1. 3 Unit 3

2. Contents 1 A world of difference 7 Passions and fashions
2 The work week
8 No fear!
3 Good times, bad times
9 It depends how you look at it
4 Getting it right
10 All things high tech
5 Our changing world
11 Seeing is believing
6 What matters to me
12 Telling it like it is

3. Four Types of Past Tense
Today’s class:
Four Types of Past Tense

4. Different past tenses describe different periods of time in the past
When Mike arrived, Zoe opened her presents.

5. Different past tenses describe different periods of time in the past
When Mike arrived, Zoe
was opening her presents.

6. same form for all persons
Past Simple
same form for all persons
When Mike arrived, I opened presents.
you opened presents.
he opened presents.
we opened presents.
they opened presents.
she opened presents.

7. Past Simple to express a finished action in the past
I bought this car last year.

8. Past Simple to express 1. A finished action in the past
I bought this car last year.
2. Actions that follow each other in a story
The student graduated and got a good job.
3. A past situation or habit
When I took piano lessons, I practiced every day.

9. was/were + past participle
Past Simple Passive
was/were + past participle
This camp was selected by their teacher.

10. Past Continuous was/were + verb + -ing When Mike arrived, Zoe
was opening her presents.

11. Past Continuous to express
1. Activities in progress before, and probably after, a
particular time in the past
He was using his computer when she got home.

12. Past Continuous to express
2. An interrupted (incomplete) past activity
The phone rang while I was eating dinner.
3. Descriptions
The lights were shining brightly in the dark sky.

13. Past Simple Past Continuous Past Simple Passive
Zoe opened her presents.
Past Continuous
Zoe was still opening her presents when it was time for cake.
Past Simple Passive
The presents were brought by her family.

14. Select the correct tense
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Simple Passive
She got into trouble at school.

15. Select the correct tense
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Simple Passive
The lion cub was startled
by the bright light.

16. Different past tenses describe different periods of time in the past
When Mike arrived, Zoe
had opened her presents.

17. same form for all persons
Past Perfect
same form for all persons
When Mike arrived, I had opened presents.
you had opened presents.
he had opened presents.
we had opened presents.
they had opened presents.
she had opened presents.

18. Past Perfect to express
1. That one action happened before another
The children were tired when they got to camp. They had ridden on a bus for two hours.

19. Past Perfect to express
2. A story in non-chronological order
Ben and Kristie got married in a park in Washington.
They had met in the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan.

20. Special Verb used to
3. A habit or state in the past that is now finished
I used to eat meat every day.
But, now I’m a vegetarian.

21. Review: Grammar reference page 132-33
Review: We learned 4 types of past tense today
*past simple (add –ed, -ied, -d & irregulars)
*past continuous (was/were + verb + -ing)
*past simple passive (was/were + past participle)
*past perfect (had + past participle)
Special verb: used to
Review: Grammar reference page