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Unit 6

Grammar:
• Past simple
• Past continuous
• Past perfect simple
• Past perfect continuous
Unit 6
Grammar:
• Past (simple & continuous)
• Past Perfect (simple & continuous)

PAST NOW FUTURE

P.P. (Simple & continuous) PAST (Simple & continuous)


Past of the past Past of the present
Unit 6:
Past simple
Grammar is used to talk about completed actions at a particular point in
1. Past Simple the past, often with dates or times and words like yesterday,
2. Past last and ago:
Continuous
3. Past Perfect
Simple
4. Past Perfect
Continuous
Past tense verb

• Kurt went to Canada in 1991.   


• I didn't see you yesterday.
• Where did you go?
Unit 6:
Past continuous
Grammar is used to talk about an event in progress at a time in the
1. Past Simple past.
2. Past
Continuous
3. Past Perfect
Simple
4. Past Perfect
Verb “to be” (any form) + verb-ing
Continuous

• I was walking down the street.


• Were you sleeping?
• No, I was not (wasn’t) sleeping.
Unit 6:
Past perfect simple
Grammar An event in the past which happened BEFORE another event
1. Past Simple in the past.
2. Past
Continuous
3. Past Perfect
Simple
4. Past Perfect
Had + past participle verb
Continuous

• I had watched that movie when they invited me.


• Had you read that book before the test?
• She had not (hadn’t) read that book before class.
Unit 6:
Past Perfect Continuous
Grammar An event in the past which was in progress BEFORE another
1. Past Simple event in the past.
2. Past
Continuous
3. Past Perfect
Simple
4. Past Perfect
Had been + _ing verb
Continuous

• I had been studying German before I moved to Germany.


• Had you been paying attention when the Teacher explained
the topic?
• No, I had not (hadn’t) been paying attention.

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