This lesson seeks to give a comprehensive overview on the past tenseto students in fourth year architecture.
Every language in the world has verb tenses. These tenses, which refer to the present, past, and future, explain when something happened. The problem is that although all languages have verb tenses, not all languages have the same verb tenses or use them in a similar way. That’s why English tenses are often confusing.
The past is important. It’s where we’re all from. We need to use past tense to describe most of our personal experiences, as well as things that have happened to other people. In fact, there’s an entire academic field devoted to studying the past: history. But language about past events is not just found in history texts. Many academic texts and lectures, including ones on the TOEFL, use past tenses to discuss things that happened before right now.
At the end of this lesson the student will be able to :
- describe an action, event or condition that occurred in the past or at a specified time
- refer or describe an action that has been completed and there is no time mentioned.
- describe an action or occurrence of an event that is done repeatedly and regularly.
- describe a state of mind in the past or a feeling that was felt in the past.
- refer to someone who has died
- describe events that have occurred in quick succession in the past.