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Past Continuous Tense
โครงสราง Past Continuous Tense
I,He, She, It, A cat was eating
You, We, They, Cats were eating
*** ขอควรจํา I ใช was ซึ่งเปน Tense เดียวที่ใชกริยารวมกับประธานเอกพจน
นอกนั้นใชกับประธานพหูพจน
หลักการใช
1. ใชเลาเหตุการที่กําลังเกิดขึ้นในอดีต เชน
I was eating while it was raining.
As they were reading, I was sleeping.
We were listening to the radio as he was watching TV?
What were you doing while I was playing football?
2. ใชบอกเหตุการณที่กําลังเกิดขึ้นและยังไมจบกระบวนการ แตมีอีกเหตุการณเขามาแทรกกลางคัน
หมายความวามันมีสองเหตุการณ (สอง Tense ) และตองใชตามนี้ คือ
• เหตุการณที่เกิดกอนและกําลังเกิดขึ้นอยู (ใช Past Continuous Tense)
• เหตุการณที่เกิดทีหลัง (ใช Past Simple Tense)
When I ………………….., my dad…………………………..
• a. was sleeping, arrive
• b. slept, was arriving
• c. was sleeping, arrived
• d. were sleeping, arrived
คํากริยาที่สามารถทําไดนาน และเห็นมาออกขอสอบบอยๆ เชน
do, drive, eat, have, read, sing, sit, sleep, swim, teach, write, clean, cook, cry, dance,
play, rain, walk, wash, watch
คํากริยาที่นํามาใชกับ Past Simple สวนใหญเปนกริยาคํากริยาไมสามารถทําไดนาน
จากตัวอยางดานบนระหวาง นอน กับ มาถึง อะไรทําไดนานกวากัน ถูกตอง มาถึง
มันเกิดแคแปบเดียว คํากริยาที่ไมสามารถทําไดนาน เชน take, start, arrive, see, hear, smell,
hit, come, ring, cut
• I was having dinner when the phone rang.
• When the police arrived, we were sleeping.
• As we were walking to school, we saw a big elephant.
• While they were reading, they heard a bird singing in the tree.
• She was swimming when the shark came.
• We were washing the car when it started to rain.
• She took my book as I was playing football.
• A car hit the dog while it was running on the road.
My mom cut her finger while she was cooking.
Past Tense – Simple or Progressive: Fill in the correct form
1. I _________________ Sue in town yesterday, but she _____________
me. She
________________ the other way. (see, not see, look)
2. I _____________ Tom and Jane at the airport a few weeks ago. They
____________ to Berlin and I ____________ to Madrid. We __________a
chat while we__________ for our flights. (meet, go ,go ,have ,wait)
3. I _____________ home yesterday when suddenly a man ___________
out into the road in front of me. I ________________quite fast but luckily I
______________ to stop in time and _____________ him. (cycle, step, go,
manage, not hit)
4. Jerry ______________ for me when I ________________ . (wait, arrive)
5. “What _________________ at this time yesterday”? – “I was asleep.”
(you do)
6. “_________________ out last night?” – “No, I was too tired”. (you go)
7. “Was Carol at the party last night?” – “Yes she _______ a really nice
dress.” (wear)
8. How fast ________ when the accident _______________ ? (you drive,
happen)
9. John _________________ a photo of me while I
____________________ . (take, not look)
10. We _________________ in a very difficult position. We
_________________ what to do. (be, not know)
11. I haven’t seen Alan for ages. When I last _________________ him, he
_________________ to find a job in Leeds (see, try)
12. I _________________ along the street when suddenly I
_________________ footsteps behind me.
Somebody _________________ me. I was frightened and
_________________ to run. (walk, hear, follow, start)
13. When I _______________ young I ___________ to be a bus driver.
(be, want)
14. While Mike ____________ TV Sheila ______________ a book. (watch,
read)
15. She _________________ for the bus when I _________________ her
yesterday. (wait, se
16. On Sunday I _________________ for a walk and then I
_________________ the museum. (go, visit)
17. He ___________ lunch when the first guests ____________ . (prepare,
arrive)
18. She _____________ when she suddenly ________ a strange noise.
(sleep,hear)
19. We ___________ on the lake when a terrible thunderstorm
__________ up. (sail, come)
20. Some minutes later his friend ____________ to take him to the airport.
(come)
21. While his friend ___________ the car, John _________________
about his holidays. (drive, talk)
22. John _________________ a shower when the telephone
_________________ . (have, ring)
23. When they ____________ at the airport, the plane _____________
high above
their heads. (arrive, already fly)
24. They _______________ to the restaurant and _______________ a cup
of coffee. (go, have)
25. While the football teams _________________ up, the fans
___________ their flags. (warm, wave)
Fill each gap with a verb in either the past simple or past continuous tense.
1. Helen__________ (do) her weekly shopping when she__________
(meet) her old friend, June.
2. The sun ____________ (shine) when I_____________(get) up this
morning. I (feel) so tired!
3. Jim_________ (wait) at one airport while Max _________(wait) at the
other. What a disaster!
4. It __________(rain) very hard, so the referee ______________ (decide)
not to play the match.
5. When the police _____________--(arrive) at the party, the music
______________ (play) very loud and everybody (shout).
6. The mail _____________ (arrive) very late today. It______________
(come) after eleven o'clock.
7. Joan ______________ (become) very angry this morning. She
______________(speak) to an important client and someone (enter) the
room without knocking.
8. Hank ____________ (cook) in the kitchen. His sister__________ (offer)
to help but Hank____________ (refuse).
9) Yesterday I ___________(go) to the Post Office,_____________ (buy)
some fruit at the supermarket and____________ (read) a book in the park
in the afternoon.
12) It ____________(be) a day in December. Snow____________ (fall) ,
children____________ (sing) carols and people ______________(do) their
Christmas shopping.
13) My ex-boyfriend____________ (be) so annoying! He
______________(always miss) the bus and arriving late.
18) I _____________(enjoy) my book so much that I
______________(not/notice) that the train had stopped
