PAST TENSE REVIEW

LETTER
PAST CONTINUOUS
 Subject+ was/were+verb-ing

 When the earthquake started,

Tom was sleeping.
Cesar was dancing
My friends were travelling
NEGATIVE
 WAS NOT/ WERE NOT
 WASN’T/WEREN’T
QUESTIONS
 CLOSED QUESTIONS ( WAS /WERE) OPENED
QUESTIONS (WH+ WERE/WAS)

 WAS+SUBJECT+VERB-ING. ?
 WERE+SUBJECT+VERB-ING. ?

 EXAMPLES:
 WERE YOU STUDYING?
 WAS YOUR BROTHER FLYING?
 WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
PAST SIMPLE REVIEW
 Affirmative:

 Subject+verb in past simple+ complement

 His mother spoke with the head teacher

 My brother bought a car
 She decided to study english every day.
NEGATIVE
 We use the auxiliary verb did+not = didn’t
 We use the verb in infinitive

 She didn’t speak to the teacher

 My brother didn’t buy a car.
 I didn’t decide to surf the net every day
QUESTION
 For closed questions we use did and then the
subject:

 Did you buy a car?

 we can also make open questions.
 What did you do yesterday night?
 Answer: I played with my brother in the yard.
PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS
 We make a connection using when
 Example:

Samuel was walking when the car crashed.

My parents were living in the Netherlands when

I was born.
PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS
 We make a connection using while
 Example:

While Samuel was walking, the car crashed.

While my parents were living in the Netherlands

, I was born.
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
 I had done my English homework by
6.30 pm last Saturday.

 I had done my English homework by

the time I ate dinner last Saturday.
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
ACTIVITY
 Dialogue in past and present simple
 Create a dialogue en which you and your partner talk
about the past and daily activities
 YOU MUST USE PAST SIMPLE, PAST
CONTINUOUS AND JOIN THEM WITH WHEN AND
WHILE.
 The practice orally.
 THE SECOND TERM YOU WILL MAKE A VIDEO
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST MARK.
 TIME: AT LEAST 2 MINUTES.
ACTIVITY
 Think of things that have happened to you.
 Then:
 Make 5 sentences connecting past simple+past continuous.
 Tell your partner your anecdotes.

 Ex.
 I was walking my dog when a a car crashed in front of
me.
 I was having breakfast when I saw the time and realised
I was late for school.