PAST TENSES

PAST TENSES

by Hiền Cao

PAST TENSES

TENSES TO TELL STH IN THE PAST

Open Ended

when did you start liking Sehun? (if you don't like Sehun, pretend)

Open Ended

One habit you had when you were a kid?

Open Ended

what was you doing at 8pm yesterday?

e.g: i was watching song joong ki

Open Ended

what had happened before that?

e.g: i had eaten pasta for dinner

Open Ended

IT'S SEHUN AGAIN:

how long have you liked sehun?

​TO ALL THE THÌ I HAVE LOVED BEFORE (PÁT THÌ)

​SIMPLE PAST: repeated + completed + nam9

• ​past repeated action

• ​completed

• ​past truth/state

  main events in a story

  2nd conditional sentences

  the present (after wish, it's time, would rather + clause)

Open Ended

make 2nd conditional sentence

If i were Elon Musk, i would give free donuts

Open Ended

make sentence with " I would rather/ I wish/ It's time +clause"

It's time we went back to school

• in progress at/around certain past time or over a period of time: at 7am yesterday

• past changes: it was becoming darker

• annoying past habits

• background events (nam8)

• the present and future (after wish , it's time, would rather) e.g: i wish i were going to Yale next year

PAST CONTINUOUS: in progress, temporary, annoying, nam8

​ANY QUESTIONS?

SIMPLE PAST PAST CONTINUOUS

​- main events

​- interrupting action

​- temporary in the past

​- background event

​- interrupted

​- permanent in the past

Multiple Choice

While they were watching TV, their kids ________(sleep)

• sleeped

• slept

• was sleeping

• were sleeping

Multiple Choice

I was listening to the radio when you ________(call) me.

• called

• calt

• were calling

• was calling

Multiple Choice

She missed the bus because she __________ (argue) with one of her friends.

• were arguing

• was arguing

• argued

• arguered

Multiple Choice

I ......................... my car when it ......................... to rain.

• was driving / started
• drove / was starting
• drove / started
• was driving / was starting

Multiple Choice

I ......................... (walk) down the street at the moment I realised I ......................... (not take) my keys.

• was walking / didn't take
• walked / wasn't taking
• walked / didn't take
• was walking / wasn't taking

Multiple Choice

What were you doing when the earthquake hit?

• I were sleeping when the earthquake hit.

• you were sleeping when the earthquake hit.

• i was sleeping when the earthquake hit.

• you was sleeping when the eartquake hit.

SIMPLE PAST PRESENT PERFECT

​- TIME: finished; specific

​

ACTION is important

​TIME: up to the present; unimportant/unknown time

​RESULT is important

Multiple Choice

An earthquake ..................... in southern California. It .................. at 9.25 a.m.

• just occured, occured
• has just occured, occured
• has just occured, has occured

Multiple Choice

In her whole lifetime, Anna ______ snow

• has never seen

• saw

• have never seen

• see

PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

​completed action before/up to a moment the past (nhấn mạnh vào kết quả/hành động)

​

​completed action continuing just before a moment in the past (nhấn mạnh vào duration/thời gian làm)

Multiple Choice

I ... about that book until you mentioned it.

• hadn't heard

• hadn't been hearing

Multiple Choice

Our clothes were wet because we ... football in the rain.

• had played

• had been playing

Multiple Choice

When Sally came home, I ... for 3 hours.

• had gardened

• had been gardening

Multiple Choice

I was delighted when I found my keys.

I ... for them for hours.

• had been looking

• had looked

Multiple Choice

I ... how late it had got so I apologized and left.

• hadn't realised

• hadn't been realising

• haven't realised

Multiple Choice

She was exhausted because she ... since eight o'clock that morning.

• had worked

• had been working

• has been working

Multiple Select

I ... to contact him for ages, but he never replied.

• had tried

• had been trying

• am trying