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Lesson 06

🔀 Mixed
Past Tenses

Combine all 4 past tenses confidently — know exactly which one to use and why in any situation.

Grammar Review B1 → B2

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Vocabulary

Vocabulário dos tempos passados — flip para ver a tradução.

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Key Verbs

Cada verbo mostrado nos 4 tempos passados — veja a diferença na prática.

🧠 Verb Mini-Quiz — Fill in the blank (≥4/6 to complete)

Everyday Expressions

Clique para ver a tradução e o uso.

Grammar: The 4 Past Tenses Together

Referência rápida, árvore de decisão e como combinar todos os tempos numa narrativa natural.

PAST SIMPLE: completed action, specific time → "I went to Paris in 2022."

PAST CONTINUOUS: action in progress at a past moment → "I was sleeping at 8am."

PRESENT PERFECT: experience / result still relevant now → "I have visited Paris." / "She has just arrived."

PAST PERFECT: action completed BEFORE another past action → "I had eaten before she arrived."

📐 Sinais: yesterday/ago/last = Past Simple · while/when (em progresso) = Past Continuous · ever/never/just/already/yet = Present Perfect · by the time/before/after = Past Perfect.

Action completed? → Specific time mentioned? YES → Past Simple · NO → Present Perfect.

Action ongoing/in progress? → In the past → Past Continuous.

Happened BEFORE another past event? → Past Perfect.

⚠️ Erro comum: "Yesterday I have gone" ❌ → "Yesterday I went" ✅ (tempo específico = Past Simple, nunca Present Perfect).

Histórias naturais combinam os tempos: "I had been working (Past Perfect) at the company for 5 years when one morning, while I was walking (Past Continuous) to the office, I received (Past Simple) a call that changed everything."

"Since then, my life has never been (Present Perfect) the same."

📐 Dica: conte uma história usando ao menos 3 tempos passados diferentes. Cada um adiciona uma camada de significado: o que aconteceu, o que estava acontecendo, o que já tinha acontecido antes, e o que ainda importa agora.

🎭 Yara at a Networking Event — Her Career Story

💼 Yara conta como saiu das finanças para a EdTech, misturando os 4 tempos passados.

🎯 Encontre no diálogo:

✅ had been working (Past Perfect)

✅ was finishing (Past Continuous)

✅ got / decided (Past Simple)

✅ have learned (Present Perfect)

🗨️ Let's Talk!

Responda com suas próprias palavras. Clique num "starter" pra começar a frase, use as palavras sugeridas e treine em voz alta. 🎤

Practice Quiz

5 questions — Mixed Past Tenses

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Homework

Lesson 06 — Mixed Past Tenses

Complete as 4 tarefas. Bons estudos!

Word Order

Monte a frase na ordem correta!

Match the Tenses

Conecte o tempo verbal ao seu uso!

Error Correction

Reescreva a frase corrigindo o erro.

❌ Frase com erro:

"Yesterday I have gone to the cinema with my friends."

Free Writing — A Mini Story

Write a 4-sentence mini story using ALL 4 past tenses. Label which tense you used in parentheses.

🔀 MixedPast Tenses