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PAST TENSES - PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT SIMPLE | GRAMMAR | HOW TO ENGLISH

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https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/past-tense-review

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Students watch Oktapodi and choose between past simple, past continuous and past perfect.

A cute cephalopodic couple are separated and with one squid on her way to a plate in a restaurant, it's up to her partner to rescue her.

The above lesson is a great teaching resource for: Pre-intermediate (A2), Intermediate (B1)

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Students watch Oktapodi and choose between past simple, past continuous and past perfect. A cute cephalopodic couple are separated and with one squid on her way to a plate in a restaurant, it's up to her partner to rescue her. The above lesson is a great teaching resource for: Pre-intermediate (A2), Intermediate (B1) Quality not yet verified by the community.

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Lam Ngọc, Nhật Minh, Duy Anh

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Signal word:
Yesterday, last year, last month, etc.

Use:
Actions that happened in the past
Example:
I studied with my friends last night.
I ate a cake yesterday.

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Use : an action that happened before another one
Structure :
Positive : S + had + PII
Negative : S + hadn’t + PII
Question : Had + S + PII ?
Signal words : before , after, as soon as , by 8pm yesterday
Nhấn mạnh : Số lượng
Example : By 8pm yesterday, he had  finished 3 assignments.

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Uses: For something that happended before another event in the past
Signal words: already, just, never, not yet, once, until that day.

Example: - When I arrived, he had already cleaned the house.
- He had slept when we came into the house
- They had finished their project right before the deadline last week.

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Usage: +) Actions interrupted by other ones
+) Actions happened before and after other ones
+) Actions that continued for some times
EXAMPLE: I was sleeping when my mom woke me up.

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USE
+an action that happened before and after another action

+action that was interrupted by another

action
+something continued for some time
FORM
+S + was/were+ Ving

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Use: to talk about actions that were completed before some point in the past

Formula: had + verb pII

Signal words:

already, just.

never, not yet.

once, until that day.

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Uses:
- Actions interrupted by other actions
- Actions that happened before and after other actions
- Actions that continued for some time

Signal words:
when, while

Example:
- I was watching TV at 9pm last night.
- She wasn't sleeping when he came home.

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Usage
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An action in the past which overlaps another action or a time.

In the same way, we can use the past continuous for the background of a story.

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uses:
-Express an action that was happening at a time in the past
-Express two actions that happened at the same time in the past
-Expressing an action that is happening when another action is interrupted
-Actions that are repeated in the past and annoy others
Form
+ S + was/were + V-ing (+ O)
- S + was/were + not + V-ing (+ O)
? (Word to ask) + was/were + S + V-ing (+ O)?

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Use

Single completed action

Habits in the past

Permanent situation in the past

General truths and facts about the past

The main events in a story
Form
Positive : S + V-ed + O
Negative : S + did not + V ( in base form ) + O
Question : Did + S + V ( in base form ) + O
Signal
Yesterday
Last + time
Ago

Example
Positive : She worked yesterday
Negative : She didn't work yesterday
Question : Did she work yesterday?

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-Use
+Single completed actions
+Habits in the past
+permanent situations in the past
+General truths and facts about the past
+The main events in a story
-Form:
+positive: S+Ved
+negative: S+did not+ V
+question: Did+S+V
-Signal:
+yesterday, last night, last month,...
+Ved, did, was/were
-Ex:
+I Did that
+I did not do that
+Did you do that?