PAST TIME

Past simple
- single completed actions : hđ đã xảy ra và
chấm dứt trong QK
Ex: I ate a cake yesterday.
- repeated or habitual actions in the past :
những hđ lặp đi lặp lại trong QK, như là 1
thói quen
Ex: We moved house a lot when I was a kid.
- permanent situations and states in the
past
Ex: I was a teacher at a university.
Y -> a
United states
An Unreliable person
- the main events in a story : những hđ
chính trong 1 câu chuyện
Ex: Frank turned on the TV and sat on the
sofa.
- câu ĐK loại 2 : If + (QKĐ) , would
- Wish
I want to can speak English.
-> I wish …
Ex: I wish I could speak English.
- It’s high/about time + S + V2 (QKĐ) : đã
đến lúc làm gì
Ex: It’s high time I did my homework.
- Would rather (‘d rather) + S + V2
Ex: I’d rather Michael didn’t waste so much
time playing video games.
- do + V1 did + V1
Past continuous
- 1 hđ đang xảy ra tại 1 thời điểm trong QK
Ex: I was doing assignments at 10:pm last
night.
- Temporary situations
Ex: At that time / At the time, I was working
for that organization.
- Changing and developing situations in the
past
Ex: In the past, Global Warming was getting
more and more serious but less than it is
now.
- Annoying habits (always, forever,
continuously, …)
Ex: She was always complaining about her
job.
- 2 hđ xảy ra song song cùng 1 lúc trong QK
Ex: While I was decorating the house, he
was sleeping in the bed room.
- Câu ĐK2
Ex: Would you be happier if you were
studying computer science ?
- Wish, it’s time, would rather
Ex: I wish we were going to the fair next
week.
Past perfect simple
- Hđ xảy ra trc 1 hđ khác trong QK
Ex: My teacher had given feedbacks for our
presentation before we asked her.
- a series of actions continuing up to a
moment in the past
Ex: By the time of his death, Mozart had
composed a number of symphonies that
took the world by storm.

- 1 hđ đã hoàn thành, đã kết thúc trong qk

nhưng để lại hậu quả nghiêm trọng ở 1 thời
điểm trong qk
Ex: I beat Jason at the competition because
I had practiced a lot with my dad.
- for + time
Ex: She had been writing the essay for over
2 hours.
Mỗi quan hệ giữa các thì
* would và used to
- would + action verb (ko dùng với các
stative verb)
Ex: smell, look, have, own …
- used to + stative verb / action verb
Ex: I used to be a student in Vinschool.
Ex: I used to do a part-time job in that
company.
* QKHT và QKHTTD
* QKĐ và QKTD