UNIT 3

PAST TENSES

1. Use

Simple Past	Past Progressive	Past Perfect	Past Perfect Progressive	Present Perfect**	Present Perfect Progressive**
action finished in the past	action was in progress at special time in the past	the past equivalent of Present Perfect	how long something had been happening before something else happened	result of an action in the past is important in the present           recently completed action           state beginning in the past and still continuing	action beginning in the past and still continuing (focus is on the action)

2. Signal words

Simple Past	Past Progressive	Past Perfect	Past Perfect Progressive	Present Perfect**	Present Perfect Progressive**
·         last ... ·         ... ago ·         in 2010 ·         yesterday	while	no unambiguous ones		just            yet            never            ever           already            so far              up to now            since            for            recently	all day            the whole day            how long            since            for

3. Form

Simple Past	Past Progressive	Past Perfect	Past Perfect Progressive	Present Perfect**	Present Perfect Progressive**
regular: infinitive +    ed irregular: 2nd column of the irregular verbs	was, were + infinitive + -ing	had + past participle*	had + been + infinitive +    ing	have/has + past participle*	have/has + been + infinitive + -ing

* past participle:

·         regular verbs → infinitive + -ed

·         irregular verbs → 3rd column of the table of the irregular verbs

4. Examples

4.1. Affirmative sentences

Simple Past	Past Progressive	Past Perfect	Past Perfect Progressive	Present Perfect**	Present Perfect Progressive**
We were in the USA and visited Alaska last year.	Joe was writing an e-mail at 5 o'clock yesterday evening.	She had read a comic before she went to bed.	She had been waiting for Jack for 30 minutes when he arrived.	He has lived in Melbourne since 2010.	They have been waiting for him for two hours.

4.2. Negative sentences

Simple Past	Past Progressive	Past Perfect	Past Perfect Progressive	Present Perfect**	Present Perfect Progressive**
We were not in the USA and did not visit Alaska last year.	Joe was not writing an e-mail at 5 o'clock yesterday evening.	She had not read a comic before she went to bed.	She had not been waiting for Jack for 30 minutes when he arrived.	He has not lived in Melbourne since 2010.	They have not been waiting for him for two hours.

4.3. Questions

Simple Past	Past Progressive	Past Perfect	Past Perfect Progressive	Present Perfect**	Present Perfect Progressive**
Were you in the USA and did you visit Alaska last year?	Was Joe writing an e-mail at 5 o'clock yesterday evening?	Had she read a comic before she went to bed?	Had she been waiting for Jack for 30 minutes when he arrived?	Has he lived in Melbourne since 2010?	Have they been waiting for him for two hours?

New Words and Vocabulary

unrecognized	Art dealer	dismiss	Commit suicide
Fall in love	reject	fellow	Settle down
tension	quarrel	Fierce-fiercely	Razor blade
Cut off	Voluntary-voluntarily	asylum	insane
Shoot-shot	chest	bury	cemetery
İnstant-instantly	recognize	genius

Van Gogh quizlet 

SMASH

clumsy	priceless	destroy	Slip on stairs
dynasty	windowstill	smash	donate
unfortunate	regrettable	explode	stunned
decline	worth

ROMEO AND JULIET

Warring families	feud	Break out	dawn
friar	beg	unite	Bear (v)
disaster	nobleman	Belowed Juliet	poison
tomb	celebration	uninvited	instantly
enemy	declare	Swear-swore	promise
in secret	attact	fail	Take revenge
banish	exiled	desperate	Sleeping potion
pretend	drug	rescue	Weep-wept
lips	dagger	stab	Fall dead
overwhelmed	hatred	precious

quizlet 1 vocabulary

quizlet 2 tenses