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PAST TENSES timeline_past - Coggle Diagram
PAST TENSES
PAST SIMPLE
STRUCTURE
SUBJECT + VERB IN PAST TENSE + COMPLEMENT
SUBJECT + DID + NOT + VERB IN BASE FORM + COMPLEMENT
DID + SUBJECT + VERB IN BASE FORM +?
EXAMPLE
I HAD A TEST YESTERDAY.
SHE DID NOT DO HER HOMEWORK.
DID THEY STAY LATE?
FUNCTION
USE IT FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST OR SOMETHING THAT WAS TRUE IN THE PAST.
PAST CONTINUOUS
STRUCTURE
SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + NOT + VERB (ING) + COMPLEMENT.
WAS /WERE + SUBJECT + VERB (ING) + COMPLEMENT + ?
SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + VERB (ING) + COMPLEMENT.
EXAMPLE
SHE WASN'T THERE AT THAT TIME.
WERE YOU DANCING AT THE PARTY?
I WAS READING THE INFORMATION AT 7:00.
FUNCTION
TO SHOW AN ACTION THAT CONTINUED FOR SOME TIME IN THE PAST
PAST PERFECT
FUNCTION
USE IT TO TALK ABOUT AN ACTION THAT HAPPENED BEFORE SOME POINT IN THE PAST
STRUCTURE
SUBJECT + HAD + NOT + VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE + COMPLEMENT.
HAD + SUBJECT + VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE + ?
SUBJECT + HAD + VERB IN PAST PARTICIPLE + COMPLEMENT.
EXAMPLE
YOU HAD NOT DONE THE ACTIVITY BY THE TIME THE TEACHER CAME.
HAD WE COMPLETED THE TASK BY THE END OF THE PERIOD?
SHE HAD LUNCH WHEN SHE GOT HOME.
