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Can you name three past tenses?
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Past tenses refer to actions that happened in the past. There are different past tenses for different types of actions. Using the correct past tense is important for speaking and writing correctly.
Past Tenses in English Grammar
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Simple Past: A verb tense used to describe an action or event that happened in the past and has been completed. Past Perfect: A verb tense used to describe an action or event that happened before another past action or event. Past Continuous: A verb tense used to describe an action that was happening at a particular moment in the past.
Concepts:
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With most verbs, the past tense is formed by adding –ed: call-called, like-liked, play-played e.g. My mom played Super Mario last night. However, some verbs have irregular past tense forms: go-went, see-saw, make-made e.g. I saw a cockatoo this morning in the center of Szabadka.
Past Simple
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Add three irregular past tense forms of your own
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We use the past tense to talk about: something that happened once in the past: I met my wife in 1983. We went to Spain for our holidays. They got home very late last night.
So when do we use the Past Simple?
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2. something that happened several times in the past: When I was a boy, I walked a mile to school every day. We swam a lot while we were on holiday. They always enjoyed visiting their friends.
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3. something that was true for some time in the past: I lived abroad for ten years. He enjoyed being a student. She played a lot of tennis when she was younger. 4. we often use expressions with ago with the past simple: I met my wife a long time ago.
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How do we form questions? "Sandra saw something odd in lake Palics."
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We use did to make questions with the past simple: Did she play tennis when she was younger? Did you live abroad? When did you meet your wife? Where did you go for your holidays?
Making questions
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But questions with who often don't use did: Who discovered penicillin? Who wrote Don Quixote?
Making questions
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Put the words and expressions in the correct order to make questions: you remember Did to buy salt? some
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We use didn't (did not) to make negatives with the past simple: They didn't go to Spain this year. We didn't get home until very late last night. I didn't see you yesterday.
Making negatives
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Which is the correct sentence?
- I didn't like the funny-looking soup.
- I didn't liked the funny-looking soup.
- Did I didn't like the funny-looking soup?
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Brain break: Draw a peacock wearing a top hat and roller skates!
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The past continuous is made from the past tense of the verb be (was, were) and the –ing form of a verb:
Past Continuous
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We use the past continuous to talk about the past: for something which happened before and after another action: The children were doing their homework when I got home.
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2. for something that happened before and after a specific time: It was eight o'clock. I was writing a letter 3. to show that something continued for some time: My head was aching. Everyone was shouting.
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4. for something that happened again and again: I was practising every day, three times a day. They were meeting secretly after school. They were always quarrelling.
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5. with verbs which show change or growth: The children were growing up quickly. Her English was improving. My hair was going grey. The town was changing quickly.
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How to form questions? "Mary was torrenting her favourite show when her mother came home."
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How to from negatives? "I was having the time of my life learning for the upcoming exam."
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Work together in pairs: If you had to choose one past tense to use for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?
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What is the past simple tense?
- I went to the store.
- I am going to the store.
- I was going to the store.
- I have gone to the store.
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What is the past continuous tense?
- I went to the store.
- I am going to the store.
- I was going to the store.
- I have gone to the store.
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What is the past perfect tense?
- I went to the store.
- I am going to the store.
- I had gone to the store.
- I have gone to the store.
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Work together in pairs: In what ways have you seen the different past tenses used in the context of conversation?
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