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PAST - Coggle Diagram
PAST
PRESENT PERFECT
is used to talk about
something that
started in the past
and
continues in the present
We
have lived
here since 2017. [and we still live here]
for something that
happened in the past
but is
important in the present
Jenny
has found
a new job. She works in a supermarket now.
We do not use the present perfect with
adverbials
which refer to a
finished past time
I have seen that film yesterday
IT IS NOT CORRECT
but we can use the present perfect with
adverbials which refer to a
time which is not yet finished
Have
you
seen
Helen today?
PAST SIMPLE
is used to talk about
something that happened
once in the past
The film
started
at seven thirty
something that
was true for some time in the past
Everybody worked hard through the winter
something that happened
several times in the past
Most evenings, we
stayed
at home and watched DVDs.
we can also use
used to
Most evenings, we
used to stay
at home and watch DVDs.
we can also use
would
They
would
often
visit
friends in Europe.
PAST CONTINUOUS
is used to talk about
for something that
happened before and after a specific time in the past
At half-time we
were losing
1–0
for something that
happened before and after another action in the past
She saw Jim as he
was driving
away.
we use
PAST PERFECT
when
we are
looking back
from a point in the past to something earlier in the past
Helen suddenly remembered she
had left
her keys in the car