Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn (Past continuous)

Mẫu câu ví dụ về thì quá khứ tiếp diễn

Yesterday Tim and Tina played badminton. They started at 9 o’clock and finished at 11.30.

So, at 10.30 they were playing badminton.

=> Như vậy là tại thời điểm 10.30 là họ đang chơi cầu lông. Hành động chơi chưa dứt nhưng nó nằm ở trong quá khứ

Cấu trúc thì quá khứ tiếp diễn

Was/were + V-ing

l/he/she/it we/you/they

was were

playing doing working

I was doing something = I was in the middle of doing something at a certain time.

The action or situation had already started before this time, but had not finished:

• This time last year I was living in Brazil.
• What were you doing at 10 o’clock last night?
• I waved to Helen, but she wasn’t looking.

So sánh quá khứ tiếp diễn và quá khứ đơn:

We often use the past simple and the past continuous together to say that something happened in the middle of something else:
(Chúng ta thường sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn cùng nhau để nói rằng một cái gì đó đã xảy ra ở giữa một cái gì đó khác)

• Matt phoned while we were having dinner.
• It was raining when I got up.
• I saw you in the park yesterday. You were sitting on the grass and reading a book. I hurt my back while I was working in the garden.

But we use the past simple to say that one thing happened after another:
(Nhưng chúng ta sử dụng quá khứ đơn để nói rằng điều này xảy ra sau điều khác)

• I was walking along the road when I saw Dan. So i stopped, and we had a chat.

So sánh:

Some verbs (for example, know and want) are not normally used in the continuous:
(Một số động từ (for example, know and want) thường không được sử dụng trong thì tiếp diễn)

• We were good friends. We knew each other well. (not We were knowing)
• I was enjoying the party, but Chris wanted to go home. (not was wanting)