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Flashcards by Rosalinda Gómez, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Rosalinda Gómez
over 4 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| We use PAST TENSES to... | describe moments and periods of time in the past. |
| PAST SIMPLE is used to express... | 1. a finished action in the past. 2. actions that follow each other in a story. 3. a past situation or habit. |
| FORM Spelling of verb + -ed | 1. regular verbs add -ed to the base form. 2. when the verb ends in -e, add -d 3. if the verb has only one syllable, vowel + consonant, double the consonant before adding -ed, except if the consonant is -y or -w 4. verbs that end in a consonant + -y change the -y to -ied |
| FORM Past Continuous | was/were + verb + -ing |
| PAST CONTINUOUS is used... | 1. to express activities in progress before, and probably after, a particular time in the past. 2. for descriptions. 3. to express an interrupted past activity 4. to express an incomplete activity. |
| Past Simple or Past Continuous? each one focuses on ... | Past Simple focuses on past actions as complete facts. Past Continuous focuses on the duration of past activities. |
| Past Simple and Past Continuous Questions | Past Simple asks about what happened after. Past Continuous asks about activities before. |
| USE TO expresses... | a habit or state in the past that is now finished. |
| PAST PERFECT refers to... | an action in the past that was completed before another action in the past. |
| FORM Past perfect | Positive I/ You/ We had... Negative I/ You/ We hadn't... Question Where had you/ she/ they... |
| The Past Perfect is used... | 1. to make clear one action in the past happened before another action in the past. 2. to tell a story in a different order |
| Past tenses in the passive | Past Simple Passive: was/ were + past participle Past Continuous Passive: was/ were being + past participle Past Perfect Passive: had been + past participle |
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