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Past tenses - Coggle Diagram
Past tenses
Past simple
Regular verbs
: we add "-ed": ask-asked, walk-walked
Irregular verbs:
2nd form of the verb
Forms:
Negative
: Subject + didn't + Verb (first form)
Interrogative:
: Did + Subject + Verb (first form)
Affirmative:
Subject + Verb (-ed or 2nd form)
TO BE
: was/were
Uses:
something that happened once in the past:
something that happened several times in the past:
something that was true for some time in the past:
Past Continuous
Uses:
for something which happened before and after another action:
for something that happened before and after a specific time:
to show that something continued for some time:
for something that happened again and again:
with verbs which show change or growth:
Forms:
Affirmative:
Subject + TO BE (past) + VB-ing
Interrogative:
Was/Were + Subjuct + Veb-ing
Negative:
Subject + TO BE (past) + Not + Verb-ing