Simple Past
_____________ you ___________ breakfast yesterday?
did/eat
the auxiliary verb for Past Progressive is:
verb to be in past
When do we use Past Perfect tense ?
in the first action, which was completed before the second one began
The Present Perfect Progressive is mostly use to __________________ the _____________ of the action.
emphasize/ duration
I haven´t done my project ___________.
yet
No, they ________ ______ shopping yesterday. (go)
didn´t go
The main verb for in Past Progressive is:
ing
I ___________sushi before I went to Japan. (try)
had tried
The auxiliaries for Past Perfect Progressive are:
had/ been
Have you ____________ travelled to Europe?
ever
I __________________ TV last week.
watched
__________ you ___________ all night long? (sleep)
were/sleeping
Auxiliary verb for Past Perfect tense.
had
Alan _____________ cricket for 18 years before he retired. (play)
had been playing
I have _______________ been in Japan. (negative), but some day I will.
never
when the action happened in the past and is over.
I was studying when the phone ___________ (ring)
rang
´d is the contraction for had .
True or False
true
Write the structure for questions in Past Perfect Progressive tense.
Had+s+been+verb ing+complement?
I have ___________ finished eatting.(at this moment)
just
We _______ ______ to the movies. We ________ to the mall instead. (go)
didn´t go/ went
When do we use Past Progressive Tense ?
In actions were in progress at special time in the past
I _______________about that movie.(negative /know)
hadn´t known
Complete the sentence using contraction in the first auxiliary verb.
I ____________ been __________ (do) the homework since last week.
´d /doing
I have studied for the exam ________________ .
already.