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             ED in the end

                          to stop - stopped

                      to pick - picked

                             to reach - reached

                       to look - looked

                    to ask - asked

                  to live - lived

Today and yesterday

I ask some questions every day, but yesterday I asked a lot.

Mary lives in the Netherlands, but when she was a kid she lived in Brazil.

Kids can never stop playing, but yesterday they stopped quickly.

But... what about the red ones?

1. She visited her granny. She had a nice cake in her basket.

2. She stopped and picked some flowers for her granny.

3. On the way, a wolf saw her. The wolf was very hungry.

4. she reached the house. She looked at the wolf and asked some questions.

5. The wolf ran away and they never saw it again. 

6. They lived happily ever after.

They don't follow the rule :(

have - had

to be - was/were

to see - saw

to run - ran

others:

to buy - bought

to come - came

They are called irregular verbs

I am a teacher now, but 10 years ago I was a journalist.

Johnny has a cat, but when he was a kid he had a dog.

We never buy chocolate, but yesterday we bought 5 bars.

Yesterday at this time...

At 5pm yesterday...

Two days ago at 9pm...

Bob wants you to remember that the action is continuous, or a longer action.

The action continues around the specific period of time.

specific times in the past

The Rule (form)

was/were + -ing form

The Rule (usage)

Use was/were + -ing form to talk about 

longer actions that happened 

around a specific time in the past.

This can also represent a temporary situation

The BEGINNING of the temporary situation

It was raining. Now the sun is shining!

🌧🌧🌧

☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

The END of the temporary situation

Now...The (whole) rule 

Use was/were + -ing form to talk about 

longer actions that happened 

around a specific time in the past 

and temporary situations in the past.

The sun is/was not shining.

He is/was not watching a movie.

They are/were not sitting at home.

What about questions?

The sun is/was not shining.

He is/was not watching a movie.

They are/were not sitting at home.

Negatives are just like the Present Continuous.

Past Perfect: FORM

STATEMENT

had + past participle 

NEGATIVE 

had + not + past participle

QUESTION

had + subject + past participle

AFFIRMATIVE

had + past participle 

NEGATIVE 

had + not + past participle

QUESTION

had + subject + past participle

She had traveled all over the world by the time she was 16.

The detective had not yet solved the case when the police arrived.

Had you ever seen a quarantine before last year? 

Signal words / Time expressions 

for the Past Perfect

by the time	never
already	before
just	after
when

Past Perfect: USE

1. an action or event that happened before another action in the past

They had driven a long time before they reached their destination.

2. to talk about two completed past actions. 

• Introduced by when  or after. 
• The past perfect always refers to the action that happened first.

After we had gotten the news, we decided to call our family.

(situations)

Past Participles: form

Regular verbs:

Infinitive + -ed

walk + -ed  =  walked

cook + -ed = cooked

joke + -ed = joked

Past Participles: form

Regular verbs:

Infinitive + -ed

walk + -ed  =  walked

cook + -ed = cooked

joke + -ed = joked

Irregular verbs:

Follow no rules!

 (There are some patterns, though.)

 

Check Google Classroom for the list!