ về một bộ phim có kết thúc có hậu hoặc bất ngờ. Viết câu chuyện, sử dụng các thì kể chuyện trong quá khứ. Đọc nó cho các bạn cùng lớp của bạn. Họ có thể đoán được bộ phim không?)
5. Choose the correct options.
(Chọn những lựa chọn đúng.)
1. Ake Viking was in the middle of some work. He was building / built / ’d built a boat.
2. He was lonely. So he ’d written / was writing / wrote a letter and put it in a bottle.
3. One day, a fisherman was finding / found / had found the bottle while he ’d looked / looked / was looking through his nets.
4. The message was / was being / had been in the bottle for a long time when the fisherman had opened / was opening / opened it.
5. Later Ake married / had married / was marrying Paolina, the fisherman’s daughter.
3 Study the Grammar box. Find more examples of past tenses in the article.
(Nghiên cứu hộp ngữ pháp. Tìm thêm ví dụ về thì quá khứ trong bài viết.)
