Unit 12, Lesson 5 - Grade 8

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Choose the best answer.
1. I................. a letter at 10.00 last night.
A. was writing B. write C. am writingD. wrote
2. When I left home, the sun........................
A. shone B. shines C. was shining D. is shining
3. He met Hoa while he................to school.
A. was going B. goes C. is going D. went
4.Nga is................talking in class.
A. sometimes B. always C. usually D. never

Language focus 1 – P119
Look at the pictures. Say what each person was doing at eight o’clock last night.
1. Lan / talk to her grandmother.
4. Na / walk with her dog.2. Hoa / have dinner.
3. Ba / take a shower. 5. Bao / read a comic.
6. Nga / write a letter.
a)
f)e)d)
c)b)

Language focus 1 – P119
Look at the pictures. Say what each person was doing at eight o’clock last night.
Lan / talk to her grandmother. Na / walk with her dog.
Hoa / have dinner. Ba / take a shower. Bao / read a comic.
Nga / write a letter.
a)
f)e)d)
c)b)

a) Ba was taking a shower at eight o’clock last night.b) Hoa was having dinner at eight o’clock last night.c) Bao was reading a comic at eight o’clock last night.d) Nga was writing a letter at eight o’clock last night.e) Na was walking with her dog at eight o’clock last night.f) Lan was talking to her grandmother at eight o’clock last
night.

Language focus 1 – P119
Look at the pictures. Say what each person was doing at eight o’clock last night.
a) Ba was taking a shower at eight o’clock last night.
b) Hoa was having dinner at eight o’clock last night.
c) Bao was reading a comic at eight o’clock last light.
d) Nga was writing a letter at eight o’clock last night.
e) Na was walking with her dog at eight o’clock last night.
f) Lan was talking to her grandmother at eight o’clock last
night.
* Past progressive :
S + was / were + V-ing.................
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Write sentences with the cue words, using the past
progressive tense.
1. This time last year / we / live / France.
2. She / not / work / the library / at that time.
3. What / you / do / from 3 pm to 6 pm yesterday
afternoon?
- This time last year, we were living in France.
- She wasn’t working in the library at that time.
- What were you doing from 3 pm to 6 pm yesterday
afternoon ?