Past Tense - Review by Isabel Valente https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4 Structure, usage and examples en-us 2021-02-09 21:21:18 UTC 2024-10-07 14:15:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/8.0/png/1f61c.png https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157117538 2024-10-07 13:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157117538 Structure tojifushiguro7k7k https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157121866 Positive

Subject +have+verb(ing)

Subject+has+been+verb(ing)


Negative

Subject+have not/havent/hasnt+been+verb(ing)


Question

Have/Has+subject+been+verb(ing)

]]> 2024-10-07 14:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157121866 https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157122579 Would is the past tense form of will. It is used to talk about the past, to talk about something we’ve imagined.
 
We can use subject + would + infinitive (I would go) or subject + would + have + past participle (I would have gone).

Exemple: I would eat my breakfast if I had time
                  I would go to the gym if I wanted to

]]> 2024-10-07 14:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157122579 Would + infinitive https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157123886 Would is the past tense form of will. It is used to talk about the past, to talk about something we’ve imagined.

 

We can use subject + would + infinitive (I would go) or subject + would + have + past participle (I would have gone).


Exemple: I would eat my breakfast if I had time.

                  I would go to the gym if I wanted to.

]]> 2024-10-07 14:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157123886 https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157125207 We use the past perfect continuous to talk about actions or events which started before a particular time in the past and were still in progress up to that time in the past


Subject + had(n’t) been + verb(ing)


Ex.:

  • Had you been waiting long before the taxi arrived?

  • We had been trying to open the door for five minutes when Jane found her key.

  • It had been raining hard for several hours and the streets were very wet.

  • Her friends had been thinking of calling the police when she walked in.

]]> 2024-10-07 14:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157125207 https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157126172 Structure of Simple Past Tense


Positive

Subject + Verb in the past form (base form of the verb + ed/d for regular verbs or past tense form of the irregular verbs)


Negative

Subject + Didn't + Verb in the base form


Negative Interrogative

Didn't + Subject + Verb in the

base form


1. I went to the grocery store yesterday.

2. She studied English for three years in college.





]]> 2024-10-07 14:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157126172 https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157128149 The past perfect tense is used to show that something happened before another action in the past.

]]> 2024-10-07 14:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157128149 https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157129445 Structure: Used to + infinitive

Neg: didn’t use to

Int: did….use to…?


When we talk about a past repeated action that change now


1- She used to be a long-distance runner when she was younger.



]]> 2024-10-07 14:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157129445 Present Perfect sebastiaopaiva https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157132198 Usage: used to show an action that happened in the past that is directly related to the present


Structure and examples:


Subject -> Have/Has -> Past participle of the main verb


Ex: I have finished my homework.

Ex: She has taken the test.


Subject -> Haven’t/ Hasn’t -> Past participle of the main verb


Ex: We haven't gone shopping lately.

Ex: He hasn't told me anything.


Have/Has -> Subject -> Past participle of the main verb -> ?


Ex: Have you finished your homework?

Ex: Has she taken the test?



]]> 2024-10-07 14:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157132198 Past continuous https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157140484 The past continuous tense  involves the verb to be (was or were) and the present participle of the verb, the –ing form. 

 

Structure: Subject + was/were + (verb + -ing) + object + other words.

 

Exemple: While I was studying, my friends were playing.

I was eating ice cream when my parents called me.

]]> 2024-10-07 14:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157140484 https://padlet.com/isabel_valente_sjm/xl9rnt7wjo4xm1e4/wish/3157143009 The past continuous tense  involves the past tense of to be (was or were) and the present participle of the verb, the –ing form. 
 
Structure: Subject + was/were + (verb + -ing) + object + other words.
 
Exemple: While I was studying, my friends were playing.
I was eating ice cream when my parents called me.b

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