Презентация, доклад на тему Past Tenses in English

Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect Continuous

Done by N.I. Wiebe
English teacher
School № 83

Tyumen, 2016

sentences:

Present Simple

Past Simple

at a stated time in the past. The Past Simple tense is used with time expressions of the past.

days ago

in 1998

when

ending “ed” if we talk about regular verbs. For example: I played football yesterday. or I watched a very good film yesterday.

Past Simple of Irregular Verbs

column and read them out

arrive, close, help, want, hurry, look, watch, clean, cook, visit, add, start, wait, like, travel, tidy, kiss, change, open

arrived

closed

helped

wanted

hurried

looked

watched

cleaned

cooked

visited

added

started

waited

liked

travelled

tidied

kissed

changed

opened

Last year I went to the cinema every Sunday.

REMEMBER:

at the hotel.

didn’t eat

I didn’t come

I didn’t buy

stop

I travelled

She preferred

They didn’t play

We didn’t study

I didn’t travel

She didn’t prefer

didn’t stay

I didn’t play

I didn’t like

He didn’t travel

he play ?

Did we study ?

He played
He didn’t play

We studied
We didn’t study

I went
I didn’t go
I came
I didn’t come

Did I go ?

Did I come ?

I come ?

остановился у кинотеатра?

4. Они путешествовали по России в прошлом году?

Did you study English yesterday?

Did she like the film?

Did he stop at the cinema?

Did they travel around Russia last year?

вчера?

3. Ты пришёл домой поздно вчера?

4. Он купил хлеб вчера?

5. Она ела торт вчера?

6. Они писали тест вчера?

Did you go the cinema yesterday?

Did you drink coffee yesterday?

Did you come home late yesterday?

Did he buy bread yesterday?

Did she eat a cake yesterday?

Did they write a test yesterday?

and 2) ________(work) as a gardener. He 3)_______
(start) his career as a singer and 4) ________ (work) hard
then. He only 5)________(become) famous in 1987 when he
6) ______(make) his first album which 7) ______ (call)
“Reckless”. After “Reckless” no one 8) _______(hear) about
him for a while, until 1991 when he 9) _____(sing)
“Everything I Do, I Do It for You” which 10) _____(be) a
great success. After that he 11) ______(go) on a world tour.
Today, Bryan Adams is back in Canada enjoying his success.

left

worked

started

worked

became

made

called

heard

sang

was

went

Put the verbs in brackets into the
Past Simple

yesterday.
He was not at the cinema yesterday.
Was he at the cinema yesterday?

yesterday

Were

They

they

?

был в кино.

Were you at home yesterday?

No, I wasn`t at home yesterday.

I was at the cinema.

It

It is only a month since my

at home.

Saturday morning

and it

very cold.

family and I

am

were

is

were

then.

all happy

hot and sunny. We

on holiday in Egypt. The weather

was

was

Past Simple.

finish, go, have, be

1. James usually ________

2. Yesterday he ________

4. Yesterday he ____ dinner in a restaurant with his friends.

3. He usually ___ dinner at home.

5. He usually_____ home by train.

6. Yesterday he ______ home by taxi.

finishes

9. It ____ his birthday.

8. Yesterday he _____ to bed late.

7. He usually _____ bed early.

finished

has

went

goes

went

was

goes

had

work a 100 p.m.

work at 4.30 p.m.

Simple”

Tommy Brown 1) ___ (be) a real story-teller. No one 2) _____
(believe) what he 3) ____ (say) because he always 4) ____ (tell)
lies. He 5) ____ (live) in a small village and 6) _____ (work) on a
farm near his village.
One night last week Tommy 7) ______ (finish) work late. It 8)
___ (be) dark and cold. Suddenly he 9) ____ (hear) it a strange noise so hi 10) _____ (look) up. It 11) ____ (be) a UFO with bright flashing lights. It 12) _____ (come down) towards him and he 13)____ (see) two green men looking at him. He 14) _________ (scream), 15) ______ (drop) his bag and 16) _____ (run away).
When he 17) ______(arrive) at the village he 18) ____ (meet) some villagers and 19) _____ (start) to tell them the news but they all 20) ______ (laugh) at him. No one 21)______ (believe) Tommy.

is

believes

says

tells

lives

works

finished

was

heard

looked

was

came

saw

screamed

dropped

arrived

met

started

laughed

believed

ran

Home

watching TV

while …, as … .

stated time in the past
At 8 o’clock last night she was watching TV
for two or more actions which were happening at the same time in the past
They were dancing while he was playing the guitar
for a past action which was in progress when another action interrupted it.
He was painting the bedroom when suddenly he fell off
the ladder.

Past Continuous is used

the grandmother was knitting
the grandfather was watching TV.

When they were sunbathing,
it started raining.

Yesterday when she was cooking,
she burnt her finger.

Last night I had (have) a wonderful dream. This is what I ____
________ (dream). We _____(take) a trip to Hawaii. I ____ (be) with my family and two of my friends. We ____ (be) on a ship and we _____________(travel) to Honolulu. On the ship there ___ (be) a disco. We ___________ (sit) on nice comfortable seats and we __________ __(drink) exotic juices. Lots of people ___________ (dance) and the music ____________(play) loudly. We __________ (have) a lot of fun! When the ship _______ (arrive) in Honolulu a man __________ (wait) to take us to our hotel. The hotel where we ______ (stay) was by a beach lined with palm trees. Drums _____ ______ (beat) and people on the beach _________ (sing) and _______ (dance) to the music. The music __________ (get) louder and louder until I _____ (can) hear a ringing in my ears. It ____(be) my alarm clock! It ____ (be) 7 o’clock and time to get up for school.

were drinking

dreaming

took

was

were

were travelling

was

were sitting

were dancing

was playing

were having

arrived

was waiting

stayed

were

were singing

dancing

was getting

could

was

was

was

beating

doing at the party when the policeman
arrived.

noticed you
had made a mistake.

Auxiliary verb Main Verb

Perfect

another past action or before a stated past time. Example: She had already left when I got home.
for a complete action. Example: She had arrived by 8 p.m. yesterday.

left. 2. When she phoned, he left.

past.

George (light) the candles when she arrived.

When she arrived at the theatre, he (buy) the tickets.

When he came home, she (already/have) dinner.

had lit

had bought

had already had

and Terry (finish) their breakfast, they (take) their bags and (go) to the river to fish. They (go) there before and (catch) some big fish. By 5 o`clock they (not/get) any fish), so they decided to go home. They
(promise) their mother to bring fish for dinner, so they (look) for a shop where they could buy some. But the shops (already/close). When they (arrive) home, they
(tell) their mother they (catch) the biggest fish they (ever/see) but it (escape).

had finished

took

went

had gone

caught

hadn`t got

had promised

looked

had already closed

arrived

told

had caught

had ever seen

escaped

Home

for three hours before I finished.

which had visible
results or effect in the past
Example:
She was tired. She had been cleaning the house all morning.
For an action continuing up to a specific time in the past
Example:
He had been waiting for an hour before she arrived.

washing her dog. 2. The boys were dirty. They had been playing football. 3. Carol`s ears hurt. She had been listening to the radio for two hours. 4. Kate had black ink on her hands. She had been writing for two hours.

Perfect Continuous

The woman drowned in the river. She (swim).

He bought a car after he __________(save) enough money.

She signed the letter after she
_ ____ (write) it.

had been swimming

had saved

had written

Perfect Continuous

Her hair is wet. She (wash) it.

He felt sick because he (eat) too much.

He was hot. He (run).

had washed

had eaten

had been running

Mr. Thomas was exhausted. He had had the worst day in his life! Everything ______ (go) wrong. He ___________ (drive) to work for half an hour when suddenly his car broke down. Not wanting to be late he decided to start walking and try to catch a bus. After he ________ (walk) for over an hour, it began to rain. However, just at that moment a taxi appeared and Mr. Thomas jumped in. When he arrived at the office, he realized that he _______ (leave) his wallet in his own car and had no money to pay the driver.

had gone

had been driving

had walked

had left

However, an important business meeting _________ (just/start). Mr. Thomas was wet and dirty because it ___________ (rain). His boss was very angry because he _____________ (wait) for him for over an hour. After explaining what ___________ (happen) to him, Mr. Thomas borrowed a car and went home to change. When he arrived home he realized to his horror that someone ________ (break into) his house. What a terrible morning!

had just started

had been raining

had been waiting

had happened

had broken

Home

Put the verbs into Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous Tense.