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Past Tenses: Past Simple Tense Past Continuous Tense Past Perfect Tense Past Perfect Continuous Tense

The document discusses the different past tenses in English: past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. It provides examples of how each tense is used, including the conjugations and time expressions commonly used with each one. The past simple is used to describe completed actions in the past. The past continuous describes ongoing or interrupted actions in the past. The past perfect describes actions that occurred before other past actions. And the past perfect continuous emphasizes the duration of an action that started and finished in the past.

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Past Tenses: Past Simple Tense Past Continuous Tense Past Perfect Tense Past Perfect Continuous Tense

The document discusses the different past tenses in English: past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. It provides examples of how each tense is used, including the conjugations and time expressions commonly used with each one. The past simple is used to describe completed actions in the past. The past continuous describes ongoing or interrupted actions in the past. The past perfect describes actions that occurred before other past actions. And the past perfect continuous emphasizes the duration of an action that started and finished in the past.

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Past Tenses

~ Past Simple Tense


~ Past Continuous Tense
~ Past Perfect Tense
~ Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Simple Tense
 Употребляется для выражения действий, произошедших в прошлом,
часто с указанием времени действия: yesterday,
last..,
ago,
in 2006

+ V2(-ed)
- Did not + V
? Did + subject + V

+ He walked/went home yesterday.


- He didn’t form company in 1975.
? Did he form company last year?
Yes, he did. No, he didn't.
Past Continuous Tense
Употребляется:
для описания действия, которое происходило в определённое время в
прошлом: yesterday at 1 o'clock
для описания действия, которое происходило в прошлом и было
прервано другим действием: when
для описания двух или более одновременных действий,
происходивших в развитии в прошлом: while

+ be (was/were) + V-ing
- be (was/were) not + V-ing
? be (was/were) + subject + V-ing

+ I was singing at 5 pm yesterday.


-He wasn’t reading a book at 5 pm last night.
? Was she playing the piano at 5 pm yesterday?
Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.
Past Perfect Tense
Употребляется, когда речь идёт о:
 действии, которое произошло перед другим действием в
прошлом: I had had dinner before he came back home.
 действии, которое завершилось в прошлом при описании его
результата: We had done that work and we got an excellent.

+ Had + V3
V (-ed)
- Had not + V3(-ed)
? Had + subject + V3(-ed)
+ I had seen this film long before you saw it.
- We hadn't known that man until you introduced hum to us.
? Had you finished that project before they reported about it?
Yes, I had. No, I hadn't.

Already, after, never, before, just,for, since, by, till/untill, by the time
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Употребляется, когда:
 подчёркивается длительность действия, которое началось и
закончилось в прошлом перед другим действием в прошлом: I
had been having a dinner for 10 minutes when he came back home.
 обозначается действие, которое длилось некоторое время в
прошлом, и описывается его результат в прошлом: We had been
doing that work for all day so we got an excellent.

+ Had been + V-ing


- Had not been + V-ing
? Had + subject + been + V-ing

For, since, how long, before, till/untill


Past Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous

1. Вчера я написал сочинение.


Yesterday I wrote an essay.
2. Я писал его с 5 до 7 часов вечера.
I was writing it from 5 to 7 pm in the evening.
3. Когда мама пришла с работы я его уже дописал.
When my mum came from work I had already finished it.
4. Я его проверял 2 часа прежде чем дал прочитать маме.

I had been checking it for 2 hours before I gave it to my mum to


read.

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