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PAST TENSES REVISION
PAST SIMPLE (Ved/V2) • actions completed in the past: • past habits; • past actions which happened one immediately after the other; • completely past actions not connected to the present with a stated or implied time reference. Time expressions: yesterday, yesterday morning/evening, last night/week, two weeks/a month ago, in 1998, etc.
PAST CONTINUOUS (was/were Ving) • actions which were in progress or had started in the past; • a past action which was in progress when another action interrupted it; • two or more actions which were happening at the same time in the past. Time expressions: while, when, as, all day/night/morning, yesterday, etc.
PAST PERFECT (had Ved/V3) • actions which happened before another past action or before a stated time in the past; • an action which finished in the past and whose result was visible in the past. Time expressions: before, after, already, for, since, just, till/until, when, by the time, never, etc.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS (had been Ving) • actions which lasted for some time in the past and whose result was visible in the past. Time expressions: for, since, how long, before, until, etc.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.
A: ..... (you/see) the film last night? B: No. It ..... (start) before I ..... (finish) my homework.
A: What ..... (happen) to Tom? B: He ..... (fall) and ..... (break) his leg while he ..... (ride) his bike to school.
A: Why ..... (Mary/cry) before? B: She ..... (train) for the finals for over a week before she ..... (find out) that she had been disqualified.
A: When ..... (you/meet) her? B: Yesterday after I ..... (finish) work.
A: Why ..... (he/not come)? B: He ..... (just/arrive) at the airport when he ..... (realise) he ..... (leave) his passport at home.
A: What ..... (you/do) yesterday at 7 o'clock in the evening? B: Well, Jane ..... (tidy) the house while I ..... (plant) some flowers.
A: What ..... (happen) to Kate yesterday? B: She ..... (walk) home when a man ..... (steal) her bag.
A: ..... (you/go) out last night? B: No, I ..... (work) all day, so I ..... (stay) in and ..... (watch) TV.
A: ..... (you/see) your brother this morning? B: No, he ..... (already/leave) the house by the time I ..... (wake) up.
A: Why ..... (you/run) when I ..... (see) you yesterday? B: Oh, I ..... (chat) to a friend for ages when I ..... (realise) I was late for school.
B: Oh, I ..... (chat) to a friend for ages when I ..... (realise) I was late for school.
Краткий ответ
- A: Did you see the film last night? — B: No. It had started before I finished my homework.
- A: What happened to Tom? — B: He fell and broke his leg while he was riding his bike to school.
- A: Why was Mary crying before? — B: She had been training for the finals for over a week before she found out that she had been disqualified.
- A: When did you meet her? — B: Yesterday after I had finished work.
- A: Why hadn’t he come? — B: He had just arrived at the airport when he realised he had left his passport at home.
- A: What were you doing yesterday at 7 o’clock in the evening? — B: Well, Jane was tidying the house while I was planting some flowers.
- A: What happened to Kate yesterday? — B: She was walking home when a man stole her bag.
- A: Did you go out last night? — B: No, I had been working all day, so I stayed in and watched TV.
- A: Did you see your brother this morning? — B: No, he had already left the house by the time I woke up.
- A: Why were you running when I saw you yesterday? — B: Oh, I had been chatting to a friend for ages when I realised I was late for school.
- B: Oh, I had been chatting to a friend for ages when I realised I was late for school.
(В кадре у пункта 11 видна только реплика B; она совпадает с 10B, поэтому ответ тот же.)
Как выбирать время
- Past Simple — законченное действие в прошлом; сигналы: yesterday, last night, in 1998, ago. Также цепочка последовательных действий: fell and broke.
- Past Continuous — действие было в процессе; сигналы: while, when, at 7 o’clock. Если два действия шли одновременно, оба ставим в Continuous: was tidying while I was planting.
- Past Perfect — действие произошло раньше другого прошедшего; сигналы: before, after, by the time, already, just. Схема: had + V3.
- Past Perfect Continuous — действие длилось некоторое время до другого прошедшего действия; сигналы: for, since, how long. Схема: had been + Ving.
Проверка
- В №1 фильм начался раньше, чем закончилась домашняя работа, поэтому had started, а finished — более позднее действие.
- В №2 was riding — процесс, который прервали fell и broke.
- В №3 had been training ... before she found out — длительность до момента в прошлом.
- В №6 was tidying и was planting — два одновременных процесса.
- В №8 had been working all day объясняет результат: stayed in and watched TV.
- В №10 had been chatting for ages — длилось до того, как он realised.