Transcript Talking about the past

Talking about the
past
Verb tenses
Simple past
Form: -ed/ second line of irregular verbs chart:
They played tennis yesterday
Did they play tennis yesterday?
They did not play tennis yesterday
Meaning:
 Past action or event
 Sequenced past actions
Past continuous
Form:
– I/you was/were working
– Were they working?
– She was not working
Meaning
– To describe an activity that occurred in an specific
time in the past
– To describe an activity that has been interrupted by a
shorter one
– To describe a scene when narrating a story
Present perfect
Form:
– I have seen the film
– Has she gone to work?
– They have not worked today
Meaning:
- When you are concerned with the
present effects of something which
happened at a time in the past
Present perfect continuous
Form:
– I have been living here for a long time
– Has she been waiting long?
– They have not been studying lately
Meaning:
- When you want to emphasize how
long something has been happening
Past perfect
Form:
– I had been there before
– Had she seen the film?
– We had not studied before the exam
Meaning:
- A past action that happened
before another past action
Past perfect continuous
Form:
– I had been working all day
– Had she been sleeping well?
– They had not been playing badly
Meaning:
- When you want to emphasize
how long something had been
happening
A joke!!!!
A man inserted an advertisement in the
classified: "Wife Wanted." The next day
he received a hundred letters. They all
said the same thing: "You can have
mine."
How would you change the joke
into a feminist one?
Questionnaire
Give marks up to 10 points being 1 the worst mark and 10 the
best possible. Thank you!!!
1.
Was the presentation clear and easy to understand?
2.
Did you understand the form of the verbs shown?
- Past simple/continuous
- Present perfect/continuous
- Past perfect/continuous
3.
Did you understand the meaning of the verbs shown?
- Past simple
- Past continuous
- Present perfect
- Present perfect continuous
- Past perfect
- Past perfect continuous
4. Have you paid more attention than you would to
the blackboard?
5. Was it a boring presentation?
6. Has the presentation helped you to understand
the past tenses?
7. What things of the presentation would you
change to make it better? Write any personal
comment