English Past Tense Writing Exercise Mr. McCloskey

Past Simple (Writing about something that already happened). 

Examples: Gilgamesh turned down Ishtar in Tablet 6. 

Enkidu died in tablet 7 after he was cursed. 

• What did you do last weekend?
• Describe a major historical event.
• Write what you know of your family history. For example, where are your parents and grandparents from? What did they do for work? 

Write one sentence for each prompt: 

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Past Perfect [had + past participle]

Pretend you're a stern parent and your child has made some mistakes. Rather than just saying, "I told you so," construct more descriptive "if" clauses using the past perfect. (You can also give retroactive advice to parents from children, or from citizens to public officials, or from employees to their employer. Whatever suits the situation and student.)

• "If you had fed your fish as you had promised, they would not have escaped and eaten the dog."

Write one sentence example for the prompt: 

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Then, come up with your own example: it can be about anything you want

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