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English PT3 Chapter 1 Grammar Focus & Error Correction
2. Where you (be)? We (look) for
you for twenty minutes.
3. He (go) through his cupboard for thirty minutes looking for his
wallet. I wonder if he (find) it yet.
4. They (plan) to go mountain climbing for months. They
(gather) all the necessary information and (attend)
the required training.
Chapter 1 5. The waitress must (forget) our orders. We (sit)

here for more than twenty minutes.
6. I’m glad you (arrive) early. They (be)
(wait) for you. Something unpleasant (happen) here.

Past Tense

Tenses Uses Examples

Show an action that We stopped at the stall for
happened at a definite time lunch just now.
in the past I always visited him
Simple Past To express a past habit – whenever there is a festival.
Tense
use adverbs like ‘always’, He was injured.
‘often’, etc
Used in the passive form
Show an action that was in I was checking the Net for
progress at a specific time information last night.
in the past He was learning calligraphy
Two or more actions in while I was painting.
Past progress at the same time in The rain was pouring while
Continuous the past the students were running
Tense
Giving background for shelter and suddenly
information in a story lightning struck the tree.
Used in the passive form The old tree was being
chopped.

To show what had been done She had mastered sewing
by a certain time in the past within two months.
Past Perfect To show which of two We had reached the summit
Tense actions happened first before you begun your trek.
Used in the passive form She had been reassigned
because of new regulations.

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