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The PastPart 1 :

From Preterit Simple to Be + V + Ing


What Is The Past ?• Two forms of Past‣ A past that is gone forever, the Preterit Simple

➡Yesterday i went to Angoulême

‣ A past that is very present➡We were designing a new car part


It’s used for‣ The past :

➡He worked at SOREM. He had worked there since July..

➡He was working at SOREM. He had been working since July.

‣Conditions, hypotheses and wishes :➡He could get a new job if he really tried.

➡ It might be dangerous. Suppose they got lost.

➡ I wish it wasn’t an cutting press.

‣ Politeness :➡Excuse me, I was wondering if this was the plane for Angoulême.

➡ I just hoped you would be able to show me the production lines.


How many tenses ?• There are four past tense forms in English :‣ Past simple :

➡ I worked

‣ Past continuous : ➡ I was working

‣ Past perfect : ➡ I had worked

‣ Past perfect continuous : ➡ I had been working


Past Simple• We use the past simple:‣when we are talking about an event that happened at a

particular time in the past➡We arrived home before dark

➡The film started at seven thirty.

‣when we are talking about something that continued for some time in the past➡Everybody worked hard through the winter.

➡We stayed with our colleagues in Batam for a month.


Past Simple‣When we are talking about something that happened

several times in the past ➡Most evenings we stayed at home and watched DVDs.

➡Sometimes they went out for a meal.

‣… or used to➡Most evenings we used to stay at home and watch DVDs.

➡We used to go for a swim every morning.

‣ ... or would➡Most evenings he would take the dog for a walk.

➡They would often visit friends in England.


Past Continuous‣when we are talking about something which happened

before and after a given time in the past➡ It was just after ten. I was watching the news on TV.

➡At half-time we were losing 1-0.

‣when we are talking about something happening before and after another action in the past:➡He broke his leg when he was playing rugby.

➡She saw Jim as he was driving away.


Past Perfect‣When we are looking back from a point in the past to

something earlier in the past we use the past perfect:➡Helen suddenly remembered she had left her keys in the car.

➡When we had done all our shopping we caught the bus home.

➡They wanted to buy a new computer, but they hadn’t saved enough money.

➡They would have bought a new computer if they had saved enough money.


Present Perfect‣When we are talking about something that started in the

past and still goes on:➡ I have lived in Ussac since 1975. (I am almost from Corrèze, now)

➡You have been working at SOREM Electric for over ten years.


Practice‣ The computer crashed while he _______ the documents

➡had saved

➡ saved

➡was saving

‣ After I ______ a full breakfast , I went for a walk along the beach.➡have eaten

➡had eaten

➡was eating


Practice‣ She closed the door and ______ it behind her.

➡was locking

➡had locked

➡ locked

‣ They ______ without saying a word.➡ left

➡were leaving

➡had left


Practice‣ I remember it clearly. It was midnight and I ______ the

late movie.➡watched

➡was watching

➡had watched

‣We ______ anything quite so extraordinary in our lives.➡never saw

➡were never seeing

➡had never seen


Practice‣ I'm sure she would have told you if she ______.

➡knew

➡was knowing

➡had known

‣ They find it difficult to forget; they ______ a lot in the war.➡ suffered

➡were suffering

➡had suffered

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