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PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS and PAST PERFECT, LET'S DO SOME EXERCISE-…
PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS and PAST PERFECT
PAST CONTINUOUS
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WE USE PAST CONTINUOUS TO TALK ABOUT:
Longer actions interrupted by shorter actions
(I was walking trough the the pedestrian crossing when a car hitted me.)
Actions in progress
(I was playing football this afternoon.)
Background descriptions
(The sun was shining and everyone was smiling.)
GRAMMAR
AFFERMATIVE---> was/were+ ing form
NEGATIVE---> wasn't/weren't+ ing form
QUESTIONS---> was/were+ subject+ ing form
PAST SIMPLE
GRAMMAR
NEGATIVE---> didn't+ infinitive
AFFIRMATIVE---> verb+ -ed/-d
QUESTIONS---> did+ subject+ infinitive
WE USE PAST SIMPLE TO TALK ABOUT:
Completed past actions or past states
(We visited several important sites during this week.)
A sequence of actions in the past
(I tried to ask the man for directions in French. He replied in perfect English.)
Past habits
(Before he bought a car, John travelled everywhere by bike.)
PAST PERFECT
WE USE PAST PERFETC TO TALK ABOUT:
An action or event that happened before another action in the past
(They had saved a lot of money before they went on the cruise.)
To talk about two completed past actions, introduced by "when" or "after"
(When/ After we had checked into the hotel, we found our room and went to bed.)
GRAMMAR
AFFIRMATIVE---> had+ past participle
QUESTIONS---> had+ subject+ past participle
NEGATIVE---> hadn't+ past participle
LET'S DO SOME EXERCISE--->
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