PAST TENSE REVIEW

Past Tense Review

Past Continuous

Used to (+ infinitive)

Would (+ infinitive)

Past Simple

Completed actions, either single or repeated.

Actions in progess at a time in the past

Past states and for past habits and routines that are no longer current.

For habitual past actions BUT NOT states.

Past Perfect Simple

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Simple

Actions that took place at an unspecified time in the past. Used with already, never, ever, just and yet

For actions that started in the past and continued up to the present time.

For actions in progress up to a point in the past.

For actions which took place before a point in the past, and for states that existed up to a point in the past.