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Past tenses
1.Past simple
*Form:
- Affirmative: Subject + Verb in past tense (regular-V_ed or irregular V) + Complement
- Negative: Subject + didn’t + Verb in base form + Complement
- Question: Did + Subject + Verb in base form + Complement
*Usage:
- For the past action when the time given.
- When the time is asked about.
- When the action clearly took place at the definite time even though this time is not mentioned.
- Sometimes the time become definite as a result of a question and answer in the present perfect.
2.Past continuous
*Form:
- Affirmative: Subject + was/were + Verb + ing
- Negative: Subject + was/were + not + Verb + ing
- Question: Was/were + Subject + not + Verb + ing
*Usage:
- For interrupted past actions
- Used without a time expression, it can indicate gradual development that took place in the past.
- It can express an action, which began before that time and probably continued after it.
- We use the continuous tense in descriptions.
3. Past perfect
* Form:
- Affirmative: Subject + had + past participle
- Negative: Subject + had + not + past participle
- Question: Had + Subject + past participle
*Usage: This tense represents actions that occurred before other actions in the past.
4. Past perfect continuous
* Form:
- Affirmative: Subject + had + been + Verb + ing
- Negative: Subject + had + not + been + Verb + ing
- Question: Had + Subject + been + Verb + ing
*Usage: 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 I must give more examples for each tense, ask students to make sentences and use past tenses correctly. Besides, i should give more interesting activities for my students to practice.
