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PAST TENSES - Coggle Diagram
PAST TENSES
PAST SIMPLE
We use for :star:
One completed action after another
They left Spain in 2006 and my dad starter work as a doctor in 2007
:male-doctor::skin-tone-2:
A past habit or regular past event
I went to the beach every day
... :beach_with_umbrella:
An action that started and finished in the past
We moved to the USA (when I was nine)
:
Positive :check:
Subject+verb (in past tense)+ object
I/you/he/she/we/they
I wash
ed
the car :
Negative :green_cross:
Subject+ didn't+verb+object
I/you/he/she/we/they
I
didn't wash
the cae
Jim didn't finish his homework
Question :question:
Did+subject+verb+object
I/you/he/she/we/they
Did
you
wash
the car
?
Did you listen to music last night?
Fact :!:
The verbs ending -ch,-ss,-sb,-o,-x
+ES
Key words :key:
The other day
Last week
Yesterday
Last year
3 days ago
PAST CONTINUOUS
We use for :star:
To set the scene to a story
It was raining
... :droplet:
An action in the past that is interrupted (usually by the past simple)
My mum was driving home
:car:
A past action in progress when another action occurred
My parents were living in Spain (When I was born)
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The verbs ending :red_flag:
-Ing
Positive and negative :check: :green_cross:
I/She/He/it
was,wasn't (was not)
Going
home :house:
You/We/They
were,weren't (were not)
Going
home
Questions :question:
Was
I/He/She/It
Going
home?
Were
you/we/they
Going
home?
Answer :warning:
Yes :check:
Was
Were
No :green_cross:
Wasn't
Weren't
