TENSES
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The document discusses various uses of verb tenses in English to express actions and states that occurred in the past. It explains the simple past tense, past progressive tense, past perfect tense and past perfect progressive tense. It provides examples of how each tense is formed and the nuances they convey regarding the timing or duration of past events, or how one past event relates to another.
![Ex: You called Debbie.
[VERB+ed] or irregular verbs Ex : Did you call Debbie?
express the idea that an
action started and finished
at a specific time in the past
used to describe a habit which stopped
in the past. It can have the same
meaning as "used to."
FORM
Ex:You were studying when she called.
[was/were + present participle]
indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted Ex: I was watching TV when she called.
interrupted by a shorter action in the Simple
Past. -can also use a specific time as an Ex: Last night at 6 PM, I was
interruption. eating dinner.
"always" or "constantly" expresses the idea that Ex:
something irritating or shocking often happened in She was always coming to class late.
the past.
something occurred before
another action in the past. before I
We that car for ten years
something started in the past before it broke down
and continued up until another
action in the past.
We also use past perfect to say
that something was expected or
wished for.
I wished I had gone to bed
earlier last night.
Simple formula of the past perfect
continuous
Subject (I) + had + been+ main
verb (eat+ ing) = I had been
eating
揃 Rakesh was tired
because he
Cause of Something in the Past
-------to s
揃 Tipah gained weight because she
.
Betty failed the final test
because she
class
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TENSES
- 1. Ex: You called Debbie. [VERB+ed] or irregular verbs Ex : Did you call Debbie? express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past used to describe a habit which stopped in the past. It can have the same meaning as "used to." FORM Ex:You were studying when she called. [was/were + present participle] indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted Ex: I was watching TV when she called. interrupted by a shorter action in the Simple Past. -can also use a specific time as an Ex: Last night at 6 PM, I was interruption. eating dinner. "always" or "constantly" expresses the idea that Ex: something irritating or shocking often happened in She was always coming to class late. the past. something occurred before another action in the past. before I We that car for ten years something started in the past before it broke down and continued up until another action in the past. We also use past perfect to say that something was expected or wished for. I wished I had gone to bed earlier last night. Simple formula of the past perfect continuous Subject (I) + had + been+ main verb (eat+ ing) = I had been eating 揃 Rakesh was tired because he Cause of Something in the Past -------to s 揃 Tipah gained weight because she . Betty failed the final test because she class Past Tense.mmap - 6/11/2012 - Mindjet