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Period 44 - Unit 6:
Lesson 3:

FOLK TALES

A closer look 2

(p.61, 62)

1.  servant  /ˈsɜːvənt /(n): người hầu
2.  moral 

/ˈmɒrəl /(adj): đạo đức

3.  eagle 

/ˈiːɡl

/(n): chim đại bàng

4. spin

/ spin

/: quay (tơ)

5. castle

/ 'kɑ:sl

/: lâu đài

6. anger

/ 'æɳgə

/: sự tức giận

7. roar

/ rɔ:

/: tiếng gầm, tiếng rống

8. crow

/ krou

/: con quạ

9. agree

/ ə'gri:

/: đồng ý,

10.claw

/klɔ:

/: vuốt (mèo, chim), chân có vuốt

Grammar:

Past continuous:

1a. Read part of the conversation from GETTING STARTED.
Pay attention to the underlined part.

Duong: I phoned you around 9 p.m last night, but no reply.
Nick: Oh, I was doing some Internet research on Vietnamese
legends for my project.

1b. When do we use the past continuous ?

Ex1: Yesterday I (see)
saw a hare and a tortoise.
V2

Ex2: At 3p.m yesterday the tortoise was running ahead of the hare.
Form: S + was/ were + Ving
Past continuous (quá khứ tiếp diễn)
Usage: We use the past continuous to describe an action that was in progress
at a stated time in the past. (diễn tả 1 hành động diễn ra tại 1 thời điểm xác
định trong quá khứ)

- When the boy was crying, , a fairy appeared
- A fairy appeared while the boy was crying
S + was/ were + Ving
, S + V2/ed
(quá khứ đơn)
(quá khứ tiếp diễn)
(hành động đang diễn ra
(hành động xen vào)
trong quá khứ)
(when / while )

(quá khứ tiếp diễn)

DẤU HIỆU NHẬN BIẾT
- at + giờ + thời gian trong quá khứ (at 12 o'clock last night,…)
- at this time + thời gian trong quá khứ. (at this time two weeks ago, …)
- at that moment
+ Trong câu có “when/while” khi diễn tả một hành động đang xảy ra và
một hành động khác xen vào.

2. Complete the following sentences by putting the verbs in brackets in the correct form:

was wearing
1. When the prince saw Cinderella at the party, she (wear) …………...
a beautiful gown.
were
you
doing
2. What (you/ do)  …………….…….this time yesterday?
was
going
3. When Jack (go) …………….. to the market, he met a magician.
ran
4. While the hare was sleeping, the tortoise (run) ……… to
the finish
as fast as he could.
wasn't waiting
5. When the princess returned, the prince (not wait)  …………………
 for her.

3a. Use the past continuous and the the suggested words to
write sentences to describe what was happening in each picture.

1.servant/
spin/
2.girl/
by
1.The servant
wasin the 2. The
girlpick
was flowers/
picking flowers
woods
theside
sideofofthe
the
road
spinning in the woods. by the
road

4.4.Cinderella/
Cinderella wasdance/
dancing
with
thethe
prince
with
prince

5.
Saint Giong
5.Saint
Giong/was
fly/
flying
to heaven.
to heaven.

3.
ride
3. knights/
The knights
were riding
horses/
castle
horses totothethe
castle

6. The ogre was roaring
6.ogre/ roar/ with anger
with anger.

4. Write the correct
form ofwere
each verb,
using the ,pastScontinuous
or the past simple.
S + was/
+ Ving
+V

(when / while )

2/ed

1.The prince (walk)

2. When Saint Giong

3.Alice was walking alone in

was
walking along the
…………..... 
road when he met a

was
lying
(lie) …………..on
the
heard
bed, he (hear) ……….

the woods when she suddenly
heard footsteps
(hear)  ………….

princess, so he (stop)

…..an announcement that

stopped
………..  and (have)
had
……….a
chat with her.

needed
the emperor(need)

behind her. Someone (follow) 
…........ was following

  …..........brave men to
protect his land.

her. She was frightened and
started run.
she (start)  ………….to

5. a. Read the fable and put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

b. What is the moral of the fable?
 Be happy with what you have/ you are.

was shining
It was a nice day. The sun (1. shine) …………… and
a tortoise(2.sleep)  
was sleeping
………………. in
the sun. He opened his eyes and saw that an eagle was flying
in the sky. “I want to fly like that!” the tortoise said. The eagle heard him and
went
agreed to help. The eagle picked up the tortoise, and off they (3. go) …………...
was flying
When they (4. fly)  …………………….very
high in the sky, the eagle (5.
opened
open) …………. his
claws for the tortoise to fly. But the poor tortoise (6.
fell
fall)  ……………all
the way down to earth.

I. Grammar:

Past continuous:

Form: S + WAS/ WERE + V-ing.
II. Practice:
III. Game:

Guess what YOUR partner was doing last Sunday at these times

Example:
Example:
A: Were you having breakfast at 7 a.m. last Sunday?
IB: Yes,
think Minh
wasNo,
having
breakfast at 7 a.m. last Sunday.
I was./
I wasn't.

1

2

3

4

5

6

1. We (have) ………. dinner when he came.
A: having

B: had

C:were having

D: have
TRỢ GIÚP

1

2

3

4

5

6

2. What (you/do) ………. from 3p.m to 6 p.m yesterday?
A: did you do

B: are you doing

C: do you do

D: were you doing
TRỢ GIÚP

1

2

3

4

5

6

3. When I (come) …. home, my mother was cooking dinner.
A: came
C: come

B: coming
D: comes
TRỢ GIÚP

1

2

3

4

5

6

4. He (plant) ….. trees in the garden at 4 pm yesterday.
A: is planting

B: plant

C: was planting

D: planted
TRỢ GIÚP

1

2

3

4

5

6

5. Last night, I (watch) …. TV with my brother.
A: watching

B: watched

C: watches

D: was watching
TRỢ GIÚP

1

2

3

4

5

6

6. At this time last year, I (attend) …… an English course
A: attend

B: attended

C: was
attending

D: were
attending
TRỢ GIÚP

SPECIAL ROUND

7. They (dance) …. merrily when Cinderella suddenly (leave) … the
party.
A: danced - left

B: were dancing - left

C: danced - leaving

D: is dancing - left
TRỢ GIÚP

SPECIAL ROUND

8. Mrs Lan (do)…. the gardening at 5p.m yesterday ?
A: is doing

B: was doing

C: Is Mrs Lan
doing

D: Was Mrs
Lan doing
TRỢ GIÚP

Past continuous:
I. Grammar:
Form: S + WAS/ WERE + V-ing.
II. Practice:
III. Game:
IV. Homework:
- Study the grammar.
- Do exercise B4, B5, B6 (p.44, 45) (Workbook).
- Prepare : Unit 6: Lesson 4: Communication.