Past tenses

If you let your past go, it doesn't mean that your past
will let you go.

Past Tenses

Past Simple
Карл, когда мы используем Past Simple?
Действие полностью закончилось в прошлом
Masha wrote an essay yesterday.
Действия происходили в определенный момент в прошлом
He called his friend at 7 o’lock yesterday.
Привычки в прошлом
We often watched cartoons before kindergarten when we were children.

Действия в прошлом, которые происходили друг за другом
She woke up, put some clothes on and ran out of the house.
произошло в определенный момент в прошлом и не имеет связи с настоящим

Time expressions:
Yesterday - вчера
yesterday morning/evening
last year/month/week/night – в прошлом году, на прошлой неделе, прошлой ночью
two weeks ago/ a month ago – две недели назад, месяц назад
the day before yesterday

Как насчет глаголов?
Правильные
Действуют по правилу!
Неправильные
Правилу не подчиняются

Forms:
Правильные глаголы имеют окончание – ed.
Некоторые глаголы являются неправильными и имеют собственную форму (2).
Глагол be имеет формы: was, were (was’t, weren’t)

+
+
V 2/ V ed
He went to school yesterday. / He watched TV yesterday.
-
didn’t
V1
He didn’t go to school yesterday. / He didn’t watch TV.
?
Did
V1 ?
Did he go to school yesterday? / Did he watch TV yesterday?

What
When
Where
Why
What did he do yesterday?
When did he go to school?
Where did he go?
wh?
did
V1 ?
who?
Who
V 2 / Ved ?
Who went to school yesterday?

Spelling

Write the second form
Want
Watch
Finish
Copy
Love
Like
Study
Die
Finish
Happen

Write the second form
Go
See
Speak
Do
Teach
Drink
Eat
Fly
Fall
Understand

Put did or didn’t
___ he work in a shop?
I ____ lie
She ___ watch TV
___ you like bananas?
They ___ know Sara
Where ___ he live?
What ___ they like?
Katrine ___ love Alex
___ he eat meat?
She ___ wear skirts

Put was or were
I ___ happy last night
I ___ a student many years ago
They ___ taxi drivers two years ago
They ___ married last years
My favorite color ___ red five years ago
I ___ angry yesterday
It ___ my car last week
This car ___ dirty day before yesterday
These cars ___ clear day before yesterday
He ___ your friend many years ago

Open the brackets
I (to work) in a bank many years ago
He (to live) in Moscow five years ago
I (to like) flowers before it happened
__Kris (speak) English?
__his sister (be) a model?
__Masha (buy) magazine?
We (to sing) a song on the party last night
I (to forget) to call her yesterday
She (to drive) a car last month
You (to lose) keys yesterday evening

The second form
Look –
Help –
Do –
Write –
Wash –
Fly –
Need –
Use –
Check –
Think –
Work –
Retire –
Finish –
Find –
Open –
Disappear -

Past Continuous
We use the past continuous:
for an action which was in progress at a stated time in the past. We do not know when the action started or finished.
f.e. At 7 o’clock yesterday morning, we were driving to the airport.
for a past action which was in progress when another action interrupted it. We use the past continuous for the action in progress (longer action) and the past simple for the action which interrupted it. (shorter action)
f.e. He was listening to music when the doorbell rang.

for two or more actions which were happening at the same time in the past.
f.e. I was tidying up while Tom was ironing.
to give background information in a story.
f. e. The wind was blowing and the dark clouds were gathering in the sky. Jack was standing….

Time expressions:
while
when
as
all day / night / morning
at 5 o’clock yesterday

Form:
Past form of the verb to be (was / were) + main verb + -ing
to be
was
were

was
were
+
Ving .
Mike was watching TV when his mother came home.
-
wasn’t
weren’t
Ving .
Mike wasn’t watching TV when his mother came home.
?
Was
Were
Ving ?
Was Mike watching TV when his mother came home?

Past Simple vs Past Continuous
Действие в прошлом
Did, didn’t
Ed
When, in 1900, yesterday, last…, ago…
Процесс в прошлом
Was, were, wasn’t, weren’t
-ING
While
Past Simple
Past Continuous

Past Perfect
The Past Perfect is used:
for an action which happened before another past action or before a stated time in the past.
f.e. Tom had tired up all the rooms before the children returned from school.
for an action which finished in the past and whose result was visible in the past.
f.e. He had won first prize, so he felt ecstatic.
NOTE: The past perfect is the past equivalent of the present perfect.
He had missed his plane, so he was very upset.
He has missed his plane, so he is very upset.

NOTE: We can use the past perfect or the past simple with before or after without any difference in meaning.
f.e. She went out with her friends after she (had) returned from school.
She (had) returned from school before she went out with her friends.

Time expressions:
before
after
already
for
since
just
till / until
when
by
by the time
never

Form:
had + past participle of the main verb
+
had
V 3/V ed .
She had done her homework before mother came home.
-
hadn’t
V 3/V ed .
?
Had
V 3/V ed ?

Past Perfect Continuous
The Past Perfect Continuous is used:
to put emphasis on the duration of an action which started and finished in the past before another past action or a stated time in the past, usually with since or for.
f.e. She had been waiting for days before he called her.
for an action which lasted for some time in the past and whose result was visible in the past.
f.e. She had been working hard for hours, so she was very tired.

NOTE: The past perfect continuous is the past equivalent of the present perfect continuous.
She had been resting for hours, so she felt very relaxed.
She has been resting for hours, so she feels very relaxed.

Time expressions:
for
since
how long
before
until

Form:
had + been + main verb + -ing.
+
had been
V ing .
They had been working hard that day, so she was tired.

Exercises

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