The document discusses different types of past tenses in English including the past simple, past continuous, and present perfect tenses. The past simple is used for finished actions in the past and may take complements like when or last year. The past continuous describes ongoing actions in the past and can be used with complements like while or during. The present perfect refers to actions that began in the past but may still be ongoing, and it can indicate experiences at an unspecified time in the past or describe repeated actions.

1. PAST SIMPLE
Finished actions: He lived here in 1987
Complements: when, last, ago, 1987
Spelling: hope-hoped
rob-robbed
admit-admitted
play-played
occupy-occupied
travel-travelled
PAST CONTINUOUS
Continuous action in the past:
He was leaving when the letter arrived
Complements: while, during, still
Spelling:
PRESENT PERFECT
Actions started in the past and not finished:
I have lived in this house since 1999
Past actions still present
I have met the president
Actions in a close past and we don’t know when
I have found a wallet in the street
Complements
Just, ever, already, yet, still, today, this week, the first,
second...time