1. Teacher:Albina Zhigunova
Past tenses
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Teacher:Albina Zhigunova

2. •Past Simple
•Past Continuous
•Past Perfect Continuous
•Past Perfect
•Exercises

3. Past Simple Form: Meaning: Adverbs of time:
Regular verbs: base form + ending "ed" for all persons (jumped, talked). Irregular verbs: simple past form for all persons (ran, became, took). The verb BE: I/he/she/it was; we/you/they were.
Meaning:
to describe a completed activity that started in the past and ended in the past.
Adverbs of time:
yesterday; last week; last year; in 1954; an hour ago; a year ago; a long time ago.

4. Past Simple Use for: 1.Completed Action in the Past
2.A Series of Completed Actions
3.Past habits
4.Actions which happened at a specific time in the past

5. Past Simple Examples: 1.I saw a movie yesterday. Back
2.I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.
3. I studied French when I was a child.
4. He arrived from the airport at 8:00.
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6. Past Continuous Form: Meaning: Adverbs of time:
WAS/WERE + present participle (I/he/she/it was doing; we/you/they were doing).
Meaning:
1.The action (past continuous) was going on in the past when another action (simple past) happened.
2. The action was going on at a specific point of time in the past.
Adverbs of time:
while; when; at five o'clock yesterday.

7. Past Continuous Use for: 1.Interrupted Action in the Past
2.Specific Time as an Interruption
3.Parallel Actions
4.Background information in a story

8. Past Continuous Examples: Back
1.When the phone rang, she was writing a letter
2. At midnight, we were still driving through the desert.
3. I was studying while he was making dinner.
4.The wind was howling when we walked in the street
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9. Past Perfect Continuous
Form:
HAD + BEEN + present participle for all persons (had been doing; had been looking).
Meaning:
1.The action (past perfect continuous) lasted for some time before another action in the past happened (simple past).
2. The action lasted for some time before a specific point of time in the past.
Adverbs of time:
by the time; before; after; when (in the meaning "by the time"); + for two hours; for a long time.

10. Past Perfect Continuous
Use for:
1.Duration Before Something in the Past
2. Action which lasted for some time in the past and whose result was visible in the past

11. Past Perfect Continuous
Examples:
1.They had been talking for over an hour before Tony arrived.
2.Jason was tired because he had been jogging.
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12. Past Perfect Form: Meaning: Adverbs of time:
HAD + past participle for all persons (had done; had looked).
Meaning:
The action (past perfect) happened before another past action (simple past) or before a specific point of time in the past.
Adverbs of time:
by the time; before; after; when (in the meanings "by the time; after"); before last week; by two o'clock yesterday.

13. Past Perfect Use for: 1.Completed Action Before Something in the Past
2. Action which finished in the past and whose result was visible in the past

14. Past Perfect Examples:
1.I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.
2. He had won first prize, so he felt ectatic.
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15. Exercises
1. I saw Paul at the airport. He for his brother’s plane to arrive from Canada. (wait)
Was waiting
2. A man once built a house and his friends to visit him. (invite)
Invited
3. Everybody was laughing merrily while Harris them a funny story. (tell)
Was telling

16. Exercises
4. He ill for three days, so his mother wanted to bring him to a doctor, but he didn’t want to go. (feel)
Had been feeling
5.I handed Betsy today’s newspaper, but she didn’t want it. She it during her lunch. (read)
Had read
6. While I the dishes last night, I dropped a plate and broke it. (wash)
Was washing
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