Thì quá khứ liên tiến được thành lập bởi thì quá khứ của động từ to be + hiện tại phân từ (present participle).
Xác định |
Phủ định |
Nghi vấn |
I was working You were working He/she/it was working We were working You were working They were working |
Advertisements (Quảng cáo) I was not working Was I working ? You were not working Were you working ? He/she/it was not Was he/she/it working working ? We were not working Were we working ? You were not working Were you working ? They were not working Were they working ? |
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Phủ định tĩnh lược : I wasn’t working, you weren’t working, v.v... Nghi vấn phủ định : was he not/wasn’t he working ? v.v... |
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