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What is the Simple Past used for?
To talk about finished actions in the past.
What is the Past Continuous used for?
To talk about an unfinished action in the past, or an action that got interrupted.
What is the Past Perfect used for?
To talk about an action in the past that happened before a previous action also in the past.
What is the auxiliary verb for the Simple Past?
did/didn't
What is the auxiliary verb for the Past Continuous?
was/were wasn't/weren't
What is the auxiliary verb for the Past Perfect?
had/hadn't
What is the form of the verb used in the Simple Past?
Past form (ed/d or irregular)
What is the form of verb used in the Past Continuous?
verb + ing
What is the form of verb used in the Past Perfect?
Past participle (3rd column)
Is it possible to use all tenses in one sentence?
Yes. (e.g. By the time we got home, the show had already ended, and Alex was cooking dinner.)
Complete: By the time Mariah arrived at the stadium, the game _____ already _______. (start)
had/started
Complete: I couldn't believe Jonah ____ _____ malaria. (get)
had gotten
Complete: Yesterday I was __________ the garden when it ________ to rain. (clean/start)
cleaning/started
Complete: The cat ____ ______ out of the window when I ______ home. (jump/arrive)
had jumped / arrived
Complete: The family ____ ______ when they _______ to turn on the TV. (chat/decide)
was chatting / decided
Unscramble: MET / BEFORE / HIM / SHE / PARTY / THE
She had met him before the party.
Unscramble: WRITTEN / HAD / APOLOGIZED / EMAIL / I / BEFORE / HE / AN
I had written an email before he apologized.
Unscramble: LANA / IN / PARK / RAN / THE / LAST / MORNING
Lana ran in the park last morning.
Unscramble: LISTENING / THEY / TO / CD / A / WERE
They were listening to a CD.
Unscramble: BOTH / COMPLETED / OF / THE / THEM / TEST / TEACHER / BEFORE / HAD / THE / ASKED / IT / FOR
They had both completed the test before the teacher asked for it.
Create a sentence using the Simple Past (at least 5 words)
e.g. Marina broke her leg yesterday
Create a sentence using the Past Continuous (at least 8 words)
e.g. I was watching TV when I heard a noise in the kitchen.
Create a sentence using Past Perfect (at least 10 words)
By the time Sara got home, her car had already been stolen.
Create a mixed sentence using Simple Past and Past Continuous
Created a mixed sentence using Simple Past and Past Perfect
e.g. I tried to call her, but she had already left the house.