Sixthgradebdl2223: Review of last English unit - Tenses in the past; countable and uncountable quantifiers, irregular verbs (win, rise, steal, speak, etc...)

Dear students,

Please, check and review the following items:

When we want to talk about events that have finished we use the past simple.

Subject + V-ed / 2nd column (past simple) + complement + time expression in the past (yesterday, last week, etc...)

Examples: He visited my friends in Italy last summer.

He didn´t visit my friends in Italy last week.

Did he visit my friends in Italy last week?

To talk about an action that started in the past and it is still valid.

Subject + have / has+ past participle (verb-ed or 3rd column) + complement + time expression (this week, this month, this year, etc...)

Examples:

I have studied this week for my English test.

I haven´t studied for my English test this week yet.

He hasn´t studied for his English test this week yet.

Have you already studied for your English test this week ?

When we want to talk about an action in the past that happened before another action action in the past.

Subject + had+ past participle (verb-ed or 3rd column) + complement + time expression (this week, this month, this year, etc...)

Examples:

They had eaten brekfast before they came to school this morning.

They hadn´t played any sports before they came to school.

Had they played any sports before they came to school?

Countables (they can be counted) and uncontables (they can´t be counted):

Pen Sugar

Ball Water

Car Education

Countables with quantifiers (many, a few, a lot of, etc):

There are many pens on the table.

He has a few balls in his house.

There aren´t a lot of cars in the street.

Uncountables with quantifiers (much, no, a lot of, etc):

There isn´t any milk in the fridge.

There is much sugar in the glass.

There is good education in the University of London.

Sixthgradebdl2223