Transcript Past Tenses

Past Tenses
I. Past Simple Tense
- definitions/1 Action completed in the past when there is
direct or indirect time reference:
E.g.: He left an hour ago.
He left before the boss came
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Past habitual action:
E.g.: He travelled a lot when he was young.
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. Past Simple Tense
- definitions/2 Past actions happening one after the other:
E.g.: He stood up, got his briefcase and left
the office.
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Past actions which will not be repeated:
E.g.: Monroe starred in “The Seven Year Itch”.
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Past Simple Tense
- positive 
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I
You
He/She/It
We
You
They
+ verb+ed or V2
E.g: She played the piano.
E.g: I went to the shop.
Past Simple Tense
- question forms I
You
He/She/It
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DID +
We
+
V1?
You
They
E.g:Did you go to the cinema?
Past Simple Tense
- negative 
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I
You
He/She/It
We
+ DID NOT + V1
You
(DIDN’T)
They
E.g: They did not come to the party.
Past Simple Tense
- adverbs of frequency 
Yesterday
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Last (year, month, Monday, week…)
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(two days, three weeks) ago
II. Past Continuous Tense
- definitions/1 Past action in progress at a given point in
time:
E.g.: She was working at 8 o’clock in the
evening.
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Past action in progress interrupted by
another action:
E.g.: She was watching TV when I came.
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Past Continuous
- definitions/2 Simultaneous past actions:
E.g.: While Jane was sleeping, Ben was
reading.
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Polite requests:
E.g.: I was wondering if you could help me.
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Past Continuous
- positive 
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I
You
He/She/It
We
You
They
WAS
WERE
WAS
WERE
WERE
WERE
E.g.: I was playing the piano.
+ verbING
Past Continuous
- question forms WAS
WERE
WAS
WERE
WERE
WERE
I
You
he/she/it
we
you
they
+ verbING?
Past Continuous
- negative 
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I
You
He/She/It
We
You
They
WAS
WERE
WAS
WERE
WERE
WERE
!! Was not = wasn’t
Were not = weren’t!!
+ NOT+ verbING