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Past simple Regular verbs Affirmative Add -ed or -d to the base form of the verb I worked. Negative Add did not before the base form I didn?t work. Question Add did plus subject before the base form Did you work? Usages: ? For the past action when time is given o I met him yesterday. ? When the time is asked about o When did you meet him? ? When the action clearly took place at a definite time even though this time is not mentioned o The train arrived 10 min late. o How did you get your present job? ? Sometimes the time becomes definite as a result of question and answer in the present perfect o Where have you been? ? I?ve been to the opera. ? Did you enjoy it? Past continuous Past tense of auxiliary verb be (was/were) + the present participle (verb+ing) Affirmative Subject+ was/were + verb+ing Negative Subject + was/were + not + verb+ing Question Was/were + subject + verb-ing Usages ? For interrupted past actions o While I was having a bath, the phone rang. ? Used without a time expression, it can indicate gradual development that took place in the past o It was getting darker. ? It can express an action, which began before that time and probably continued after it o At 8 he was having breakfast. -implies that he was in the middle of breakfast at 8 ? Use the continuous tense in descriptions- Note the combination of description (past continuous) with narrative (past simple) o When I woke up, the sun was shining and the birds were singing. Past perfect ?the past in the past? Affirmative Subject + had + past participle Negative Subject + had + not + past participle Question Had + subject + past participle Usage Actions that occurred before other actions in the past o She told me she had worked in France and Germany. o She was upset because Paul hadn?t telephoned. ? After/when are often used to show that a past action had completely finished before another action in the past started. o After he had painted the kitchen, he decided to rest. Past perfect continuous Affirmative Subject + had + been + verb+ing Negative Subject + had + not + been + verb+ing Question Had + subject + been + verb+ing Usage To talk about longer actions or situations in the past that had been going on continuously up to the past moment we are thinking about. We don?t know or are not concerned with whether or not it continued after. Before eating lunch, she had been clipping her nails for two hours.
