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Guiding questions: past time

  • How many past tenseA grammatical category that is marked by verb inflection. To express when an event or action happens in time or when a state exists, we use tenses.s are there?
  • Which past tense is used to express a point of timeA particular moment in time. E.g.: She came home at six. ("six") I was born in 1980. ("1980") when something happened?
  • Does the past perfect simple tense show how long ago something happened?
  • How can you express past habits?
  • What is the difference between the past perfect simple and the past perfect continuous tenses?
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