Презентация на тему Past Tenses

I/you waited
he/she/it waited
we/you/they waited

Negative
I/you did not wait
he/she/it did not wait
we/you/they did not wait

Question
Did I/you wait?
Did he/she/it wait?
Did we/you/they wait?

about:
Actions that started and finished in the past
He sent

the e-mail yesterday.
Did they do the job last night?
Actions that happened one after the other in the past
She opened the door, picked up the telephone and made a call.
Actions that were repeated or were habits in the past
I caught the early train every morning

month ago
a year ago
every summer
in 1955
in January
last summer
last year
the

day before yesterday
then
yesterday

waiting
you were waiting
he/she/it was waiting
we/you/they were waiting

Negative
I was not waiting
you were not waiting
he/she/it was not waiting
we/you/they were not waiting

Question
Was I waiting?
Were you waiting?
Was he/she/it waiting?
Were we/you/they waititng?

about:
Actions that were in progress at a specific time

in the past
I was having lunch at one o’clock.
Two or more actions that were in progress at the same time in the past
My brother was putting the tools away and I was cleaning the garage.
The background events in a story
The wind was blowing and the clouds were moving across the blue sky.
An action in progress in the past that was interrupted by another
I was reading when the telephone rang.

yesterday
all evening
at that time
yesterday
while

he/she/it had waited
we/you/they had waited
Negative

I/you had not waited
he/she/it had not waited
we/you/they had not waited

Question
Had I/you waited?
Had he/she/it waited?
Had we/you/they waited?

to talk about:
Something that happened before a specific time

in the past
Walter has finished the project by lunchtime.
Something that happened in the past and had an effect on a following action or state
I have known him for years
Something that has just happened
He has just left. They’ve just told me the story

never

before

never just when

as soon as by the time till/until

been
waiting
he/she/it had

been
waiting
we/you/they had been
waiting

Negative
I/you had not been
waiting
he/she/it had not been
waiting
we/you/they had not been
waiting

Question
Had I/you been
waiting?
Had he/she/it been
waiting?
Have we/you/they been
waiting?

to talk about:
One action in the past lasted for

some time before another past action
I had been teaching at that school for some time before I met you.
One action that lasted for some time in the past had an effect on a following action or state
He knew the city very well because he had been working as a taxi driver for ages.