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    The document discusses various past tenses in English: 1) The simple past is used to talk about completed actions and situations in a specific point in the past. Regular verbs take -ed endings and there are many irregular verbs. 2) The past continuous describes something that was in progress at a particular time in the past. It uses was/were + verb+ing. 3) The past perfect describes an action that occurred before another past action. It is formed with had + past participle. It is used to show the order of past events.

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    The document discusses various past tenses in English: 1) The simple past is used to talk about completed actions and situations in a specific point in the past. Regular verbs take -ed endings and there are many irregular verbs. 2) The past continuous describes something that was in progress at a particular time in the past. It uses was/were + verb+ing. 3) The past perfect describes an action that occurred before another past action. It is formed with had + past participle. It is used to show the order of past events.

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    The document discusses various past tenses in English: 1) The simple past is used to talk about completed actions and situations in a specific point in the past. Regular verbs take -ed endings and there are many irregular verbs. 2) The past continuous describes something that was in progress at a particular time in the past. It uses was/were + verb+ing. 3) The past perfect describes an action that occurred before another past action. It is formed with had + past participle. It is used to show the order of past events.

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    PAST TENSES
    SIMPLE PAST
    ▸ We use the simple past to talk about completed
    actions and situations in a speci c point of the past. Positive / negative forms
    I/you/he/she/it/ visited
    ▸ I went to Greece last summer. It was amazing! Jack
    we/they did not visit
    ▸ I visited my family last summer vacation.

    ▸ I ate a pizza last Sunday. Question forms


    ▸ In positive statements, regular verbs have -ed I/you/he/she/it/
    Did visit Jack?
    endings. we/they

    ▸ I decided yesterday.
    ▸ Many common verbs are irregular
    ▸ We played volleyball on the beach.
    ▸ Go > I went there last year
    ▸ We often use these time expressions with the
    ▸ Have > We had a lot of fun
    simple past:
    ▸ See > She saw the Taj Mahal
    ▸ Last week/year/month…
    ▸ Be > I was happy, you were happy.
    ▸ X days ago…

    ▸ When I was a child…


    fi

    PAST CONTINUOUS
    ▸ We use the past continuous to describe Positive & Negative form
    something in progress at a particular time in the I/He/She/It was (not)
    driving to work
    past. You/We/They were (not)

    ▸ In 2010, I was living in Poland. ▸ Use the past continuous with the simple past…

    ▸ At 11 o’clock, he was waiting by the ▸ To describe interrupted actions.


    fountain.

    ▸ We often use the past continuous to describe the


    ▸ I was reading a book when the phone rang.
    situation at the beginning of a story.

    ▸ In 2018, we were traveling across Russia…


    ▸ To describe simultaneous actions.
    ▸ John was driving too fast down the
    motorway, the cops were chasing him ▸ I was watching TV while my friend was doing
    and.. his homework.

    ▸ We can also describe past temporary situations.


    ▸ I was living with my sister, but only for a
    month.

    PAST PERFECT
    ▸ We use the past perfect to describe an action that happened before another action in the past.

    ▸ I arrived at the meeting late because I’d missed the train.

    ▸ Justine hadn’t studied for her exam, so she failed it.

    ▸ Had you met Sergio before you started this job?

    ▸ We form the past perfect with had + the past participle of the main verb.

    ▸ The contracted form of the


    Past perfect
    past perfect is the same as the
    + He’d forgotten his wallet, so he couldn’t buy anything. contracted form of would
    - We hadn’t tried ceviche before we visited Peru. ▸ I’d seen them before = had
    ? Had you trained a lot before you ran the marathon?
    ▸ I’d see him if I could = would
    Y/N Yes, I had / No, I hadn’t.

    NARRATIVE TENSES
    ▸ We usually combine past tenses to show when actions happened.

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