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PAST TENSES

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PAST SIMPLE

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

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PRESENT PERFECT

& pRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

they both are used in describing events which were happening before of the time of another past event

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past perfect simple

to make clear a sequence of events in the past.

He didn´t called me because he´d lost his phone

to contrast with past events introduced by by the time. before, as soon as or when

The band had finished their first song by the time we reached our seats

we use it for

with already, just, ever & never

the following situations:

When we arrived, everybody had already started dancing

to say how many times, or how often, something had happened before a point of time in the past

I´d visited LA four times before my tenth birthday

usage 1

usage 2

When we talk about how long the event had been happening.

To focus on the fact that the earlier event may or may not be complete.

past perfect continuous

+ e.g.

+ e.g.

to describe the situation in detail *the sun was shining and people were having fun

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with simple past to say an action was taking place and was interrupted: *i was running when teh police arrived

to know exactly when the action happened: *i was watching tv yesterday afternoon

past continuous

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02

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to say two actions were happening at the same time: *while i was running louis was reading

past simple & past perfect

We use them together to show that one event happened before another.

usage

usage

usage

We use two past-simple verbs to show that two events happened at the same time.

We can use and to link the two past-simple verbs to suggest that one event caused another.

We use them together to show that one event happened before another.

PAST TENSES

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When we want to show the order in which actions happened in the past.

We use the PPS for the action that happened first and the PS for the actions that followed

Past SimplePresent Perfect Simple Present Perfect Continuous

In time clauses with words like after, as soon as, before, by the time, once, until & when you can use ither the simple or the perfect to refer to an earlier event with no important difference in meaning.

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