English Grammar Tenses 1 (Past tenses)

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Past tense

By Sadarsh Janin

Contents

•Past Tense

•Simple Past Tense

•Past Continuous Tense

•Past Perfect Tense

•Past Perfect Continuous Tense

                                                   Past Tense

Past Tense is used to talk about the actions that happened in the past.

There are 4 four types of Past Tenses ;

Whew ! Looks complicated doesn’t it ? Well no ! We use these, unknowingly everyday !

                                     Simple Past Tense

As simple as the name, Simple Past Tense are the actions in the past.

Example:

     I studied for the exam.

    He played with his sister.

    The dog licked the boy.

    They fed the deer.

Here, study (studied) , play (played) , lick (licked)and feed(fed) are in Simple Past Tense

                                Past Continuous Tense

The Past Continuous Tense talks about an action that began sometime in the past and continued for sometime.

Structure:

was/were + (verb + ing)

Example: They were playing with a ball

               (were + (play + ing))

                 He was eating a sandwhich

                 (was + (eat + ing))

                                 Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tenses show an action that began sometime in the past and completed in the past

Structure

Had + (past particle of) verb

Example : He had played chess with Antony already.

My cousins had visited Alaska last winter.                                                                                                                                                                                             Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past Perfect Continuous Tense indicates the length of an action until the time of reference in the past.

Structure:

Had been + (verb + ing )

Example: You had been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.

                     

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