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"