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PAST TENSES - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Subject + didn't + infinitive
    - - →
        
        Did + subject + infinitive verb
    - - →
        
        Regular verbs: Subject + infinitive verb + -ed
        
        Irregular verbs: Subject + 2nd c
- - - - Negative
        
        Subject + weren't/ wasn't + verb
      - Questions
        
        Was + subject + verb with -ing
      - Affirmative
        
        subject + was + Regular verb + -ing
    - - Negative: Anna wasn't watching her.
      - Question:Was he lying she?
      - Affirmative:Emma was cooking in the kitchen.
    - - To describe an action that was in progress
- - - - NEGATIVE
      - QUESTIONS
      - AFFIRMATIVE
    - - To talk about an action that happened before another action in the past
      - We often use expressions like before, after, and by the time in the sentences in the past simple
- - - - Negative: I haven't proved that yet
      - Question: Has she learned enough?
      - Affirmative: They have got a lot of punishments
    - - ←
        
        NEGATIVE: Subject + haven't/hasn't + verb
        
        QUESTIONS: ( how long ) Have/has + subject + verb
        
        AFFIRMATIVE: Subject + have/has + verb
    - - For something that started in the past and continues in the present.
      - With words like for, since, already and yet.