Past Tenses We have four tenses for the

We have four tenses for the past Which are : Past Tenses Past perfect

today we’re going to talk About only two of them which Are Past simple

function Of the past simple something that happened once in the past something that

Past simple Form : . + v 2 (past simple) + … +. subject

Past simple Key words : Yesterday last ago Wish Any old date + when

I drank apple juice yesterday. Last summer we went to London . She didn’t

And now we will move to the next tense which is the past continuous

Of the past continuous function It is used to express an action going on

Past continuous Form : . Affirmative subject Negative subject + was/were + v (inf)

Past continuous Key words : ﻛﻠﻤﺎﺕ ﻣﻔﺘﺎﺣﻴﺔ + while all afternoon yesterday all evening

I wasn’t drinking water all yesterday long . From eight O’clock to ten we

We use: When While With the past simple and past continuous

And we use them by the following way : While + p continuous ,

We were eating when my father came. It started to rain while we were

And now Let’s do the following exercises together

(Go/watch) (be/bleed) (steal/catch) (start/sleep)

It was very nice to teach you and hey … Thanks for the attention

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Past Tenses

We have four tenses for the past Which are : Past Tenses Past perfect continuous Past perfect Past continuous Past Simple

today we’re going to talk About only two of them which Are Past simple and past continuous

So let’s get started Shall we!!

function Of the past simple something that happened once in the past something that was true for some time in the past

Past simple Form : . + v 2 (past simple) + … +. subject + did not + v 1 (inf) + … +. Negative interrogative Did + subject + v 2 + … + ? Affirmative subject

Past simple Key words : Yesterday last ago Wish Any old date + when

I drank apple juice yesterday. Last summer we went to London . She didn’t visit her grandma last week. He wishes he was a doctor. Did they learn English two years ago ?

Ok … Good job so far

And now we will move to the next tense which is the past continuous

Of the past continuous function It is used to express an action going on at sometime in the past.

Past continuous Form : . Affirmative subject Negative subject + was/were + v (inf) ing + … +. + was/were not + v (inf) ing + … + . interrogative was/were + subject + v (inf) ing + … + ?

Past continuous Key words : ﻛﻠﻤﺎﺕ ﻣﻔﺘﺎﺣﻴﺔ + while all afternoon yesterday all evening yesterday all last month All last night all last week All morning yesterday all yesterday At 9 O’clock this morning For a long time yesterday From two O’clock to four Throughout the night

I wasn’t drinking water all yesterday long . From eight O’clock to ten we were travelling to London . Were they learning English all last week ? She was helping her mother while her little sister was playing.

Well done … Good job so far

We use: When While With the past simple and past continuous

And we use them by the following way : While + p continuous , p simple P simple … while + p continuous When + p simple , p continuous P continuous … when p simple We use ( as) The same way we use (while)

We were eating when my father came. It started to rain while we were driving the car When the telephone rang, I was training. While I was sleeping, a thief entered my house.

And now Let’s do the following exercises together

(Go/watch) (be/bleed) (steal/catch) (start/sleep)

Excellent … Good job

It was very nice to teach you and hey … Thanks for the attention

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