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Past Tenses

Past Simple

Affirmative

Negative

Question

I/you waited

he/she/it waited

we/you/they waited

I/you did not wait

he/she/it did not wait

we/you/they did not wait

Did I/you wait?

Did he/she/it wait?

Did we/you/they wait?

Past Simple

We use the Present Simple to talk about:

• Actions that started and finished in the past

He sent the e-mail yesterday.

Did they do the job last night?

• Actions that happened one after the other in the past

She opened the door, picked up the telefone and made a call.

• Actions that were repeated or were habits in the past

I caught the early train every morning

Time Expressions with the Past Simple

how long ago...?

a month ago

a year ago

every summer

in 1955

in January

last summer

last year

the day before yesterday

then

yesterday

Time expressions usually come at the end of a sentence.

Past Continuous

Affirmative

Negative

Question

Was I waiting?

Were you waiting?

Was he/she/it waiting?

Were we/you/they waititng?

I was waiting

you were waiting

he/she/it was waiting

we/you/they were waiting

I was not waiting

you were not waiting

he/she/it was not waiting

we/you/they were not waiting

Past Continuous

We use the Past Continuous to talk about:

• Actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past

I was having lunch at one o’clock

Was he listening to the radio when you left?

• Two or more actions that were in progress at the same time in the past

My brother was putting the tools away and I was cleaning the garage

• The background events in a story

The wind was blowing and the clouds were moving across the blue sky

• An action in progress in the past that was interrupted by another

I was reading when the telephone rang

Time Expressions with the Past Continuous

at ten o’clock

yesterday

at that time

yesterday

all evening

while

Past Perfect Simple

Affirmative

Negative

I/you had not waited

he/she/it had not waited

we/you/they had not waited

Question

Had I/you waited?

Had he/she/it waited?

Had we/you/they waited?

I/you had waited

he/she/it had waited

we/you/they had waited

Past Perfect Simple

We use the Past Perfect Simple to talk about:

• Something that happened before another action in the past

We had seen a programm about India, so we went to the places they recommended

• Something that happened before a specific time in the past

Walter has finished the project by lunchtime.

• Something that happened in the past and had an effect on a following action or state

I have known him for years

• Something that has just happened

He has just left

They’ve just told me the story

Time Expressions with the Past Perfect Simple

already never before

never just when

as soon as by the time till/until

Past Perfect Continuous

Affirmative

I/you had been

waiting

he/she/it had been

waiting

we/you/they had been

waiting

Negative

I/you had not been

waiting

he/she/it had not been

waiting

we/you/they had not been

waiting

Question

Had I/you been

waiting?

Had he/she/it been

waiting?

Have we/you/they been

waiting?

Past Perfect Continuous

We use the Past Perfect Continuous to talk about:

• One action in the past lasted for some time before another past action
• I had been teaching at that school for some time before I met you
• One action that lasted for some time in the past had an effect on a following action or state

He knew the city very well because he had been working as a taxi driver for ages

Time expressions with the Past Perfect Continuous

how long

for

before

until

since