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Past Tenses 1. Simple Past For past actions/ events, which are usually short in duration the past time of these actions/events may/may not be given E.g. I borrowed two books last week. The teacher told us a bad news.
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Simple Past must be used when the word ago is used. E.g. I visited Peter three days ago. Used to + Bare infinitive They are the basic verb forms, e.g. go, read, do, without adding ‘s’/‘es’/ ‘ed’ For showing PAST Habits, not the present ones.
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E.g. I used to swim on Sundays, but in these two years, I usually go fishing. (here, swimming was the past habit and the present habit is fishing) Be used to + -ing Be can take the form of “is/am/are” for present habits E.g. I am used to studying at night.
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2. Past Continuous Tense For showing what was happening in a particular past moment. For longer past actions/events E.g. I was watching TV at 9 p.m. last night. They were reading books last morning.
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When/While linking two actions happening at the same time long actions: -ing form (e.g. is watching) short actions: simple form (e.g. opened the door)
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While: Linking long actions (-ing) E.g. While he was doing his homework, I was watching TV. While +-ing I was watching TV while he was doing his homework. While in the front, => “,” While in the central, => no “,”
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When: Linking both long & short actions E.g. When he was doing his homework, I was watching TV. (two long actions) When + -ing E.g. When he entered the room, he smelt something burning. (two short actions) When + simple past Can when be placed at the centre of the sentence? YES
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How about linking one long and one short actions? E.g. I was having my bath when he entered the flat. Long Short While he was doing his homework, the telephone rang. Long Short
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3. Past Perfect Tense used when there are two past actions one action before the other action A action B now 2 days ago 1 day ago now
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action A action B now
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