S+V-ed/V2 S+was/were+V-ing S+ Didn't+v Inf S+wasn't/ Weren't+v-Ing Did+S+V Inf ? Was/Were +S+ V-Ing? Past Simple Past Continuous

Review of the past tenses
Past simple Past Continuous

Form S+V-ed/V2 S+was/were+V-ing
A:
S+ didn’t+V inf S+wasn’t/ weren’t+V-
N: ing
Did+S+V inf ? Was/Were +S+ V-ing?

I:
Past Simple Past Continuous
Time -yesterday -while
adverbs -last week/ month… -when
-a week ago - as
- in 2019 - at this time yesterday
- then - all day/ night/ morning
-when
Types 1.Finished or completed 1. Action in progress at a
of actions (at a definite specific moment in the
actions time) past (we don’t know
They fired him when the action started or
yesterday. finished)
At 7 o’clock last night, I
2. Repeated actions was working out at the
from the past (finished gym.
habits or states)
He worked in a
supermarket when he 2. An action in progress
was younger. (longer) interrupted by
another action(short)
3. Stories (narratives)
He opened the window We were watching the
and shouted at his match when there was an
friend. electricity black-out.
3. Simultaneous actions
in progress at the same
time in the past
I was writing while he
was reading.
4. Background
information to set the
scene (in a story)
A light breeze was
blowing.
Spellin Consonant+Y IED -E ING

g try-tried make – making
double consonant (short

vbs)
run - running
IE Y+ing
lie – lying
Stative verbs
These are the verbs that don’t usually have an -ing form
(they describe a state rather than an action)
1. Verbs that show preferences: like, love, adore, hate,
dislike, want, wish
2. Verbs that show possession: belong, have, own,
possess,
3. Verbs of “thinking”: agree, believe, consider,
imagine, know, mean, think, remember, recall,
recognize
4. Verbs related to the senses: appear, feel, see, hear,
smell, taste
*Some of these verbs can take an -ing ending with a
slight change of meaning
e.g. The soup tasted delicious. – stative verb (no action)
I was tasting the soup to check it for salt. – active verb
I had a lot of friends. - possession

I was having a party with my friends when you came. –
phrasal verb
Past Perfect Past Perf.Continuous
Form S+had+V-ed/ V3 S+had been+V-ing
A: I had played I had been playing
you had played You had been playing
he/ she/ it had played He/she/ it had been playing
S+ hadn’t+V -ed S+hadn’t been+V-ing

N: I hadn’t played I hadn’t been playing
You hadn’t played You hadn’t been playing
He/she/it hadn’t played He/she/ it is hadn’t been
playing
Had+S+V-ed ? Had +S+ been+V-ing?

I: Had I played? Had I been playing?
Had you played? Had you been playing?
Had he/she/ it played? Had he/she/ it been playing?
Past Perfect Past Perf. Continuous
Time -since -since
adverbs -for -for
-just -lately
- already -recently
- yet (negative and - all week/morning
interrogative) - so far
- lately -how long
- recently -by the time; by…
- so far
- ever
- never
-by the time
Types 1. An action which happened 1.Puts emphasis on the duration

of before another past action or of an action which started and
actions stated time in the past finished in the past, before an
He had finished his action or stated time. (with FOR
homework by 6 o’clock. and SINCE)
2. An action that finished in The cake had been baking in the
the past with visible results in cooker for an hour when I realized
the past I hadn’t even turned it on.
He had heard the news and
he was still in shock.
3. A series of actions 2. For an action that lasted for
continuing up to a moment in some time in the past and whose
the past result was visible in the past.
By the time of his death,
Edison had invented a He had been travelling all night
number of things that and he was exhausted.
changed everyday life.
Spelling Double the final consonant -E ING

on short vbs make – making
stop – stopped (CVC)
double consonant (short vbs)
Double the final consonant run - running
on longer vbs with a stress on
the final syllable
admít-admítted
Consonant+Y IED IE Y+ing
try-tried lie - lying

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Review of the past tenses

Past simple Past Continuous

Did+S+V inf ? Was/Were +S+ V-ing?

Spellin Consonant+Y IED -E ING

double consonant (short

I had a lot of friends. - possession

S+ hadn’t+V -ed S+hadn’t been+V-ing

Had+S+V-ed ? Had +S+ been+V-ing?

Types 1. An action which happened 1.Puts emphasis on the duration

Spelling Double the final consonant -E ING

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