past simple
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3.completed action
I saw a great film yesterday.
1.Several completed actions
I finished work at five, went to my favourite café and spent an hour just watching the world go by.
5.duration
I live in brazil for two years.
4.Habits in the past
I studied French when I was a child.
2,(unreal)Part of the conditionals 2
If I won the lottery,I would buy a new house.
6.when?clauses.
When I paid her one dollar,she answered my questuon.
often add expressions
He didn't like tomatoes before.
Such DW
such as:
always,
often,
usually,
never,
when I was a child, ,
when I was younger
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But remember that this is only possible if the Past Perfect is referring to an action at a specific time. If the reference is to experience then the Past Simple cannot be used.
He had never seen snow until he moved to Europe. NOT He never saw snow...
Adverbs such as: always, never, ever, still and just are placed after the auxiliary verb and before the past participle.
He had never been in a big city before he visited London.