D. had always smoked
Đáp án A
Kiến thức về thì động từ
Bởi vì ta có ‘last year’ (mang nghĩa ‘năm ngoái’) là dấu hiệu của thì quá khứ. Do đó ta loại phương án B
Tuy nhiên khi muốn thể hiện ý than phiền, phàn nàn về một việc gì đó ta dùng công thức:
S + to be + always + Ving
Tạm dịch: Vào năm ngoái, cha tôi lúc nào cũng hút thuốc, nhưng bây giờ sau một thời gian bị ho năng, ông ấy đã bỏ nó.
=> Đáp án là A
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