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    The document discusses different forms of the past tense in English including the past simple, past continuous, and past perfect tenses. The past simple is used to talk about completed actions in the past at a specific time. The past continuous describes an ongoing or continuous action in the past. The past perfect describes an action that was completed before another past action and can be used to talk about the visible results of a past continuous action.

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    The document discusses different forms of the past tense in English including the past simple, past continuous, and past perfect tenses. The past simple is used to talk about completed actions in the past at a specific time. The past continuous describes an ongoing or continuous action in the past. The past perfect describes an action that was completed before another past action and can be used to talk about the visible results of a past continuous action.

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    The document discusses different forms of the past tense in English including the past simple, past continuous, and past perfect tenses. The past simple is used to talk about completed actions in the past at a specific time. The past continuous describes an ongoing or continuous action in the past. The past perfect describes an action that was completed before another past action and can be used to talk about the visible results of a past continuous action.

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    Past forms

    *Past Simple

    I did my work yesterday

    (finished action in the past at an exact time)

    Series

    I opened the door,came in and sat down

    To talk about dead people

    I met Micheal Jackson

    Interrupted action

    I was eating when he came

    When he came i was eating

    While was eating,he came

    he came while I was eating

    Past continuous

    Be (past)+ing

    I was watching TV yesterday at 9:00.

    (action continuous in the past)

    (action in the middle of happening)

    Simultanous action

    (Two actions happening at the same time)

    I was eating while he was cooking

    Description

    The sun was shining,the wend was blouring)

    Interrupted action

    I was eating when he came

    Past perfect (indefinite time)

    Had+been+ing
    He had been waiting for 2 hours

    (action continuous in the past over duration)

    Visible results

    Her eyes were red,she had been crying

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