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GRAMMAR. Past Forms Past Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect Past Perfect Continuous past actions which happened one after the other She
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1.Study the following tables.
Past Forms
| Past Simple | Past Continuous | Past Perfect | Past Perfect Continuous |
| past actions which happened one after the other She sealed the letter, put a stamp on it and posted it. | action in the middle of happening at a stated past time He was playingtennis at 4.30 yesterday. | past action which occurred before another action or before a stated past time He had leftby the time I got there. (or by 8.15) | action continuing over a period up to a specific time in the past She had been working as a clerk for 10 years before she resigned. |
| past habit or state He used to go/went to school on foot. complete action or event which happened at a stated past time She called an hour ago.(When? An hour ago) | past action in progress interrupted by another past action. The longer action is in the Past Continuous, the shorter action is in the Past Simple. While I was getting dressed the bell rang. | complete past action which had visible results in the past She was sad because she had failedthe test. | past action of certain duration which had visible results in the past They were wet because they had been walking in the rain. |
| action which happened at a definite past time although the time is not mentioned. This action is not connected with the present. Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays. (Shakespeare is now dead; he won’t write again. – period of time now finished) | two or more simultaneous past actions While I was sunbathing,Tim was swimming. or background description to events in a story She was flying to Paris. The sun was shining. | the Past Perfect is the past equivalent of the Present Perfect (He can’t find his watch. He has lost it.) He couldn’t find his watch. He had lostit. | the Past Perfect Continuous is the past equivalent of the Present Perfect Continuous (She is going to the doctor. Her leg has been aching for two days.) She went to the doctor. Her leg had been achingfor two days. |
Time expressions used with:
| Past Simple | yesterday, last week etc, (how long) ago, then, just now, when, in 1986 etc. |
| Past Continuous | while, when, as etc. |
| Past Perfect | for, since, already, after, just, never, yet, before, by, by the time etc. |
| Past Perfect Continuous | for, since |
2.Add – (e)d to the words, put them in the correct column, then read them out.
like, cry, play, dance, stop, fry, smile, rob,
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