Past Simple
True or False
Past simple tense is used for actions that happened in the past and continue up in the present
False
That is the use of present perfect. Past simple is used for complete/finished actions in the past.
True or False
This tense is used for actions in progress at a specific moment in the past.
True
True or False
Past Simple and Past Continuous are used together to describe a short action (in past continuous) which interrupts a longer action in progress (past simple).
False
The short action is in past simple and the long action is in past continuous.
True or False
"While" is normally used before a past simple sentence.
False
True or False
We use the Past Perfect tense to talk about complete acitons which happened at a stated time in the past
False
We use the Past Perfect tense to talk about acitons which happened before another action in the past. It is the past of the past.
True or False
There are regular and irregular verbs in English. The regular verbs take the suffix "-ed" in the past.
True
What is the structure of the Past Continuous tense?
Subject + to be in past (was/were) + verb-ing
What two linking words do we use to connect a past simple sentence to a past continuous sentence.
When and while
While or When
.......... I was on my way to school, I found a lost puppy.
While
What is the structure of the Past Perfect tense?
Subject + HAD + verb in past participle
Spell the past tense of the verb "catch"
C - A - U - G - H - T
I _______(study) while my dad ________(watch) TV last night.
I was studying while my dad was watching TV last night.
The doorbell..........(ring) while I...........(take) a shower.
rang / was taking
While or When
We were recording a video ........... the lights went out.When
We ______ (see)the movie before, so we watched a comedy show instead.
We had seen the movie before, so we watched a comedy show instead.
My favorite movie ................. (not win) an award at the Oscars yesterday.
didn't win
True or False
There are two types of verbs; action and state verbs. Both can be used in past continuous.
False
Only action verbs can be used in past continuous.
While he .................... (sleep), we ................ (draw) a moustache on his face.
was sleeping / drew
When or while
Jacob was studying yesterday ................ suddenly his mom arrived.
when
He ______ (live) here for three years by the time we met.
He had lived here for three years by the time we met.
Mention three time expressions used in Past Simple
Any phrase with "Ago", "Last", "in + (time in the past)" or "yesterday"
_____ you _____ (listen) while the teacher ______ (talk)?
Were you listening while the teacher was talking?
Charlie .............. (hurt) his knee while he ................. (play) football.
hurt / was playing
When or while
............... Sarah was reading, Amy was watching TV.
While
By the time Bob________ (get) to the party, everyone ______ (go)home.
By the time Bob GOT to the party, everyone HAD GONE home.