PAST TENSES

UNIT 2 – P.20
*Auxiliar verb: DO (DID / DIDN’T)
 SIMPLE PAST

Finished actions or situations in the past

One thing happened after another
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A N D I N T E R R O G AT I V E F O R M
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Talk about activities in progress at the moment in the past

Describe scenes in a story, for example
Talk about an activity in progress when another
interrupted it
WHILE / AS / WHEN
WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?
Talk about actions that happened before
another action in the past
Time expressions: WHEN / AFTER / BY
THE TIME / AS SOON AS
S AY T H E S E N T E N C E I N T H E
N E G AT I V E A N D
I N T E R R O G AT I V E F O R M
Talk about actions that happened before
another action in the past
Gives importance to the duration of an
activity
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T H E PA S T P E R F E C T C O N T I N U O U S