
Past tenses
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9th Grade
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Lucie Pelánová
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simple & continuous
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Multiple Choice
Which tense is it?
She arrived late.
past simple
past continuous
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Multiple Choice
Which tense is it?
Were you watching the news yesterday?
past simple
past continuous
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Multiple Choice
How to make past continuous negative?
am not, is not, are not
didn't
was not, were not
don't
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Multiple Choice
Which sentence is past continuous negative? Choose the only correct option.
We didn't getting enough money.
I wasn't at the beach for quite some time.
Mark was not hiding behind the tree.
The dog were running towards his owner.
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Fill in the Blanks
Change the sentence into negative:
He was working.
Type answer...
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Multiple Choice
How to make past simple negative?
am not, is not, are not
did not, didn't
was not, were not
do not, don't
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Multiple Choice
Can you find the only correct and negative sentence in past simple?
Holly didn't came in time fot her English class.
She did not bring any food to the party.
My parents weren't lived in the same city when they were young.
He didn't anything the last couple of days.
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Fill in the Blanks
Change the sentence to negative:
I met your husband yesterday.
Type answer...
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A: S + verb to be in past + verb-ing
They were watching TV.
N: S + be + not + verb-ing
The weren't watching TV.
CONTINUOUS
A: S + verb in past
I watched TV
N: S + did not + verb (infinitive)
I didn't watch TV
! to be = was -> wasn't / were -> weren't
SIMPLE
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Multiple Choice
What tense is it?
When did you finish university?
past simple
past continuous
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Multiple Choice
Find a question in past simple.
Where did he going on holiday?
How many people did you met last night?
Where were you yesterday?
Were you listening?
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Fill in the Blanks
Complete in past simple: What sport ___ you __(do) when you were a child?
Type answer...
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Multiple Choice
Find a correct question in past continuous.
How was your trip to London?
Did you take the money?
What was he do yesterday at 7pm?
Were you cooking lasagne at the weekend?
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Fill in the Blanks
Complete: ___ Mike _____ (swim) in the lake?
Type answer...
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(Wh-w) + was/were + S + verb-ing?
What were you doing?
Was he playing the drums?
Continuous
(Wh-word) + did + S + verb (inf.)?
What did you do?
Did he play the drums?
Simple
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když obě události probíhají zároveň
She was cooking dinner when the kids arrived home.
She was cooking. - delší aktivita -> průběhový minulý
They arrived. - kratší aktivita -> prostý minulý
Často s použitím WHILE, AS, WHEN
x
We watched the TV, then we went to bed.
aktivity probíhají jedna po druhé (ne zároveň!) -> prostý minulý
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Multiple Choice
While I ______ a book, my mum _____.
read, was calling
was reading, called
read, called
was reading, was calling
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Multiple Choice
The man ______ the street just as the car ______ him.
was crossing, hit
crossed, hit
was crossing, was hitting
crossed, was hitting
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Multiple Choice
We _____ dinner, then we ______ our favourite serial.
were eating, were watching
ate, watched
were eating, watched
ate, were watching
simple & continuous
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