PAST SIMPLE TENSES
Past Simple Form: • I, you he,she, we, they saw / didn’t see.... • He, she it didn't see • • Did you see...? "Yes I did/ no I didn’t" » ...ed past endings |
Past Simple Passive |
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSES
Past Continuous Form: • I, you we, they were seeing / weren't seeing. • He, she it was seeing / wasn’t seeing • Were you seeing/ was he seeing? "Yes I was /no I wasn’t" |
Past Continuous Passive Form: (subject + was/were + being + past participle) • I , you, we, they were being seen • He/she, it was being seen • Was he being seen? • Were they being seen .......? "Yes he was / No they weren’t" |
3) SIMULTANEOUS LONG ACTIONS IN FINISHED PAST TIME
"I was waiting for him in the wrong place. He was waiting outside the cinema but I was waiting outside the theatre"
PAST PERFECT TENSES
Past Perfect Simple Form: • I, you, he, she, it, we, they had seen / hadn’t seen... • Had you seen? "Yes I had /no I hadn’t" |
Past Perfect Simple Passive • Had he been seen? "Yes he had / No he hadn't."
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PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSES
Past Perfect Continuous Form: • He, she it has been seeing / hasn’t been seeing... • Has he been seeing/ have they been seeing? "Yes he has /no he hasn’t" |
Past Perfect Continuous Passive
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1) CONTINUOUS PAST ACTIONS PUNCTUATED BY SHORTER PAST ACTIONS
"I'd been looking for my keys in the office then a friend called and said she'd found them in the car park."
PASSIVE FUNCTION
NOT NORMALLY USED IN PASSIVE