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Past continuous: questions (Quá khứ tiếp diễn: Câu hỏi)

Exercise 1. Match questions 1-4 with answers a-d. Then complete the rule. (Nối các câu hỏi 1-4 với các câu trả lời a-d.

Trả lời:

1. a           2. c         3. d        4. b

Rule: (1) was       (2) were

Exercise 2. Write questions and answers using the past continuous. (Viết các câu hỏi và câu trả lời sử dụng thì quá khứ tiếp diễn)

Trả lời:

1. Was the squirrel eating nuts?

- Yes, they were.

2. Where were your friends travelling this time last year?

- My friends were travelling in Canada this time last year.

Exercise 3. PRONUNCIATION Word stress in questions. (Từ chứa trọng âm trong câu hỏi)

Listen. Which words are stressed in each phrase? Listen again and repeat. (Nghe. Từ nào chứa trọng âm trong mỗi cụm từ? Nghe và lặp lại.)

Trả lời:

Các cụm từ được nhấn mạnh trong câu:

1. sleeping _ 7a.m

2. mum _ music _ 8 p.m

3. doing _ Sungday morning

4. Talking to _ class

Exercise 4. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions from exercise 3. Make true answers. (Làm việc theo cặp. Hỏi và trả lời các câu hỏi trong bài tập 3. Đưa ra những câu trả lời đúng)

Trả lời:

1. Yes, I were.

2. No, She wasn't.

3. I was going for a picnic with my friends on Sunday morning.

4. Before class this morning I was talking with my math teacher.

Past simple and past continuous (Quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn)

Exercise 5. Study the sentences. Then complete the Rules with past simple and past continuous. (Nghiên cứu các câu. Sau đó hoàn thành Các quy tắc với thì quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn)

Trả lời:

1. past continuous                  3. past simple

2. past simple                         4. past continuous 

Exercise 6. Complete the sentences using the past simple and past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. (Hoàn thành các câu sử dụng dạng quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn của các động từ trong ngoặc)

Trả lời:

1. took - were cycling                  3. took - were travelling

2. was climbing - had                  4. weren't sleep - got

Exercise 7. USE IT! Work in pairs. Imagine you travelled around the world. Talk about things you did using the past simple and past continuous. Use the ideas in the table and your own ideas. (Làm việc theo cặp. Tưởng tượng em đã đi du lịch vòng quan thế giới. Kể về những thứ em đã làm, sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn.

Trả lời:

- I bought some clothes while I was visiting Paris.

- I ate Pizza while I was staying at a hotel in Italy.

- I saw giant pyramids while I was visiting Egypt.

- I spoke in Japanese while I was woking in Tokyo.

- I took a lot of photos while I was travelling in Russia.

Finished? Imagine you travelled around Việt Nam. Write diary (60 - 80 words) about what you did.

Trả lời:

Last summer, I did a tour around Vietnam with some friends. We started my trip from Ha Giang province. We took a lot of photos with buckwheat flowers while we were visiting Ha Giang. After that, We continued to visit Hue. We ate a lot of local food when we were in Hue. After 2 days, we left Hue and went to Hoi An. Here, we met a lot of foreign guests and took pictures with them while we were walking on the old streets. I also bought some souvenirs for my family before leaving Hoi An. The last point of our trip was Ho Chi Minh City. This is really a busy and modern city. We visited a few of our friends when we came to Ho Chi Minh City. They took us to visit famous landmarks, ate delicious food and we took lots of photos while walking around the city. After that, we returned to Hanoi, ending an interesting and memorable journey.