1. Unit 6 – Grammar
Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect (p66-68)

2. Past Perfect 1 – the ‘earlier’ past
had + pp
Before coming to Korea (in 2006)…
…I had never eaten Kimchi.
…I had always been very outgoing. Now, though, I prefer to spend time at home with my family.

3. Past Perfect 1 – the ‘earlier’ past
had + pp
Before I entered Hanyang university (in 2014), I had never….
…drunk Soju.
…had a girlfriend.

4. Past Perfect 2 – the ‘earlier’ past
had + pp
Something that started in the past and continued up until another action in the past
We had been married for 4 years before we had our first child (in 2012).
I had owned my car for 5 years before I sold it last year.

5. Past Continuous – Activity in progress in the past
(was/were + ing)
Last night at 9 o’clock,
Meanwhile, my wife was sending Kakao messages,
I was watching TV.
T – Which verbs describe an activity in progress in the past?
At the same time, my daughter was sleeping.

6. Past Simple I got married in 2007. I lived in Thailand for 1 year.
i. Completed actions
I got married in 2007.
ii. Long-term situations
I lived in Thailand for 1 year.
iii. A sequence of activities
I met my wife, got married, and then had a daughter.
iv. Repeated actions or events
I studied hard when I was a student.

7. “While I was teaching (yesterday morning),…
Past Simple – Shorter completed actions interrupting an action in progress
“While I was teaching (yesterday morning),…
…a student asked me a question, another stood up and went to the bathroom, and a few fell asleep.”
T – which verbs describe a completed action in the past?
T – Which verbs describe an activity in progress in the past?

8. Reference for grammar activities
Past Perfect
Past Continuous

9. Vocabulary section
p 69-70
I solved the problem.
I found a solution to the problem.
I am a good problem-solver.
-ment
-tion
-ance
-al
improvement
development
management
agreement
encouragement
payment
investment
consumption
production
solution
reduction
definition
explanation
exploration
satisfaction
performance
appearance
assistance
disappearance
guidance
resistance
removal
appraisal
refusal
denial
survival