past_tenses (1)

1. Past Tenses

2.

Past Simple
Actions completed in the past
Actions which happened at a specific in the past
Past habits
Past actions which happened one immediately after the
other
Yesterday, last, ago, in 1892
+ you,he, +V2
? Did she,they+ V1
- I, you, he+ didn’t +V1
Past
Continuous
For actions which was in progress at a state time in the past
For actions which was in progress when another action
interrupted
• for two or more actions which were happening at the
same time in the past
• to give background information in a story
While, when, all day…
+ + you,he +was / were
+ Ving
? Was / were подл +
Ving
- she, they+was /were
not+ Ving
Past Perfect
For an action which happened before another past action
or before a stated time in the past
• For an action which finished in the past and whose result
was visible in the past
Before, after, already, for, since, just, till/until, never…
+ he,they + had + V3
? had + she,we + V3
- he,they, +hadn’t + V3
Past Perfect
Continuous
+ we, he +had been + Ving
? had +she,they +been +
Ving
To put emphasis on the duration of an action which started
and finished in the past before another past action or a
stated time in the past, usually with since or for
For actions which lasted for some time in the past and