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Past simple, continuous, perfect

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What tense do we use to talk about actions that FINISHED in the PAST ? EG 'I was born in the USA'

Simple past

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What tense do we use to talk about an action that is IN PROGRESS at a time in the past? EG 'She was walking home'

Past continuous

15

What tense is used to talk about something that happened BEFORE a time in the past? 'When I got there, everyone had already left'

Past perfect

15

What's the tense? ' Everyone got wet because it was raining all night'

Past continuous

20

What's the tense? 'I went to school yesterday'

Past simple

10

What's the tense? 'By the time he realised what had happened, it was too late'

Past perfect

25

Make a sentence using PAST SIMPLE!

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20

Put the PAST SIMPLE sentence in order! - time / you / did / What / get up / this morning? / time /

What time did you get up this morning?

25

What was your favourite toy when you were younger?

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20

What's the correct verb? It was a cold Christmas, it (snow) every day.

SNOWED

20

What are the correct verbs? 'I was (HAVE) lunch when suddenly, I (HEAR) a loud noise outside'

HAVING / HEARD

25

What's the tense? 'While I was doing my homework, my sister was playing guitar.'

Past continuous

20

What was the the weather like yesterday?

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20

Make a sentence using PAST CONTINUOUS 'It was (RAIN) all day yesterday'

Raining

15