The document contains information about verb tenses in English presented by Prof. Candelaria Luque. It discusses the simple past tense, used to talk about finished past actions or events, and provides examples. It then discusses the past continuous tense, used to talk about actions that were in progress or happening simultaneously in the past, along with examples. The document is a lesson on English verb tenses presented by Prof. Luque.

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2. Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I I I
You You you
They They they
We wrote. We didn’t write. Did we write?
He He
She She he
It It she
It
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3. We use this tense to talk about events, actions or
situations which happened in the past and are now
finished. We always have to say (or imply) when the
action happened, so we often use time references
like yesterday, two days ago, last summer, etc.
Actions which happened in the recent or distant past.
Sam phoned a moment ago.
The Goths invaded Rome in A.D. 410.
 Past habits
I smoked forty cigarettes a day till I gave up.
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5. Affirmative Negative Interrogative
You You you
They were writing. They weren’t writing. Were they writing?
We We we
I I I
He was writing. He wasn’t writing. Was he writing?
She She she
It It it
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6.  Actions which were in progress at a point in the past.
I was writing a report at 7 yesterday.
 Actions which were in progress when something else
happened.
When I was leaving, the phone rang.
We were having dinner when she arrived.
 Two or more actions in progress at the same time.
While I was reading a book, John was playing the piano.
 Temporary actions in progress in the past.
I was living abroad in 2004.
 Repeated actions in the past that generally annoy the speaker.
When she worked as my secretary, she was always making
mistakes.
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