Past Simple - Past Continuous - Past Perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Unit 3: Good Times, Bad Times

The goals of this lesson:

The Past Simple, Past Continuous and Past Perfect

1. You can form the tenses in Active and Passive
2. You can use the tenses in Active and Passive 


3. You know the difference between the three tenses

Let's start by checking...

... how much you remember about the Past Simple, Past Continuous and Past Perfect

How do you form the
Past Simple?

When do you use the
Past Simple?

Info Past Simple

Form Active                                                     Form Passive

Regular: verb + -ed                                                         was/were + past participle

Irregular: 'learn the list'

Question or negative: use helping verb did

Use

1. Finished actions in the past

2. When 1 action interrupts another action ('when')

3. WALDY

How do you form the
Past Continuous?

When do you use the
Past Continuous?

Info Past Continuous

Form Active                               Form Passive

was/were + verb -ing                       was/were + being + past part.

Use

1. Action that had duration [=tijdsduur] in the past

2. For descriptions

3. When 1 action interrupts another action ('when')

4. For an incomplete activity

How do you form the
Past Perfect?

When do you use the
Past Perfect?

Info Past Perfect

Form Active                            Form Passive

had + past participle                    had + been + past participle

Use

1. Action that happened furthest in the past

2. Tells a chronological story

In this sentence, what happened first:
"He was dismissed because he had argued with customers."

1. first: he was dismissed second: he had argued
2. first: he had argued second: he was dismissed

Link the examples to the correct tense:

Past Simple Active

Past Continuous Active

Past Simple Passive

Past Continuous Passive

Past Perfect Active

Past Perfect Passive

worked

was dismissed

was studying

was being cleaned

had eaten

had been written