2. • talk about actions that took place
at a stated time in the past
e.g. We visited New York last summer.
3. • to talk about actions that took
place one after another in the past
e.g. I had breakfast , brushedmy teeth and left
for school.
4. • to describe a habit that stopped
in the past (same meaning as
“used to”)
e.g. I had a cat when I was a little girl.
5. • to talk about something that
happened again and again in the
past
e.g. I went water-skiing every day
while I was on holiday.
6. When you describe a past action, you
do not always have to use an adverbial
of time –as long as the action started
and finished in the past
e.g. Mum helped me with myHistory
Project.
