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Past tenses
1. PAST SIMPLE
- WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A FINISHED ACTION.
- IT STARTED AND FINISHED.
2. LAST YEAR/ YESTERDAY/ …AGO
LAST YEAR WE TRAVELLED TO A GREAT COUNTRY.
WE SAW LOTS OF PEOPLE.
I DIDN´T STAY AT A HOTEL.
WHERE DID YOU GO?
I WAS SAD. THEY WERE HAPPY.
4. YESTERDAY AT 8_30…
I WAS HAVING A SHOWER.
SHE WAS DANCING FOLK.
THEY WERE COOKING DINNER.
5. TWO ACTIONS HAPPENING AT THE SAME
TIME
• SHE WAS SLEEPING WHILE I WAS STUDYING.
• THEY WERE WORKING WHILE MY DAD WAS PAINTING THE
HOUSE.
• WHILE I WAS CLEANING THE HOUSE , MUM WAS WALKING
THE DOG
6. AN ACTION THAT INTERRUPTS AN ACTION IN
PROGRESS
• THEY WERE WATCHING T.V. WHEN I ARRIVED.
•WHEN SHE FELL, SHE WAS SKIING.
• THEY BROKE THE WINDOW WHEN THEY WERE PLAYING
BALL.
7. AN ACTION BEFORE THE PAST.
• The dog had escaped when I arrived.
(first the dog escaped, then I arrived)
• They told me about the concert when it had finished.
(the concert finished and then they told me)