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Past Tense (past simple (We use the past tense to talk about
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Past Tense
past simple
We use the past tense to talk about
- something that happened once in the past
- something that was true for some time in the past
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past perfect continuous
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Example
Had you been waiting long before the taxi arrived?
We had been trying to open the door for five minutes when Jane found her key.
The past perfect continuous corresponds to the present perfect continuous, but with reference to a time earlier than 'before now'. As with the present perfect continuous, we are more interested in the process.
past perfect
She didn’t want to move. She had been living in Liverpool all her life.
Everything was wet. It had been raining for hours.
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We use the past perfect tense:
for something that started in the past and continued up to a given time in the past
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past continuous
Example
The children did their homework when I got home.
As I was watching television the telephone rang.
Subject + was, were + Verb (ing)
We use the past continuous to talk about the past:
- for something which continued before and after another action
- to show that something continued for some time
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