Thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn, cách dùng, công thức và bài tập áp dụng - Past Perfect Continuous

Trong bài viết này, chúng ta cùng ôn tập về cách dùng thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn để hiểu rõ hơn và vận dụng vào bài tập.

1. Định nghĩa thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn

Thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn được dùng để diễn tả quá trình xảy ra 1 hành động bắt đầu trước một hành động khác trong quá khứ.

2. Cách dùng thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn

3. Công thức thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn

4. Dấu hiệu nhận biết thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn

Từ nhận biết: until then, by the time, prior to that time, before, after.

Câu 1. Read the situations and make sentences from the words in brackets

VD:1. I was very tired when I arrived home. (I/work/hard all day) I’d been working hardall day.

2. The two boys came into the house. They had a football and they were both very tired. (they/play/football) ………………. 3 I was disappointed when I had to cancel my holiday. (I/look/forward to it) ……………….

4 Ann woke up in the middle of the night. She was frightened and didn’t know where she was. (she/dream) ……………….

5 When I got home, Tom was sitting in front of the TC. He had just turned it off. (he/watch/a film) ……………….

VD:1. We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain. We had been playing for half an hour when it started to rain.

2 I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and waited for him. After 20 minutes I suddenly realized that I was in the wrong restaurant. I …. for 20 minutes when I … the wrong restaurant.

3 Sarah got a job in a factory. Five years later the factory closed down. At the time the factory … , Sarah … there for five years.

4 I went to a concert last week. The orchestra began playing. After about ten minutes a man in the audience suddenly started shouting. The orchestra … when …… This time make your own sentence:

5 I began walking along the road. I ….. when …..

Bài 3: Put the verb into the most suitable form, past continuous (I was doing) past perfect (I had done) or past perfect continuous (I had been doing)

1 It was very noisy next door. Our neighbours were having (have) a party.

2 John and I went for a walk. I had difficulty keeping up with him because he … (walk) so fast

3 Sue was sitting on the ground.She was out of breath. She … (run)

4 When I arrived, everybody was sitting round the table with their mouths full. They … (eat)

5 When I arrived, everybody was sitting round the table and talking. Their mouths were empty, but their stomachs were full. They … (eat)

6 Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He … (look) for his contact lens.

7 When I arrived, Kate … (wait) for me. She was annoyed with me because I was late and she … (wait) for a long time.

Đáp án

Câu 1:

2  They’d been playing football

3  I’d been looking forward to it

4  She’d been dreaming

5  He’d been watching a film

Câu 2:

2 I’d been waiting for 20 minutes when I realised that I was in the wrong restaurant.

3  At the time the factory closed down, Sarad had been working there for five years.

4 The orchestra had been playing for about ten minutes when a man in the audience started shouting.

5 I’d been walking along the road for about ten minutes when a car suddenly stopped just behind me.

Câu 3:

2  was walking

3  had been running

4  were eating

5  had been eating

6  was looking

7  was waiting … had been waiting