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Past time
Past time
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Past simple
Form: past simple
Past simple for completed actions in the past
Past simple for past habits and states
Past simple for actions over a period of time in the past
Past simple to express a point in the past
The auxiliary DID for emphasis
Past continuous
Form: past continuous
Past continuous for actions happening at a particular point in the past
Past continuous for actions happening over a period of time in the past
Past continuous for developing states
Past continuous for annoying past habits
Past continuous for temporary past habits
Notes: past simple and past continuous
Past perfect
Form: past perfect
Past perfect for actions completed before a point in the past
Past perfect with superlative forms of adjectives
Past perfect continuous
Form: past perfect continuous
Past perfect continuous for a continuous action in the past
Past perfect continuous for past habits
The difference between past perfect and past perfect continuous
Present simple to express past
USED TO and WOULD for past habits
Revision questions: past time
State verbs and action verbs / Verbs not used in the continuous form
Time, tense and aspect
Guiding questions: past time
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