Past Tenses

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Irregular Verbs

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Present perfect simple and present perfect continuous

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meals

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PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

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How to talk about the Past

Modal verbs

MIGHT

past possibility

HAD TO

past obligation

COULD

past ability

Past Perfect Continuous

an action in progress in the past that happened before another past action

Had + Subject + been + '-ing'?

had + not + been + '-ing'

had + been + '-ing'

Past Continuous

actions in progress in the past.

Was / were + SUBJECT + '-ing'?

was / were + not + '-ing'

was/ were + '-ing'

WOULD

to describe past habits - only with action verbs

Would + Subject + infinitive without 'to'?

would + not + infinitive without 'to'

afirmative

would + infinitive without 'to'

USED TO

to describe past habits

Did + Subject + use to + infinitive without 'to'?

did + not + use to + infinitive without 'to'

used to + infinitive without 'to'

Past Perfect

past in the past, an action that happened before another past action

Had + Subject + past participle?

had + not + past participle

had + past participle

Past Simple

USES

finished actions in the past

FORM

interrogative

Did + Subject + infinitive without 'to'

negative

auxiliary verb 'did' + not + infinitive without 'to'

affirmative

Irregular Verbs

the 2nd column in the list of irregular verbs

Regular Verbs

verb + '-ed'