LANGUAGE FOCUS - ­Past continuous: affirmative and negative

1. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Then check your answers in the text on page 46.

(Hoàn thành các câu với các từ trong hộp. Sau đó, kiểm tra câu trả lời của bạn trong phần văn bản ở trang 46.)

1. The little girl …………… smiling nicely.

2. She……………  playing with the toy.

3. She……………  making toys with ice-cream sticks.

4. Some people……………  singing.

5. They……………  making decorations from tyres and bottles.

2. Look at the sentences in exercise 1. Then choose the correct words in the Rules.

(Nhìn vào các câu trong bài tập 1. Sau đó chọn các từ đúng trong Quy tắc.)

3. Complete the text using the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành văn bản bằng cách sử dụng dạng quá khứ tiếp diễn của các động từ trong ngoặc.)

Photographer David Slater (1)……………… (visit) Sulawesi, an island in Indonesia. He(2)……………… (photograph) the monkeys there and they (3)………………  (jump) all over his camera and camera bag. One of the bravest monkeys (4)……………… (play) with the camera, and it took a photo. The monkey took over 100 photos that day, but the one that became a classic was this photo: the monkey (5)………………  (smile) when he took the selfie.

4. Write true sentences about today. Use the affirmative or negative form of the past continuous.

(Viết những câu đúng về ngày hôm nay. Sử dụng dạng khẳng định hoặc phủ định của quá khứ tiếp diễn.)

I / sleep / at 8.30 a.m.

I wasn’t sleeping at 8.30 a.m. (Tôi không ngủ lúc 8h30 sáng.)

1. my dad / work / 9 a.m.

2. my friends / walk / to school at 8 a.m.

3. it / rain / early this morning

4. I / ride / my bike / at 8.15 a.m.

5. My family / sleep / at 5 a.m.

5. USE IT! Work in pairs. Look at the photo and imagine you saw the event. Describe what was happening. Use the questions to help you.

(THỰC HÀNH! Làm việc theo cặp. Nhìn vào bức ảnh và tưởng tượng bạn đã xem sự kiện. Mô tả những gì đã xảy ra. Sử dụng các câu hỏi để giúp bạn.)

1. Where did the event happen?

2. What were you doing when you saw this?

3. What were the children doing?

4. What was the girl in blue T-shirt doing? 

Finished? Finish the monkey’s story: 

(Bạn đã hoàn thành? Hoàn thành câu chuyện của con khỉ: )

‘I was sitting in a tree with some of my friends in Indonesia one day. Suddendly, I saw a man visiting our forest. He was photographing us and we were jumping all over his camera and camera bag. I was realy excited about the camera, so played with it and took a lot of photos. I was smiling when I took selfies because I saw many visitors did that before and that was a chance for me to imitate them.