Where were you yesterday

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 giờ 
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