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Past simple, continuos and perfect

Past simple, continuos and perfect

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Past simple, continuos and perfect

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Simple past

  • Completed actions (I went to the zoo last week.)

  • Past habits/ states (He really loved soccer.)

  • Situations that started and finished in the past (I played football for 20 years.)

  • Narrative: She opened the door, looked at us and went to her room.

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Open Ended

Write one example of a positive sentence in past simple...

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Open Ended

Write one example of a negative sentence in past simple...

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Open Ended

Write one example of a question in past simple...

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Past continuous

  • Actions in progress at a certain time in the past (Yesterday at 10 p.m., I was sleeping)

  • Narrative: used to set a scene (It was getting dark and I was walking...)

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Fill in the Blanks

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

Type answer...

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Past perfect

  • Events happened earlier in the past (When I met her, I had never been in a serious relationship) (He noticed that I had cleaned the car)

  • Duration from earlier in the past (When she died, they had been married for 48 years.)

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Multiple Choice

When I arrived at the cinema, the film ____________________ (start).

1

had started

2

started

3

starts

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Multiple Choice

She ____________________ (live) in China before she went to Thailand.

1

lived

2

was living

3

had lived

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Multiple Choice

The grass was yellow because it ___________________ (not / rain) allsummer.

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rained

2

wasn't raining

3

hadn't rained

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Mixed sentences

Decide how to complete the following sentences for them to make sense.

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Multiple Choice

We had already eaten when John __________ (come) home.

1

came

2

was coming

3

had come

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Multiple Choice

Last year Juan _______________ (pass) all his exams.

1

passed

2

was passing

3

had passed

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Multiple Choice

When Julie got home from her holiday, her apartment was a mess. John ___________________________ (have) a party some days ago.

1

had

2

was having

3

had had

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Multiple Choice

Julie and Anne ___________________ (not / meet) before the party.

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didn't meet

2

wasn't meeting

3

hadn't met

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Multiple Choice

Where _______________________ (she / go) yesterday?

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did she go

2

was she going

3

had she gone

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Multiple Choice

What _______________________ (you / buy) yesterday?

1

did you buy

2

were you buying

3

had you bought

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Multiple Choice

Were _____ (you/make) dinner?

1

did you make

2

you making

3

had you made

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