PAST TENSES

PAST TENSES

PAST SIMPLE
1. USES
  1. action finished in the past
    1. Lucía and Sandra PRACTICED gymnastics when they were younger
  2. series of completed actions in the past
    1. Sandra first TOOK a shower, then she ATE her breakfast
  3. interrupted an action which was in progress in the past.
    1. Sandra WAS DOING her homework when Lucía RANG her
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
1. USES
  1. Completed Action Before Something in the Past
    1. I HAD never HAD such a good friend before I met Lucía.
  2. Duration Before Something in the Past
    1. Lucía felt bad about stop playing the piano because she had played it for more than 8 years.
PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS
1. USES
  1. to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past
  2. Cause of Something in the Past
    1. Sandra was tired because he had been studying
PAST CONTINUOUS
1. USES
  1. Interrupted Action in the Past *(the same as in p.simple)
  2. background of a story
    1. the sun was shining and in the cafés people were laughing and chatting
  3. Temporary habits or habits that happen more often than we expect in the pas
  4. To emphasise that something lasted for a while
  5. action progressed in the past
    1. I was just opening the door

Resource summary

	Created by Sandra García Ferrer over 6 years ago