Past Tenses

Аристова Ольга Алексеевна Учитель иностранного языка
МБОУ СОШ №51 г.Архангельск

yesterday
in 1995
last year
two years ago
the other day
from……..till…
First…, after…, then…

(+) V2(-ed)… . He worked.

(?) Did V…? Did he work?
What did V…? What did he do?
Who V2…? Who worked?
(-) didn’t V… .
He didn’t work.

Olivia organized…
Luke made…
Zara grew…
What…? When…? Where…? Why…? How…? Who…?

as a pet at home.
The Loch Ness Monster lived in

a lake in Scotland.
The mysterious UFO hovered in the sky not far from school from 9 till 10.
Their boat crew made a trip around the world in several days.
John Lodgie Baird from Scotland invented the radio.
Russian cosmonauts landed on the moon in1969.
Charlotte Bronte created “Jane Eyre” in 1947.

которое происходило в определенный момент в прошлом
для описания параллельных действий

в прошлом(после союза while или as)
для описания действия, которое протекало, когда произошло какое-либо другое действие,выраженное в Past Simple
when Mary returned

yesterday
from …to….yesterday.
when Mum came
I
He
She
It
We
You
They
was/wasn’t
were/
weren’t
doing
I
He
She
It
We
You
They
Was
Were
doing?

wonderful dream.(1)
My friends and I (have) a lot of

fun!(2)
When we (arrive) in Honolulu(3) a man (wait) to take us to our hotel.(4)
The hotel where we (stay) was by a beach with palm trees.(5)
Drums(beat) and the people on the beach(sing) and(dance) to the music.(6,7,8,)
The music (get) louder and louder(9) until I(can) hear a ringing in my ears.
(10) It (be) my alarm-clock.

моменту в прошлом
by 5 o’clock yesterday
by that time yesterday
by

the time she came
Выразить действие, которое произошло ранее другого действия в прошлом:
The sailor told(2-ое действие) about the dangers he had passed(1-ое действие).

felt better.
В главном предложении, когда придаточное начинается с союза before
Before

Mother came home, John had already made supper.
when (in the meaning “before / after”)
(+), (-), (?) Formation
had Vз (-ed)… .

hadn’t Vз(-ed)… .

Had Vз(-ed)…..?

came home from school?

he (write) a prescription.
By the end of the Christmas holidays

almost all the class (catch) a virus.
The patient (die) before the ambulance (reach) the hospital.
We (light ) the candles because the lights (go off).
As soon as the teams (come) out onto the field, the fans (shout).

studied French. He went to Paris.(before)
The army commander studied the

maps. He made the attacks.(after)
The boy stopped taking medicines. He developed complications. (as soon as)
Manchester United had an advantage. Sunderland scored the first goal.(before)
Mary put on some weight. She gave up her morning jogging exercises.(after)

прошедшего действия
He felt tired as he had been playing football.
Указатели

времени:
…for two hours when he came…
…since the time when…. - before…
(+), (-) Formation
had been Ving

hadn’t been Ving

car.
I (stay) at the hotel for a fortnight when I

received her letter.
The tourists( walk) along a forest road when they saw light in the distance.
The children (sit) by the fire for an hour when the moon suddenly appeared.
She(study) English for several years when she took the exam.

B. had advised C. were advising
2.We (wander) around the town

when we bumped into Sally.
were wandering B. had been wandering
C. wandered
3.Bart was tired. He(dig) the plot since early in the morning.
was digging B. had dug C. had been digging
4. I (walk)along the canal last night when a great idea occurred to me.
A. was walking B. had been waiking C. had walked

B. Did C. had/seen
6. After she (unpack) the luggage, she

called room service.
A. unpacked B. had been unpacking C. had unpacked
7. While Ronald was swimming he (find) an injured turtle.
found B. had found C. was founding
8. The guide (organize) everything well in advance, so our trip went smoothly.
was organizing B. organized C. had organized
9. Val was writing an e-mail while Rebecca (design) a new dress model.
A. was designing B. designed C. had been designing