Unit 41: WHERE WERE YOU YESTERDAY.
HÔM QUA BẠN ĐÃ Ở ĐÂU?
Trong bài này chúng ta sẽ học về thời quá khứ đơn của động từ
"to be", và một số từ/cụm từ chỉ thời gian trong quá khứ.
Vocabulary
central
London
/ˈsen.trəl 'lən-dən/ n
trung tâm Luân
Đôn
detective /dɪˈtek.tɪv/ n
thám tử
last /lɑːst/ adj
qua, trước, đã qua
remember
/rɪˈmem.bəʳ/ v
nhớ
speak /spiːk/ v
nói
tour /tʊəʳ/ n
chuyến đi
visit /ˈvɪz.ɪt/ n
chuyến tham quan,
thăm hỏi
world /wɜːld/ n
thế giới
yesterday /ˈjes.tə.deɪ/ adv
hôm qua
Geographical Names
Australia
nước Úc, châu Úc
California
tên một bang của Hoa Kỳ
Europe
châu Âu
Glasgow
tên thành phố lớn nhất của
Xcốtlen
Holland
nước Hà Lan
Leeds
tên thành phố phía bắc nước Anh
Liverpool
tên thành phố cảng nước Anh
Manchester
tên thành phố Tây Bắc nước Anh
Newcastle
tên thành phố cảng ở miền nam
xứ Wales
Sheffield
tên một thành phố công nghiệp
phía bắc nước Anh
Listening
Listen to the conversation
Nghe audio
Detective: Now, Mr. Briggs Where were you yesterday?
Briggs: Yesterday? What time?
Detective: At two o'clock. Where were you at two o'clock?
Briggs: I was at home.
Detective: You weren't at home, you were in central London.
Briggs: No, I wasn't! I was at home. Ask my girlfriend! She was
with me!
Detective: Well, we're going to speak to her later. Where is she
now?
Briggs: Oh I don't now
Detective: OK Now, where were you on January 12th?
Briggs: January 12th?
Detective: Yes, it was a Wednesday.
Briggs: I can't remember.
Detective: You were in Manchester.
Briggs: Oh no, I wasn't.
Detective: Oh, yes, you were.
Briggs: Oh no, I wasn't I was in prison in January.
Detective: Oh!
Questions 1
Where were you
at Bạn đã ở
đâu lúc
one o'clock?
1 giờ?
five past two?
2 giờ 5
phút?
ten past
three? 3
giờ 10 phút?
quarter past
four? 4 giờ
15 phút?
half past five?
5 rưỡi?
I was
at
Tôi đã
ở
home. nhà.
school.
trường.
work. nơi làm
việc.
the pub. quán
rượu.
the cinema.
rạp chiếu phim.
the supermarket.
siêu thị.
twenty five to
six? 6 giờ
kém 25?
twenty to
seven? 7
giờ kém 20?
quarter to
eight? 8 gi
ờ
kém 15?
Questions 2
When were
you in
Khi nào bạn
đã ở
England?
nước Anh?
Europe? Châu
Âu
Mexico Mê hi
I was
there
in
Tôi đã
ở đó
vào
January. Tháng
1.
February. Tháng
2.
March. Tháng 3.
cô?
London? Luân
Đôn?
Spain? Tây
Ban Nha?
Holland? Hà
Lan?
Italy? Ý?
April. Tháng 4.
May. Tháng 5.
June. Tháng 6.
July. Tháng 7.
August. Tháng 8.
September.
Tháng 9.
October. Tháng
10.
November.
Tháng 11.
December.
Tháng 12.
Grammar
The simple past of "To Be". Thì quá khứ đơn của động từ TO
BE
The simple past tense được dùng để nói về sự việc xảy ra trong
quá khứ, không liên hệ hoặc tiếp diễn tới hiện tại, và các từ sau
đây thường đi kèm: YESTERDAY, LAST (+ night, ưêk, month,
year, Christmas ); (Thời gian) + AGO = cách đây ; hoặc một
thời gian xác định trong quá khứ.
I was
You were
He/ she/ It
was
I was not
You were
not
He/ She/ It
was not
= I wasn't
= You
weren't
= He/ She/ It
wasn't
- Was I?
- Were
you?
- Was/ he/
she/ it?
We were
We were
not
= We weren't
-
Were we?
You were
They were
You were
not
They were
not
= You
weren't
= They
weren't
- Were
you?
- Were
they?
Examples:
- I was at home at two o'clock.
- You weren't in Central London yesterday.
- Was she in California in June?
- Yes, she was.
- No, she wasn't.
* Preposition of time (Giới từ chỉ thời gian)
- AT + (clock time) at two o'clock
- ON + (day of the week) +
date
on Monday
on January 30th
- IN + (month) + (year)
in January
in 1993
Practice
Language summary
I
He
She
It
was
wasn't
was not
here.
there.
You were
We
They
weren't
were not
Was
I
he
she
it
here?
there?
Yes,
I
he
she
it
was.
No,
I
he
she
it
wasn't.
Were
you
we
they
we
you
they
were.
we
you
they
weren't.
Look at this
Moving from present to past time. Cách chuyển từ
chỉ thời gian từ hiện tại sang quá khứ
Present Past Present
Past
today
this
morning
this
afternoon
this
evening
→
yesterday
yesterday
morning
yesterday
afternoon
yesterday
evening
this
week
this
month
this
year
tonight
→
last week
last
month
last year
last night