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.
Make this a question: She played volleyball.
Did she play volleyball?
Which sentence uses past continuous?
- I ate dinner yesterday.
- I was eating dinner at 8:00.
I was eating dinner at 8:00.
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.
Make this negative and say what tense : I ate dinner.
I did not eat dinner - Past Simple
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 used with the present perfect.
Ever/Never
Just/Already/Yet
Recently/Lately
So far/Up to now
Give an example of past continuous interrogative.
Example: Was he working at 10 am?
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
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.
What is the structure of past continuous interrogative? How do you form it?
Was/Were + subject + verb-ing?
Ex: Was she playing soccer at 9 pm?
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
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.
Put this in negative and say which tense it is : I have seen that movie.
I have not seen that movie - Present Perfect
Complete: We ______ (not finish) our homwork yet.
AND what tense is correct?
have not finished
Present Perfect