C. Are you happy with the way you use your time? What would you like to spend more/less time doing? Discuss in groups.
GRAMMAR 2: PAST TENSES
| Past Simple
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| Formation
| V2
I fell asleep very quickly last night.
My brother-in-law livedin Moscow in 2008.
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| Question form
| did + subject + V1
Did I fall asleep very quickly last night?
Did my brother-in-law live in Moscow in 2008?
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| Negative form
| did + not (didn’t)
I didn’t fall asleep very quickly last night.
My brother-in-law didn’t live in Moscow in 2008.
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| Usage
| past action or a series of completed past actions
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| Signal words
| yesterday, …years ago, last year, last month
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| Past Progressive
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| Formation
| was/were + Ving
I was making my breakfast when Tom came.
We were doing the shopping while our sisters were doing the housework.
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| Question form
| was/were + subject + Ving
Was I making my breakfast when Tom came?
Were we doing the shopping while our sisters were doing the housework?
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| Negative form
| was + not (wasn’t)/were + not (weren’t) + Ving
I wasn’t making my breakfast when Tom came.
We weren’t doing the shopping while our sisters were doing the housework.
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| Usage
| action in progress in the past, two or more actions in progress at the same time
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| Signal words
| from …to …
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| Past Perfect
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| Formation
| had+V3
He had already fedthe cat when I came.
They had done the washing-up.
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| Question form
| had + subject + V3
Had he already fedthe cat when I came?
Had they donethe washing-up?
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| Negative form
| had + not (hadn’t) + V3
He hadn’t already fed the cat when I came.
They hadn’t done the washing-up.
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| Usage
| action happened earlier than an action which followed
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| Signal words
| before
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