Look at the pictures and say what the people are doing

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Unit 12: A Vacation Abroad
Leson 6: Language Focus
I. Past progressive (Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn).
Eg: Ba was taking a shower at 8 o'clock last night
Form:

S + Be (was, were) + V-ing… .

Cách dùng: Th× qu¸ khø tiÕp diÔn dïng ®Ó diÔn t¶ hµnh
®éng ®ang x¶y ra t¹i mét thêi ®iÓm xác định trong qu¸ khø.

* L/F 1:

at 8 o'clock last night

a)

Ba / take/ a shower

Hoa / eat/ dinner

Bao / read/ a comic

d)

Nga / write/ a letter

Na / walk/ with her dog

Lan /talk/ with her
grandmother

1(P119):

at 8 o'clock last night

a)

Ba was taking a shower

Hoa was eating dinner at

Bao was reading a comic

at 8 o'clock last night.

8 o'clock last night.

at 8 o'clock last night.

d)

Nga was writing a letter
at 8 o'clock last night.

Na was walking with her
dog8 o'clock last night.

Lan was talking with her
grandmother at 8 o'clock
last night.

II. Past progressive with when and while. (Thì quá
khứ tiếp diễn với when và while)
Eg: a. The Le family was sleeping when the mailman came
Be + V-ing
V-ed/V2
(Past progressive)
(Past simple)
b. The phone rang while Nga was eating
V-ed/V2
(Past simple)

Be +V-ing
(Past progressive)

Cách dùng: dïng ®Ó chØ hµnh ®énh ®ang x¶y ra trong qu¸ khø th× 1 hµnh ®éng
kh¸c xen vµo.
-

Ngoµi ra: While cßn dïng ®Ó chØ 2 hay nhiÒu hµnh ®éng x¶y ra song song

cïng 1 lóc trong qu¸ khø.
Eg: My father was playing chess while my mother was watching TV.

* L/F 2.
a. I……..(listen) to music when Nam came
b. While Hoa ………….(eat) dinner , the phone rang
c. Nam ………..(play) soccer when it rained.
d. When Nga's father arrived, She…………(cook)

* L/F 2.
a. I was listening (listen) to music when Nam came
b. While Hoa was eating (eat) dinner , the phone rang
c. Nam was playing (play) soccer when it rained.
d. When Nga's father arrived, She was cooking (cook)

III. Progressive tense with always (Thì hiện tại tiếp diễn
với always)
Eg: - Hoan is always going to school late.
- Bao is always forgetting his homework.
=> Form:

S + be (am, is, are) + always + V-ing…

Cách dùng: DiÔn t¶ lêi phµn nµn
* L/F 3:

Bao/ forget/ homework

Bao is always
forgetting his
homework

Nam/watch/TV

Mrs.Nga/lose/umbrella

Mrs Nga is always
losing her umbrella

Na/ talk/phone

Mr. and Mrs.Thanh/miss/bus

Mr and Mrs Thanh are
always missing bus

Liem/go/ out

Nam is always watching Na is always talking on Liem is always going
the phone
out
TV

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Team 2

Team 3

Lesson 6:Language focus
Choose the best answer:
I was studying when the light went out(when/while)

Lesson 6:Language focus
Complete the sentence:
Mai/always/watch/TV
Mai is always watching TV

Lesson 6:Language focus

Find and correct the mistake:
They are learning English at 8.15 yesterday morning
Were

Lesson 6:Language focus
Put the verb into correct form:
The phone (ring) while I (cook)

The phone rang while I was cooking

Lesson 6:Language focus
Choose the best answer:
The boys were playing soccer while the girls were skipping(when/while)

Lesson 6:Language focus
Complete the sentence:
Nam/take a shower/at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Nam was taking a shower at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon

Lesson 6:Language focus
Put the verb into correct form:
When I (see) him ,he (sit) asleep in a chair
saw

was sitting

Lesson 6:Language focus
Complete the sentence:
What/you/do/from 7 to 9 yesterday evening?
What were you doing from 7 to 9 yesterday evening?

Make a sentence
She was eating/having dinner at 7.30 o'clock
yesterday evening

Listen to the song: happy new year
Structures
I.The present progessive tense
S +am/is/are + always + V-ing
II.The past progressive tense

S + was/ were + V-ing
III. Past progressive with

Homework
Remember some structures
Write excercises in the notebook

Past progressive when Past simple

Do excercise 6 on page 74 in student's
book

Past simple while Past progressive

Prepare unit 13

when and while