EXPRESSING THE PAST

IMPORTANT WORDS YESTERDAY,LAST…., IN 1998, IN 200 BC, IN 1 AD, IN THE 20TH CENTURY, ….. AGO, IN ROMAN TIMES, IN MEDIEVAL TIMES

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF VERBS D/ED REGULAR VERBS: IRREGULAR VERBS: 2ND COLUMN IN THE LIST

USE: FINISHED ACTIONS

FORM DID YOU LIKE THE FILM LAST NIGHT? I LIKED THE FILM LAST NIGHT DID YOU LIKE THE FILM LAST NIGHT? I DIDN´T LIKE THE FILM LAST NIGHT

DID YOUR MUM FLY TO LONDON? MY MUM FLEW TO LONDON YESTERDAY DID YOUR MUM FLY TO LONDON? MY MUM DIDN´T FLY TO LONDON YESTERDAY

SPELLING (ED/ING) TALK eD TALKED eD STOP STOP P ED eD PLAYED PLAY eD STUDY STUD IED

PETER WAS READING A BOOK YESTERDAY THEY WERE WRITING A COMPOSITION PAST CONTINUOUS PETER WAS READING A BOOK YESTERDAY THEY WERE WRITING A COMPOSITION ON MONDAY S WAS/WERE V-ING

USE ACTIONS IN PROCESS IN THE PAST

WAS SHE PLAYING TENNIS YESTERDAY? SHE WASN´T PLAYING TENNIS FORM SHE WAS PLAYING TENNIS WAS SHE PLAYING TENNIS YESTERDAY? SHE WASN´T PLAYING TENNIS YESTERDAY

WHILE/WHEN/ AS I WAS WALKING IN THE STREET I STEPPED ON A BANANA SKIN FELL DOWN I STEPPED ON A BANANA SKIN

WHILE I WAS DOING MY HOMEWORK MY LITTLE BROTHER WAS PLAYING XP3

PAST PERFECT FORM SHE HAD EATEN N´t HAD SHE EATEN? PAST PARTICIPLE SHE HAD EATEN N´t HAD SHE EATEN?

I ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT THE PLANE HAD ALREADY LEFT USE I ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT THE PLANE HAD ALREADY LEFT

WHAT ACTION HAPPENS FIRST? DID I GET ON THE PLANE? WHAT ACTION HAPPENS FIRST?