Exercises unit 12

UNIT 12



GRAMMAR POINTS
THE PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE : (Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn)
Formation : (Cách thành lập)
Usage : (Cách dùng)
Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn (Past Progressive tense) được dùng để diễn tả
Hành động xảy ra vào một thời gian xác định trong quá khứ.
E.g. : I was doing my Chemistry homework at three o’clock yesterday.
What were you doing at this time yesterday ?
Hành động đã xảy ra và kéo dài một khoảng thời gian trong quá khứ.
E.g. : Yesterday, Mr. Moore was working in the laboratory all the afternoon.
What were you doing from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. two days ago ?
Hành động đang xảy ra ở quá khứ thì có một hành động khác cắt ngang, xen vào (hành động nào xảy ra trước, kéo dài hơn thì dủng Past Continuous ; hành động nào cắt ngang hoặc xảy ra sau thì dùng Past Simple)
E.g. : As we were crossing the street, the policeman shouted at us.
When Susan arrived at the office, her boss was preparing for the meeting.
Hai hành động cùng xảy ra song song trong quá khứ.
E.g. : Yesterday, while I was cooking dinner for my children, my husband was watching television.
THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE WITH “ALWAYS” : (Thì hiện tại tiếp diễn với Always)
Để diễn tả những hành động xảy ra thường xuyên và làm cho người khác phải bực mình, phiền toái, gây khó chịu ở người khác, người ta dùng thì hiện tại tiếp diễn (present progressive tense) với từ always.
E.g. : Lazy students are always throwing trash onto the school yard.
She’s sad because her son is always biting his nails and getting bad marks.

EXERCISES
Use the correct PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE of the verb given :
At eight o’clock this evening, I (have) ______________ breakfast with Jimmy.
While the children (play) ______________ with sand, their mother (swim) ______________.
I (work) ______________ in the garden all yesterday afternoon.
The boys (play) ______________ soccer when I arrived at school.
While we (fly) ______________ overhead, the lava (pour) ______________ out.
The accident happened when they (drive) ________________ on the highway.
He got sick while he (spend) _________________ his holiday in Nha Trang.
When I got up this morning, the sun (shine) _________________ brightly.
The baby (sleep) _________________ soundly when I got home last night.
They (eat) _________________ in he corner of the restaurant when I saw them.
Use the correct tense of the verb given - Simple Past or Past Progressive :
Nam (have) _______________ a terrible time last Saturday. It (be) _______________ rather cold, but quite sunny, so after lunch he (walk) ___________ into town. He (want) ___________ to buy a pullover. He (look) _______________ in the window of a clothes shop when someone (steal) ______________ his wallet. While he (walk) _______________ home, it (begin) _______________ to rain so he (arrive) _______________ home cold and miserable. He (decide) _______________ to have a hot bath. He (get) _______________ ready to have his bath when the doorbell (ring) _______________. It (be) _______________ a salesman and it (take) _______________ him several minutes to get rid of him, Unfortunately all the time the salesman (talk) ______________ to Nam the water (run) _______________. You can imagine the state of Nam’s bathroom.
When I ______________ (ARRIVE) in this house, they still ______________ (SLEEP).
The boys ______________ (SWIM) while the girls ______________ (SUNBATHE)
I ______________ (WATCH) TV while she ______________ (CALL) me about her stationer order.
She ______________ (BURST) into tears when she ______________ (SEE) his father.
As we ______________ (CROSS) the street, we ______________ (SEE) an accident.
The children ______________ (PLAY) football while their mother ______________ (COME) back home.
Nobody ______________ (LISTEN) while the teacher ______________ (EXPLAIN) the lessons.
While Kevin ______________ (READ), Kate ______________ (WATCH) a documentary on TV.
Sherlock Holmes ______________ (ARRIVE) at the crime scene to investigate
Beethoven ____________ (WRITE) nine symphonies. He ______________ (WRITE) another symphony when he died.
Last Saturday Tom ______________ (WANT) to make two salads. He ______________ (MAKE) the first one in five minutes. He ______________ (MAKE) the second one when his guests ______________ (ARRIVE) and they ______________ (HELP) him to finish it.
The children ______________ (TAKE) the cake when nobody ___________________ (LOOK) and ________________ (EAT) it silently.
First she ______________ (READ) the advertisement and then she ______________ (CALL