English tenses 2 - Past

I _____ a chair yesterday. (buy)

bought. Past Simple — законченное действие + yesterday.

She _____ English last year. (learn)

learned / learnt. last year = Past Simple.

They _____ home at 8. (come)

came. come → came. Неправильный глагол.

I _____ TV when she called. (watch)

was watching. Past Continuous — фон, когда случилось другое действие.

She _____ when I came in. (work)

was working. was/were + -ing.

When Past Simple?

законченное действие в прошлом. Сигналы: yesterday, last week, in 2020, ago.

When Past Continuous?

действие в процессе в прошлом. Сигналы: while, when, at 5 p.m. yesterday.

Форма Past Simple правильных глаголов

глагол + ed. work → worked. play → played.

Форма Past Continuous

was/were + -ing. I was working. They were working.

I _____ not _____ him yesterday. (see)

did / see. Отрицание Simple: didn't + глагол без -ed.

She _____ not _____ at 5. (sleep)

was / sleeping. Отрицание Continuous: wasn't sleeping.

_____ you _____ the post? (read)

Did / read. Вопрос Past Simple: Did you read…?

_____ he _____ at 3? (work)

Was / working. Вопрос Continuous: Was he working…?

I _____ a message while I _____ for a chair. (write / look)

wrote / was looking. короткое действие + фон.

The shop _____ at 9 yesterday. (open)

opened. Факт в прошлом = Simple.

At 9 I _____ to the shop. (walk)

was walking. At 9 = процесс в тот момент.

He _____ coffee and then he _____ to work. (drink / go)

drank / went. Два законченных действия подряд = Simple + Simple.

While they _____, I _____ dinner. (talk / cook)

were talking / cooked. while = Continuous для длинного действия.

I _____ in London in 2019. (live)

lived. Период в прошлом, уже закончен = Simple.

I _____ in London at that time. (live)

was living. at that time = процесс тогда.

go в прошлом

went. not goed.

see в прошлом

saw. not seed.

buy в прошлом

bought.

write в прошлом

wrote.

do в вопросе Past Simple

Did. Did you work? глагол без -ed.

I _____ home at 8 yesterday. (come)

came. come → came. Yesterday = Past Simple.

She _____ English last year. (learn)

learned / learnt.

They _____ a chair last week. (buy)

bought. buy → bought.

He _____ a post 10 minutes ago. (write)

wrote. write → wrote. ago = Simple.

I _____ TV when you called. (watch)

was watching. Фон + когда случилось другое.

She _____ when I came in. (work)

was working.

They _____ cards at 7. (review)

were reviewing. at 7 = процесс в тот момент.

I _____ not _____ him yesterday. (see)

did / see. didn't see. После did глагол без -ed.

She _____ not _____ at 5. (sleep)

was / sleeping. wasn't sleeping.

_____ you _____ the post? (read)

Did / read.

_____ he _____ at 3? (work)

Was / working.

_____ they _____ football yesterday? (play)

Did / play.

_____ they _____ football at 5? (play)

Were / playing.

When I _____, she _____. (arrive / cook)

arrived / was cooking. Короткое действие + фон.

While they _____, I _____ dinner. (talk / cook)

were talking / cooked.

He _____ coffee and then he _____ out. (drink / go)

drank / went. Два законченных подряд.

I _____ in London in 2019. (live)

lived. Закрытый период = Simple.

I _____ in London at that time. (live)

was living. at that time = процесс тогда.

The shop _____ at 9 yesterday. (open)

opened.

At 9 I _____ to the shop. (walk)

was walking.

go в прошлом

went.

see

saw.

buy

bought.

write

wrote.

come

came.

take

took.

make

made.

get

got.

find

found.

know

knew.

think

thought.

leave

left.

feel

felt.

sleep

slept.

I _____ my room yesterday. (clean)

cleaned.

I _____ my room when she texted. (clean)

was cleaning.

She _____ breakfast and _____ to work. (eat / go)

ate / went.

She _____ breakfast when the phone _____. (eat / ring)

was eating / rang.

It _____ all evening. (rain)

was raining. Долгий фон.

It _____ in the morning and then it _____. (rain / stop)

rained / stopped.

I _____ a client at 4. (meet)

met. Факт встречи.

I _____ a client at 4, so I didn't see your message. (meet)

was meeting. Был на встрече в тот момент.

We _____ Knowt two days ago. (download)

downloaded.

He _____ late yesterday. (be)

was. I/he/she/it was. You/we/they were.

They _____ at home last night. (be)

were.

_____ she _____ you? (call)

Did / call.

I _____ not _____ the app then. (use)

did / use.

While I _____ for a chair, I _____ 20 shops. (look / check)

was looking / checked.

The team _____ a feature last month. (build)

built.

The team _____ it when the bug _____. (test / appear)

were testing / appeared.

I _____ tired because I _____ all day. (be / work)

was / was working. Можно и worked, но процесс = Continuous.

First I _____ the cards, then I _____ a text. (review / write)

reviewed / wrote.

What _____ you _____ at 10 last night? (do)

were / doing.

What _____ you _____ last night? (do)

did / do.

Where _____ she _____ in 2020? (live)

did / live.

Who _____ you _____ to? (talk)

were / talking. Если процесс.

Who _____ you _____ yesterday? (call)

did / call.

I _____ the door and _____ the room. (open / enter)

opened / entered.

He _____ very fast. I _____ him. (drive / not see)

drove / didn't see.

Sorry, I _____ you. I _____ to a podcast. (not hear / listen)

didn't hear / was listening.