Transcript Past

Past
Ershova Ekaterina.
Form 8 A
Purposes
Investigate all the aspects of the
Past Tense
Use of the Past Tense
Testing
Active
Past
Simple
Progressive
Perfect
Perfect
Progressive
V2
Was/were +
V-ing
had V3
had been
V-ing
Passive
Past
Simple
Progressive
Perfect
was/were
+V3
was/were had been +
being + V3
V3
Past Simple
(I did)
Use: to talk about action or situation in
the Past.
………………………………….. (Регулярное)
Positive
I walked with
my friends
yesterday.
Negative
I didn’t walk
with my
friends
yesterday.
Question
Did I walk
with my
friends
yesterday?
Be - was/were
Positive
I was
You were
He/she/it was
We, you, they were
Negative
I wasn’t
You wasn’t
He/she/it wasn’t
We, you, they weren’t
Conclusion: no auxiliary verb.
Past Progressive
(I was doing)
Use: a temporary action in the Past.
(Процесс)
Positive
I was walking
with my
friends when I
saw him.
Negative
I wasn’t
walking with
my friends
when I saw
him.
Question
Was I walking
with my
friends when I
saw him?
Some verbs are used only in
simple tenses:
want
need
prefer
know
realise
believe
like
love
hate
suppose
mean
understand
belong
see
hear
remember
forget
seem
Past Perfect
(I had done)
Use: to say that something had already
before this time.
(Завершённое)
Positive
Negative
Question
I 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
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.
Question
How long had I
been walking
when my mother
come home?
Test
1. My husband (work) in the bank for
three years since 1990 to 1993:
a. was worked
b. had worked
c. worked
2. I (get) to the market myself last time, but
now I don’t remember how to get there.
a. getted
b. goted
c. got
3. When I arrived, Tom (speak) over the
phone.
a. Spoke
b. Speaking
c. was speaking
4. The house he … was of a modern design.
a. was built
b. built
c. had built
5. While my son (wait) for my call, somebody
knocked at the door.
a. had waited
b. was waiting
c. waited
Thank you for attention!
Resource
«State Exam. Maximiser», Pearson
«Longman»
«English Grammar In Use», Moscow
Jill Albiker Shannon, «Титул», 1998