Transcript Prime 5 - Unit 3 - Review on Past Tenses

Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
Relationship of
Past Events/Actions
to Each Other
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
Past Tenses - Examples
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3 Simple Past
1) When I arrived, they were talking
about me.
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1 Past Continuous
2) When I arrived, they had been
talking about me for an hour.
4 Past Perfect
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3) When I arrived, they talked about
me.
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2 Past Perfect
Continuous
4) When I arrived, they had talked
about me.
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
Past Tenses - Formulas
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3 Simple Past
1) had been + present participle
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2 Past Continuous
2) was/were + present participle
4 Past Perfect
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3) verb + ed (*regular verbs)
1 Past Perfect
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Continuous
4) had + past participle
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
Past Tenses - Use
Action 1: I arrived.
Action 2: They talked about me.
Simple Past
► Action 2 occurring right after action 1.
When I arrived, they talked about me..
(First, I arrived. Then they started talking about me.)
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
Past Tenses - Use
Action 1: I arrived.
Action 2: They talked about me.
Past Continuous
► Action 2 continuing at the same time as action 1.
When I arrived, they were talking about me..
(They started talking about me before I arrived. When I
arrived, they were still talking about me.)
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
Past Tenses - Use
Action 1: I arrived.
Action 2: They talked about me.
Past Perfect
► Action 2 occurring before action 1.
When I arrived, they had talked about me..
(They started and finished talking about me before I
arrived. I didn’t see them talking about me.)
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
Past Tenses - Use
Action 1: I arrived.
Action 2: They talked about me.
Past Perfect Continuous
► Action 2 occurring during some time before action 1.
When I arrived, they had been talking about me
for one hour..
(They were talking about me for one hour. Then I arrived. I
didn’t see them talking about me for that first hour.)
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
COMPARE
Simple Past (verb + ed )
► Action 2 occurring right after action 1.
When I arrived, they talked about me..
(First, I arrived. Then they started talking about me.)
Past Continuous (was/were + present participle )
► Action 2 continuing at the same time as action 1.
When I arrived, they were talking about me..
(They started talking about me before I arrived. When I
arrived, they were still talking about me.)
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
Complete the sentences with the simple past or the past
continuous.
was cooking
1) My mother _______________
(cook) something when I
walked into the room. The smell of the food was wonderful.
cooked
2) My mother _______________
(cook) something when I
walked into the room. She said she was waiting for me to help
her decide what she would make for dinner.
almost had
3) I _______________
(have, almost) a car accident last night.
was driving (drive) down Washington Avenue when
I _______________
saw
suddenly I _______________
(see) a car in my lane. It
was coming
stepped
_______________
(come) right at my car. I _______________
swerved
(step) on the brakes and _______________
(swerve) to the
just missed
right. The other car _______________
(miss, just) my car at
about an inch.
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
COMPARE
Simple Past (verb + ed )
► Action 2 occurring right after action 1.
When I arrived, they talked about me..
(First, I arrived. Then they started talking about me.)
Past Perfect (had + past participle )
► Action 2 occurring before action 1.
When I arrived, they had talked about me..
(They started and finished talking about me before I arrived. I
didn’t see them talking about me.)
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
Complete the sentences with the simple past or the past perfect.
cooked
1) My mother _______________
(cook) something when I
walked into the room. She said she was waiting for me to help
her decide what she would make for dinner.
had cooked
2) My mother _______________ (cook) something when I
walked into the room. The food was waiting for me on the table.
had been
3) He _______________ (be) a newspaper reporter before he
became
_______________
(become) a businessman.
felt
4) I _______________
(feel) a little better after I
hadtook
taken
_______________
(take) the medicine.
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
COMPARE
Past Perfect (had + past participle )
► Action 2 occurring before action 1.
When I arrived, they had talked about me..
(They started and finished talking about me before I arrived. I
didn’t see them talking about me.)
Past Perfect Continuous (had been + present participle )
► Action 2 occurring during some time before action 1.
When I arrived, they had been talking about me for one hour..
(They were talking about me for one hour. Then I arrived. I
didn’t see them talking about me for that first hour.)
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
Complete the sentences with the past perfect or the past perfect
continuous.
1) My mother _______________
had cooked
(cook) something when I
walked into the room. The food was waiting for me on the table.
hadhad
been
cooked
cooking (cook) something for more
2) My mother _______________
than one hour when I walked in the room. She was already
exhausted, so I helped her finish preparing the food.
hadhad
been
cooked
cooking (cook) something for more
3) My mother _______________
than one hour when I walked in the room. She was exhausted,
but the dish looked wonderful!
had worked
4) Michael _______________
(work) as a lawyer before he
hadhad
been
worked
working (work) in that
became a singer. In fact, he _______________
company for more than 10 years.
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
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COMPARE ALL THE PAST TENSES
Simple Past (verb + ed )
► Action 2 occurring right after
action 1.
When I arrived, they talked about
me..
Past Continuous
(was/were + present participle )
► Action 2 continuing at the same
time as action 1.
When I arrived, they were talking
about me..
Past Perfect
(had + past participle )
►
Action 2 occurring before action
1.
When I arrived, they had talked
about me..
Past Perfect Continuous
(had been + present participle ) ►
Action 2 occurring during some
time before action 1.
When I arrived, they had been
talking about me for one hour..
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Match the pictures with their corresponding sentences.
c
a
b
a
When Ellen arrived home, Mark
cooked dinner.
b
When Ellen arrived home, Mark
was cooking dinner.
c
When Ellen arrived home, Mark
had cooked dinner.
Thomas Prime 5 – Unit 3
Past Tenses
Complete the sentences with the BEST past tense.
had already given
1) I was late. The teacher ____________________
(already
got
/give) a quiz when I ____________________
(get) to class.
were still sleeping
2) The kids ____________________
(still / sleep) when their
called
father _______________
(call). And I didn’t want to wake them
up, so they didn’t talk to him.
3) My mother ____________________
slept
(sleep) when I
____________________
(arrive) home. She was always
arrived
anxious about what could happen to me. As for my father, he
didn’t seem to worry. When I arrived home from parties, he
____________________
(already / go) to bed.
had already gone
4) I ____________________
hadhad
been
studied
studying
(study) English for almost 2 years
when I first____________________
(travel) abroad.
traveled
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