OW starter: past tenses

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Lessonup week 37

OW Starter: Past tenses

Focus on the news

You know when 

to use which 

past tense 

Watching a video on the Queen's life: what will be definitely in it?

I used to have porridge for breakfast as a kid, now I cannot even stand its smell....

1. This sentence has a past tense
2. This sentence has NO past tense

Complete: Before I went to visit her at the hospital, I ...

1. bought her a present.
2. had bought her a present.
3. used to buy her a present

Which statement is false?

1. This sentence contains a passive past tense.
2. This sentence contains a past continuous.
3. This sentence contains a past perfect.

Your girl/boyfriend is upset because you tell her/him

1. I loved my ex.
2. I have loved my ex.

Something happened regularly or habitually in the past

would 

My granny was wonderful. Each time we stayed at her place, she would hide treats under our pillow.

used to

As a teenager I used to walk to my friends, nowadays I always go by car.

Want to practise some more?

Watch the video by clicking the Qr code on p. 16 (OW)

Check the grammar explanation on p. 198 (OW) 

https://www.grammarbank.com/verb-tenses-mixed-exercise.html