Narrative tenses by Giana Rodriguez https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v Write your ideas about the tense you discussed with your partners. en-us 2022-08-16 02:05:59 UTC 2026-02-25 11:11:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Subject + to be(in the past: was or were) + gerund :verb (ing) + complement andreageraldinec https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304132240 2022-09-20 03:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304132240 We generally use the past continuous to talk about actions and states in progress (happening) around a particular time in the past. It can emphasise that the action or state continued for a period of time in the past https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304133153 2022-09-20 03:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304133153 When one event is more important than another in the past, we can use the past continuous for the background event (the less important event) and the past simple for the main event: https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304134764 [background event]
Lisa was cycling to school when 
[main event]
she saw the accident.
]]> 2022-09-20 03:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304134764 S + had + Verb past participle + Complement https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304135323 2022-09-20 03:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304135323 We can use the past continuous to talk about repeated background events in the past. It can suggest that the situation was temporary or subject to change: https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304135781 She was feeding her neighbours’ cat every morning while they were on holiday. Then one morning, it was gone.]]> 2022-09-20 03:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304135781 They had studied Portuguese before they went to Brazil https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304136420 2022-09-20 03:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304136420 She was playing videogames in her room. andreageraldinec https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304136504 2022-09-20 03:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304136504 The past perfect tense is for talking about something that happened before something else in the past. https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304136741 2022-09-20 03:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304136741 USES https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304137459 The simple past expresses actions or situations that occurred in the past and that have already finished.]]> 2022-09-20 03:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304137459 FORMULA: HAD+ SUBJECT+ VERB IN P.P +C? https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304137707 Had you visited the Empire State?

]]> 2022-09-20 03:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304137707 Structure https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304137757 (+) Subject + Verb with ED (irregular verbs) + Complement
(-) Subject + did not + Verb (base form) + Complement
(?) Did + Subject + Verb(base form) + Complement]]> 2022-09-20 03:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304137757 https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304138352 example:
I washed the car yesterday in the morning.
]]> 2022-09-20 03:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304138352 actions that happens before a specific time in the past https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304138732 2022-09-20 03:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304138732 For example: To express interrupted action in the past. "I was driving to work when i crashed my car." https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304139011 To describe repetition and irritation. "He was always complaining in class."]]> 2022-09-20 03:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304139011 Example https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304139872 I talked to my best friend last night.]]> 2022-09-20 03:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304139872 Examples https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304140883 (?) Did she work yesterday?
(-) He did not run on monday
(+) They played together in highschool ]]> 2022-09-20 03:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304140883 USES https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304140999 To form the simple past of regular verbs you have to add -ed or -d to the basic form of the verb.]]> 2022-09-20 03:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304140999 ? Was/were + S +-ing + Complement? https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304141408 Was he sleeping when she came home?
Where they sleeping?]]> 2022-09-20 03:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304141408 Uses https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304141655 To express habits in the past]]> 2022-09-20 03:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304141655 https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304142139 You hadn´t woken up early]]> 2022-09-20 03:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304142139 https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304142175 To talk about something that started in the past and continued up to another action or time in the past.
To talk about unreal or imaginary situations in the past]]> 2022-09-20 03:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2304142175 She hadn't finished the test https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2307772758 2022-09-22 00:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/giana0207/kintnfha9wf1k75v/wish/2307772758