3. PAST TENSES Past perfect By the time he arrived to the restaurant his friends had finished their meals. They had already left the shopping centre when the fire began. It is used to talk about a past action that happened before another one: USEFUL TIME EXPRESSIONS already by the time before He had bought an umbrella before it started to rain.
4. PAST TENSES Sentence Structures Simple past Subject + Verb (past ) + Complements. Subject + didn’t + Verb + Complements. (Wh) + Did + Subject + Verb + Complements? Past Continuous Subject + was / were + Verb (ing) + Complements. Subject + wasn’t / weren’t + Verb (ing) + Complements. (Wh) + Was / Were + Subject + Verb (ing) + Complements? Past Perfect Subject + had + Verb (participle) + Complements. Subject + hadn’t + Verb (participle) + Complements. (Wh) + Had + Subject + Verb (participle) + Complements?
![PAST TENSES Simple past It is used to talk about: The phone rang while he was having a shower. Were they watching a film when the light went out ? I went to the hairdresser’s yesterday. He didn’t learn to swim at the age of three. ,[object Object],[object Object],b) A specific action that took place while another was in progress. USEFUL TIME EXPRESSIONS one month ago yesterday last summer in 1965](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/pasttenses-120116105133-phpapp02/85/Past-tenses-1-320.jpg)
![PAST TENSES Past continuous It is used to talk about: He was reading a book at the time of the crime. Which park were you walking around when you phoned? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],b) Two actions that took place at the same time She was cooking dinner while he was cleaning the house. While the children were sleeping their parents were reading the papers. USEFUL TIME EXPRESSIONS yesterday last Monday](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)