PRESENTATION

Present by : Group 5Wulan Oktari Mukti

Muhammad AlfitraMuhamad Yusuf Ismail

GENERAL ENGLISH

Lecturer : Meiyanti Nurchaerani, S.S., M.Hum.

Past tense :Simple and Continuous

Universitas Widyatama

Past Tense : Simple and Continuous

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PAST COTINUOUS TENSE

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Simple Past TenseSimple Past Tense, often just called the Past Tense.

In General, the Past Tense is used to talk about something that started and finished at definite time in the past, or finished action in the past and past situations, repeated or continuous, and past habits. NextBack

FORM OF PAST TENSE

In the Past Simple we add –ed (or –ied for verb ending –y) to the invinitive or use the past

form of irregular verbs

Affirmative (+)

sentences

Negative ( - )

sentences

Question (?)

sentences

For example : the past tense of the verb want

is wantedWanted is used as the past tense for

all subject/pronouns. I wanted, you wanted , he

wanted, she wanted, it wanted, we wanted,

they wanted.

PAST TENSE REGULAR VERBS

To change a regular verbs into its past tense form, we normally add -ed to the end of the verb.

Examples

Play – played Cook – cookedRain – rainedWait – waitedNeed – needed

Etc.Last night I played my guitar loudly and the neighbors complained

It rained yesterdayAngela watched TV all night

John wanted to go to the museum

(+) Subject + verb II “regular/irregular verbs”

Affirmative / Positive Sentences

Examples of the sentences using regular verbs in the past tense :

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NEGATIVE SENTENCES IN THE

PAST TENSE (-)We use didn’t (did not) to make

a negative sentence in the past tense. This is for regular and irregular verbs in English.

(Exception is TO BE and Modal Verbs such as Can)

(-) Subject + didn’t + Invinitive

Compare the following :Present : They don’t live in

Canada.Past : They didn’t live in

CanadaMore examples sentences NextBack

Examples of Negative sentences in the Past Tense :• You didn’t need a mechanic • You didn’t walk to work• We didn’t meet them last night• I didn’t want to go to the dentist• You didn’t close the door• They didn’t study so they didn’t pass

the test

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QUESTION IN THE PAST TENSE (?)

In questions and negative sentences we use the infinitive and did or didn’t

Example : Did you see the match last night?Did he live in Italy?Did you ride your bike to work?Note: We can also use a question word (who, what, why, etc.) before ‘did’ to ask for more information.

did/didn’t +Subject + Invinitive + .... ?

Did you study ? - Yes, I did.

When did you study ?

- I studied last night

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IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST TENSE Irregular verbs are only irregular in affirmative/positive

sentence. An exeption to this is with the verb TO BE in the past tense. For example: the past tense of GO is WENT. It does not end in –ed so it is considered irregular.

The word went is used for all subject

–I, you, we, they, he, she, itExample sentences :

I went to the beachBut, as we mentioned before, it is only in its irregular form

‘went’ in sentences that are affirmative/positive.

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IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST TENSE Compare the following using Go in the past

tense.

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(+) They went to the beach

(-) They didn’t go the beach

Did they go to the beach (?)

“Did/Didn’t shows that we are talking in the past tense”

This is the end part of Simple Past Tense

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THE Past ContiuousWe use the Past Continuous tense to talk about :

Activities that form a background for some events :

An activity or activities that continued for some time in the past :

It was raining during the whole match.I was trying to fix my bike all morning.I was doing my homework while he was watching TV.

We were talking quietly when a fight broke out.She was waiting for a bus when we met for the first time.

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FORMING THE PAST CONTINUOUS

The past continuous of any verb is composed of two

parts : the past tense of the

verb “to be" (was/were), and

the base of the main verb

+ing.

(+) Subject + was/were + base -ing(-) Subject + wasn’t/weren’t + base -ingwas/were + subject + base –ing (?)what,when,... + subject +was/were + base –ing (?)

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How do we use the Past Continuous Tense?

The Past Continuous tense expresses action at a particular moment in the past. The action started before that moment but has not finished at that moment. For example, yesterday I watched a film

on TV. The film started at 7pm and finished at

9pm.At 8pm yesterday, I was watching TV.

“At 8pm, I was in the middle of watching TV.”

Past Present Future8 pm

When we use the Past Continuous tense, our listener usually knows or

understands what time we are talking about

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Examples of sentences in the Past Tense Continuous

• I was working at 10pm last night.• They were not playing football at 9am this

morning.• What were you doing at 10pm last night?• What were you doing when he arrived?• She was cooking when I telephoned her.• We were having dinner when it started to rain.• Were they playing football?

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Form: Using Past and Past Continuous Together

We use the Past Continuous to express a long action. And Past Simple to

express a short action. that happens in the middle of the long action. We can join the two ideas with

when or while.long action (watching TV), expressed with Past Continuous

short action (telephoned), expressed with Past Simple

We use:

when + short action (Past Simple)

while + long action (Past Continuous)

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past Present future

long action:I was watching TV from 7pm to 9pm.

8pm

short action: You phoned at 8pm.

Notice that "when you

telephoned" is also a way of

defining the time (8pm).

We can join these two actions with when:

I was watching TV when

you telephoned

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I was walking past the car

when it exploded.

When the car exploded I was walking past it.

The car exploded while I was walking past it.

While I was walking past the car

it exploded.

Notice that the long action and short action are relative.

"Watching TV" took two hours. "Telephoned" took a few seconds.

"Walking past the car" took a few seconds. "Exploded" took milliseconds.

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There are four basic combinations:

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REFERENCES

• Sharman, Dean, etc. New Opportunities Education for life, Intermediate language power book, pearson longman.

• www.grammar.cl/english/past-tense.htm • https://

www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past-continuous_u.htm

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