Past Tenses

Past Tenses
GTTW B2

4 Past tenses
"used to" & "would"

Answer those questions

Requirements

You need to answer the questions in full sentences and use the correct past tense.

Open Ended

What did you do on your last holiday?

Open Ended

What were you doing at 7 this morning?

Open Ended

What had you done before going to sleep last night?

Open Ended

How long had you been learning before going home yesterday?

Which tenses were used in 4 questions?

1. What did you do on your last holiday?

2. What were you doing at 7 this morning?

3. What had you done before going to sleep last night?

4. How long had you been learning before going home yesterday?

Choose the best answers

Read the sentences and choose the correct rule for each sentence.

Multiple Choice

In 2014, Laila created ‘Girls Make Games’.

• one thing

  happened aſter another

• an activity in

  progress at a moment in the past

• descriptions or to describe

  scenes in a story

• finished actions

  or situations in the past

• an activity in

  progress in the past that was

  interrupted by another action

Multiple Choice

She finished school, received a grant to study at MIT and finally got a degree in economics.

• one thing

  happened aſter another

• an activity in

  progress at a moment in the past

• descriptions or to describe

  scenes in a story

• finished actions

  or situations in the past

• an activity in

  progress in the past that was

  interrupted by another action

Multiple Choice

One day, as Lidia was preparing a meal, she stopped and noticed their excited faces.

• one thing

  happened aſter another

• an activity in

  progress at a moment in the past

• descriptions or to describe

  scenes in a story

• finished actions

  or situations in the past

• an activity in

  progress in the past that was

  interrupted by another action

Multiple Choice

She was looking for somebody to work in her team.

• one thing

  happened aſter another

• an activity in

  progress at a moment in the past

• descriptions or to describe

  scenes in a story

• finished actions

  or situations in the past

• an activity in

  progress in the past that was

  interrupted by another action

• An action in progress at a moment in the past

• An activity in progress in the past that was interrupted by another action.

• Describe scenes in a story or description.

• 2 actions in progress at the same time.

Past continuous

• Completed action in the past

• Series of actions happened in the past

• General truths/facts in the past

• An action that interrupted an
  action in progress in the past

Past simple

Compare

Fill in the blanks

Complete the sentences with past simple/past continuous

"USED TO" & "WOULD"

Instructions

Read the examples.
Write down the difference between "used to" & "would" when talking about past habits.

Open Ended

What is different between "used to" & "would" when talking about habits in the past?
I used to play football with my cousins. = I would play football with my cousins.
We say "I used to have a small bike." but we don't say "I would have a small bike. "

We say "I used to like ice-cream." but we don't say "I would like ice-cream."

Open Ended

What is different between "used to" & "would" when talking about habits in the past?
We say "I didn't use to eat broccoli./I used not to eat broccoli."

We say "I would never play games a lot when I was 8." but we don't say "I would not play games a lot when I was 8."

• Can't be used with stative verbs

• Can't be used in negative form

• "wouldn't" --> "would never"

WOULD

Can be used with both action & stative verbs

USED TO

Compare

NOTE Past simple

1. When we give a period of time, we use the past simple, not "used to".

   Example: Correct: I studied in Spain for a month.

   Incorrect: I used to study in Spain for a month.

2. We cannot use "used to" and "would" to talk about single events in the past. In this case, we use the past simple.

   Example: Correct: I came to Spain a month ago.

   Incorrect: I used to come to Spain a month ago.

Multiple Choice

When I was small, I ................ have a skateboard.

• used to

• would

Multiple Choice

We ............................. walk to school, but now we do.

• didn’t use to

• wouldn't

Multiple Select

When I was ten, I ................ play computer games for hours.

• used to

• would

Multiple Choice

In the past, everything ................... be cheaper.

• used to

• would

Multiple Select

At primary school, I ............... go home for lunch.

• used to

• would

Multiple Choice

Once my friend ....................... a famous actor.

• used to meet

• met

• would meet

Multiple Choice

My brother .......................... in France for a month.

• used to live

• lived

• would live

Multiple Select

Which sentences are grammatically correct?

• I played tennis every day.

• I would be a shy girl when I was in primary school.

• I used to walk to school.

• When I walked home yesterday, I was seeing an accident.

• The sun was shining and the birds were singing in the morning.

Multiple Select

Which sentences are grammatically correct?

• We watched TV at this time yesterday.

• I wouldn't run a lot in secondary school.

• She was cooking dinner when the phone rang.

• I would never cry when I got bad marks in high school.

• Did Mary check the message this morning?