PAST TENSES

Complete the tense table with “build” SIMPLECONTINUOUSPERFECTPERFECT CONTINUOUS PastI built We didn’t build I was building He was building They were building I had built They had built She had been building Future in the past He would buildHe would be building He would have built He would have been building

The Past Simple Past Simple 1.Past habits 2.Permanent situations 3.Main events in stories Long ago they built most houses of wood He always caught the same train 4.Finished actions in the past 5.General truths (last/in 1995/when/until) She did a lot in her short life (she’s dead)

Watch out! We can use DID in statements for emphasis -Why didn’t you win your last match? -I did win. Who told you I didn’t?

Would and Used to Past habits (about distant past) When we were young we used to play together When we were young Past states(not would) we would play together. We used to have a car. WOULD+ inf. USED TO+ inf.

Be/Get used to+Ving/noun =be/get accustomed to She isn’t used to living in tropical countries I’m getting used to being in the team. She can’t get used to heavy traffic jams.

The Past Continuous USEEXAMPLE 1. Actions at a particular moment in the past At 5 o’clock I was reading a book. 2. Temporary situationsShe was living abroad at the time. 3.Actions in progressHe was playing games all morning yesterday. 4. Two actions in progressWhile we were playing mum was cooking dinner. 5. Background information in a story. The sun was shining and the birds were singing.

The Past Perfect simpleThe Past Perfect Continuous 1. Situations/states before the past 1. Actions continuing up to a moment in the past We had lived next to the gym for a year before I decided to join. When you saw us we had been running for six miles and we still had a mile to go. 2. Completed actions before the past. I’d already bought the phone when I saw a cheaper one. 2.The effect of the action finished before the past. She was tired because she had been working all day.

Complete with correct verb tenses 1.I_____(listen) to the news at 9 o’clock last night. 2. They ___(climb) for 5 hours before they reached the top of the mountain. 3. I___(feel) sleepy all day so I went to bed. 4.When I arrived at the party, Mary___(already leave). 5. We ___(not see) anybody during the holidays.

Check your answers: 1.I was listening to the news at 9 o’clock last night. 2. They had been climbing for 5 hours before they reached the top of the mountain. 3. I had been feeling sleepy all day so I went to bed. 4.When I arrived at the party, Mary had already left. 5. We did not see anybody during the holidays.

B4-B10 Easy rider The love of Mick’s life is his motorbike. Before B4 he got the bike, he ____ interest in NOT SHOW anything very much. The day his friend B5 ____ him to buy the bike, he started PERSUADE cleaning it and looking after it. Mick never had an outgoing sort of personality: B6 He was shy at school and _____ many NOT HAVE friends.

Problems of air travel The easiest way to travel from Europe to the northeast of England is to fly from London Heathrow airport and then catch another plane. The only problem is sometimes the first B7 plane____ on time, and you might NOT TAKE OFF B8 miss the connecting flight. Then what ___ HAPPEN is that your luggage goes missing. If you hear your B9 name being called out while you____ for WAIT your luggage to appear then you know the worst B10 has happened. Your cases ___ back at SIT Heathrow.

Hadn’t shown Persuaded Didn’t have Doesn’t take off Happens Are waiting Are sitting