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PAST TENSES - Coggle Diagram
PAST TENSES
PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE
We use it for finished actions/events in the past; or a sequence of events
EXAMPLE: I got a power in the supermarket.
PAST CONTINUOUS
We use it in an action in progress al a specific time in the past
EXAMPLE: I vas playing soccer.
We use it in an action interrupted by another action in the past
I was putting my books away when I remmembre about the science test
We use it to give background or set the scene for an action/event in a story
Mounsters were running around the city for the whole film
PAST SIMPLE AND THE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
We use with ever/never + superlative adjetives.
I had never felt so bad
We use it for actions, events and situations that happened before another past action
When I arrived, my brother had already gone to bed
USED TO and WOULD
USED TO
We use it for past habits or activities
I used to rollerblade to school evrey day
We use it for past situations or states
STATE: She used to live in the New York
STATE: She used to have a Ferrari
WOULD
We use for past habits or activities
We would point at you from the bus