Past Tenses

1. Past Simple Past Continuous Past Tenses Past Perfect Past Perfect Continuous Done by N.I. Wiebe English teacher School № 83 Tyumen, 2016

2. Compare the sentences: I play the piano every day. Present Simple I played the piano yesterday. Past Simple

3. We use the Past Simple tense for actions which finished at a stated time in the past. The Past Simple tense is used with time expressions of the past.

4. Time expressions used with the Past Simple Tense. вчера yesterday last night/week/month/year прошлый a week/month/year ago назад two days ago in 1998 when

5. Past Simple of Irregular Verbs The Past Simple Tense is formed with the help of the ending “ed” if we talk about regular verbs.For example: I playedfootball yesterday. or I watcheda very good film yesterday.

6. Spelling

7. Pronunciation ed

8. Add –edto the verbs. Put them in the correct column and read them out arrive, close, help, want, hurry, look, watch, clean, cook, visit, add, start, wait, like, travel, tidy, kiss, change, open wanted helped arrived hurried looked closed visited watched cleaned cooked added travelled liked started tidied kissed waited changed opened

9. Irregular Verbs Present: I go to the cinema once a month. Past: Last year I went to the cinema every Sunday. REMEMBER:

10. Fill in the blanks. had take drank make buy could ran think left begin did write slept see

11. Negative Form I stayed at the hotel. I did not stay at the hotel. I didn’t stay at the hotel.

12. Negative Form I didn’t go I went I drank I ate I came I bought I didn’t drink I didn’t eat I didn’t come I didn’t buy

13. Make up negative forms for the sentences. He didn’t stop He stopped We studied We didn’t study They played They didn’t play She preferred She didn’t prefer I didn’t travel I travelled

14. Translate into English Мне не понравилось I didn’t like Я не играл I didn’t play We didn’t stay Мы не останавливались He didn’t travel Он не путешествовал

15. Interrogative Form didnot travel ? I Did I

16. Interrogative Form Did I visit ? He played He didn’t play I visited I didn’t visit Did he play ? We studied We didn’t study Did we study ? I went I didn’t go I came I didn’t come Did I go ? Did I come ?

17. Interrogative Form I went I didn’t go I came I didn’t come Did I go ? Did I come ?

18. Translate into English Did you study English yesterday? 1. Ты учил английский вчера? 2. Ей понравился фильм? Did she like the film? 3. Он остановился у кинотеатра? Did he stop at the cinema? 4. Они путешествовали по России в прошлом году? Did they travel around Russia last year?

19. Translate into English Did you go the cinema yesterday? 2. Ты пил кофе вчера? 1. Ты ходил в кино вчера? Did you drink coffee yesterday? 3. Ты пришёл домой поздно вчера? Did you come home late yesterday? 4. Он купил хлеб вчера? Did he buy bread yesterday? 5. Она ела торт вчера? Did she eat a cake yesterday? 6. Они писали тест вчера? Did they write a test yesterday?

20. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple left Bryan Adams comes from Canada. He 1)_____(leave) school at sixteen and 2) ________(work) as a gardener. He 3)_______ (start) his career as a singer and 4) ________ (work) hard then. He only 5)________(become) famous in 1987 when he 6) ______(make) his first album which 7) ______ (call) “Reckless”. After “Reckless” no one 8) _______(hear) about him for a while, until 1991 when he 9) _____(sing) “Everything I Do, I Do It for You” which 10) _____(be) a great success. After that he 11) ______(go) on a world tour. Today, Bryan Adams is back in Canada enjoying his success. worked started worked became made called heard sang was went

21. Past Simple of the verb «to be» He was at the cinema yesterday. He wasnot at the cinema yesterday. Was he at the cinema yesterday?

22. “BE” in the Past Simple tense it was I She we He were they you

23. Interrogative Form of the past «to be» at the cinema yesterday ? Was was I I Were They were they at home yesterday ?

24. Ты вчера был дома?Нет, я не был вчера дома.Я был в кино. Translate into English Were you at home yesterday? No, I wasn`t at home yesterday. I was at the cinema.

25. Fill in the blanks with «am», «is», are», «was», «were». am at home. It is Saturday morning Today I and it is very cold. It is only a month since my family and I were on holiday in Egypt. The weather was fan. It was hot and sunny. We were all happy then.

26. Choose a verb to fill in the blanks with Present or Past Simple. finish, go, have, be 1. James usually ________ finishes work a 100 p.m. finished 2. Yesterday he ________ work at 4.30 p.m. 3. He usually ___ dinner at home. has 4. Yesterday he ____ dinner in a restaurant with his friends. had goes 5. He usually_____ home by train. 6. Yesterday he ______ home by taxi. went 7. He usually _____ bed early. goes 8. Yesterday he _____ to bed late. went 9. It ____ his birthday. was

27. Put the verbs in brackets into the “Present Simple” or “Past Simple” is believes says tells Tommy Brown 1) ___ (be) a real story-teller. No one 2) _____ (believe) what he 3) ____ (say) because he always 4) ____ (tell) lies. He 5) ____ (live) in a small village and 6) _____ (work) on a farm near his village. One night last week Tommy 7) ______ (finish) work late. It 8) ___ (be) dark and cold. Suddenly he 9) ____ (hear) it a strange noise so hi 10) _____ (look) up. It 11) ____ (be) a UFO with bright flashing lights. It 12) _____ (come down) towards him and he 13)____ (see) two green men looking at him. He 14) _________ (scream), 15) ______ (drop) his bag and 16) _____ (run away). When he 17) ______(arrive) at the village he 18) ____ (meet) some villagers and 19) _____ (start) to tell them the news but they all 20) ______ (laugh) at him. No one 21)______ (believe) Tommy. lives works finished was heard looked was came saw screamed dropped ran arrived met started laughed believed Home

28. What were you doing at 5 pm yesterday ? Past Continuous I was watching TV

29. Past Continuous was were + Ving Time expressions: at 6 o`clock yesterday, when…, while …, as … .

30. Past Continuous is used • foran action that was in the middle of happening at a stated time in the past At 8 o’clock last night she was watching TV • for two or more actions which were happening at the same time in the past They were dancing while he was playing the guitar • for a past action which was in progress when another action interrupted it. He was painting the bedroom when suddenly he fell off the ladder.

31. Say what people were doing yesterday While the grandmother was knitting the grandfather was watching TV. They were sleeping at 11 o’clock. When they were sunbathing, it started raining. Yesterday when she was cooking, she burnt her finger.

32. Put the verb into Past Simple or Past Continuous was dreaming was took were Last night I had (have) a wonderful dream. This is what I ____ ________ (dream). We _____(take) a trip to Hawaii. I ____ (be) with my family and two of my friends. We ____ (be) on a ship and we _____________(travel) to Honolulu. On the ship there ___ (be) a disco. We ___________ (sit) on nice comfortable seats and we __________ __(drink) exotic juices. Lots of people ___________ (dance) and the music ____________(play) loudly. We __________ (have) a lot of fun! When the ship _______ (arrive) in Honolulu a man __________ (wait) to take us to our hotel. The hotel where we ______ (stay) was by a beach lined with palm trees. Drums _____ ______ (beat) and people on the beach _________ (sing) and _______ (dance) to themusic. The music __________ (get) louder and louder until I _____ (can) hear a ringing in my ears. It ____(be) my alarm clock! It ____(be) 7 o’clock and time to get up for school. were travelling was were sitting were drinking were dancing was playing were having arrived was waiting stayed were beating were singing dancing was getting could was was

33. Describe the picture using Past Continuous Tense. Say what people were doing at the party when the policeman arrived. Home

34. Let`s talk about thePast Perfect Tense Yesterday I came to work and noticed you had made a mistake. Auxiliary verb Main Verb

35. Past Perfect had + V3 I had done this work.I hadn`t done this work.

36. Past Perfect is used: • for a past action which happened before another past action or before a stated past time.Example:She had already left when I got home. • for a complete action.Example:She had arrived by 8 p.m. yesterday.

37. Note the difference:1. When the telephone rang, Tom had already left.2. When she phoned, he left.

38. Say what people had done by a certain time in the past. George (light) the candles when she arrived. had lit When she arrived at the theatre, he (buy) the tickets. When he came home, she (already/have) dinner. had already had had bought

39. Put the verbs into Past Simple or Past Perfect Tense. • After Jim and Terry (finish) their breakfast, they (take) their bags and (go) to the river to fish. They (go) there before and (catch) some big fish. By 5 o`clock they (not/get) any fish), so they decided to go home. They (promise)their mother to bring fish for dinner, so they (look) for a shop where they could buy some. But the shops (already/close). When they (arrive) home, they (tell) their mother they (catch) the biggest fish they (ever/see) but it (escape). had finished took went had gone caught hadn`t got had promised looked had already closed arrived told had caught escaped had ever seen Home

40. Note the difference between Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous

41. Past Perfect Continuous I had been reading this book for three hours before I finished. had been + Ving

42. Past Perfect Continuous Tense is used: • For a continuous past action which had visible results or effect in the past Example: She was tired. She had been cleaning the house all morning. • For an action continuing up to a specific time in the past Example: He had been waiting for an hour before she arrived.

43. Look at the examples:1. Jane`s clothes were wet. She had been washing her dog.2. The boys were dirty. They had been playing football.3. Carol`s ears hurt. She had been listening to the radio for two hours.4. Kate had black ink on her hands. She had been writing for two hours.

44. Choose between Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous or Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous The woman drowned in the river. She(swim). had been swimming He bought a car after he__________(save) enough money. had saved She signed the letterafter she _ ____ (write) it. had written

45. Choose between Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous or Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous Her hair is wet. She(wash) it. He felt sick becausehe(eat) too much. He was hot. He(run). had washed had eaten had been running

46. Put the verbs into Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous Tense. Mr. Thomas was exhausted. He had had the worst day in his life! Everything ______ (go) wrong. He___________ (drive) to work for half an hour when suddenly his car broke down. Not wanting to be late he decided to start walking and try to catch a bus. After he ________ (walk) for over an hour, it began to rain. However, just at that moment a taxi appeared and Mr. Thomas jumped in. When he arrived at the office, he realized that he _______ (leave) his wallet in his own car and had no money to pay the driver. had gone had been driving had walked had left

47. Put the verbs into Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous Tense. He rushed into the office, followed by the angry taxi driver. However, an important business meeting _________ (just/start). Mr. Thomas was wet and dirty because it ___________ (rain). His boss was very angry because he _____________ (wait) for him for over an hour. After explaining what ___________ (happen) to him, Mr. Thomas borrowed a car and went home to change. When he arrived home he realized to his horror that someone ________ (break into) his house. What a terrible morning! had just started had been raining had been waiting had happened had broken Home