Past Simple
What is the past simple used for?
Describing an finished action in the past
What tense describes an action happening at a specific past moment?
Past continuous
Do you say a specific time when using present perfect?
No - I have visited my grandma many times NOT I have visited my grandma yesterday.
True or false: Past perfect is used to explain reasons.
TRUE - example: I was tired because I had studied all night.
Past perfect is used to show an action happened before another past action
- I had finished my homework before my mom came home
In reported speech
- He said he had seen the movie before.
Which sentence uses past perfect:
- I had eaten dinner before I watched a movie.
- I have eaten dinner already.
I had eaten dinner before I watched a movie.
Correct : He go to the cinema yesterday.
He WENT to the cinema yesterday.
Complete : I ________ (walk) when it started to rain.
I WAS WALKING when it started to rain.
Fill in : We ____ never ____ sushi. (eat)
We have never eaten sushi.
Give one example of a time expression - keyword - used with Past Perfect.
Before - after - by the time - when - until
What tense is used to talk about two actions happening at the same time in the past?
Past Continuous
- Example: She was reading while he was cooking.
Form a sentence using ´did´ : "you - like - the movie?"
Did you like the movie?
What is the structure of past continuous? How do you form it?
was \ were + verb-ing
Name one keyword/time expression used with the present perfect.
Ever/Never
Just/Already/Yet
Recently/Lately
So far/Up to now
What is the structure of past perfect? How do you form it?
Had + past participle
- example: I had gone to school before it started raining.
When one action in the past was interrupted by another which tense interrupts? Ex: They were watching TV when I called.
Past simple interrupts past continuous
Give an example of two regular verbs and one irregular verbs and put them in past simple.
walk - walked
play - played
see - saw
Combine : They - play basketball - when the lights went out.
They were playing basketball when the lights went out.
Change to present perfect: She moved to Madrid. (still lives there)
She has moved to Madrid.
Had started
Correct the verb: I have visited my grandma yesterday.
I visited my grandma yesterday.
- a specific time mentioned and it was finished in the past
Change to past simple: She writes a letter.
She WROTE a letter.
Complete : She _______ (study) while they _______ (watch) TV.
She was studying while they were watching TV.
What is the structure of Present Perfect? How do you form it?
Have-has + past participle
-example : I have seen that movie.
Correct: When I had arrived, she had left.
When I arrived, she had left.
- only the FIRST action uses past perfect
Complete: We ______ (not finish) our homwork yet.
AND what tense is correct?
have not finished
Present Perfect