Past Tense Simple Past Perfect Past Progressive Student
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Past Tense Simple Past Perfect Past Progressive Student Learning Objectives Practice with Past Tenses
Simple Past Tense When we are talking about something that we have done in the past and it is finished, we use the simple past tense. Uses of simple past: Completed events Habitual (repeated) events in the past Past states (liked, knew) Regular verbs take the –ed ending for simple past tense. For example: I walked to school yesterday. I realized it was the day before Thanksgiving break! Back to Home
Past Perfect A time or event in the past. It is used to show that this event occurred before another event in the past. Uses of Past Perfect The situation ended before a past event The situation began in the past and was continuing when another past event occurred. For example: I had lived there for 5 years before we hosted a holiday dinner. We had finished the dinner when the phone rang.
Past Progressive In English, we use the past progressive when we are talking about an event that was going on in the past when something else happened in the past. The past progressive takes the form: was/were verb + ing. Uses of Past Progressive Something that was ongoing at one point in time An action that was repeated for a certain amount of time in the past For example: I was cooking dinner when the phone rang. They were kicking the ball around in the backyard. Self-Assessment
Self- Assessment I know my past tenses. I am ready to practice. Practice Questions I need to read the information again. I am not ready to practice yet. Back to Home
I ______ home on the day before Thanksgiving. Walked Had walked Was Walking That’s Right! Try Again Next
We ___________ all day cooking before we were finally finished. Spent Had spent Were spening Try Again That’s right! Try Again Next
I _______ a great time with my family when I woke up from my dream. Had been Was having Try Again That’s Right! Next
Evaluation How do you think you did with past tense practice? Repeat Presentation View Other Resources
- Simple present past future tense words
- Past continuous cuando se usa
- Past perfect v past simple
- Past progressive and past perfect progressive
- Present perfect simple
- Present perfect progressive passive
- Perfect tense past perfect tense
- Past porfect
- Past simple past progressive and present perfect
- Passive voice present simple past simple present perfect