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PAST TENSES - Coggle Diagram
PAST TENSES
Simple
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Signal words
Yesterday, last night/month/week, last-*, this morning/afternoon ... In + year/month in the past
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Use
Past habits:
- I used to play the piano when I was a child.
- When i was a child I used to play the game.
Completed action in the past
- She went to the park yesterday
- They bought a cake at the market last week
Hành động liên tiếp trong QK
- She sat down and ordered a coffee
- We ate fried potato and drunk water
Continuous
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Use
Action happening at a specific time in the past
- I was studying at 8PM last night
- I was meeting about the new technology at 9AM yesterday
Một hành động đang diễn ra, 1 hành động khác xen vào
- She was writing an email when the power went out
- He was reading a book when the phone rang :
Parallel action in the past
- He was talking while they were working
- While i was working in the garden they were playing game
Signal words
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At ... yesterday, last night
Perfect
Structure
- (+) S + Had + V(P2)
- (-) S + had not + V(P2)
- (?) Had + S + V(P2)?
Use
Completed action before sth in the past
- I did well in the exam because i had studied hard
- She had eaten breakfast before her brother woke up
By the time she got home, her sister had already gone to bed
Signal words
Just, already, by the time
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Perfect Continouous
Structure
- (+) S + had been + V-ing
- (-) S + had been not + V-ing
- (?) Had been + S + V-ing
Use
Continouous actions before sth in the past
- We had been working for 2 hours before she arrived
- He had been studying for 4 hours before she gone out
Cause of sth in the past
- She understood the lesson because she had been paying
- I was tired because i had been playing football for hours
Signal words
Since, for, the whole day, all day ...