1. Past Ershova Ekaterina. Form 8 A

2. Purposes Investigate all the aspects of the Past Tense Use of the Past Tense Testing

3. Simple Progressive Perfect Perfect Progressive Past V2V2 Was/were + V-ing had V 3 had been V-ing Active Passive Simple ProgressivePerfect Pastwas/were +V 3 was/were being + V 3 had been + V 3

4. Past Simple (I did) Use: to talk about action or situation in the Past. PositiveNegativeQuestion I walked with my friends yesterday. I didn’t walk with my friends yesterday. Did I walk with my friends yesterday? ………………………………….. ( Регулярное )

5. Be - was/were PositiveNegative I wasI wasn’t You wereYou wasn’t He/she/it wasHe/she/it wasn’t We, you, they wereWe, you, they weren’t Conclusion: no auxiliary verb.

6. Past Progressive (I was doing) Use: a temporary action in the Past. ( Процесс ) PositiveNegativeQuestion 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?

7. Some verbs are used only in simple tenses: wantknow need realise preferbelieve likesuppose lovemean hateunderstand belong remember see forget hear seem

8. Past Perfect (I had done) Use: to say that something had already before this time. ( Завершённое ) PositiveNegativeQuestion 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?

9. Past Perfect Progressive (I had been doing) Use: to say how long something had been happening before something else happened. ( Завершённо - длительное ) PositiveNegativeQuestion 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?

10. Test 1.My husband (work) in the bank for three years since 1990 to 1993: a.was worked b.had worked c.worked

11. 2. I (get) to the market myself last time, but now I don’t remember how to get there. a.getted b.goted c.got

12. 3. When I arrived, Tom (speak) over the phone. a.Spoke b.Speaking c.was speaking

13. 4. The house he … was of a modern design. a.was built b.built c.had built

14. 5. While my son (wait) for my call, somebody knocked at the door. a.had waited b.was waiting c.waited

15. Thank you for attention!

16. Resource «State Exam. Maximiser», Pearson «Longman» «English Grammar In Use», Moscow Jill Albiker Shannon, «Титул», 1998