Past tenses comparison Identify the past tenses Grammar

Past tenses comparison

Identify the past tenses Grammar tense A. Past Simple B. Past Continuous C. Past Perfect When I arrived, . . 1. they were talking about me. 2. they had talked about me. 3. they talked about me.

Past tenses - Use • Action 1: I arrived. • Action 2: They talked about me. Simple Past Action 2 occurring right after action 1. (dej prebieha jeden za druhým) • When I arrived, they talked about me. (First, I arrived. Then they started talking about me. )

Past tenses - Use • Action 1: I arrived. • Action 2: They talked about me. • Past Continuous • Action 2 continuing at the same time as action 1. • Druhý dej prebieha POČAS prvého, naraz) • When I arrived, they were talking about me. . (They started talking about me before I arrived. When I arrived, they were still talking about me. )

Past tenses - Use • Action 1: I arrived. • Action 2: They talked about me. Past Perfect • Action 2 occurring before action 1. • (druhý dej prebiehal už pred prvým dejom) • When I arrived, they had talked about me. UŽ ! • (They started and finished talking about me before I arrived. I didn’t see them talking about me. )

Past Simple – questions/negatives • Questions – Did you have a good time? • Negatives – I didn´t go there. • Past tense of modals • MUST - had to ( I had to get up earlier yesterday) • Did you have to get up. . ? • CAN – could / was, were able to (We could sleep longer on Sunday. /permission) He could speak when he was one year old. /Ability He was able to repair his car. (managed to do )

Past Continuos • Questions – What were you doing? Was he going. . ? • Negatives – I wasn´t waiting for him. . . • They weren´t listening to him. . .

Past Perfect Constists of HAD + past particple • The film had started when I arrived. • She had written the letter before I saw her. • Questions: • Had you done it before you went there? • Negatives: • It was my first job. I hadn´t worked before.

Past Simple + Past Continuous • Typical Conjuctions: 1. WHEN – after both tenses (simple, continuous)can follow • When I saw her, she was doing her homework. • When she was going home, she met Tom. 2. WHILE (kým, pokým), 3. AS (ako) – are always followed by past continuos • While he was listening to music, he heard a loud noise. • As they were playing football, Sam broke his leg. • 4. SUDDENLY - is followed by past simple • Suddenly he heard a loud crying.

Past simple – Past Perfect • • • Typical conjuctions AFTER – is followed by past perfect After he had taken his music lesson, he went home. BEFORE – followed by past simple I had learnt English before I travelled there. Ale na konci vety: I hadn´t worked before. BECAUSE - followed by past perfect I didn´t pass an exam because I hadn´t learnt. SO - followed by past simple I had done it so I was free. BY THE TIME – followed by past simple By the time I went to school, I had eaten all breakfast.

Translate the sentences: • • • Kde ste včera išli keď som vás stretla? Ako som išla do práce (na aute) videla som autonehodu. Musel si cez víkend pomáhať mame s domácimi prácami? Chýbali mi priatelia. Nikdy predtým som nebol v zahraničí. V sobotu večer pozerala zaujímavý film a môj priateľ čítal noviny. Keď som prišiel do školy, sadol som si do lavice, vybral knihy z tašky a začal čítať. Kým som čítal, učiteľka vstúpila do triedy. Potom ako som si urobil domácu úlohu, išiel som do kina. Prečítal som knihu a tak som ju vrátil do knižnice. Čo si robili keď som sa vrátil domov? Sedeli sme v obývačke keď zrazu brat rozbil okno. Dostal som zlú známku pretože som sa neučil.