UNIT 2 - Past Time

Every know that PAST TIME express an action that you did in the past. There are more grammar structures when refer about the past time like past progressive, simple past, present perfect, past perfect and past perfect progressive. Learning these structures allow to have a good communication. For example, you can use past time when you want to tell a story or told about your experiences.
Examples:

Simple Past
I lived in Cajamarca for two years.
I moved there five years ago.

Present Perfect
She's lived in Argentina for ten years.
She's lived in Argentina since 1999.

Past Perfect
By 1988 Oprah Winfrey had become a famous.
It was 1985. She had already been in Hollywood film.

Past Perfect Progressive
She had been studying at the university when she got her first TV job. (She was studying at the university. Then she got the job)

Student: Claudia Paredes J.

UNIT 2: Past Time

UNIT 2: Past Time

Past Time: Habitual or Repeated

I noticed that in some cases is a little confussing know what expression to use between "used to" and "would", but thanks to Mr Jaramillo it isn't a problem anymore, because u can use "use to" when the context refer to state, possession or location and another way of know when use "used to" is that "used to" us for habitual actions in the past that never will go back to repeat and use "would" for habitual actions in the past that can will go back to repeat.
Examples:
-I used to live in Toronto. (location)
-She used to be a marriage counselor. (state)
-He used to have a spring home. (possession)
-We would spend every summer in Iquitos. (this habit can repeat)
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Ivan Arturo,Apaza Barrantes
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Unit 2

Unit 2

Past Time

I think this unit show us how important is the using of the past and some rules that we have to follow to write in a correct way.

Its interesting to know how we can use the present perfect to describe completed actions in a not specific time in the past. Something else that I understand is when we use the past perfect we have to use also the past simple to show which one is first. For instance

Past perfect

· By the time the boss arrived. They had written all the letters

· By the time the day of the exam arrived, he had studied everything.

· When I got up , my favorite program have finished

· I had gone out when she came.


Past : Present Perfect

· I have lost my dictionary.

· Carlos has fixed my televsion

· You haven't eaten very much.

· I haven't read his letter.


Alan Lozano Morales - A04

UNIT 2. PAST TIME

This grammar is very important if you wantt to write a report or information about any topic. Using this time you can integrate a meaningful whole. If you want to create or narrate a history, or tale; this grammar is perfect!.

Example:

Giorgio won a promotion to study in any place of the world. He decided to travel to Peru,

s. past s. past

Because when he was a child, he used to be an indigenous in his dreams. He even told his

s. past habitual

old friend, and his friend said: I has lived in Peru for several years. Giorgio enjoyed to

s. past present perfect s. past

talk even by messenger. He had chosen that place because its cultural history is

past perfect

interesting. He had met his old friend in a cafeteria in Italy four year ago, but they didn’t

past perfect

have more free time to speak. He has been planning to visit his friend and Giorgio’s friend

past perfect progressive

knew he was going to arrive Peru soon. When Giorgio arrived to Peru, there was

past perfect progressive pastperfect

raining. He was founding a pay phone to call his friend But his friend died two hours

progressive past perfect progressive simple past

ago and he didn´t know.

Simple past negative

Carmen Alvarez Ch.

UNIT 2: PAST TIME

I have really enjoyed this grammar course and had moments that I said myself “really I had never heard something like that!”. First I was flying but practicing I could understand. For me, the most interesting section of this course has been the past time. Due to this topic I have been able to write material on instinct, using rules of grammar learned long ago and forgotten.

One part of this topic that impressed me was to express actions or events that occurred regularly during a period in the past ( I mean the use of would + base form)

I just Knew the use of would+ base form in requests or preferences.


These were the examples that I couldn’t interpret:

* He would say he didn’t know
* They would ask her when she was going to work


Maybe I would have interpreted them in a different way ( thinking on request or preferences). But now I Know it has similar meaning to the use of Used to, but only when they express action.

Another examples:

* I would go out with my friends and stay out till all hours of the night.
* We would take a hike every morning


I like this course. It is concise and I feel that it adequately refreshes my grammar skills to jumpstart me into technical writing



Name student: Juan Carlos Pozo Quintanilla
A04F

UNIT 2: PAST TIME

For me this unit was important because I had problems when I tried to remember when you use this grammar in the correct way but now I know that you only need to practice very hard in order to not forget it also I understand that you can use the present perfect to connect the past and the present. Furthermore, I realize that you use the simple past when you know that past time and you use the present perfect when you dont' have idea when the events happened.

Examples:

• My father died on August 11, 1994. (Past Time - Definite)
• Luis created an organization to save money for the poors. (Past Time - General)
• I have lived in Rimac in a small house with my mother. (Present Perfect)
• I have worked in Topy Top as a secretary since I finished my studies at Cesca. (Connect the present and the past)

Other examples:

• I bought my own apartment in Jesus Maria a one year ago. (When you use the past time expression "ago" you don't use the present perfect)
• Rosario used to play "lingo" and "mata gente". (Habitual action that was true in the past)
• Every summer my family would travel to visit our relatives in Piura. (Events that ocurred regularly)
• By the time my English courses started, I had applied for a visa. (Two past events to show which of them happened first)

Suley Balvin - ADV 4