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Presentation / Objective
In this unit you will practice the grammar point past time expressions, which is related to the grammar structure simple past. Expressions like yesterday, last week, two months ago, etc. are used to say when something happened in the past.
This unit is organized as follows:
In the first part you will learn how to use past time expressions.
The second part has five sections. Each section focuses on one of the basic language skills: reading, listening, writing and speaking. The fifth section is a quiz to assess the contents covered throughout the unit.
Expressions for Past Tense
last
ago
yesterday
last night
10 minutes ago
yesterday
last Sunday
an hour ago
yesterday morning
last week
three days ago
yesterday afternoon
last weekend
a week ago
yesterday evening
last year
a month ago
the day before yesterday
last month
a year ago
iguerendianin. (2010). Past simple-Expressions for past tense [table]. Retrieved 2017, February 16 from https://bit.ly/2lgLcix
Objective
At the end of this topic you will:
Use the words yesterday, last and ago and the prepositions in, on and at as past time expressions to describe past situations regarding historical events of both English-speaking countries and your own country.
Content
Past time expressions
In English, we use the simple past to talk about when things happened. There are a number of words and phrasesthat are often used to show when an action or situation happened in the past. We call them time adverbials. Here are some of the most common ones.
time adverbials
Now let's see how and when to use them.
Time adverbial: ago
We use time reference + ago to show how far back in the past something happened:
time reference + ago
Examples:
The movie ended five minutes ago.
The plane landed two hours ago.
My son was born six months ago.
Her husband died ten years ago.
I took that photo many years ago.
I came to this city a long time ago.
Time adverbial: last
We use last + time reference to mean the most recent or nearest to the present day time:
Examples:
I saw a game on TV last night.
My parents traveled to Japan last month.
Michael arrived in Mexico last January.
Last Christmas I got a lot of presents.
My girlfriend and I met at the beach last summer.
Last year Jake and Jill got married.
time reference + last
NOTE: We say last night, last month, last year, etc. NOT the last night, the last month, the last year, etc.
Time adverbial: yesterday
We use yesterday or yesterday + morning / afternoon / evening to talk about the day before today:
time reference + yesterday
Examples:
Charles wore a suit to work yesterday.
We got up early yesterday morning.
She left the hospital yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday evening Joel called me.