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In unit 6, we are introduced to the past tenses. It is mostly focused on the past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. We quickly realize in this unit that there are some similarities between the past and present tenses. This could be seen at the level of form and usages. All continuous forms feature some form of the verb (to be) plus the -ing form of the verb. Also, all perfect forms feature some of the verb (to have) and the past participle form of the verb. All perfect continuous forms feature some of the verb to `have‘, plus `bee ‘, plus the `ing‘ form of the verb. The past simple is used for a past action when time is given or when the time is asked about etc. Students often find the past simple difficult to use, when it means using `did ‘and `did not‘ for questions and negatives and the use of irregular verbs. Teachers can help students learn the past simple with activities such as role-playing interviews, discussing past holidays/major events etc. The past simple is formed by adding -ed or -d to the base of the verb. The negative and question form of the past simple is formed by adding `did not‘ and `did‘ before the base respectively. The past continuous is used in situations where a past action has been interrupted or it can be used to express an action or to describe something. Some errors which students make when using this tense could be omission of the -ing, omission of the verb `to be‘, confusion with the past tense etc. Teaching ideas would include detective games, telling stories and use of diaries and journals. The past continuous is formed by adding the subject, plus was/were, plus verb, plus -ing. The negative and question form have the same format as the present continuous form, although the verb `to be‘ is used in the simple tense (was and were). The past perfect represents actions that occurred before other actions in the past. It should be noted that the words `often‘ and `when‘ are often used to show that the past action had completely finished before another action in the past started. To teach the past perfect, teachers can get students to tell stories or give students a final situation and ask them to think of reasons why that situation happened etc. The past perfect is formed by adding subject, plus `had‘, plus past participle, negative (subject + had + not + past participle), question form ( had + subject + past participle). Lastly, the perfect continuous tense is not often used or taught in the English language, however it is used to talk about longer actions or situations in the past that had been going on continuing up to the past moment that we are talking about. As this tense has two auxiliary verbs `had and been‘, students often omit either one of them fail to add -ing to the main form. Students also confuse the past perfect and past continuous. In my opinion it may be difficult for some students to really understand the differences or how to use the present and past tense. I feel that handing out a chart containing the structure/form and rules of the two tenses (past and present tense) would help the students to have a better understanding. This would help them to pinpoint the differences and similarities between the two tenses. As the lesson goes on and questions are being asked they can easily refer to their charts to give them ideas or help on how to answer a question. With time, the charts can be asked to be put away when the teachers feel the students have grasped the use of the tenses.