PastErshova

Ekaterina.Form 8 A

Purposes Investigate all the aspects of the Past TenseUse of the Past TenseTesting

Simple Progressive

Perfect Perfect Progressi

ve

Past V2 Was/were + V-ing

had V3 had been V-

ing

Active

Passive

Simple Progressive

Perfect

Past was/were +V3

was/were

being + V3

had been +

V3

Past Simple(I did)

Use: to talk about action or situation in the Past.

Positive Negative Question

I walked with my friends yesterday.

I didn’t walk with my friends yesterday.

Did I walk with my friends yesterday?

………………………………….. (Регулярное)

Be - was/were

Positive Negative

I was I wasn’t

You were You wasn’t

He/she/it was He/she/it wasn’t

We, you, they were We, you, they weren’t

Conclusion: no auxiliary verb.

Past Progressive(I was doing)

Use: a temporary action in the Past.

(Процесс)

Positive Negative QuestionI 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?

Some verbs are used only in simple tenses:

want know

need realiseprefer believe

like supposelove meanhate understand

belong remembersee forgethear seem

Past Perfect(I had done)

Use: to say that something had already before this time.

(Завершённое)

Positive Negative QuestionI 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?

Past Perfect Progressive(I had been doing)

Use: to say how long something had been happening before something else

happened.

(Завершённо-длительное)

Positive Negative Question

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?

Test1. My husband (work) in the bank

for three years since 1990 to 1993:

a. was workedb. had worked

c. worked

2. I (get) to the market myself last time, but now I don’t remember how to get there.

a. gettedb. gotedc. got

3. When I arrived, Tom (speak) over the phone.

a. Spokeb. Speaking

c. was speaking

4. The house he … was of a modern design.

a. was builtb. built

c. had built

5. While my son (wait) for my call, somebody knocked at the door.

a. had waitedb. was waiting

c. waited

Thank you for attention!

Resource«State Exam. Maximiser», Pearson «Longman»

«English Grammar In Use», Moscow

Jill Albiker Shannon, «Титул», 1998