Bài tập: Quá khứ tiếp diễn ( Dạng 2: mix QKD + QKTD)

I.LÝ THUYẾT :

Khi ta muốn diễn tả một hành động đang diễn ra trong quá khứ và đột nhiên bị một
hành động khác cắt ngang ta sẽ kết hợp thì Quá khứ Tiếp diễn (hành động đang diễn
ra) với thì Quá khứ Đơn (hành động cắt ngang).
Hãy cùng xem qua những ví dụ sau:

Ví dụ 1:
While I was presenting our new project, the Marketing Manager entered the room.
(Trong khi tôi đang thuyết trình về dự án mới của chúng tôi, Trưởng phòng Marketing
bước vào phòng.)
*Phân tích:
– Hành động đang diễn ra: “Tôi đang thuyết trình về dự án”.
– Hành động cắt ngang: “Trưởng phòng Marketing bước vào”.

Ví dụ 2:
I was typing a report when my leader asked me to go to the meeting room with
her.
(Tôi đang đánh máy báo cáo khi trưởng nhóm của tôi bảo tôi đến phòng họp cùng cô
ấy.)
*Phân tích:
Hành động đang diễn ra: “tôi đang đánh máy báo cáo”.
Hành động cắt ngang: “trưởng nhóm của tôi bảo tôi đến phòng họp”.

3. Cấu trúc kết hợp hai thì Quá khứ Đơn và Quá khứ Tiếp diễn
Cấu trúc kết hợp hai thì Quá khứ Đơn và Quá khứ Tiếp diễn
- ‘While’ sẽ đi trước vế dùng thì Quá khứ Tiếp diễn và ‘when’ sẽ đi trước vế dùng
thì Quá khứ Đơn.
- Khi ta đẩy 2 liên từ ‘while’ và ‘when’ lên đầu câu thì giữa 2 vế phải có dấu “,”.
Ví dụ:
1. While they were discussing the new project, their boss called for a meeting.
Bài tập: Quá khứ tiếp diễn ( Dạng 2: mix QKD + QKTD)

(Lúc họ đang thảo luận dự án mới, sếp của họ triệu tập một cuộc họp.)

2. When their boss called for a meeting, they were discussing the new project.
(Khi sếp của họ triệu tập một cuộc họp, họ đang thảo luận dự án mới.)

3. They were discussing the new project when their boss called for a meeting.
(Họ đang thảo luận dự án mới khi sếp của họ triệu tập một cuộc họp.)

4. Their boss called for a meeting while they were discussing the new project.
(Sếp của họ triệu tập một cuộc họp lúc họ đang thảo luận dự án mới.)

Vậy, dù hình thức câu và phần dịch nghĩa tiếng Việt có chút khác biệt nhưng nhìn
chung, 4 câu trên đều thể hiện đại ý: “họ đang thảo luận giữa chừng thì sếp mở cuộc
họp”.

II. BÀI TẬP:

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous
form the verbs.
1. Peter ___________ (play) a video game when his brother, Jack, ___________
(enter) the room.
2. I ___________ (study) for my English test when my mother ___________ (come)
home from work.
3. Emma ___________ (wash) the dishes when the telephone ___________ (ring).
4. I ___________ (ate) a sandwich while my parents ___________ (drink) coffee.
5. I ___________ (watch) a DVD when my cat ___________ (jump) on me.
6. I ___________ (not hear) the thunder during the storm last night because I
___________ (sleep)
7. It (be) ___________ beautiful yesterday when we ___________ (go) for a walk in the
park. The sun ___________ (shine). The birds ___________ (sing).
8. My brother and sister ___________ (talk) anout something when I ___________
(walk) into the room.
9. Tom ___________(go) to his friend’s house, but the boys ___________ (not be)
there. They ___________ (play) soccer in the vacant lot down the street.
10. The little boy ___________ (fall) asleep while his mother ___________ (read) him a
story.
11. I really ___________ (enjoy) my holiday last January. While it ___________ (snow)
in Iowa, the sun ___________ (shine) in Floria.
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12. It ___________ (snow) when I ___________ (leave) home this morning.

13. It was a sunny afternoon and people ___________ (sit) on the grass in the park.
Then suddenly it ___________ (start) to rain.
14. My brother ___________ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but when he
___________ (see) me, he ___________ (finish) the call. Perhaps he thought that I
___________ (listen) to his conversation.
15. We ___________ (climb) the wall when the gardener ___________ (see) us.
16. Susan ___________ (play) the piano while Mary ___________ (sing)
17. ___________ (you/ listen) to the teacher when she ___________ (explain) this
exercise?
18. Linda ___________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock ___________
(ring).

Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer

1. The Smiths aren’t painting/ weren’t painting their house last weekend
2. Tom cleaned/ was cleaning the living room when Jane arrived
3. Did/ Were the students writing an essay in class this morning?
4. Frank was fixing/ fixed his car when his mobile rang
5. Mark didn’t wear/ wasn’t wearing a coat when it started to rain.
6. He is/ was driving to work this morning when Anna called.
7. While my parents were working/ was working, I was studying at home
8. I walked/ was walking home when I tripped/ was tripping and fell
9. At 8 o’clock last night, we were having/ had dinner at a Chinese restaurant.

Exercise 3: Read the letter and write the missing words. Write one word on each
line
Dear Georgia,
I’m writing to you from my hotel room (1) ______ New York. You can’t imagine what
happened to me yesterday! I was walking in Mitte at around noon (2) _______ it started
raining. (3) ______ I was running back to the hotel, I saw a famous actor who was
eating in a restaurant. I went in and (4) ______ hello and he gave me two tickets to see
his new film. Isn’t that great?
That’s all for now. See you (5) ______ I get back!
Love,
Rachel

Exercise 4: Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous
1. A: How (1) _______________ (Anne/ break) her leg?
B: She (2) ______________ (ride) her horse when she (3) _______________ (fall) and
(4) __________ (land) on her leg.
A: (5) ________________ (she/go) to hospital?
2. A: When (1) ___________ (you/see) Peter?
B: While I (2) ___________ (do) my shopping at the supermarket
3. A: I (1) __________ (call) you last night but you (2) _____________ (not/ answer).
Where were you?
B: I (3) __________________ (jog) in the park
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Exercise 5: Give the correct forms of the verbs given in the brackets
1. Susan ___________ (study) in her room when she heard the noise.
2. What ____________ (they, do) at eleven p.m. last night - it was so noisy?
3. I was eight years old when my elder sister __________ (teach) me how to ride a bike.
4. John ______________ (not go) to school last week because he was ill.
5. I didn't know anything about the plane crash in my neighborhood because I
________ (work) inside at that time.
6. Yesterday at 9.30 p.m my parents ______________ (sit) in the garden
______________ (drink) some Coke.
7. The chambermaid ______________ (make) my bed in the hotel and
______________ (clean) the bathroom.
8. Someone ______________ (knock) on the door while ______________ (read) the
newspaper.
9. My brother ______________ (buy) a lot of books when he ______________ (live) in
Cambridge.
10. William ______________ (not meet) Sally at the airport last Sunday.
11. Jerry ______________ (have) dinner when the lights ______________ (go) out.
12. The girl ______________ (feel) ill so she ______________ (not go) to work.
13. I ______________ (make) a pudding when the light ______________ (go) out.
14. We suddenly ______________ (realize) that we ______________ (travel) in the
wrong direction.
15. While I ______________ (swim) someone ______________ (steal) my clothes and
I ______________ (have to) walk to the hotel in my swimsuit.
16. The floor ______________ (be) covered with balls of wool. Obviously Grandmother
______________ (knit) something.
17. I ______________ (find) this coin as I ______________ (dig) in the garden. It looks
very old.
18. When I first ______________ (meet) him, he ______________ (work) in a cafe.
19. When I ______________ (read) a book, I ______________ (hear) a knock, I
______________ (go) to the door and ______________ (open) it, but I
______________ (not recognize) my friend at first because I ______________ (not
wear) my glasses.
20. When I ______________ (come) in they ______________ (sit) round the fire.

Exercise 6: Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets

One afternoon, a big wolf (wait) ____________ in a dark forest for a little girl to come
along carrying a basket of food to her grandmother. Finally a little girl did come along
and she (carry) ____________ a basket of food. 'Are you carrying that basket to your
grandmother?' asked the wolf. The little girl said yes, she (be)____________. So the
wolf (ask) ____________her where her grandmother lived and the little girl
(tell)____________ him and he (disappear)____________ into the wood.
When the little girl (open) ____________ the door of her grandmother's house, she
(see)____________ that there was somebody in bed with a nightcap and nightgown on.
She (approach)____________ no nearer than twenty-five feet from the bed when she
(see)____________ that it was not her grandmother but the wolf , for even in a nightcap
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a wolf does not look like anybody's grandmother. So the little girl (take) ____________
an automatic pistol out of her basket and (shoot) ____________the wolf dead.

Exercise 7: Complete this email with either the past simple or the past continuous
form of the verbs in brackets. Where alternatives are possible, think about any
difference in meaning.
I (1. buy) ____________ a new alarm clock the other day in Taylor’s the jewellers, when
I actually (2. see) ____________ somebody shoplifting. I’d finished paying for my clock
and as I (3. turn) ____________ round, an elderly woman (4. slowly put) ____________
a silver plate into a bag that she (5. carry) ____________. Then she (6. walk)
____________ over to another part of the shop and (7. pick up) ____________ an
expensive-looking watch a number of times. When she (8. think) ____________ that
nobody (9. look) ____________, she (10. drop) ____________ it into the bag. Before I
(11. have) ____________ a chance to tell the staff in the shop, she (12. notice)
____________ that I (13. watch) ____________ her and (14. hurry)____________ out.
Unfortunately for her, two police officers (15. walk) ____________ past just at that
moment and she (16. run) ____________ straight into them.

Exerccise 8: Complete the sentences using these pairs of verbs. Use the past
simple in one gap and the past continuous in the other.
come - show get - go hope - give live - spend
look - see play - break start - check in
1. Just as I was getting into the bath all the lights went off.
2. I……………………..to go away this weekend, but my boss…………………..me some
work that I have to finish by Monday.
3. When I………………………..in Paris, I……………………three hours a day travelling
to and from work.
4. A friendly American couple…………………..chatting to him as he…………………at
the hotel reception.
5. I bumped into Lena last week. She……………………….a lot better than when I
last…………………..her.
6. My boss…………………………..into the office just as I…………………………
everyone my holiday photos.
7. I…………….badminton four times a week before I……………………..my ankle.

Exercise 9: Choose the correct alternative “When/ While”

1. I had a bad dream _____________ I was sleeping on the sofa
2. I was talking to my husband in the park _____________ two cars crashed behind us.
3. You called me last night _____________ I was studying for an important exam.
4. The students were doing an exercise _____________ the bell rang.
5. Anna was doing her homework _____________ the lights went out.

Exericise 10: Circle the correct verb form in each of the following sentences
1. Mary (prepared/ was preparing) lunch when they (came/ was coming)
2. The sun (shone/ was shining) brightly when I (got up/ was getting up) this morning.
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3. Ann finally (told/ was telling) us the whole story about Peter
4. We (drove/ were driving) to Berlin in Robert’s new car
5. Last weekend Susan (fell/ was falling) and (broke/ was breaking) her leg
6. Who was that nice girl you (talked/ were talking) to when I (walked/ was walking) by
the pub?
7. When I (entered / was entering) the cafeteria Mary (had / was having) lunch with
Peter.

Exercise 11: Complete the gaps in Past Simple or Past Continuous

1. We ______________ to the cinema yesterday. (go)
2. I ______________ my homework for the whole evening yesterday. (do)
3. Emily ______________ the piano at 4 p.m yesterday. (play)
4. When John came home, his little brother ______________ TV. (watch)
5. They ______________ a new house last month. (buy)
6. We ______________ our relatives in the USA two years ago. (visit)
7. As Sophie ______________ (walk) up Regent Street, she ______________ (meet)
an old friend from college.
8. Who ______________ (you/ speak) to on the phone when I ______________ (come)
in?
9. Mary ______________ (read) in bed when she ______________ (hear) a strange
noise downstairs.
10. The fireman ______________ (rescue) a 75-year-old woman who ______________
(be) trapped on the second floor of the burning building.
11. When I ______________ (open) the door, two people ______________ (stand)
there.
12. Your package ______________ (arrive) while we ______________ (have) dinner.
13. Gran ______________ (do) really well when I ______________ (see) her
yesterday.
14. The teacher ______________ (ask) me a question while I ______________ (look)
out of the window
15. We ______________ (not drive) very fast when the police officer ______________
(stop) us.