Mixed past tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Giant's

Causeway

Northern

Ireland 

Plan for today

- Mixed past tenses 

- Practice

Past tenses

past simple (PS), past continuous (PC), 

past perfect (simple (PS) & continuous(PC))

Past Tenses: form

Present simple: I eat bread every day.

CONJUGATE:

PS: I ate bread every day.

PC: I was eating bread every day.

PPS: I had eaten bread every day.

PPC: I had been eating bread every day.

Present simple: I walk to school.
Fill out the PS/PC/PPS/PPC.

Present continuous: Are you listening?
Fill out the PS/PC/PPS/PPC.

Present perfect simple: We haven't had any luck lately.
Fill out the PS/PC/PPS/PPC.

Past tenses

Past simple

past continuous

past perfect

past perfect continuous

Present perfect simple + continuous = 

past connected to present tense.

Past tenses 

- ALL past tenses take place in the past and are FINISHED.

- When they took place will be included in the sentence in one way or another.

Differences

past simple VS past continuous: 

• past simple is used for a situation or a one time event in the past, 
• past continuous is used when something took a while in the past.

Past perfect simple VS past perfect continuous: 

• Both take place BEFORE another past tense ^
• Past perfect simple: Situation or one time event which took place before another situation/event in the past.
• Past perfect continuous: something that took a while in the past before another situation/event in the past. 

Match the tenses to the sentences

Past perfect simple

Past simple

Past Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

Match the tenses to the sentences

Past (event/situation) before past.

Past situation/event and you know when it happened.

Something took a while before another past event/situation.

Something took a while in the past.

Past perfect

Past simple

Past Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

She'd been paying attention all lesson but now she was getting bored.

1. past perfect simple / past simple.
2. past continuous / past continuous
3. past perfect continuous / past continuous
4. past perfect continuous / past perfect simple

While Sophie WAS SLEEPING , Jenny FINISHED the presentation.

1. Past perfect - past simple
2. Past continuous - past simple
3. Past continuous - past perfect
4. Past simple - past perfect

I was really tired because I ........ well lately.

1. hadn't been sleeping
2. didn't sleep
3. was sleeping
4. slept

Present Perfect / Past Simple / Past Continuous?


I ... (enjoy) the sun last Sunday.

1. enjoyed
2. have enjoyed
3. had enjoyed
4. had been enjoying

I failed my test because I ............... for it at all.

1. studied
2. have studied
3. hadn't studied
4. hadn't been studying

Time to get to work! 

Go to this link: 

https://jeopardylabs.com/play/mixed-past-tenses 

In class? Work with one or two partners - but keep your distance. 

At home? Work alone and see how you score. We'll  show you how it works first. Choose to play in one Team if you are alone. 

https:

Past Tenses Kahoot

https://create.kahoot.it/share/past-tenses/feccf9ab-95fe-423b-8ca9-70afee4bf808