Past tenses

​Past tenses

simple & continuous​

Multiple Choice

Which tense is it?

She arrived late.

• past simple

• past continuous

Multiple Choice

Which tense is it?

Were you watching the news yesterday?

• past simple

• past continuous

Multiple Choice

How to make past continuous negative?

• am not, is not, are not

• didn't

• was not, were not

• don't

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is past continuous negative? Choose the only correct option.

• We didn't getting enough money.

• I wasn't at the beach for quite some time.

• Mark was not hiding behind the tree.

• The dog were running towards his owner.

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Change the sentence into negative:

He was working.

Multiple Choice

How to make past simple negative?

• am not, is not, are not

• did not, didn't

• was not, were not

• do not, don't

Multiple Choice

Can you find the only correct and negative sentence in past simple?

• Holly didn't came in time fot her English class.

• She did not bring any food to the party.

• My parents weren't lived in the same city when they were young.

• He didn't anything the last couple of days.

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Change the sentence to negative:

I met your husband yesterday.

A: S + verb to be in past + verb-ing​

They were watching TV.

N: S + be + not + verb-ing

The weren't watching TV. ​

CONTINUOUS

A: S + verb in past

I watched TV

N: S + did not + verb (infinitive)

I didn't watch TV​​

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! to be = was -> wasn't / were -> weren't ​

SIMPLE

​Past tenses - affirmative & negative

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Multiple Choice

What tense is it?

When did you finish university?

• past simple

• past continuous

Multiple Choice

Find a question in past simple.

• Where did he going on holiday?

• How many people did you met last night?

• Where were you yesterday?

• Were you listening?

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Complete in past simple: What sport ___ you __(do) when you were a child?

Multiple Choice

Find a correct question in past continuous.

• How was your trip to London?

• Did you take the money?

• What was he do yesterday at 7pm?

• Were you cooking lasagne at the weekend?

Fill in the Blanks

Complete: ___ Mike _____ (swim) in the lake?

Questions

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(Wh​-w) + was/were + S + verb-ing?

What were you doing?

Was he playing the drums?​

Continuous

(Wh-word) + did + S + verb (inf.)?

What did you do?

Did he play the drums?

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Simple

Combination of both tenses

• když obě události probíhají zároveň

She was cooking dinner when the kids arrived home.
She was cooking. - delší aktivita -> průběhový minulý
They arrived. - kratší aktivita -> prostý minulý
Často s použitím WHILE, AS, WHEN
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We watched the TV, then we went to bed.
aktivity probíhají jedna po druhé (ne zároveň!) -> prostý minulý

Multiple Choice

While I ______ a book, my mum _____.

• read, was calling

• was reading, called

• read, called

• was reading, was calling

Multiple Choice

The man ______ the street just as the car ______ him.

• was crossing, hit

• crossed, hit

• was crossing, was hitting

• crossed, was hitting

Multiple Choice

We _____ dinner, then we ______ our favourite serial.

• were eating, were watching

• ate, watched

• were eating, watched

• ate, were watching