PAST TENSES (4ºESO)

PAST TENSES & STORIES

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Past Tenses

WE USE DIFFERENT PAST TENSES WHEN NARRATING STORIES IN ENGLISH

IWe are going to review the following tenses: PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS PAST PERFECT SIMPLE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS FUTURE ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST PRESENT AND PAST HABITS

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PAST SIMPLE

We use PAST SIMPLE in stories to describe the main events in a sequence. One event after another.

HE GOT IN THE CAR, STARTED THE ENGINE AND DROVE AWAY

Also to describe a general state in the PAST

IT WAS ONE OF THE COLDEST WINTERS IN MY MEMORY

• Refers to verbs which do not involve an action but a state. BE /HAVE/KNOW / LIKE /LOVE /BELIEVE ...
• STATIVE VERBS: Refer to STATES, EMOTIONS, POSSESIONS or FEELINGS

PAST CONTINUOUS

To talk about activities in progress at a moment in the past

THAT DAY, SHE WAS SLEEPING IN THE AFTERNOON

Describe scenes in a story or description

WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT THE BEACH, THE SUN WAS SHINING AND THE WAVES WERE CRASHING INTO THE SHORE

To talk about an activity in progress when another activity happened or interrupted it

WHEN HE CALLED I WAS COOKING DINNER

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

1.To talk about life experiences not mentioning the exact time when it ocurred

I HAVE VISITED PARIS

2. Recent event which have a result in the present

SHE HAS LOST HER KEYS

3. Actions/ Situations which began in the past but continue int he present

DAN HAS LIVED HERE FOR 10 YEARS

4. Actions finished recently

THEY HAVE JUST HAD AN ACCIDENT

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1. For a single activity that began at a moment in the past and is still continuing

I HAVE BEEN READING YOUR BOOK. - IT´S GREAT

I HAVE BEEN CLEANING THE CAR

2. To talk about repeated activities which started at a particular time in the past and are still continuing up.

I HAVE BEEN GOING TO SPAIN IN HOLIDAY EVERY YEAR SINCE 2000.

I HAVE BEEN EATING MUCH LATELY

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

To talk about actions that happened before other actions in the past

AFTER SOPHIE HAD FINISHED HER WORK, SHE WENT TO HAVE LUNCH

I WASHED THE FLOOR WHEN THE PAINTER HAD GONE

I DIDN´T SAY ANYTHING UNTIL SHE HAD FINISHED TALKING

HE HAD WRITTEN THREE BOOKS AND HE WAS WORKING ON ANOTHER ONE

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

To talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

I WAS TIRED BECAUSE I HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR HOURS.

HE GAVE A GOOD CONCERT. HE HAD BEEN PRACTISING ALL AFTERNOON

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FUTURE ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST

IT REFERS TO ACTITIVITIES THAT DIDN´T HAPPEN IN THE END, (THEY WERE PLANNED TO OCCUR)

I WAS GOING TO MEET MY FRIEND BUT I HAD TO WORK IN THE END

SHE WAS ABOUT TO GO OUT BUT HER FIREND TURNED UP

PRESENT AND PAST HABITS

PRESENT HABITS

Present Simple

Classes now START at 9:00 a.m

She is always TAKING my things

Present Continuous

My friends and I WILL usually meet on Fridays to go to the cinema

Will

PRESENT AND PAST HABITS

PAST HABITS

My dad USED to read me stories when I was little

Used to

He WOULD come and visit us on Sundays

Would

My mum was always TELLING me to get up early on Saturdays

Past Continuous

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