Past Simple |
- completed actions or events that happened in the past at a specific time. (We wrote 4 compositions in the first term).
- things which happened with a certain frequency in the past (They often played in the park).
- past states (He was very happy with his exam results).
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USED TO |
- habits in past which are no longer true in the present situation (We used to play football in the streets because there weren't many cars. Chilren can no longer do it because of the heavy traffic).
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Past Continuous |
- actions in progress at a specific time in the past. (I was working yesterday evening at 9 o'clock).
- past actions interrupted by other actions, most of the times using WHEN (They were playing when the accident happened).
- two parallel actions in progress using WHILE (I was having a shower while my sister was doing the washing up).
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Past Perfect Simple/Continuous |
- actions or states that happened before other past actions. (I had already had dinner when you arrived home).
- the continuous form is used when there is an emphasis on the action, as it happened with the Present Perfect Continuous (I had been working for more than five hours by the time you arrived home = Llevaba trabajando más de 5 horas para cuando llegaste a casa).
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