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PAST TENSES - Coggle Diagram
PAST TENSES
PAST SIMPLE
Function for use
An action that started and finished in the past
One completed action after another
A past habit or regular past event
Form
Negative (regular and irregular verbs)
I/You/He/She/It/We/They
didn't
go home
Questions (regular and irregular verbs)
Did
I/you/he/she/it/we/they go home
Positive
Irregular verbs: I/You/He/She/It/We/They
went
home
Regular verbs: I/You/He/She/It/We/They
lived
here.
Pronunciation
Verbs ending in /t/ or /d/ = + /ıd/ EXTRA SYLLABLE
wanted
Verbs ending an unvoiced sound = + /t/
liked
Verbs ending a voiced sound = + /d/
travelled
PAST CONTINUOUS
Function for use
A past action in progress when another action occurred
To set the scene to a story
An action in the past that is interrupted (usually by the past simple)
Form
Positive and negative
I/He/She/It
was/wasn’t (was not)
going
home.
You/We/They
were/weren’t (were not)
going
home.
Questions
Was
I/he/she/it
going
home
Were
you/we/they
going
home
Short answers
Yes
I/he/she/it
was.
you/we/they
were
No
I/he/she/it
wasn’t (was not).
you/we/they
weren’t (were not).