... TOPIC 2: OUR PAST
PERIOD 8: PRESENT SIMPLE, PASTSIMPLE AND PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
A. Theory:
1. Presentsimple and past simple:
Tenses Affirmation Negation Interrogation
Present
simple
S + am/ ... weekend/ …
- AT + time/ weekends/ present/ this time/ the moment/ …
- AFTER / BEFORE + time
- BETWEEN + time and time
B. Exercises:
I. Put the verbs in the presentsimple tense
1. We often (do) ____________ ... morning/ afternoon/ evenin g- On Mondays/ at weekends
In spring/ summer/ autumn/ once a week
Past
simple
S + was/ were
S + V
2
/ V– ed
S + wasn’t/ weren’t
S + didn’t + V
1
Was/ Were + S +...
... busy.
Did you go out last night or were you too tired?
Pastsimple & Pastcontinuous
Unit 5. Past simple
A Xem xét ví dụ sau:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
was an Austrian ... to her but she wasn’t looking.
C So sánh thì pastcontinuous - quá khứ tiếp diễn (I was doing) và pastsimple - quá khứ đơn (I
did):
Past continuous (đang ở giữa hành động)
I was walking ... cuộc chơi.”
Was/were -ing là thì pastcontinuous (quá khứ tiếp diễn):
playing
I/he/she/it was doing
we/you/they were working etc
B Chúng ta dùng thì pastcontinuous để diễn tả một người...
...
Đừng quấy rầy tôi bây giờ. Tôi đang làm việc.
Presentperfectcontinuous & Presentperfect
continuous and simple
Unit 9. Presentperfectcontinuous
A It has been raining. Xem ví dụ sau: ... waiting.
We’ve been waiting for an hour.
Present perfectcontinuous and simple
Unit 10. Presentperfectcontinuous and simple
A Nghiên cứu ví dụ sau:
Ann’s clothes are covered ... feeling well recently.
George vừa mới cảm thấy khỏe gần đây.
Chúng ta có thể dùng thì presentperfectcontinuous để chỉ những hành động lặp đi lặp lại trong
một khoảng thời gian:
Debbie is...
...
Questions in the PastSimple
and the PastContinuous refer to
different time periods:
ã
the PastContinuous asks about
activities before.
ã
the PastSimple asks about what
happened...
... simple past:
yesterday, last ______,
past dates (in 1990), _____ ago, etc.
Simple Past vs.
Past Continuous
Using both tenses together:
Sometimes we use both the simple
past and the past ... how to make the
simple past and past
continuous:
The Past Continuous:
Don’t forget that VERB BE is part of
this structure.
I, He, She, It WAS
You, We, They WERE
Simple Past (Negative)
For ...
Important Note about
Past Continuous!
Some verbs are NOT typically used in
the continuous tense. Instead, we
prefer to use these verbs in the simple
tenses (simple present or past) .
These verbs...
... we (have / not) time to talk then.
Simple Past or PresentPerfect Simple
Exercise 2
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or presentperfect simple) .
1. A: I (cycle / just) 50 km. ...
10. B: I (be / not) to Australia yet.
Simple Past or PresentPerfect Simple
Exercise 3
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or presentperfect simple) .
1. A: (you / be / ever) to London? ... Lucky you! I (be / never) to London.
Simple Past or PresentPerfect Simple
Exercise 4
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or presentperfect simple) .
1. A: (you / try / ever) haggis?...