were they taking the exam?

were you making dinner?

were they drinking coffee when you arrived?

they were studying last night.

we were talking when the accident happened.

I was talking too much.

It was not snowing

Chia động từ ở thì quá khứ đơn và thì quá khứ tiếp diễn:

 In my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I 1(go).....went........ to the beach for the first time, something wonderful happened. I 2(swim) ......was swimming........ in the sea while my mother was sleeping in the sun. My brother was building a castle and my father 3(drink)....was drinking......... some water. Suddenly I 4.(see).........saw.... a boy on the beach. His eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair 5(be) ..........was.... beautiful black. He was very tall and thin and his face was brown. My heart 6(beat)......was beating.... fast. I 7.(ask).....asked...... him for his name with a shy voice. He 8.(tell)...told......... me that his name was John. He 9.(stay) ....stayed....... with me the whole afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We ate pizza in a restaurant. The following days we 10(have) .........had...... a lot of fun together. At the end of my holidays when I left Hawaii I said good-bye to John. We had tears in our eyes. He wrote to me a letter very soon and I answered him.

1 went

2 was swimming

3 was drinking

4saw

5 was

6beated

7 asked

8 told

9 stayed

10 had

1. went

2. was swimming

3. was drinking

4. saw

5. was

6. was beating

7. asked

8. told

9. stayed

10. had

were playing/came

entered/were listening

was sweeping/was playing

walked/were making

were sleeping/was playing

Chia hai động từ trong ngoặc ở hai thì quá khứ và tiếp diễn : 

1. She ( do ) is doing her homework when the phone ( ring )is ringing last night .

2. What you ( do ) last night ? ( câu này chỉ dùng đc ở thì quá khứ )

Last night ? It ( be ) so humid so I ( go) out with my friends .

3. He ( wash )is washing his hair when the etectricity was cut.

Chia hai động từ trong ngoặc ở hai thì quá khứ và tiếp diễn : 

1. She ( do ) did her homework when the phone ( ring ) reng last night .

2. What did  you ( do )do last night ?

Last night ? It ( be )was so humid so I ( go) went out with my friends .

3. He ( wash ) washed his hair when the etectricity was cut.

Chia hai động từ trong ngoặc ở hai thì quá khứ và tiếp diễn : 

1. She ( do ) is doing her homework when the phone ( ring )is ringing last night .

2. What you ( do ) last night ? ( câu này chỉ dùng đuoc ở thì quá khứ )

Last night ? It ( be ) so humid so I ( go) out with my friends .

3. He ( wash )is washing his hair when the etectricity was cut.

Chia hai động từ trong ngoặc ở hai thì quá khứ và tiếp diễn : 

1. She ( do ) did her homework when the phone ( ring ) reng last night .

2. What did  you ( do )do last night ?

Last night ? It ( be )was so humid so I ( go) went out with my friends .

3. He ( wash ) washed his hair when the etectricity was cut.

Chia hai động từ trong ngoặc ở hai thì quá khứ và tiếp diễn : 

1. She was doing her homework when the phone rang last night .

2. What did you do last night ?

Last night ? It was so humid so I went out with my friends .

3. He was washing his hair when the etectricity was cut.

Chia hai động từ trong ngoặc ở hai thì quá khứ và tiếp diễn : 

1. She ( do ) did her homework when the phone ( ring ) rang last night .

2. What did you ( do ) last night ?

Last night ? It was so humid so I ( go) went out with my friends .

3. He ( wash ) washed his hair when the etectricity was cut.

Bạn Công Chúa Hoa Hồng sai rồi nhé . Đây là thì quá khứ tiếp diễn

Chia hai động từ trong ngoặc ở hai thì quá khứ hoặc tiếp diễn : 

1. She was doing her homework when the phone rang last night .

2. What did you do last night ?

Last night ? It was so humid so I went out with my friends .

3. He was washing his hair when the etectricity was cut.

Chia hai động từ trong ngoặc ở hai thì quá khứ hoặc tiếp diễn : 

1. She ( do )was doing  her homework when the phone ( ring )rang last night .

2. What did you ( do )do last night ?

Last night ? It ( be )was so humid so I ( go)went out with my friends .

3. He ( wash )washed  his hair when the etectricity was cut.

1. She ( do ) __was doing__ her homework when the phone ( ring ) __rang__ last night .

2. What __did__ you ( do ) __do__ last night ?

Last night ? It ( be ) __was__ so humid so I ( go) __went__ out with my friends .

3. He ( wash )__was washing__ his hair when the etectricity was cut

1 were waiting - arived

2 was swimming - saw

3 Was - playing, started

4 Were driving, stopped

5 was blowing - went

Exercise 2: Past Simple or Past Continuous? Chia động từ ở

thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn cho phù hợp

1. We (eat)_________were eating___________ dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating

at 7:30).

2. Yesterday I (go)______went______________ to the Post Office,

(buy)_____________bought_______ some fruit at the supermarket and

(read)__________read__________ a book in the park in the afternoon.

3. We (watch)______were watching______________ TV when we (hear)____________heard________ a

loud noise.

4. Julie (be)_________was___________ in the garden when Laurence

(arrive)_________arrive___________.

5. A: What (do)_________were you doing___________ at 3pm yesterday?

B: I (clean)__________was cleaning__________ my house.

6. Last year I (visit)______visited______________ Paris and Rome.

7. They (have)__________were having__________ dinner when the police

(come)___________came_________ to the door.

8. He (work)________was working____________ in the garden when he

(find)___________found_________ the money.

9. Laura (study)________was studying____________ at 11pm last night.

10. He (sleep)_________was sleeping___________ when the doorbell

(ring)__________rang__________.

11. I (walk)_________was walking___________ along the road when I

12. (meet)___________met_________ an old friend.

13. It (be)_____________was_______ a day in December. Snow

(fall)____________was falling________ , children (sing)_________were singing___________ carols and

people (do)________were doing____________ their Christmas shopping.

14. My ex-boyfriend (be)_______was_____________ so annoying! He (always

miss)_______was always missing_____________ the bus and arriving late.

15. When I (call)_______called_____________ Julie, she (work)_________was working___________.

16. Why (cry)___________were you crying_________ when I (arrive)__________arrived__________?

17. When he (get)_____got_______________ home we started to eat dinner.

18. At 10 am yesterday, I (sit)________was sitting____________ on a bus.

19. I (enjoy)___________was enjoying_________ my book so much that I

(not/notice)_______didn't notice_____________ that the train had stopped.

20. David (not/sleep)________wasn't sleeping____________ when I (arrive)_________arrived___________ ,

he (study)________was studying____________ .

21. Mr Black (not/work)_____wasn't working_______________ in the garden at 10pm last night.