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

2. had + pp Past Perfect – the ‘earlier’ past
Until I came to Korea (in 2006),… / Before coming to Korea…
I had never eaten Kimchi.
I had always been very shy. Now though, I am really outgoing.
Before I entered Hanyang university (in 2014), I had never….
drunk Soju.
had a girfriend.
By the time I was 10 years old, I had already been to 10 different countries.
already = earlier than is normal/expected

3. Past Perfect - the ‘earlier’ past
had + pp
Something 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. “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?

7. had + pp Reference for grammar activities
Earlier then this point in the past
Past Perfect - the ‘earlier’ past
had + pp
Action in progress around a point in time in the past
Past Continuous – Activity in progress in the past
(was/were + ing)

8. Past Perfect – the ‘earlier’ past
had + pp
After I had taught English in Thailand for 1 year, I came to Korea.
In 2006 I decided to go traveling around the world. I had graduated from university and wanted a new challenge.
By the time I turned 30 years old, I had saved enough money to buy a house.

9. I solved the problem.
I found a solution to the problem.
I am a good problem-solver.
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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