Grammar lesson 5 American 3 Flashcards
Simple past is for finished action
She was born in Seoul
Made a mistake
Make an offer
Made
Past simple
Keep kept kept Show showed shown Begin began begun Leave left left Mean meant meant Pay paid paid Read read read Write wrote written
Simple past
Swim swam swum
Stand stood stood
Speak spoke spoken
Simple past
Fall fell fallen
Send sent sent
Grow grew grown
Simple past
Run ran run
Sing sang sung
Let let let
Sit sat sat
Simple past
Sell sold sold Buy bought bought Choose chose chosen Drink drank drunk Build built built
Simple past
Throw threw thrown
Cost cost cost
Past continuous
I was driving
While I was doing the housework children were playing
It was a cold night and it was raining
Use for specific time
Describe a past action that was interrupted by another action
Use while for two action
Describe the beginning a story or anecdote
Past perfect
When they turned on tv the game had already finished
As soon as I shut the door I realized that I,d left my keys
We couldn’t get table in restaurant because we hadn’t booked one
Talk about past and talk about earlier past
Example :when I arrived they went out first I arrived then they went out
Example 2 : When I arrived they had gone out they went out before I arrived
Past habit
1 : usually
I usually get up at…
House in the suburbs usually have yards
Usually use for present habit + simple present
Present and past habit 2 used to +use to We used to go to the beach He didn't use to do We used to be Did they use to live
Use for past habit
Used to+didn’t use to** base form
We don’t use use to for present tense
3 we use use to and used to for things that were true in the past but that is not true now
I played a lot of sports for period of time in the past but now I don’t
Use to or simple past 1 : if the action happend only once or a few times we have to use simple past I went to Paris last year He caught the train four times 2🌷 : I used to live in Miami as a child
Use to is for action that we did for long time
