1. PAST TENSES
Prepare by students: Group 4
Name: Soeun Menia
Min Sreymom
Chorn Sreypov
Yorn Theara
Chhum Kaolay
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2. PAST SIMPLE
• We use the Simple Past to express the idea
that an action started and finished at a
specific time in the past. Sometimes, the
speaker may not actually mention the
specific time, but they do have one specific
time in mind.
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3. PAST SIMPLE
• Positive Form
For Example:
You called Debbie.
I went to school.
I saw Linda at the party last night.
I visited my grandparent yesterday.
Subject + Verb 2 or irregular verbs + object.
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4. PAST SIMPLE
• Negative Form
For Example:
You didn’t call Dubbie.
I didn’t go to school.
I didn’t see Linda at the party last night.
I didn’t visit my grandparent yesterday.
Subject + Did + Not + verbs 1 + Object.
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5. PAST SIMPLE
• Yes/No Question Form
• For Example:
Did you call Dubbie?
Did you go to school?
Did they visit Angkor Wat temple?
Did you see Linda at the party last night?
Answer:
Yes, I did
No, I did not or Didn’t
Auxiliary verb( Did ) + Subject + Verb 1 + Object ?
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6. PAST SIMPLE
• W,H Question Form
For Example:
When did you buy that sweater?
Why did the computer break down?
How long did the train journey take?
Why didn’t you tell me about the accident?
WHQ + Auxiliary verb + subject + Verb 1 + object?
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7. PAST CONTINUOUS
•We use Past Continuous to indicate that a
longer action in the past was interrupted. The
interruption I s usually a shorter action in the
Past Simple. Remember this can be a real
interruption or just an interruption in time.
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8. PAST CONTINUOUS
• Positive Form
For Example:
You were studying.
I was watching TV.
It was raining.
We were shopping.
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Subject + was/were + Verb 1 + ing + object
9. PAST CONTINUOUS
• Negative Form
For Example
You were not/ weren’t studying.
I was not sleeping.
It was not raining.
We weren’t shopping.
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Subject + was/were + not + Verb 1 + ing + object.
10. PAST CONTINUOUS
• Question Form Yes/No Q and Wh Q
For Example:
Were you studying?
Was I sleeping?
Was it raining?
Were we shopping?
WHQ example:
Where were you studying?
How was she travelling?
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WHQ or Was/were + Subject + verb 1 + ing + object?
11. PAST PERFECT
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• We use Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another
action in the past. It can also show something happened before a specific time in
the past.
• Positive Form:
Form Example:
When he had finished his homework, he went to bed.
I was tired because I had got up very early that morning.
She was very happy because she had won a prize.
Subject + had + Verb 3 + object.
12. PAST PERFECT
Negative Form:
For Example:
He didn’t know the answer because he hadn’t done his homework.
I hadn’t heard the joke before, I laughed a lot.
The ground was very dry, it hadn’t rained for a long time.
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Subject + had + not + verb 3 + object
13. PAST PERFECT
• Question Form
• For Example:
Had he finished his homework?
Had she visited her parents?
Had it rained for along time?
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Had + Subject + Verb 3 + object?
14. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
We use Past perfect Continuous to show that something
stared in the past and continued up another time in the
past. “For five minutes” and “for two weeks” are both
durations which can be used with the Past Perfect
Continuous. Notice that this is related to the Present Perfect
Continuous; however, the duration does not continue until
now, it stops before something else in the past.
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15. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
• Positive Form
For Example:
You had been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally
arrived.
They had been talking for over an hour before Tony arrived.
He had been working at that company for three years when it went out
of business.
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Subject + had + been + Verb1 + ing + object
16. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
• Negative Form:
For example:
You had not been waiting there for more than two hours when she
finally arrived.
I had not been studying Korean very long.
They had not been talking for over an hour before Tony arrived.
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Subject + had + not + been + Verb1 + ing + object
17. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
• Question Form:
Form Example:
Had you been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally
arrived?
How long had you been waiting to get the bus?
How long had you been studying Korean before you move to
Ratanakiri?
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Had + Subject + been+ Verb1 + ing + object ?
