Teacher:Albina Zhigunova Past tenses Skarukina Olga 10 «M» Teacher:Albina Zhigunova

•Past Simple •Past Continuous •Past Perfect Continuous •Past Perfect •Exercises

Past Simple Form: Meaning: Adverbs of time: Regular verbs: base form + ending "ed" for all persons (jumped, talked). Irregular verbs: simple past form for all persons (ran, became, took). The verb BE: I/he/she/it was; we/you/they were. Meaning: to describe a completed activity that started in the past and ended in the past. Adverbs of time: yesterday; last week; last year; in 1954; an hour ago; a year ago; a long time ago.

Past Simple Use for: 1.Completed Action in the Past 2.A Series of Completed Actions 3.Past habits 4.Actions which happened at a specific time in the past

Past Simple Examples: 1.I saw a movie yesterday. Back 2.I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim. 3. I studied French when I was a child. 4. He arrived from the airport at 8:00. Back

Past Continuous Form: Meaning: Adverbs of time: WAS/WERE + present participle (I/he/she/it was doing; we/you/they were doing). Meaning: 1.The action (past continuous) was going on in the past when another action (simple past) happened. 2. The action was going on at a specific point of time in the past. Adverbs of time: while; when; at five o'clock yesterday.

Past Continuous Use for: 1.Interrupted Action in the Past 2.Specific Time as an Interruption 3.Parallel Actions 4.Background information in a story

Past Continuous Examples: Back 1.When the phone rang, she was writing a letter 2. At midnight, we were still driving through the desert. 3. I was studying while he was making dinner. 4.The wind was howling when we walked in the street Back

Past Perfect Continuous Form: HAD + BEEN + present participle for all persons (had been doing; had been looking). Meaning: 1.The action (past perfect continuous) lasted for some time before another action in the past happened (simple past). 2. The action lasted for some time before a specific point of time in the past. Adverbs of time: by the time; before; after; when (in the meaning "by the time"); + for two hours; for a long time.

Past Perfect Continuous Use for: 1.Duration Before Something in the Past 2. Action which lasted for some time in the past and whose result was visible in the past

Past Perfect Continuous Examples: 1.They had been talking for over an hour before Tony arrived. 2.Jason was tired because he had been jogging. Back

Past Perfect Form: Meaning: Adverbs of time: HAD + past participle for all persons (had done; had looked). Meaning: The action (past perfect) happened before another past action (simple past) or before a specific point of time in the past. Adverbs of time: by the time; before; after; when (in the meanings "by the time; after"); before last week; by two o'clock yesterday.

Past Perfect Use for: 1.Completed Action Before Something in the Past 2. Action which finished in the past and whose result was visible in the past

Past Perfect Examples: 1.I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet. 2. He had won first prize, so he felt ectatic. Back

Exercises 1. I saw Paul at the airport. He ..... for his brother’s plane to arrive from Canada. (wait) Was waiting 2. A man once built a house and ..... his friends to visit him. (invite) Invited 3. Everybody was laughing merrily while Harris ..... them a funny story. (tell) Was telling

Exercises 4. He ..... ill for three days, so his mother wanted to bring him to a doctor, but he didn’t want to go. (feel) Had been feeling 5.I handed Betsy today’s newspaper, but she didn’t want it. She ..... it during her lunch. (read) Had read 6. While I ..... the dishes last night, I dropped a plate and broke it. (wash) Was washing Back