AG1 - CLASS 04/18 - 2016 July

Tuesday, July 5th, 2016.
today's objectives:
- to master the use of past tenses

Which tenses do we use?
PAST TENSES
simple past
past progressive
present perfect
past perfect
past perfect progressive
habitual structures (used to and would)


She / eat the apple
She ate the apple.
She was eating ....


She ate the apple.
She was eating the apple.
She has eaten the apple.
She had eaten the apple.
She had been eating the apple.
She used to eat the apple.
She would eat the apple.

She ate the apple.  --> What did she eat?
She was eating the apple. --> What was she eating?
She has eaten the apple.--> What has she eaten?
She had eaten the apple.--> What had she eaten?
She had been eating the apple.--> What had she been eating?
She used to eat the apple.--> What did she use to eat?
She would eat the apple.--> What would she eat?

Important pointers:
Normally , the time expressions, the adverbial clauses , etc. are going to indicate which event was first and which other was 2nd. However, using past perfect facilitates everything.

I had breakfast before I went to work.
before I went to work, I had breakfast .


I went to work when I had breakfast.
when I had breakfast, I went to work .

I went to work after I had breakfast.
I went to work as soon as I had breakfast.

I had had breakfast before I went to work.
I went to work when I had had breakfast.
I went to work after I had had breakfast.
I went to work as soon as I had had breakfast.

I had been having breakfast before I went to work.

used to = would (except location, state, and possession)

I used to/would study in Saint Rose School.
I used to/would  live in Trujillo.
I used to/would  be shy.
I used to/would  have a Rolex.

Factual conditional in the past:
If I was on vacation, I would/used to  visit my grandfather.

Imaginary conditional in the present
If I were on vacation, I would go to the beach.

He has lived in Lima for 20 years.
He has lived in Lima since 1996 .
He has lived in Lima since 20 years ago.  <-- Perfect!

He has lived in Lima. (no time expression --> it is past)

He ___lived_____ in Lima in 1996 / when I was a child.
He __has lived__ in Lima since 1996 /since I was a child.
He __has lived___ in Lima so far = until this moment.

He ___lived/ has lived_____ in Lima .

Unit 02. page 20. Exercise 2 key
2. didn't happen 3. got 4. came
5. thought 6. I've ever met 7. called up
8. asked  9. wanted   10. made
11. led    12.  've never known  
13. 's always loved  
14. 've never been able

Exercise 3 key.
2. 'd sleep   3. would go 4. 'd go
5. used to be   6. used to live
7. used to be   8. 'd spend
9. used to think

Exercise 4.
2. By the time they both returned to their hometown about a year ago, Jim had completed four years of military service, and Jennifer had graduated from college.

3. By the time they saw each other again , Jenn had started teaching , and Jim had taken a job as a computer programmer.

4. When they ran into each other in a drugstore one morning, neither had gone out on any dates.

5. Jim drove to Olson's Drugstore because he had woken up with a splitting headache.
Because he had woken up with a splitting headache, Jim drove to Olson's Drugstore .

6. Jennifer also went to Olson's because her younger sister had fallen and hurt herself and needed medicine.
Because her younger sister had fallen and hurt herself and needed medicine, Jennifer also went to Olson's .


7. When a week had passed, Jim asked jennifer out on a date.

8. When Jim and Jennifer  had dated for three months, they got married.
When they got married, they had dated for three months.