Past Tense +
He goes to France every year. (last year)
He went to France last year.
Answer: Yes, I did my homework.
Please ask the question.
Did you do your homework?
Change this into a negative sentence: I went to the party last night.
I didn´t go to the party last night.
Past Perfect Tense:
Sam was was supposed to finish his homework before he watched TV.
USE a form of "has" to show that Sam did what he was supposed to do before doing what he wanted to do.
Yes, Sam had finished his homework before he watched TV.
USE the verb take in a sentence that shows a "state of being" and NOT an action.
Example: It takes two to tango.
Every Saturday, I meet my friends. (last Saturday)
Last Saturday, I met my friends.
Answer: No, I did not eat breakfast this morning.
Please ask the question.
Did you eat breakfast this morning?
Change this into a negative sentence: I drank 3 cups of coffee.
I didn´t drink 3 cups of coffee.
Past Progressive (Continuous)
Between 9:00 and 12:00 this morning, Mandy and Mindy never stopped playing tennis.
Use 2 verbs to fill in the blank so as to show that the action was continuous:
They __________ tennis for that that entire time.
They were playing tennis for that entire time.
USE the verb know in a sentence that shows a "state of being" and NOT an action.
Example:
Nathan knows nothing about nuclear noodles.
We're going to buy you a birthday present.
We bought you a birthday present.
Answer: No, they weren't worried about the exam.
Were they worried about the exam?
Change this into a negative sentence: She caught the ball in the match.
She didn´t catch the ball in the match.
Past Progressive:
Were you sleeping off that hangover all afternoon?
ANSWER with a sentence that uses the infinitive verb ending -ing.
Yes, I was sleeping off a hangover all afternoon.
OR
No, I was not sleeping off a hangover all afternoon
USE the verb imagine in a sentence that shows a "state of being" and NOT an action.
EXAMPLE:
I can't imagine why Ethan would eat a raw eel.
She sleeps at her friend´s house everyday.
She slept at her friend's house yesterday.
Answer: Yes, the movie was interesting last night.
Please ask the question.
Was the movie interesting last night?
Change this into a negative sentence: I swam in the sea yesterday.
I didn´t swim in the sea yesterday.
Past Perfect
You worked at ABC Company and, before that, at XYZ Company. How long did you work at XYZ?
Answer using the past form of "has."
I had worked at XYZ Company for 10 years.
Harvey couldn't touch the number of fish Rod caught during the fishing contest at Lake Lumpit.
REWRITE this this to make touch an ACTION verb.
EXAMPLE:
If Harvey touched all the fish Rod caught, he would be touching a lot of fish. (Ick!)
If my sister loses her new pencil, I will give her one of mine.
My sister lost her new pencil, so I gave her one of mine.
What did you learn in English class?
I learnt... [FINISH the SENTENCE.]
Change this into a negative: I thought the video was funny.
I didn´t think the video was funny.
Past Perfect Progressive (Continuous)
Before going up stairs to clean house, Sally's mum had told Sally to keep clean, but now Sally was covered in mud.
Using "had been," tell us (1.) Sally's condition when her mum left her AND (2.) what had she been doing before her mum saw her again.
1.) Sally had been clean.
2.) Sally had been jumping into mud puddles (playing in mud).
In McDonald's advertising slogan,"I'm loving it." grammatically correct?
No and Yes.
No: As a "stative verb"(indicating a state of being), love doesn't have a progressive version.
Yes: As an idiom or part of colloquial (informal) English, it's as acceptable as any other butchery of English in the name of capitalist profiteering.