Past Tenses

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Past Tenses
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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
• 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.
• Past actions which will not be repeated
• E.g. Monroe starred in The Seven Year Itch.

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Past Simple Tense- positive -

• I
• You
• He/She/It verbed or V2
• We
• You
• They
• E.g She played the piano.
• E.g I went to the shop.

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Past Simple Tense- question forms -

• I
• You
• He/She/It
• DID We V1?
• You
• They
• E.gDid you go to the cinema?

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Past Simple Tense- negative -

• I
• You
• He/She/It
• We DID NOT V1
• You (DIDNT)
• They
• E.g They did not come to the party.

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Past Simple Tense - adverbs of frequency -

• Yesterday
• Last (year, month, Monday, week)
• (two days, three weeks) ago

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II. Past Continuous Tense -
definitions/1 -

• Past action in progress at a given point in
  time
• E.g. She was working at 8 oclock in the
  evening.
• 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.
• Polite requests
• E.g. I was wondering if you could help me.

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Past Continuous - positive -

• I WAS
• You WERE
• He/She/It WAS verbING
• We WERE
• You WERE
• They WERE
• E.g. I was playing the piano.

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Past Continuous - question forms -

• WAS I
• WERE You
• WAS he/she/it verbING?
• WERE we
• WERE you
• WERE they

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Past Continuous - negative -

• I WAS
• You WERE
• He/She/It WAS NOT verbING
• We WERE
• You WERE
• They WERE
• !! Was not wasnt
• Were not werent!!