Positive Negative Question

I went I didn’t go did you go?

I worked I didn’t work did you work?

I had I didn’t have did you have?

Ago

We use ago for things in the past.

• Giovanni moved to Rome in 1999

I was doing

Past progressive

4:00 today: they are watching

Television

4:00 yesterday: they were jogging

Positive

I was doing

You were doing

He/she/it was doing

We were doing

They were doing

Negative

I wasn’t doing

You weren’t doing

He/she/it wasn’t doing

We weren’t doing

They weren’t doing

Question

was I doing ?

were You doing ?

was He/she/it doing ?

were We doing ?

were They doing ?

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Timelines

9:00am 12:00pm

I started I stopped

Working working

I was working

We use the past progressive when we are more interested in the action

Itself than the time it started or stopped.

Compare the past simple with the past progressive:

11:00pm 7:00am

I was sleeping

Am

I went to bed the telephone I woke up

Rang

=

I was sleeping when the telephone rang

Time

I was going to the office

It was raining

I stopped to

buy a

newspaper

I met an

old friend She told me

something

I’ll never

forget

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Unit 8

I have done

Present Perfect

Johan has gone out = Johan is not here

NOW

The cook has made some pizzas.

The pizzas are ready NOW

The present perfect is used to show the present result of something that

Has happened.

Present perfect: auxiliary have + past participle (gone/done/been etc)

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Compare the present perfect with the simple past:

• Yesterday, I lost my keys. I found them this morning.

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