Simple past tense (3)

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Bushra Shaikh

Topic

Past Tense

Simple past tense

simple past is a verb tense (the second principal part of a verb) indicating action that

occurred in the past and which does not extend into

the present.

How to form simple past tense sentence

Subject + verb past form (v)

1. He walked2. She sang3. He fought4. They read5. He slept6. She drank 7. He went8. I saw9. I ate10.I worked

Past perfect tense

Past perfect tense. It is used to express an action

which has occurred in past


Subject + had + past participle

1.She had lived in Sweden 2.After we had eaten the

cornflakes, Henry came in.3.Before Ken ran to Kerry's house,

he had phoned him.4.After they had packed their

rucksacks, they rode away on their bikes.

5.Gerry helped his grandma in the house because his father had told him so.

6.The cat hid under the chair because the children had been so loud.

7.Before the students started to write, the teacher had collected their mobile phones.

8.After Max had finished his breakfast, he left the flat.

Past continuous tense

The past continuous describes actions or events in a time before now, which

began in the past and is still going on at the time of speaking. In other words


Subject + was / were + past participle

1.I was watching TV when she called.

2.When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.

3.While we were having the picnic, it started to rain.

4.What were you doing when the earthquake started?

5.I was listening to my iPod, so I didn't hear the fire alarm.

6.You were not listening to me when I told you to turn the oven off.

7.While John was sleeping last night, someone stole his car.

8.Sammy was waiting for us when we got off the plane.

9.While I was writing the email, she message to me

Simple perfect continuous tense

The PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

TENSE indicates a continuous action that was completed at some

point in the past


Subject + had + been +verb with ing

1.We had been playing together for seven years

2.you had been watching television for four hours.

3.She had been shopping for eight hours

4.The boys had been quarreling for half an hour

5.he told me that she had been working as a teacher for over 40 years.

6.Ben had been working for three hours

7. it had been raining for ten minutes.

8.I had been talking since 2 hours

9.client had been waitingfor an hour.

10.I had fed the dogs before I tripped and fel

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