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    This document contains a table summarizing different past tenses in English including the simple past, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses. It lists the keywords and functions for each tense. Specifically, it provides examples of when each tense would be used to describe actions in the past, whether they were completed, ongoing, or occurred before other past actions. The summary focuses on describing the key tenses used for talking about the past.

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    This document contains a table summarizing different past tenses in English including the simple past, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses. It lists the keywords and functions for each tense. Specifically, it provides examples of when each tense would be used to describe actions in the past, whether they were completed, ongoing, or occurred before other past actions. The summary focuses on describing the key tenses used for talking about the past.

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    Bunat Alghad Academy

    Second Semester
    For the Scholastic Year 2023/2024

    Student’s Name:
    Grade: 11 National
    Focus: Tenses
    Teacher’s Name: Alaa Omarn
    Date: \ \ 2023

    Past and present tenses


    The tense /form Keywords Functions
    Simple past yesterday , ago, last , date in 1. an action that started and finished in
    S + verb 2 the past ( 2020) / thus, the past
    S + didn’t +verb (base) therefore , in the past , in the 2. to describe a routine in the past
    ancient
    Past continuous when /while/as 1. an action that was happening before
    S + was/were +verb specific time in the past ( at or after another action at a specific
    (ing) 7:00 yesterday) time in the past

    2. an action that was happening and


    interrupted by another action in the
    past
    Past perfect before/after / when/as soon is used to talk about an action which
    S + had +verb (3) as/ because /so /later/ after happened before another action in
    that the past
    By+ verb 2 / by +date in the
    past
    Past perfect after, because , after , while , to talk about an action that was
    continuous when , by the time + verb 2 + happening up to a specific time in the
    S+ had +been+ verb since or for ( two keywords ) past
    (ing) All + time /every/ how long

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