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English B2 unit 2 past tenses

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The Past

English Class

What were you doing before the pandemic started?

A year ago we went on quaratine, since then our lives have changed drastically. What were you doing before? what was your work like, where did you live, how were your weekends?...

When the pandemic started...

  • I had been going to Tec for my Japanese classes
  • I had been going to the movies every weekend
  • We had been eating out every Friday
  • I had been spending a lot of time outside
  • I hadn't been working from home

Past Perfect Progressive

  • We use it when we want to describe an activity over a period that started before another past event and continued
  1. When I arrived, everyone had been waiting hours
  2. Before the pandemic I had been going to college

Subject + Had + Been + Verb in -ing

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find examples of Past continous

How long?

  • I had been studying for 10 minutes before taking the exam
  • We had been dating for 2 months when we decided to be a couple
  • I had been living in Mexico for 10 years before coming to the U.S

Past simple, past perfect, or past perfect progressive?

When I used to go to college...

When I used to go to college... I would:

  • Get up at 5:00 am
  • Take a bus and the subway
  • Take Japanese classes in the afternoons
  • Work on Saturday morning

What did you use to do when you were in College?

Used to

We can use used to for questions and negative sentences: Did you use to run? Did she use to live here? I didn't use to work out but now I do We didn't use to wear masks but now we all do We can't use would for questions or negative sentneces

We can use used to to talk about past states that are not true any more: I used to live in Sinagpore I used to go to college We can also use used to and would to talk about past habits (repeated past actions) that don't happen any more. I would get up at 5 am I would teach in the afternoons

Used to or would

Michael Jordan _____ live in Brooklyn. When he was young, he ______ often play basketball with his older brother. When Michael played in the NBA, there _____ (not) be 30 teams as there are today. Michael Jordan ______ always stick his tongue out when he was making a shot. Did you _____ cheer for him when he was a Chicago Bulls player?

Michael Jordan NBA Player