8/12/2019 Day3 Past Tense
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VEERESH SAVADI English Made Easyin 20 Minutes a Day! Foundation
English
DAY-3 : STUDY OF PAST TENSES
School/College Coaching, Entrance Exams, Competitive Exams and
Spoken English
Personalized Classroom/Online Coaching, Study Notes, Study
Skills and Memory Techniques
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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PAST TENSE(Refer Comparative Table of
Tenses page-2)
TenseSignalwords
Use FormExamplesaffirmative
Examplesnegative
Examplesinterrogative
Simple Past
or Past Simple
last ...
... ago
in 1990
yesterday
action took placein the past,mostly connectedwith anexpression
oftime (noconnection to thepresent)
regular:infinitive + -ed irregular:
2nd column of table of irregularverbsUSE 1 Completed Action in
the Past
USE 2 A Series of Completed Actions
USE 3 Duration in Past
USE 4 Habits in the Past
USE 5 Past Facts or Generalizations
I worked. I didn't work. Did I work?
He worked. He didn't work. Did he work?I went. I didn't go. Did
I go?
He went. He didn't go. Did he go?
Past Progressive
or
Past Continuous
while
An actionhappened in themiddle ofanother action
someone wasdoing sth. at acertain time (in
the past) - you donot knowwhether it wasfinished or not
was/were +infinitive + -ingUSE1 Interrupted Action in the
Past
USE 2 Specific Time as anInterruption
USE 3 Parallel Actions
USE 5 Repetition and Irritation with"Always"
I was working.I wasntworking.
Was Iworking?
He wasworking.
He wasntworking.
Was heworking?
I was going. I wasn't going. Was I going?
He was going.He wasntgoing.
Was hegoing?
He has beenworking.
He hasn't beenworking.
Has he beenworking?
I have beengoing.
I haven't beengoing.
Have I beengoing?
He has beengoing.
He hasn't beengoing.
Has he beengoing?
Simple Past
Perfect or Past
Perfect (Simple)
already
just
never
mostly when twoactions in a storyare related toeach other:
theaction which hadalready happenedis put into PastPerfect,
theother action into
Simple Past
the past of thePresent Perfect
had + past participle**(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column oftable
of irregular verbs)USE 1 Completed Action beforeSomething in the
Past
USE 2 Duration before Something inthe Past (Non-Continuous
Verbs)
I had worked.I hadntworked.
Had Iworked?
He had worked.He hadntworked.
Had heworked?
I had gone. I hadn't gone. Had I gone?
He had gone. He hadn't gone. Had he gone?
Past Perfect
Progressive or
Past Perfect
Continuous
how long
since
for
how longsomething hadbeen happeningbefore somethingelse
happened
had + been +infinitive + ingUSE 1 Duration Before Something
inthe Past
USE 2 Cause of Something in the Past
I had beenworking.
I hadn't beenworking.
Had I beenworking?
He had beenworking.
He hadn't beenworking.
Had he beenworking?
I had beengoing.
I hadn't beengoing.
Had I beengoing?
He had beengoing.
He hadn't beengoing.
Had he beengoing?
8/12/2019 Day3 Past Tense
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VEERESH SAVADI English Made Easyin 20 Minutes a Day! Foundation
English
DAY-3 : STUDY OF PAST TENSES
School/College Coaching, Entrance Exams, Competitive Exams and
Spoken English
Personalized Classroom/Online Coaching, Study Notes, Study
Skills and Memory Techniques
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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PAST TENSE(BLANK)
VERB: ________ ____________ ______________ (____________)
Person PastSimple/IndefiniteHelping Verb: ---
Main Verb: IIForm
Past Simple/IndefiniteHelping Verb:
didI,we,you,they,he,she,it(did)
Main Verb: I Form
Past ContinuousHelping Verb:am/was/were
I (was),he/she/it(was),we/you/they(were)Main Verb: ingForm
Past PerfectHelping Verb: hadI,we,you,they,he/she/it(had)
Main Verb: III Form
Past PerfectContinuousHelping Verb:
had beenI,we,you,they,he/she/it(hadbeen)Main Verb:ing Form
I
We
You
He
She
It
They
Note:
1. Practice writing 3 examples everyday at different intervals
for a week.2. Ensure you write at least 20 examples in total to
gain the mastery.
Comparative Study of Past Tense(Blank)
Verb: write-wrote-written(writing)Person PastSimple/
IndefiniteHelping Verb: ---Main Verb: IIForm
Past Simple/
IndefiniteHelping Verb: didI,we,you,they,he,she,it(did)Main
Verb: I Form
Past Continuous
Helping Verb:am/was/wereI
(was),he/she/it(was),we/you/they(were)Main Verb: ing Form
Past Perfect
Helping Verb: hadI,we,you,they,he/she/it(had)Main Verb: III
Form
Past Perfect Continuous
Helping Verb: had beenI,we,you,they,he/she/it(had been)Main
Verb: ing Form
I I wrote notes I did write notes I was writing notes I had
written notesI had been writing
notes
We We wrote notesWe did write
notes
We were writing
notesWe had written notes
We had been writing
notes
You You wrote notesYou did write
notes
You were writing
notesYou had written notes
You had been writing
notes
He He wrote notesHe did write
notesHe was writing notes He had written notes
He had been writing
notes
She She wrote notesShe did writenotes
She was writingnotes
She had written notesShe had been writingnotes
It It wrote notes It did write notes It was writing notes It had
written notesIt had been writing
notes
They They wrote notesThey did write
notes
They were writing
notesThey had written notes
They had been writing
notes
