Past tenses - 10º ano

PAST TENSES

Teresa Pinto de Almeida ▪ Paula M. Araújo ▪ Telma Coelho de Sousa

XPLORE 10Unit 3.1. Teens – Then & Now


I had just started driving when we had the first fantastic night of our lives.

My friends and I loaded into the car and we went to a local soccer tournament.

We were all wearing our T-shirts.

We watched movies while we were playing Gameboy.


PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS PAST PERFECT

had started had loaded went

were wearing watched were playing


PAST SIMPLE

• Regular verbs

• Irregular verbs

verb -ed

second leading form


PAST CONTINUOUS

was

wereverb -ing


PAST PERFECT

had past participle

Now Practise!


Match!


describes a longer action that happened in the past

refers to past events or actions that happened before another past action

describes facts and completed actions in the past

PAST SIMPLE

PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST PERFECT

Past Simple or Past Continuous or Past Perfect?


didWhat _____ teens of the 80s ______1 (do)? As a

teenager from the 80s I obviously __________2

(go) to school, ___________3 (play) sports,

___________4 (listen) to music and __________5

(watch) a lot of TV...

do

went

played

watchedlistened


My friends and I also ______6 (get) into trouble quite

often. We ______7 (be) perfect little angels in our

childhood before we ______8 (grow) up into

rebellious teens. We _______9 (love) playing tricks

on others. I usually ___________10 (distract) the

victim while my friends _______________11

(prepare) the prank. Our victims ___________12

(not/like) our tricks and our parents ___________13

(punish) us for that!

got

were

grew

loved

distracted

were preparing

didn’t like

punished


On my weekends I often ________14 (work) in a part-

time job. My friends _______15 (be) more fortunate:

while I _____________16 (work) they

____________17 (ride) their bicycles. I ______18

(have) a lot of fun too but that _____________19

(happen) before wanting to have more money to

spend on my music tapes and Super Mario video

games. And I certainly ____________20 (not/regret)

earning that extra money!

worked

were

was working

were riding had

had happened

didn’t regret

Further Practice!


Past Tenses Quiz 1

Past Tenses Quiz 2

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