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(First Paul went home. Then Sarah arrived at the party.) When Sarah arrived at the party Paul ____ home. (already/go)
We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain. We ____ for half an hour when it started to rain. (play)
Last night, I ____ to the cinema. (go)
I ____ home when I met Dave. (walk)
What verb form is a completed action in the past?
V2
How do you form the past simple?
This is used to show that an action or situation had already started before this time in the past, but not yet finished.
Used to show that an action in the past was ongoing when it was interrupted by another action
was/were + Ving (present participle)
How do you form the past continuous?
You use this form to say that something had been happening for a period of time before something else happened
had been Ving (present participle)
How do you form the past perfect continuous
When there are two events in the past, you use this tense for the event that happened first
had + V3 (past participle)
How do you form the past perfect?
I _____ yesterday. (swim)
I _____ when the telephone rang. (swim)
I _____ for 3 hours before he got in the pool. (swim)
When we got home last night, we found that somebody ____ our house. (rob)
The anthropologist left the village when she ____ enough data. (collect)
Class ____ by the time I got there. (already / begin)
I ____ all day, so I didn’t want to go out. (work)
She____ for ten hours when I woke her. (sleep)
They ____ in Beijing for three years when he lost his job. (live)
When we met, you ____ at that company for six months. (work)
I ____ in the ocean when I was attacked by a shark. (swim)
I ____ a story when my pencil broke. (write)
I ____ milk when my friend made me laugh, and the milk came out my nose. (drink)
I ____ spaghetti when I spilled tomato sauce on my shirt. (eat)
She ____ coffee this morning. (drink)
They ____ pizza last night. (eat)
I ____ a great CD last week. (buy)
He ____ that mountain yesterday. (climb)
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