Past simple v past perfect simple or past continuous
Time conjunctions as, then , as soon as
gelert
Rules from unit 2
miscell.
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I walk....
I walked;
I have walked;
I was walking
100
= at the same time
as
100
Who was Gelert?
The dog of Prince LLewelyn;
Prince llewelyn's dog
100
tense used for an action that happened at one moment in the past
past simple
100
Amy ......... me that the food here is great.
Amy tells me that the food here is great
200
I know
I knew;
I have known;
not used ... I was knowing
200
= at exactly the same moment
as soon as
200
What was Prince lleweyn's mistake
He thought that Gelert had killed his baby son.
200
we often use .............while/ where / when or why with the past simple?
when
200
Sorry I'm late I ..........the bus
Sorry I'm late I missed the bus ...., ( NOT LOST)
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While I .............home, I ........ Maria at the bus stop
walk; meet
While I was walking home, I met Maria at the bus stop.
300
= the next moment
then
300
Save or safe?
Prince Llewelyn organised (past simple) a great ceremony to bury the dog that ....... his sons life
Prince Llewelyn organised (past simple) a great ceremony to bury the dog that had saved (past perfect simple) his sons life
save is a verb;
safe is an adjective that means not in danger
300
what tense do we use for a background action or description in the past
past continuous
300
fall out with your friend means:
have a fight with your friend?
stop being friends with your friend?
stop being friends with your friend
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While I .............home, I ........ Maria at the bus stop, she .......... to the cinema with her friends
walk; meet; be
While I was walking home, I met Maria at the bus stop, she had been to the cinema with her friends
400
write a sentance using a time conjuntion.
the dog started barking. I got to the gate
As soon as I got to the gate the dog started barking.
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did the fight happen when LLewelyn looked around the room or before?
He looked around the room and saw that there had been a fight
before ... thats why we use the past perfect simple.
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When Mike arrived at the station the train ............
When Mike arrived at the station the train had left
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say or tell?
Can you ....... me what it means?
Can you tell me what it means
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How de you make the tenses:
past perfect simple
past continuous
past perfect continuous
had + past participle ( I had done);
to be (past) + verb ing ( I was doing);
had + to be (past) + verb ing ( I had been doing)
eg . At last the bus came. I had been waiting for 20 minutes.
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use a time conjuntion to make a sentence
I looked up. Something hit me on the head
As I looked up something hit me on the head
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Gelert hadn't killed his son he ......... the baby and ...... the wolf
(hide / kill)
Gelert hadn't killed his son he had hidden the baby and killed the wolf
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When they ........home, the dog ......... their dinner ( get, eat)
When they got home, the dog had eaten their dinner ( get, eat)