PAST TENSE

Past tense is a verb tense used to describe actions

or events that occurred in the past.

This form is used
for

actions

that

happened

at

a

specific time in the
past.

Simple Past

This form describes
actions that were
ongoing

at

a

particular time in
the past.

Past Continuous

This form is used for
actions

that

were

completed

before

another action in the
past.

Past Perfect

This form describes
actions

that

were

ongoing in the past
up to another point in
the past.

Past Perfect
Continuous

Introduction

Examples

Simple Past

Add "-ed" to the base form (e.g., "walk" becomes "walked").
Regular verbs :

Have unique past forms (e.g., "go" becomes "went").
Irregular verbs :

"She walked to the store.”

"They ate dinner at 7 PM.”

Past Continuous

It is formed with "was/were" + present participle
(verb + "-ing")

"I was reading a book when she called.”

"They were playing soccer all afternoon.”

Past Perfect

It is formed with "had" + past participle.

"By the time we arrived, the movie had already
started.”

"She had finished her homework before dinner.”

Past Perfect Continuous

It is formed with "had been" + present participle.

"He had been working there for five years when
he got promoted.”

"They had been living in the city before they
moved to the countryside.”

Examples

She

sushi for dinner yesterday.

A. eat

B. ate

C. eaten

D. eating

Answer

She ate sushi for dinner yesterday.

A. eat

B. ate

C. eaten

D. eating

A. go

B. went

C. going

D. gone

Quiz 1

Yesterday, Sarah

to the grocery store.

Answer

Yesterday, Sarah went to the

grocery store.

A. go

B. went

C. going

D. gone

Quiz 2

While I was studying for my exam, my phone

ringing.

A. keep

B. keeps

C. kept

D. keeping

Answer

A. keep

B. keeps

C. kept

D. keeping

While I was studying for my exam, my

phone kept ringing.

Quiz 3

Before I went to bed last night, I

A. finish

B. finishing

C. want finish

D. had finished

reading my book.

Answer

Before I went to bed last night,
I had finished reading my book.

A. finish

B. finishing

C. want finish

D. had finished

Quiz 4

The children were exhausted because they

B. had been playing

outside for hours.

A. have been playing

D. had been play

C. has been play

Answer

The children were exhausted because they

had been playing outside for hours.

B. had been playing

A. have been playing

D. had been play

C. has been play

Quiz 5

A. have eat

B. having ate

C. had eaten

D. had ate

After they

dinner, they watched a movie.

Answer

After they had eaten dinner,

they watched a movie.

A. have eat

B. having ate

C. had eaten

D. had ate

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