Thursday, June 26, 2008

Past tenses

Past simple. For finished past actions.

They got married last year.

What time did you wake up this morning?

I didn't have time to do my homework.



Past continuous. To describe an action in progress at a specific time in the past. was/were + verb (ing)

What were you doing at 6 o'clock last night?

I was watching TV. It was a cold night and it was raining.


Past perfect. When you're talking about the past and you want to talk about an earlier past action. had + past participle

When they turned on the TV, the match had finished.

I felt nervous because I hadn't flown before.

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