Past Tense

Past Simple

Used For :

1.Finished action with no connection to the present.

2.Series of finished actions

Past Simple

• Form: Subject + V.2

• e.g. Verb + ed (Watch/Watched) or for irregular verbs choose 2nd column(Eat/Ate)

• For example:

Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa.

I went to Central Westgate and ate lunch last Saturday.

Past Simple: Negative sentence

Form Subject + did + not + V.1

Negative sentence

I / You / We / They

did not go to the school.

He / She / It did not take a bus to the school.

did not or didn’t

Past Simple: Interrogative sentence

Form Did + Subject + Verb1?

Interrogative sentence

DidI / you / we /

theygo to the museum.?

Did he / she / it take a bus to the school?

Past Simple: Interrogative sentence

Form Wh- /How + did + Subject +Verb1?

Interrogative sentence with

Wh- /How

Where didyou / we /

theygo?

How did I /he / she / it go to the school?

Wh- : Who/What/Where/When/Why

Past Simple

Adverb of time in Past Simple

Yesterday For...

Last … in 2013

… ago this morning

Past Continuous

Used For :

1.Actions talking place over a period of time

2.With past simple for interrupted actions

3.For two actions which happened at the same time in the past

Past Continuous

Form: Subject + was/were + V.ing

e.g. Verb + ing (Study/Studying) and the same for irregular verbs (Eat/Eating)

For example:

I was shopping in Central Westgate for 2 hours.

We were shopping in Central Westgate, but left because my brother fell asleep.

When I was playing games, my mom was cooking in the kitchen.

Past Continuous: Negative sentence

Form Subject + was/were + not + V.ing

Negative sentence

I /He / She / It was not talking to her.

You / We / They were not reading newspaper

Was not or wasn’t were not or weren’t

Past Continuous: Interrogative sentence

Form Was/Were + Subject + V.ing ?

Interrogative sentence

Was I / he / she / it talking to her?

Were you / we / they reading newspaper?

Past Continuous: Interrogative sentence

Form Wh- /How + was/were + Subject +V.ing ?

Interrogative sentence with

Wh- /How

Who was I /he / she / it talking to?

What were you / we / they reading?

Wh- : Who/What/Where/When/Why

Past Continuous

Adverb of time in Past Continuous

Yesterday For...

Last … in 2013

… ago this morning

While When

Form:(had + past participle)

Past Perfect

Past Perfect

Used for:

• Completed Action Before Something in the Past

The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.

Example:

• She had finished her homework before she played game

• I had been to Paris once before in 1999.

• Duration Before Something in the Past (Non-Continuous Verbs)

With Non-Continuous Verbs and some non-continuous uses of Mixed Verbs, use the Past Perfect to show that something started in the past and continued up until another action in the past

Past Perfect

Example:

• We had had that car for 15 years before it broke down.

• They felt bad about selling the house because they had owned it for more than forty years.

Past Perfect Continuous

Form:(had been + present participle)

• Duration Before Something in the Past

The Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past. however, the duration does not continue until now, it stops before something else in the past.

Past Perfect Continuous

Example:

• He had been to Berlin once in 1989 before he moved there in 1992.

• How long had you been waiting to get on the bus?

• Cause of Something in the Past

The Past Perfect Continuous before another action in the past is a good way to show cause and effect.

Example:

• Jame was tired because she had been running.

• Jenny failed test because she hadn’t been reading

Past Perfect Continuous

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Used to vs.

Be/Get used to

Used to

Structure: S. + used to + V.infinitive

We use this expression to talk about habits or repeated actions in the past which we don't do in the present and use it for something that was true but no longer is.

The infinitive form of a verb is the base form of a verb.

Example

• I used to have long hair.

= Now I have short hair.

• They used to live in India.

= Now they don’t live in India.

Be/Get used to

Structure : S. + be + Noun or Gerund.

We use this expression to talk about things which feel normal for us or things that we are accustomed to.

Gerund is a verb ending in –ing but it has the same function as a noun.

Structure : S. + get + Noun or Gerund.

We use this expression to talk about things that we are becoming accustomed to it.

Example

• I'm used to getting up early.= Getting up early is normal for me.

• I’m getting used to driving on the right.

= Driving on the right is becoming normal for me.

Practice

Past Simple & Past Continuous

1.Yesterday, John _____ (go) home,_____ (turn) on

his computer, and ______ (check) email.

2.I _______ (cycle) home yesterday when suddenly

a man _____ (step) out into the road in front of me.

went turned

checked

was cycling

stepped

Practice

Past Perfect & Past Perfect Continuous

3. The baby _________ (cry) for half an hour

before we went home.

4. The meeting _______(start) when the director arrived.

had been crying

had started

1. He several books a month but he

doesn't have time any more.

A. used to read B. was use to reading

C. got use to reading D. used to reading

2. When you went to Canada in winter, did it take you

long to the climate?

A. used B. used to

C. get used to D. be used to

PracticeA. used to read

C. get used to