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    This document discusses different past verb tenses in English including: 1) The simple past tense is used to talk about actions that ended in the past at a non-specific time or for a period of time like last week. 2) The past continuous tense is used to talk about actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific point in time in the past. 3) The past perfect tense is used to talk about actions that were completed before another past action took place or before a specific time in the past.

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    This document discusses different past verb tenses in English including: 1) The simple past tense is used to talk about actions that ended in the past at a non-specific time or for a period of time like last week. 2) The past continuous tense is used to talk about actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific point in time in the past. 3) The past perfect tense is used to talk about actions that were completed before another past action took place or before a specific time in the past.

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    This document discusses different past verb tenses in English including: 1) The simple past tense is used to talk about actions that ended in the past at a non-specific time or for a period of time like last week. 2) The past continuous tense is used to talk about actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific point in time in the past. 3) The past perfect tense is used to talk about actions that were completed before another past action took place or before a specific time in the past.

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    Simple, continuos, perfect and perfect continuos

    Functions:

     To talk about an action that ended ina time before the present one.

     To refer to when something happened

    The duration isn’t relevant For a period of time:


     Last week
     Six weeks ago
     When i was a child
     Yesterday

     A long time ago


     Ages ago
    VERB VERB
    SUBJECT EXAMPLES
    (PAST FORM) SUBJECT AUXILIARY (INFINITIVE EXAMPLES
    FORM)
    I enjoyed the
    I
    holidays. I I didn't enjoy the holidays
    You enjoyed th
    You
    e holidays. You You didn't enjoy the holidays
    He enjoyed the
    He
    holidays. He He didn't enjoy the holidays
    She enjoyed th
    She
    e holidays She She didn't enjoy the holidays.
    enjoyed did not
    It enjoyed the enjoy
    It didn't
    holidays. It It didn't enjoy the holidays
    We enjoyed the
    We We We didn't enjoy the holidays.
    holidays
    You enjoyed th
    You You You didn't enjoy the holidays..
    e holidays
    They enjoyed th
    They They They didn't enjoy the holidays.
    e holidays.
    Remember the negative form is didn't and in question the auxiliary is did

    Afirmativa Negativa Interrogativa

    I walked I didn't walk Did I walk?

    You spoke You didn't speak Did you speak?

    He walked He didn't walk Did he walk?

    We walked We didn't walk Did we walk?

    They walked They didn't walk Did they walk?


    The past continuous is used to talki about an activity that was in progress at a specific point of
    timein the past.
    The emphasis is on the duration of the activity in the past
    The verb tense past continuous (I was singing / I was singing) is used to refer to unfinished actions that
    were taking place at a particular time in the past.

    STRUCTURE EXAMPLES

    Sujeto + was / were + verbo (- When I saw them they were


    AFFIRMATIVE
    ing) + (complemento) sitting at a café..

    Sujeto + was / were + not + What did you say? I wasn't


    NEGATIVE
    verbo (-ing) + (complemento) listening.

    Was / Were + sujeto + verbo (-


    INTERROGATIVE What were you talking about?
    ing) + (complemento)?
    When two unfinished actions happen at the same time, these actions are usually linked to the particles
    while or when.
    Past simple vs
    Past continuous
    When to use?

    verb tense used


    mainly to express
    actions that
    occurred prior to
    others that took
    place in the past
    VERB
    SUBJECT AUXILIAR EXAMPLES
    (P.P)
    I had arrived home
    I when you called
    You had
    You arrived home when
    you called
    He had
    He arrived home when
    you called.
    She had
    She arrived home when
    had you called
    arrived It had arrived home
    It 'd
    when you called.
    We had
    We arrived home when
    you called.
    You had
    You arrived home when
    you called me.
    They had
    They arrived home when
    you called.
    Express that an action was taken before an action that occurred in the past.
    Express that an action occurred before a specific time in the past.
    To refer to an action that was repeated on different occasions until a specific moment in the past.
    Is used primarily to express
    actions that began at a
    particular time in the past
    and continued to another
    particular point in the past.
    Expressing an action that began at a specific time in the past and continued to another specific point
    in the past or until another action took place.
    Expressing an action that causes another action to take place in the past.

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