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This unit covers the past tenses. Tenses that relate to past time.
1.PAST SIMPLE.
form.
affirmative- [regular verbs] add -ed or -d to the base form.
negative. add did not before the base form.
question. did+subject+base form.
There is no rule which shows how irregular verbs are formed.
we have seen its usage, it is for actions completed at a definite time in the past.
activate teaching ideas, you can use card games etc.
The second tense is PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE.
Its form is;
affirmative- subject+was/were+verb+ing
negative- subject+was/were+not+verb+ing.
question-was/were+subject+verb+ing.
it is used for interrupted past actions etc
one of the ideas for the activate stage is a detective game.
The third is PAST PERFECT.
Its form is,
affirmative.- subject+had+past participle
negative- subject+had+not+past participle.
question- had+subject+past participle.
It is used for completely finished actions.
You can use story telling among others during the activate stage.
The fourth one is PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS.
Affirmative- subject+had+been+verb+ing
negative- subject+had+not+been+verb+ing
question- had+subject+been+verb+ing
It is used to talk about longer actions or situations in the past that had been going on continuously up to the past moment that we are thinking about.
I have learnt that most verbs in English are irregular.
I have learnt that the past continuous almost always requires some form of time reference.
