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Past and Perfect Tenses

The document summarizes the differences between the past simple and past continuous tenses. It provides examples of each tense in positive, negative, and interrogative forms. It also outlines the formulas used to form the past simple and past continuous tenses. Finally, it provides exercises for learners to practice using these tenses correctly in sentences.

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Past and Perfect Tenses

The document summarizes the differences between the past simple and past continuous tenses. It provides examples of each tense in positive, negative, and interrogative forms. It also outlines the formulas used to form the past simple and past continuous tenses. Finally, it provides exercises for learners to practice using these tenses correctly in sentences.

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PAST TENSES

Past Simple vs Past Continuous


Positive (+) Negative (-) Interogative (?)
     
a) I went out with my friends last I did not go out with my friends Did I go out with my friends last
night. last night. night?
     
b) I was a junior-high-school I was not a junior high school Was I a junior-high-school student
student one year ago. student one year ago. one year ago?
     
c) she worked at a delicatessen    
when I lived in Boston she did not work at a delicatessen Did she worked at a delicatessen
  when I lived in Boston. when she lived in Boston?
The formula:    
The formula:  
Subject + V2 + O / adv The formula:
Subject + did not + verb 1 + o
............................................. Subject + was/ were/ not + adj / Did + subject + v1 + O ?
adv. Was/ were + Subject + adj / adv
Were the James brothers heroes?

Frank and Jesse James were from Missouri, USA. As boys they (1) ____
(grow) up in Missouri in the 1840s. They were clever. Frank (2) ____
(read) Shakespeare and both (3) ___ (know) a lot about politics. Later in
his life Jesse often (4) ____ (ride) horses in the Nashville races. They
never smoked or (5)___ (drink) alcohol and both (6) ___ (be) good
husbands and fathers. During the American Civil War, Frank and Jesse
(7)_____ (fight) for the against the north, but the south (8) ____ (lose)
the war. After the war, the James brothers (9) ___ (start) to rob banks
and trains, but only in the north. They were still fighting the North! They
(10) ____ (steal) over $170.000 and nobody ever (11) ____(catch)them.
In the end, somebody (12) ___(shoot and kill) ____Jesse when he was
thirty-five. He (13) had (have) a wife and two children. After that Frank
(14) _____(not rob) banks anymore. For the people of the American
South, the James Brothers (15) ____ (be) heroes.
Choose the correct option to complete
the sentence.
1. They were walking down the street when they ...
A. saw an accident.
B. were seeing an accident.

2. When did you last ...


A. go to the cinema?
B. going to the cinema?
3. Where did you ...
A. meeting your husband?
B. meet your husband?

4. I wasn't paying attention when the accident ...


A. was happening.
B. happened.

5. Megan got up, had a shower, drank a cup of coffee


and ...
A. walked out of the door.
B. was walking out of the door.
Complete the sentences with the correct past simple or
past continuous form of the verbs in brackets (). Use short
forms where possible.
6. [___________] a lot when that dog bit your leg? (it / hurt)

7. Children always [__________] school at the age of seven in


those days. (start)

8. Jun-seo [__________] an email when the computer screen


went black. (write)

9. Karim [_______] in 1989 and began a second career as a


writer. (retire)

10. Souma [________] home at 17 and got a job in a café. (leave)


…….. ……..
……..
……..
…….
Present Perfect Progressive vs Past Perfect
Progressive
1. We (wait) _____________ for Nancy for the last two
hours, but she hasn’t arrived.

2. We (wait) _____________ for Nancy for the last two


hours before she finally arrived yesterday.
Complete the text with the correct verbs in simple
past or present perfect tense!
In Germany, where Sandra 1) _____until she 2)
_____________ (be) 12 years old, she (3) __________
(get) As in all her school subjects. However, when her
family (4) ________________ (move) to the USA and
she (5) _____ to junior high school, she (6) __________
(find) it hard to make friends with the other students.
They (7) _____________ (not like) her because she (8)
______________ (be) from another country. So, she (9)
______________ (decide) to be ordinary. But now she
(10) _________ (be) a practicing pediatrician for a few
years.
Simple Past or Present Perfect?

The Brazilian have won (win) the world cup five


times. They first won it in 1958.
Top model Claudia Sciffer ................... (work) for
many dress companies. She is also a business woman.
In the 1990s, she ............ (open) chain of restaurant.
Nadia Comaneci ......................... (win) four Olympic
gold medals when she ................. (be) fourteen.
Martina Navratoliva ................... (play) seventy-four
tennis matches one after the other without losing one.
Nobody .......................... (beat) that record yet.

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