PAST CONTINUOUS

1 Put the verbs in brackets in the past continuous/ past simple
1. My dad first (meet) my mum when he (visit) ____________Hoi
An Ancient
was visiting
Town.
2.
Tom (have) a nightmare while he(sleep) was
__________in
sleeping the camp by the old
castle.
3. David (hurt) his foot while he (go) _________down
the steps of the pagoda.
was going
4. My brother was just sitting while I (look) ___________
was looking around the weaving
workshop.
5. _____
Were you (watch) _________
watching TV at 9 p.m. last night? There (be) a very good
programme on Duong Lam Ancient Village preservation.
were cooking all morning because we (have) our friends coming
6. We (cook) _____________
for lunch.

PAST CONTINUOUS

2 Complete the sentences, using the past continuous forms of
the given verbs.

live

work

make

preserve
build

1. People were
____________________
preserving the monument for years because
it had great value.
2. When I finished school, my family was
_____________________
/ were living in
the countryside.
3. People __________________
were building the Taj Mahal – a World Heritage
Site while Shah Jahan was emperor.

PAST CONTINUOUS

2 Complete the sentences, using the past continuous forms of
the given verbs.

live

work

make

preserve
build

4. “______
________ on the coffee farm when
Were you still working
the war broke out, Grandpa?”

was making a presentation when the microphone
5. I ____________
stopped working.

* Use the past continuous to complete the sentences
1. Mrs Ha/ teach/ Chemistry/ 8 a.m yesterday.

2. When / I / come/class/, / she / watch/ TV.

3. Some boys/ play/ volleyball/ while/ some girls/ play/
badminton.

WISH + PAST SIMPLE
- Look at the Grammar Box p.43.
We use wish + past form verb when we want something now or
in the future to be different.
Subject + wish + subject + past simple
Example:
I wish the weather was/were nice.
I wish I had enough money to travel around the world.
I wish my mother didn't have to work so hard.
I wish my best friend could speak Chinese.

WISH + PAST SIMPLE

3 Put the verbs in brackets in the correct forms.
1. The children wish they (get) ____
got more presents
every Christmas.
2. I wish I (have) had
____ enough money to visit London
and Windsor Castle.
3. Do you wish we (have) had
____ a swimming pool in our
school?

WISH + PAST SIMPLE

3 Put the verbs in brackets in the correct forms.
4. We wish we (can spend) _____________
could spend our
summer holiday on the seaside.
5. I wish I (can go) could
_________
go back to my
grandparents' time.

EXTRA ACTIVITY

- Talk about what you and your family members wish.
Example:
I wish I got good marks in midterm tests.
My mum wishes she had a new dishwasher.

Ex 1: Choose the best answer

Ex 2: Put the verb in brackets in the past
continuous.

1. I wish I ______ more time to chat with my

1. The kids (play)_____ in the garden while
it was still raining.
2. While I was washing the dishes, Sam (not
do) _____ anything.
3. _____ you (watch)_______ a video last
night when I called you?
4. They (build)______________ Ho Chi
Minh Mausoleum from 1973 to 1975.
5. When their mum came home, they
(chat)_________noisily.

friends every day.
A. have
B. had C. having
D. can have
2. I wish my friends _________ all the time.
B. argue
B. can't argue
C. didn't argue
D. won't argue
3. My sister wishes the weather _______ warm
all the year round.
C. was B. were C. is D. A and B are correct
4. I wish my mum _____ me eat vegetables.
A. doesn't make
B. didn't make
C. isn't making
D. won't make
5. I wish I _____ the history teacher's question
about the Ho Dynasty Citadel.
B. can answer
B. could answer
C. should answer
D. will answer

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Do exercises in the workbook;
- Make 5 sentences by using past continuous and wish +
past simple.
- Prepare: Communication
+ Find new words.
+ Structures.

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