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Unit six was titled: Past tenses. Here, as the name of the unit applies, I learned about all the forms of the different past tenses. I will give a brief overview of each one that I have learnt. Past simple: The structure changes with affirmative (you add 'ed' or 'd' to the base verb form), negative (add 'did not' before the base form of the verb) and questions (add did plus subject plus the base form of the verb). the usages of this tense includes, a past action when time is given, actions completed at a definite time in the past and when the time is asked about. A few activate teaching games could be: card games and curriculum vitae. Past continuous form: here I also learned the different forms for affirmative - subject + was/were + verb+ ing- , negative-subject + was/were + not + verb + ing- and questions - was/were + subject + verb + ing-. Interrupted past actions, expressing actions and being in descriptions are all examples of the usages for this form. I could also play games like detective games or telling stories. Past perfect form: The three different forms again, affirmative(subject + had + past participe), negative(subject+had+ not + past participe) and questions (had + subject + past participe). The past equivalent of the present perfect would be when we use this tense. with after and when being the most used words to show a completed task. Again story telling would be a teaching idea as well as letting the students see a story and then telling it backwards. Past perfect continuous: the three forms are slightly different to the past perfect: affirmative (subject+ had + been + verb + ing), negative (subject + had + not + been + verb + ing) and questions (had + subject + been + verb + ing) talking about longer actions or a situation in the past that had been going on continuously up to the past moment that we are thinking about, would be when we use this form.
