Danna's Lesson

Past tenses / Used to and would

The children were shouting when the teacher came in.

My parents were looking for a new apartment.

I was reading a very good book.

When the fire started I was watching television.

It was snowing yesterday.

Juan started a new job last week.

Past continuous

• Cosas que están pasando en un momento especifico del pasado (acciones NO TERMINADAS).

• SUJETO + VERBO TO BE (WAS/WERE) + V. -ING + COMPLE.
• S + TO BE (WASN'T/WEREN'T) + V. -ING + COMPLE.
• WAS/WERE + S + V. -ING + COMPL. + ?

Ej: Yesterday I was studying in the house.

Past simple

• Acciones terminadas (COMPLETAS).
• Rutinas del pasado.

• SUJETO + VERBO (-ED/2DA COLUMNA) + COMPL. 
• S + DIDN'T + VERBO NORMAL + COMPL.
• DID + S + VERBO NORMAL + COMPL. + ?

This morning I ate arepa for breakfast.

This morning I didn't eat arepa.

This morning I was sad.

Shorter action (past simple)

Longer action (past continuous)

He took the camera and his wallet and went out for a walk.

Cathy was happy because she had won the race.

This time last week we were standing on a volcano.

They went to Australia last

year.

The ferry had already left by the time we arrived at the port.

I had been waiting for two hours when he finally arrived.

Simple

Acción acabada en el pasado, en un momento específico - FOTO

Perfect Simple

Acción pasada que ocurrió antes de otra acción pasada - DOS VECES AL PASADO

Perfect Continuous

Acción en progreso en el pasado, que llevaba tiempo sucediendo antes de otra acción - PELÍCULA

• Usa had + V3 para lo que pasó primero.
• Si la acción duró un tiempo, usa had been + -ing.

• Simple: yesterday, last week, two days ago.
• Perfect simple: before, after, by the time, already, just.
• Perfect continuous: for, since, before, until, when.

Past perfect simple

• Algo que pasó antes que otra acción en el pasado (saltar dos veces al pasado).
• SUBJECT + HAD + VERBO 3ERA COLUMNA + COMPL.
• S + HADN'T + VERBO 3ERA COLUMNA + COMPL.
• HAD + S + VERBO 3ERA COLUMNA + C + ?

Ej: I had bought a new dress before I knew the bad reviews.

Past perfect continuous

• Algo que pasaba en el pasado y que continua en el presente.
• SUBJECT + HAD + BEEN + V. -ING + COMPL.
• S + HADN'T + BEEN + V. -ING COMPL.
• HAD + BEEN + S + V. -ING + C + ?

Ej: Juanita had been looking for work for 5 months.

Juanita hadn't been looking for work for 5 months.

She was exhausted because she had been practising her coreography all morning.

Present simple

• Ej: I wake up at 5am in the morning every day.
• She wakes up at 5am...
• I don't wake up early during on weekdays.
• I go to dance at 6pm in the afternoon all Fridays.
• She goes to dance at 6pm in the afternoon all Fridays.
• What do you do in the afternoons?

• Hábitos o rutinas en el presente.
• Cosas que hacemos regularmente.
• Cosas que son verdad.

• S + VERBO (-s 3era persona) + COMPL.
• S + DON'T/DOESN'T + VERBO NORMAL + COMPL.
• DO/DOES + S + VERBO NORMAL + COMPL. + ?

Present continuous

• Acciones que están ocurriendo en este momento (now, at this moment).

• S + IS/AM/ARE + V. -ING + COMPL.
• S + ISN'T/AREN'T/AM NOT + V. -ING + COMPL.
• IS/ARE/AM + S + V. -ING + COMPL. + ?

• Ej: My mom is cooking pasta in this moment.
• My mom is not cooking pasta...
• My mom isn't playing with the dog.
• What is Juanita doing today?

Present perfect simple

• Ej: I have lived in this house all my life.
• I have not eaten pasta in the house.
• Have you travelled around the world?

• Experiencias que he tenido en la vida.
• Evento del pasado que son recientes.

• S + HAVE/HAS + V. (-ED/3ERA COLUMNA) + COMPL.
• S + HAVE NOT/HAS NOT + V. (-ED/3ERA COLUMNA) + COMPL.
• HAVE/HAS + S + V. (-ED/3ERA COLUMNA) + COMPL. + ?

Present perfect continuous

• Ej: We have been studying since you left this morning.
• We haven't been calling all the morning.
• Have you been crying?

• Situación que inicia en el pasado y sigue ocurriendo.
• Acciones repetitivas del pasado en el presente. 

• S + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + V. -ING + COMPL.
• S + HAVEN'T/HASN'T + BENN + V. -ING + COMPL.
• HAVE/HAS + S + BEEN + V. -ING + COMPL. + ?

When I was little, I would get up and watch cartoons every Saturday morning. Now I rarely watch TV.

I used to watch cartoons every Saturday morning when I was very little. Now I rarely watch TV.

Every night our mother would read us a bedtime story.

My brother used to collect seashells.

Used to vs. Would

• Both USED TO and WOULD are useful to talk about things we did regularly in the past.
• We don't use WOULD with stative verbs (past states or situations). 

• WOULD is used when we established a time period before.
• USED TO don't need a time period.

Stative verbs: describen un estado en vez de una acción. 

• Senses: appear, feel, hear, look, see, smell, sound, taste.
• Perception: believe, forget, know, understand.
• Feelings and emotions: desire, like, love, hate, prefer, want, enjoy.
• Other: have, need, agree, be, cost. 

I would ride my bike to school when I was small.

I would play with my toys / I would have a lot of toys.