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PAST TENSES Martina Terranova, prof.

PAST TENSES Martina Terranova, prof. PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS PAST PERFECT SIMPLE. Identify tenses in the following examples When I reached the front… PAST SIMPLE …the police had stopped the traffic. PAST PERFECT SIMPLE …two teenagers were walking along the street. PAST CONTINUOUS

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PAST TENSES Martina Terranova, prof.

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  1. PAST TENSESMartina Terranova, prof.

  2. PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

  3. Identify tenses in the following examples When Ireachedthe front… PAST SIMPLE …the policehad stoppedthe traffic. PAST PERFECT SIMPLE …two teenagerswere walkingalong the street. PAST CONTINUOUS …I askedone of the cops a question. PAST SIMPLE

  4. PAST SIMPLE • We use it: • to describe finished actions • ex. The judge(start) the job in 1998. • started • to tell the main events in a story in order • ex. I (run)forwardand(push) the crowd. • ranpushed • Time expressions • yesterday two days/months/years ago • a month/year ago last night/Sunday • when I was 5 in October/1996

  5. PAST CONTINUOUS • We use it: • to describe things which were in progress • at a specific time in the past • ex. I (jog) at 10 o’clock last night. • was jogging • for temporary past situations • ex. You(stay) in Ohio. • were staying • for longer actions interrupted by shorter ones • ex. She(run) when she saw some people. • was running

  6. PAST SIMPLEVS.PAST CONTINUOUS Use thePast Simple,NOTthePast Continuousto talk about finished actions even if they lasted for a long time. ex. They spent 45 days in jail. NOTThey were spending 45 days in jail.

  7. PAST PERFECT SIMPLE • FORM: • had/hadn’t + past participle of the main verb • ex. I (not see) him before that day. • hadn’t seen • We use it: • to talk about an action that happened • before another action in the past • ex.They were doing it because they (steal) a statue. • had stolen

  8. STOP AND CHECK Step 1 Identifythetenses. Step 2 Whichactivityhappened before / after / at the same time? Whenwe got to the court…. …thejudgesentencedthecriminals. after …thejudge had sentencedthecriminals. before …thejudgewassentencingthecriminals. at the same time

  9. Let’s do some practice!

  10. Checkyouranswers! • 1. When he crashedthe car, • he wasdriving at 160 kph. • he had drunksixbottlesofbeer. • anambulancearrivedandtookhim to hospital. • 2. Whenthejudgereturned to thecourtroom, • everyoneimmediatelystoodup. • shehad made her decision. • thejournalistswerestillwritingtheirreports.

  11. 3. When she came out of the prison gate, • she had learnt her lesson. • her husband was waiting for her. • she kissed her husband and then they went home.

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