Past continuous and past perfect tense

Past tenses

English for tourism

Index

Past continuous

Uses and structure

Past perfect simple

Uses and structure

Past perfect continuous

Uses and structure

Past continuous: How and when to use it

How: Affirmative sentences: [was/ were] + [gerund -ING]Example: She was listening to the teachers explanation.Negative sentences: [wasn't /weren't] + [gerund -ING]Example: They weren't writing down anything.Interrogative sentences: [was/were] + Subject + [gerund -ING] Example: Were you speaking while the teacher was explaining?

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Past continuous: How and when to use it

When: - An action in the past that gets interrupted. Example: They were sleeping peacefully until the alarm rang. - Ongoing actions at a specified time Example: At midnight, everyone at the party was still having fun.

Past perfect: How and when to use it

An action before another action in the past. Action at a specific moment: HAD + PARTICIPLEExample: I had visited the Louvre before, so I knew where the Mona Lisa was.

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Past perfect: How and when to use it

An action before another action in the past. Action in progress: HAD + BEEN + VERB-INGExample: She had been looking for a nanny for 3 months when she found Mrs. Kelly.

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Practice

Dossier page 32, 33 and 34. Please self-correct the activities