SIMPLE PAST AND ITS DIFFERENT USAGES

SIMPLE PAST (ALONE)

PAST CONTINUOS (ALONE)

PRESENT PERFECT (ALONE)

PAST CONTINOUS + SIMPLE PAST

PAST CONTINOUS + PAST CONTINOUS

SIMPLE PAST + SIMPLE PAST

SIMPLE PAST + PRESENT PERFECT

Sequence of event

Example: " I went to the mall, I bought a product and come back"

Example: " I was playing xbox when you called me"
"I was doing the shopping when I saw your sister"

Actions in past happening at the same time

Example: "Yesterday I was talking my class while my mother was working"

Past actions that are over, usually in a specific time

Example: "Spain won the tournament in 2010"

Past actions with emphasis on duration

Example: "I was waiting for you about 40 min"

Time no specific

Example: "Have you tried that food?"
"I have not eaten munch yet"

Se usa have / has y el verbo en pasado participio

Keywords: ever, already, just, yet, since, for

Specific time

Keywords: yesterday, last night, any year in past, specific past dates

had + P.P.

A past action that happened before another past action

Example:"When I arrived at school, my class had started"
"I wanted ti participate in the marathon, Sadly the enrodement had already closed"