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Past to Present?5419725114303514725-26670Instructions: Past Tense StructuresCompare the following pairs of sentences and then answer the questions which follow. My alarm clock rang at 4.15 this morning. Mr. Green worked in Japan for two years.After I woke up, then I brushed my teeth, next took a shower and finally got dressed. When I was watching television last night there was a power cut.While Fatima was preparing PowerPoint slides, Alyaa was writing her note cards. Last night Moza was doing her homework. Ali used to play football with his friends every weekend. Shaima didn’t use to enjoy eating salad, she preferred junk food. Mr. Smith was not used to seeing camels walking along the side of the road before he came to work in the UAE.Mr. Jones used to work in Mexico, where he was used to eating spicy food with lots of chilis in it. Underline the past simple verb structures in each of the sentences above.Circle the past continuous verb structure in each sentence.a boxPut around the ‘used to + infinitive verb’ structures.Highlight the ‘be’ +‘used to + verb -ing’ structures. Is my alarm clock still ringing?Where does Mr. Green work now?............... Where doesn’t Mr. Green work now?...............In sentence (iii) what was the 2nd activity I did?................ What was the 4th? ……………Which event do you think was longer – the power cut or watching television?Were Fatima and Alyaa doing their activities at (a) different times or (b) at the same time?Did Moza definitely finish all her homework?How often did Ali play football with his friends at the weekend? (a) once or (b) many timesDoes Ali play football with his friends at the weekend now?There are two restaurants in the food court ‘KFC’ and ‘Vegetable Delights’. Where do you think Shaima ate lunch (a) yesterday? ……………. (b) 4 years ago? ……………Mr. Smith took a photograph of a camel walking along the side of the road. When do you think he took the picture? (a) 1 year ago or (b) this morning Why do think this? Do you think Mr. Jones eats tacos, quesadillas and burritos for lunch every day now? Mr. Jones would only eat plain rice, boiled potatoes and bread in Mexico. True / False.Rules & UsageLook at the example sentences on the other side of this sheet and the questions that you answered about them. Use this information to complete the table below which gives basic rules about when we use these different past tense structures.Past Simple Past Continuous ‘used to’ + infinitive verb ‘be’ + ‘used to’ + verb-ingChoose the correct past tense structure to match the usage notes and in the boxes write down the numbers of the sentences (i) – (x) which give examples of the usage.Past TenseStructureUsage NotesThis is used to describe single, past completed actions, often the time / period of time is given. It can describe a series of actions in the order they happened.It can describe a situation in the past which is no longer true. It can describe a situation which took place over a period of time. Sometimes more than one event can be happening at the same time.Sometimes this event can be interrupted by another, shorter event. This can describe repeated past actions (which are no longer true)This can describe past feelings / situations which have now changed and are different to the past. This means ‘to (not) be accustomed to something’, ‘to (not) find it (un)usual’ Note: if you change the form of the verb ‘be’ here, you can change the tense of the whole structure.3619500304800-571500304800Where is this? ................
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