Past tenses

Past Simple vs Past Continuous vs Past Perfect vs used to

Justyna Świderska

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Past simple

Do czasownika regularnego dodajemy -ed

Przykłady:

I played football yesterday He played football yesterday I didn't play football yesterday He didin't play football yesterday Did you play football yesterday? Did he play football yesterday?

Pamiętaj o czasownikach nieregularnych: eat - ate have - had come - came

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Past Continuous

Pamiętaj o czasowniku "to be"

Przykłady

I WAS TAKING A SHOWER WHEN MY MOBILE PHONE RANG WE WEREN'T SLEEPING WHEN YOUR MOBILE PHONE RANG. WAS SHE TAKING A PHOTO WHEN MY MOBILE PHONE RANG?

I WAS He/she/ it WAS We/ you/they WERE + forma -ing

DIFFERENCES

PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE

They were travelling around Europe last summer.

KIEDY UŻYWAMY OBU CZASÓW?

He sold his car yesterday.

PAST SIMPLE - CZYNNOŚCI ZAKOŃCZONE W PRZESZŁOŚCI

She was dancing while we were clearing the table.

They finished dinner and went for a walk.

They understood everything what he said.

He was preparing lunch when we came.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS-CZYNNOŚCI TRWAJĄCE W PRZESZŁOŚCI

Were you living on your own when you were a student?

She didn't have time for me last week.

Past Perfect

I HADN'T LEFT THEY HADN'T GONE SHE HADN'T SMILED

HAD THEY LEFT...? HAD THEY GONE...? HAD SHE SMILED...?

I HAD LEFT THEY HAD SMILED SHE HAD GONE

PAST SIMPLE

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PAST PERFECT

- czynność, która miała miejsce przed inną czynnością w przeszłości: I had already left home when the telephone rang. -czynność, która miała miejsce przed określonym czasem/momentem w przeszłości np:We had finished our tests before 10 o’clock.

- czynności zakończone w przeszłości: I went there two days ago. - seria czynności występujących jedna po drugiej w przeszłości: She opened the door, got inside, and turned on the light.

Past Simple / Past perfect

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