1.3.5
Past Tense
Grammar - Simple Past and Past Progressive
Grammar - Simple Past and Past Progressive
We use the past tense when we are describing an action that has finished and is in the past. We use the past progressive tense when we are describing an action that was happening.
Simple past
Simple past
- I walked.
- You (sing.) walked.
- She/he walked.
- We walked.
- You (pl.) walked.
- They walked.
Simple past - examples
Simple past - examples
- He decided to quit smoking.
- We partied until 6am.
- You pretended to know the answer.
- The thieves forced Billy to hand over his watch.
- Jemima welcomed the guests into her home.
Past progressive
Past progressive
- I was walking.
- You (sing.) were walking.
- She/he was walking.
- We were walking.
- You (pl.) were walking.
- They were walking.
Past progressive - examples
Past progressive - examples
- They were filming for three hours.
- She was eating at the restaurant.
- Roger was dying to know the truth.
- Mildred was lying to her mother.
- We were mocking the puppet show.
Grammar - Past Perfect and Past Perfect Progressive
Grammar - Past Perfect and Past Perfect Progressive
We use the past perfect tense when we are describing an action that has already happened before something else happened. We use the past perfect progressive tense when we are describing an action that was continuous but is now complete.
Past perfect
Past perfect
- I had walked.
- You (sing.) had walked.
- She/he had walked.
- We had walked.
- You (pl.) had walked.
- They had walked.
Past perfect - examples
Past perfect - examples
- Sally had decided to quit her job.
- They had walked three miles that day.
- Felix had dared to ride a motorcycle.
- We had ordered too many dishes at the restaurant.
- You (pl.) have worked too many shifts.
Past perfect progressive
Past perfect progressive
- I had been walking.
- You (sing.) had been walking.
- She/he had been walking.
- We had been walking.
- You (pl.) had been walking.
- They had been walking.
Past perfect progressive - examples
Past perfect progressive - examples
- Veronica had been spending an obscene amount of money.
- You (sing.) had been occupying my mind for days.
- We had been deluding ourselves.
- The children had been skating many times before.
- I had been trying to lose weight.
1Language Levels
1.1Assessment Objectives
1.2Lexis
1.2.1Introduction
1.2.2Common, Proper, Abstract & Concrete Nouns
1.2.3Collective Nouns
1.2.4Adjectives
1.2.5Main, Auxiliary & Copular Verbs
1.2.6Dynamic & Stative Verbs
1.2.7Transitive, Intransitive, Active & Passive Verbs
1.2.8Mood of Verbs
1.2.9Adverbs
1.2.10Personal, Possessive & Reflexive Pronouns
1.2.11Relative & Demonstrative Pronouns
1.2.12Determiners
1.2.13Conjunctions
1.2.14Synonyms, Antonyms & Phonological Features
1.2.15End of Topic Test - Lexis
1.3Grammar
1.4Semantics & Pragmatics
1.5Discourse Structure, Graphology & Orthography
2Language, The Individual & Society
2.1Children’s Language Development
2.2Children's Language Development - Theories
2.3Literacy Development: Reading
3Language Diversity & Change
3.1The Importance of Gendered Language
3.2Social Groups
3.3Occupational Groups
3.4Accents & Dialects
3.5Language Change
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1Language Levels
1.1Assessment Objectives
1.2Lexis
1.2.1Introduction
1.2.2Common, Proper, Abstract & Concrete Nouns
1.2.3Collective Nouns
1.2.4Adjectives
1.2.5Main, Auxiliary & Copular Verbs
1.2.6Dynamic & Stative Verbs
1.2.7Transitive, Intransitive, Active & Passive Verbs
1.2.8Mood of Verbs
1.2.9Adverbs
1.2.10Personal, Possessive & Reflexive Pronouns
1.2.11Relative & Demonstrative Pronouns
1.2.12Determiners
1.2.13Conjunctions
1.2.14Synonyms, Antonyms & Phonological Features
1.2.15End of Topic Test - Lexis
1.3Grammar
1.4Semantics & Pragmatics
1.5Discourse Structure, Graphology & Orthography
2Language, The Individual & Society
2.1Children’s Language Development
2.2Children's Language Development - Theories
2.3Literacy Development: Reading
3Language Diversity & Change
3.1The Importance of Gendered Language
3.2Social Groups
3.3Occupational Groups
3.4Accents & Dialects
3.5Language Change
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