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Ershova Ekaterina. Form 8 A
Past Ershova Ekaterina. Form 8 A
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Purposes Use of the Past Tense Testing
Investigate all the aspects of the Past Tense Use of the Past Tense Testing
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Active Passive V2 Simple Simple Perfect Past had V3 had been V-ing
Progressive Perfect Perfect Progressive Past V2 Was/were + V-ing had V3 had been V-ing Passive Simple Progressive Perfect Past was/were +V3 was/were being + V3 had been + V3
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Past Simple (I did) Positive Negative Question
Use: to talk about action or situation in the Past. ………………………………….. (Регулярное) Positive Negative Question I walked with my friends yesterday. I didn’t walk with my friends yesterday. Did I walk with my friends yesterday?
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Be - was/were Positive Negative I was I wasn’t You were You wasn’t
He/she/it was He/she/it wasn’t We, you, they were We, you, they weren’t Conclusion: no auxiliary verb.
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Past Progressive (I was doing)
Use: a temporary action in the Past. (Процесс) Positive Negative Question I was walking with my friends when I saw him. I wasn’t walking with my friends when I saw him. Was I walking with my friends when I saw him?
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Some verbs are used only in simple tenses:
want know need realise prefer believe like suppose love mean hate understand belong remember see forget hear seem
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Past Perfect (I had done)
Use: to say that something had already before this time. (Завершённое) Positive Negative Question I had drunk my milk before my mother come home. I hadn’t drunk my milk before my mother come home. Had I drunk my milk before my mother come home?
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Past Perfect Progressive (I had been doing)
Use: to say how long something had been happening before something else happened. (Завершённо-длительное) Positive Negative Question I had been walking for two hours when my mother come home. I hadn’t been walking for two hours when my mother come home. How long had I been walking when my mother come home?
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Test My husband (work) in the bank for three years since 1990 to 1993:
was worked had worked worked
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2. I (get) to the market myself last time, but now I don’t remember how to get there.
getted goted got
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3. When I arrived, Tom (speak) over the phone.
Spoke Speaking was speaking
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4. The house he … was of a modern design.
was built built had built
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5. While my son (wait) for my call, somebody knocked at the door.
had waited was waiting waited
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Thank you for attention!
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Resource «State Exam. Maximiser», Pearson «Longman»
«English Grammar In Use», Moscow Jill Albiker Shannon, «Титул», 1998
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