3. PastContinuous 1) InterruptedAction in thePast: longeraction in thepastwasinterrupted. Affirmative: I waswatching TV whenshecalled. Negative: Sammywasnotwaiting for us whenshegot off here. Interrogative: Wereyousnowboardingwhentheyfell?
4. PastContinuous 2) Specific Time as anInterruption Affirmative Lastnightat 6 PM, I waseatingdinner. Negative Atmidnight, weweren’t still drivingthroughthedesert. Interrogative Was I sittingatmydeskyesterdayatthis time? SimplePast = startedat a specific time PastContinuous = startedearlierand, at a specific time, theactionwas still in progress
5. PastContinuous 3) ParallelActions Affirmative: I wasstudyingwhilehewasmakingdinner. Negative: Thomas wasn’tworkingand I wasn’tworkingeither. Interrogative: Wereyoulisteningwhilehewasplaying? A long series ofparallelactionsmaybeused to describetheatmosphereat a particular time in the past.
6. PastContinuous 4) RepetitionandIrritationwith “Always” Affirmative: Shewasalwayscoming late to class. He wasalwaysblabberingabout trivial things... Interrogative Weretheyalwaysbehavinglikethat? Wasshealwayscomplainingabouthim?
8. PresentPerfect 1) Unspecified Time BeforeNow Affirmative: I haveseenthatmovietwenty times. Negative: He hasn’ttraveled to Mars. Interrogative: Haveyoureadthe book yet?
9. PresentPerfect A) Experience Joan hasstudiedtwoforeignlanguages B) Change Over Time Youhavegrownsincethelast time I sawyou C) Accomplishments ManhaswalkedontheMoon D) AnUncompletedActionYou’reExpecting James hasnotfinishedhishomeworkyet E) MultipleActionsatDifferent Times Thearmyhasattackedthat city five times
10. PresentPerfect 2) DurationFromPastUntilNow (Non-ContinuousVerbs) Affirmative I havehad a cold for twoweeks Negative Shehasn’tbeen in England for sixmonths Interrogative Has Mary loved chocolate sinceshewas a little girl?
11. PresentPerfect * Time Expressions Theexact time thefactoccured is notimportant Butyoumay use PresentPerfectwith time expressionsifyoulimitthe time we are looking in for na experience Haveyoubeen to Mexico in thelastyear? Mycarhasbrokendownthree times thisweek
13. PresentPerfectContinuous 1) DurationfromPastUntilNow Affirmative: Theyhavebeentalking for thelasthour Negative: Shehasn’tbeenworkingatthatcompany for threeyears Interrogative: Has Nancy beentakingher medicine for thelastthreedays?
