@ Past time: past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, would, used to / be/get used to Use Example Tom and iplayed a game of chess adhe won. Did you collet stamps when you were younger? ‘A famous footballer lived in our house before we bought it. Crosswords didn’t become popular untithe 1930s Tere blew he whistled simon pesed te bal James who ran towards Single completed actions Habits in the past Permanent situations in the past (General truths and facts about the past The main events in a story Y_ Welast 5-0 but atleast we did get ito the final. Use \ CE Wecan also use didin past simple statements for emphasis. syeach O88 ‘Why dnt youwinyourmatch esterday? did win Who tld ou dit?” Example Actions happening at a particular moment in the past. ‘Temporary situations in the past ‘Annoying past habits (usually with always) ‘Actions in progress over a period of time ‘Two actions in progress atthe same time Background information in astory ‘Atfve o'clock, | was reading my new book reg was living in London atthe time. When we were young, my brother was always borrowing my toys Daniel was playing video games all morning yesterday. Were Uila and he friends playing Monopoly while we were playing Draught? The sun was shining and the birds were singing. Lisa opened the window and ooked out. {© When one action in the pastnterrupts another action in progress we use the past simple and the past continuous together. is Past perfect simple Situations and states before the past ‘Completed actions before a momentin the past ‘Completed actions where the important thing's the resuit ata moment inthe past "Twas playing on my computer when sun eashed. {© Wedo not use the pastcontinuous for reauar or repeated actionsin the past Mien we were on holiday. we played voleybal every doy. {© We do not usualy use stative verb in continuous tenses See Unit 1,page 7. Example We'd lived next tothe gym fora couple af months before| decided to join. "id already bought the computer game when |sawit was cheaper in ‘another shop. We didn fel ike playing Scrabble becouse we had just finished along ‘of Menopaly.Past ume: past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, past perfect continous, woud, used to / be/get used to Unit 3 {© There is often ttle or no difference in meaning between the past perfect simple and the past simple. ‘7 Weld lived next to the gym fora couple of months before | decided to join. ‘7 Wellved next tothe gym fora couple of months before decided to jon, © After we have used the past perfect simple once, we often then use the past simple instead of Continuing to use the past perfec. had already had one lying lesson, which was great fur, and 2 knew immediately that wanted to get mypilot licence. (© Phrases such as it was the first/second/etc time... ae followed by the past perfect simple. 17 Itwas the second time fd been on aplane. Example When you saw us, we had been running for sixmiles~ ond we stilhad a mile to go! ‘Sarah looked tred becouse she had been exercising all morning. ‘Actions continuing up to a moment inthe past Actions stopping just before a momentin the past Use Example Past habits particularlyfor the distant past | When/was very young my grandfather would take me to the park to play '® We dor't often use would in questions or negative statements with this meaning. In negative 7 Wewould never play games together as.a family when | was growing up. Use Example Past habits and states particularly forthe distant past _| My mother used to play alot of quash before was bor. \~ 2Z®@ Totalk about a past state, we can use used to, ut net would. < oi We used to have a house that was right next to the park. Hewould haveahouse that wasrightnentte the park Example [didn't ike being the goalkeeper at first but now I'm used tot.AA Circle the correct word or phrase. | saw / was seeing Maria for the first time at Ray's birthday party. Richard watched / was watching TV when the phone rang. When we were on holiday, we went / were going to the café almost every day. Denise practised / was practising the song every day until she could sing it perfectly. ‘The phone was engaged when | called. Who did you talk / were you talking to? Mr Connors owned / was owning two houses and a villain the south of France. | did J was doing my homework as soon as | got home from school. ‘Acar came round the corner and | jumped / was jumping out of the way When my dad met my mum, he worked / was working as a bus driver. | got / was getting up at six o'clock every morning last week! ‘My cousin and | played / were playing on the computer when there was a power cut. ‘No, that’ not right.| did pass / was passing the test.| gota B. B Complete using the correct form of the verb in brackets. C cir Where ----ssssews (yOu /go) when | saw you on the bus lastnight? ea (you / enjoy) the film? ‘When we shared a room, Zoé womans (Always / take) my things. It was 50 annoying! When | went to get the tickets, | realised. ~~ (not /have) any money. When | was young,we ~ (go) to France every year on holiday Enis (become) famous for the song Bie Suede Shoes. When you rang last night ssusnnnnune (OPK) inthe garden 50| didn't hear ~- (heat) from Davina lastnight. She says hello, (appear) to be very tired and he slowly sat down. (throw) a surprise party for my brother last Saturday. icle the correct word or phrase. Dear Lisa, ‘Thanks for your etter: | (1) just left / had just left for school wher | esw the postman and he (2) gave / had given it to me. I was realy furry! | (3) read / had read it during maths and it (4) made / had made me augh. | almost (5) got / had got in troublel Anyway, 'm excited because | (6) had / had had my first judo lesson yesterday, | (7) was ‘Thad been late for the lesson because when | (8) got / had got there, | suddenly realised 1 (9) lee 1 had left my judo sult at home! So (10) went had gone all the way home and when |(11) got / had got back, the lesson (12) already began / had already begun. The instructor was really nce, though, and | (13) learned / had learned how to do some basic ‘throws. Can't wat tll next time! What about you and your tackwondo? The last time | (14) epoke / had spoken to you, you (15) talked / had talked about giving 't up. What (16) did you decide / had you decided? | think that’s all for now My mum and | are going shopping shortly, eo Id better post this, ‘Speak to you soon, Love, Charlotte_— ‘Post ime: past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, would, used to /be/get used to Unit 3 D Complete using the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous of the verbs in the box. You may need to use a negative form. feat « stay « wait « know » write « see « listen » get» have « run By the time he died, Beethoven ...... ‘We chose the Hotel Rio because we. _- nine symphonies. . there before. we for over an hour when the train finally arrived. Iwas completely out of breath because | 1 the film before, so | knew how it ended. ‘When he got married, JOnMSOM nn ‘moment came. ‘Chris for about two years. ready for the race for six months and finally the big Vivian computer lessons for very long so she wasn't sure how to use the Internet. Holly ano .- oysters before, so she wasn't sure what to do with them. 1 sennnnae tO MY NEW CD for a few minutes when the CD player started ‘making a funny noise. E Choose the correct answer. 1 Mybrotherand! imming almost every day last summer. A went B had been going © were going D had gone We -annnn when someone knocked at the door. A talked B had talked C were talking D were talked When the robbery happened, the security guard... | A slept 8 wassleeping © hadslept D wasslept Jack noon chess before s0 | showed him what to do. A hadnttbeen playing B didnt play wasnt playing D hadrit played wasnt sure how Belinda would react, because |... her long. A didnt know B_ wasn’t knowing hadn't been knowing D hadn't known [aN semen at the factory long when he was made a manager. A hadn't been working B. wasn't working didnt work D wasn't worked wanted to say goodbye to Jerry, but he A was already left B already left had already been leaving D had already left When we got to the airport. realised [none MY passport at home! A wasleft B had eft C left D had been leavingF Circle the incorrect words or phrases and rewrite them correctly. 1. {had paint on my shoes because Id painted my bedroom all morning. issed the start of the film because | buy popcorn. twas obvious that Bill has worked because he was very tired when | saw him. We had been tidying the garden for hours and I was needing a rest. When the bus was arriving, we missed it because we were talking, During the Christmas holiday, was eating too much and watching too much TV! Julian was learning all about computer games by the time he was six. My grandfather was owning a hotel by the beach until he sold it ast year. Circle the correct word or phrase. * When she was a girl my mum would / used to live in a village. | really can't be / get used to having a new baby brother. People would / are used to die of diseases in the past that we can cure today. ‘There would / used to be a cinema on this corner, but they knocked it down. twas strange at first, but Im used to play / playing the bagpipes now. Didn't you use to / be used to have blonde hair? Christopher was being / getting used to the idea of joining the army. People never would / used to be so worried about crime in this area. Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that ithas a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap. People walked more fifty years ago than they donow. would Fifty years ago, . than they do now. ‘My parents wouldn't let me stay out late when |was young. used: My parents letme stay outlate when Iwas young. Did you know that Carol played basketball for her country? to Did you know that Carol country? Sending messages around the world instantly sno longer unusual. got we. _ messages around the world instantly. When he was ateacher, my dad often used to get home quitelate. would When he was a teacher, my dad Do you think you could learn to live without your mobile phone? used Do you thinkyou could =~» without your mobile phone? basketball for her quite late.‘Pact ime: past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, would, used to /be/get used to Unit 3 7. Inthe past, people wouldn't go as far away on holiday as they do today. use Inthe past, people enn svnvmnmnsnne a fat away On holiday as they do today. 8 This town hasa lot more cinemas than ithad in the past. used This tOW sennnen a so many cinemas. the extra word in each line. Childhood Childhood would used to be quite different from what itis today. Young people didnt use not to have so much leisure time. Today's children may complain about their schoolwork, but our great-grandparents would to go ‘out to work ata very young age. They had often been left school by the time they were fourteen and were found a job, This meant that they have had litte free time for hobbies or leisure activities, especially when they had been working hard all day. Of course, they got themselves used to working long hours eventually, but it would meant that they had to {grow up very quickly. Today, we are got used to having some free time to do things we enjoy, luxury people in the past rarely were had. wevausuns J) Write one word in each gap. The night before Jane lay awake. She had (1)... .- preparing for the next day (2) .. along time and now she couldn't sleep. Her team (3) playing the local champions at ‘water polo in the final and Jane was the captain, She (4) feeling the pressure. She turned over and remembered how she (5) .. learned to swim. Her father had ‘taught her. They (6) . go to the local pool every day after school and her father to show her what to do. She hadn't liked the water at frst, but she soon used to it. She learned quickly and joined the water polo team. She had .. their youngest member! She quickly got used to scoring goals and (10) . under pressure, but tomorrow was different. It was the biggest match of her lfe. She closed her eyes again and tried to get to sleep. 0... smu used to have problems sleeping’ she thought to herself ‘But then again, I didn’t (12) ‘to be the captain of the team’ She watched the clock change slowly and knew that it was going to bea long night.Unit 3 saw ‘was watching went practised ‘were you talking ‘owned did jumped was working got were playing did pass ‘were you going Did you enjoy was always taking did not/didn't have went became was working heard appeared threw had just left gave read made got had was got had left 10 went 11 got 12 had already begun 13 learned 14 spoke 15 talked 16 did you decide 1 had written 2 had stayed 3 had been waiting 4 had been running 5 hadseen 6 had known 7 had been getting 8 hadn't been having 9 hadn't eaten 10. had been listening ne HE evausen- ff ous odd Mee ee, Soe Seovausuns been for was/were was had would used got been 10 being/swimming 11 never {ed painted/td been painting 12 use Libuy/t was buying/ had been buying has worked/had been working was needing/needed was artiving/ arrived was eating/watching/atey watched was learing/had learnt learned was ovming/owned wo>o0eN> wovonawn— Mf used to get would used to playing Use to getting used to people would walk more never used to/used not to used to play have got used to sending would often get home get used to living did notdidn't use to go never used to have/used not tohave would not to been were have themselves would got were