165 Talking about things that happened in the past (the ‘narrative tenses’) Form I, you, we, they + verb he/she/it + verb + -s I + am you, we, they + are + verb + -ing he/she/it + is Note: verbs ending in consonant + -y -ies (try – tries) -s, -x, -ch, -sh -es (kiss – kisses [iz]) do and go -es (does, goes) I’m standing, he’s sitting, they are running, … Questions and negation With do, does, don’t, doesn’t. Do you agree? Emily doesn’t go to school by bus, she walks every day! Questions: swap subject and auxiliary (be). Are you using the internet just now? Negative sentences: insert not. I’m not talking to you right now. Signal words always, often, every week, every morning, usually, normally now, just now, these days Past simple Past continuous You can use it to … talk about things that happened in the past, often at a definite time, and are now finished. Hannah moved to Cambridge last summer. I hated my uniform when I was at school. tell a story. Once upon a time there was a king who had a lovely daughter. talk about actions in the past that were continuing or incomplete when something happened. I was standing next to Melissa when she dropped her bottle and ruined my sneakers. give background information when telling a story. I couldn’t hear what Sarah was saying because Robert was standing between us. Form I, you, he/she/it, we, they + verb + -ed Note: prefer – preferred, travel – travelled Irregular verbs different past forms I, he/she/it + was you, we, they + were Questions and negation With did, didn’t and verb. Did you have a nice punting trip? Adam didn’t know how to punt. Questions: swap subject and auxiliary. Was Adam finding it hard to punt? – You bet he was. Negative sentences: insert not. While he was punting, Adam wasn’t holding the pole properly, so he fell in. Signal words yesterday, last week, … ago, in + year while + verb + -ing Note: When you are telling a story, a short action (past simple) often interrupts a longer action (past continuous): While the others were relaxing, Adam pushed the pole too hard, and it got stuck. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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