Past Tenses: Explation and Example Sentences

Past Tenses: Explation and Example Sentences

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  Past Tense Simple Past PastPerfect Past Progressive Taught by Kit Reahul
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  Simple Past Tense When we are talking about something that we have done in the past and it is finished, we use the simple past tense.  Uses of simple past:  Completed events  Habitual (repeated) events in the past  Past states (liked, knew)  Regular verbs take the –ed ending for simple past tense.  For example: I walked to school yesterday. I realized it was the day before Thanksgiving break!
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  Past Perfect  Atime or event in the past. It is used to show that this event occurred before another event in the past.  Uses of Past Perfect  The situation ended before a past event  The situation began in the past and was continuing when another past event occurred.  For example:  I had lived there for 5 years before we hosted a holiday dinner.  We had finished the dinner when the phone rang.
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  Past Progressive  InEnglish, we use the past progressive when we are talking about an event that was going on in the past when something else happened in the past.  The past progressive takes the form: was/were verb + ing.  Uses of Past Progressive  Something that was ongoing at one point in time  An action that was repeated for a certain amount of time in the past  For example: I was cooking dinner when the phone rang. They were kicking the ball around in the backyard.
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  I ___________ homeon the day before Thanksgiving. Walked Had walked Was Walking Try Again That’s Right! Try Again
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  We ______________________ allday cooking before we were finally finished. Spent Had spent Were spening Try Again Try Again That’s right!
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  I ______________ agreat time with my family when I woke up from my dream. Had Had been Was having That’s Right! Try Again Try Again